April 4, 2020
What to Watch This Weekend, April 3-5, 2020
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Shopping
How to Get Groceries Delivered When It Seems Impossible
No matter how well you prepared when you first found out you’d need to stay at home for a few weeks, no reasonable grocery stash lasts forever. And whether you’re avoiding your local store or discovered that your usual Amazon/Fresh Direct/Walmart delivery is delayed for what feels like an eternity,...
coronavirus
What Supplies to Have at Home in Case You Get Sick
Mid-pandemic is no time to run to the pharmacy for last-minute supplies, so it makes sense to stock up before you get sick. Here’s what you’ll need to weather a mild bout of COVID-19 or, for that matter, a regular old cold or flu.
Streaming
How to Watch Instagram Live Feeds on Your Computer or Television
Now that we’re all spending a lot more time inside, we’ve got a lot more time to watch live content—and there’s suddenly a lot more live content to watch, especially on Instagram. Watching videos on your phone, however, isn’t always an ideal experience. But you can actually watch those Instagram...
Lifehacker Originals
How to Tolerate the People You're Quarantined With
It’s been several weeks since we’ve begun “physical distancing,” and everyone is figuring out how to maintain their social relationships with people they can’t see anymore. But what about the people you are forced to see too much?
Security
Block Malware With Cloudflare's New DNS Options
Cloudflare has launched a new version of its free DNS (Domain Name System) service called Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 for Families that blocks adult content and malware before your browser ever has a chance to load it. It’s one more tool in your security stash that’s worth considering if you want to...
School Days
Dav Pilkey Is Hosting Virtual Readings and Drawing Lessons
Dav Pilkey—author and illustrator of the Captain Underpants and Dog Man children’s book series—is, like most of us, stuck at home. So he’s teaming with the Library of Congress to read to our kids and help them learn to draw some of his most beloved characters.
3-Ingredient Happy Hour
Start Your 'Weekend' With a Quarantine Queen
It’s Friday, or at least that is what my phone tells me, but every day pretty much feels like every other day, and the “weekend” no longer hits the same. But, as the Contessa reminded us yesterday, traditions are important, so we might as well have a little IGIF—“I...
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SpaceX Starship Prototype Collapses in Third Failed Test
Space is hard. We now have another reminder of this sad fact, as a prototype of SpaceX’s next-gen rocket collapsed in on itself during tests this morning, in what is now the third incident of its kind for the Starship program.
The Root
Jared Kushner Is a Goddamn Idiot
On Thursday—and I didn’t think this was possible—President Trump handed the mic to someone who is actually dumber and less qualified than the president, his son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
Jezebel
Jared Kushner Has Some Things to Say About Data
Unfortunately, Jared Kushner has been brought on board to help with the Trump administration’s response to the covid-19 pandemic. Yes, that’s right, the same Jared Kushner who, not even a month ago, was using his brother’s father-in-law to crowdsource advice on how to handle the virus from a Facebook group...
Gizmodo
HBO Made a Bunch of Stuff Free to Watch, Here's What You Should Check Out (or Skip)
HBO is getting in on the social distancing relief. The network has announced that dozens of its shows and Warner Bros. movies have been made available to stream without a subscription, starting today. We’ve picked some things you might want to check out, and some to probably avoid. You’re not...
The Root
Negro Noir: I Watched
Tyler Perry's Ruthless
and My Confusion Is at Its 'Highest'
Movies that are “so bad, they’re good” are one of life’s unsung treasures. And like anything, adding blackness to that principle is like adding proper seasoning—our series reviewing/recapping bad black movies, Negro Noir. As our queen-in-chief Danielle Belton pointed out, it’s so black, the title of the series is essentially...
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