The heartbreaking silence of the pandemic

Plus, an astronaut returns to an altered reality and Quentin Tarantino's favorite films. | [10 for Today] Interesting stories worth your time. [What does a pandemic sound like? For many of us at home, it’s a heartbreaking silence.]( [What does a pandemic sound like? For many of us at home, it’s a heartbreaking silence.]( [share on twitter]( [share on facebook]( [share on Flipboard]( [washingtonpost.com / Robin Givhan It’s periodically disrupted — by the shriek of an ambulance siren, the rattle of a construction truck or the evening applause for first responders. For… read more]( PROMOTED BY CuriosityStream [Stay In & Start Streaming with CuriosityStream]( [curiositystream.com CuriosityStream has thousands of streamable documentaries and non-fiction TV shows. Use code FLIPBOARD10 to sign up for just $1/month with an annual subscription.]( [COVID-19 Through a Nurse’s Lens]( [COVID-19 Through a Nurse’s Lens]( [share on twitter]( [share on facebook]( [share on Flipboard]( [newyorker.com / Karen Cunningham Cady Chaplin is an intensive-care nurse at Lenox Hill Hospital. She just turned thirty. Her closest friend at work is Karen Cunningham, who is twenty… read more]( [The Eruption Of Instagram Island]( [The Eruption Of Instagram Island]( [share on twitter]( [share on facebook]( [share on Flipboard]( [gq.com / Joshua Hammer On the aft deck of the Phoenix, a 60-foot catamaran, Geoff Hopkins put an arm around his daughter and stared with apprehension and excitement at the… read more]( [Astronaut Jessica Meir Returns Home to a “Completely Different Planet”]( [Astronaut Jessica Meir Returns Home to a “Completely Different Planet”]( [share on twitter]( [share on facebook]( [share on Flipboard]( [vanityfair.com / Laura Regensdorf On September 25, 2019, as dusk settled over the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, along with two fellow crewmates,… read more]( [How the pandemic turned Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer into an unlikely firebrand]( [How the pandemic turned Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer into an unlikely firebrand]( [share on twitter]( [share on facebook]( [share on Flipboard]( [vox.com / Anna North Gretchen Whitmer has been called a lot of things in the last few weeks. The Michigan governor is a “rising star for Democrats,” according to the… read more]( [Can the Trump Campaign Rewrite the Story of the Trump Presidency?]( [Can the Trump Campaign Rewrite the Story of the Trump Presidency?]( [share on twitter]( [share on facebook]( [share on Flipboard]( [nytimes.com / Robert Draper It was late January, and Brad Parscale was sitting in the Trump campaign’s Beltway headquarters, which occupies an upper floor of a glass-box tower... read more]( [Quentin Tarantino's Favorite Films Should Be Next on Your Watchlist]( [Quentin Tarantino's Favorite Films Should Be Next on Your Watchlist]( [share on twitter]( [share on facebook]( [share on Flipboard]( [wmagazine.com / Maxine Wally In 1979, Quentin Tarantino was 15 years old, going on 16. He regarded himself as experiencing the first phase of “actually being a teenager...” read more]( [We lose more than just haircuts when barbershops and salons are closed]( [We lose more than just haircuts when barbershops and salons are closed]( [share on twitter]( [share on facebook]( [share on Flipboard]( [qz.com / Marc Bain Countless men who would visit their barber every six to eight weeks for a trim, and women who would go into the salon for routine coloring or other… read more]( [Swedish official Anders Tegnell says 'herd immunity' in Sweden might be a few weeks away]( [Swedish official Anders Tegnell says 'herd immunity' in Sweden might be a few weeks away]( [share on twitter]( [share on facebook]( [share on Flipboard]( [usatoday.com / Kim Hjelmgaard Sweden, unlike its Nordic neighbors Denmark and Norway – and virtually every other country in the western world – has resisted extensive lockdown… read more]( [Can a book make you vegan?]( [Can a book make you vegan?]( [share on twitter]( [share on facebook]( [share on Flipboard]( [bbc.com / Elizabeth Sulis Kim The novel Tender is the Flesh imagines a world where carnivores have turned to cannibalism. It’s the latest artwork to fly the flag for plant-based… read more]( Check out The Daily Edition for the biggest stories in news, business, tech, sports and entertainment. [READ MORE]( You have received this email because you signed up for an account on Flipboard with the email address: {EMAIL}. [Unsubscribe]( | [Privacy Policy]( ©2020 [Flipboard, Inc. Made with love at 811 Hamilton Street, Redwood City, CA 94063](