LEADS

Plagues and Humanity
https://www.courthousenews.com/plagues-and-humanity/

Pandemics Have Changed History, and This One Will Too
https://www.courthousenews.com/pandemics-have-changed-history-and-this-one-will-too/

COVID-19 Has Brought The World 50 Years Into The Future—Where We All Live Virtually
https://www.forbes.com/sites/raufarif/2020/05/11/covid-19-has-brought-the-world-50-years-into-the-future-where-we-all-live-virtually/

The future of work is here: Why the COVID-19 crisis calls for a fundamental reset of labor markets
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/05/11/commentary/world-commentary/future-work-covid-19-crisis-calls-fundamental-reset-labor-markets/

Could increased dependence on robots during pandemic hasten the departure of humans from the workforce?
https://meaww.com/automation-future-acceleration-replace-human-worker-employment-job-lospost-coronavirus-pandemic

Will Shopping Ever Be the Same?
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/11/style/shopping-will-shopping-ever-be-the-same.html

US grocery costs jump the most in 46 years, led by rising prices for meat and eggs
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/12/us-grocery-costs-jump-the-most-in-46-years-led-by-rising-prices-for-meat-and-eggs.html

Consumer prices post biggest decline since 2008 as coronavirus puts clamps on inflation
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/consumer-inflation-posts-biggest-decline-in-april-since-2008-as-prices-sink-cpi-shows-2020-05-12

Americans create new economic threat with their own savings
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/12/investing/jobs-coronavirus-consumer-spending-debt/index.html

The U.S. is `printing' money to help save the economy during COVID-19 crisis: How far can it go?
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/money/2020/05/12/coronavirushow-u-s-printing-dollars-save-economy-during-crisis-fed/3038117001/

Why The Crisis May Make Powerful Corporations Even More Powerful
https://www.kuow.org/stories/why-the-crisis-may-make-powerful-corporations-even-more-powerful

Wall Street Bets Virus Meltdown Gives Landlords a Chance to Grow
https://www.wsj.com/articles/wall-street-bets-virus-meltdown-gives-landlords-a-chance-to-grow-11589189405

Big money lines up behind Democrats in key Senate races as donors sense a chance to win the majority
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/12/democrats-in-maine-north-carolina-colorado-senate-races-get-big-donor-support.html

David Perdue Got Sweetheart Deal That Grew North Of $6 Million After Election To The Senate
https://theintercept.com/2020/05/12/david-purdue-senate-cardlytics-stock/

U.S. Sen. David Perdue restructures retirement savings, won’t trade individual stocks
https://www.jacksonprogress-argus.com/local/politics/u-s-sen-david-perdue-restructures-retirement-savings-won-t-trade-individual-stocks/article_ae899c23-2e31-53d2-ae3a-b8ce4888dd41.html

Supreme Court debates Trump's ability to keep financial information and taxes secret
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/12/politics/trump-taxes-financial-records-supreme-court/index.html

Trump's effort to block tax subpoenas meets the Supreme Court he shaped
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/12/supreme-court-arguments-trump-251047

The Supreme Court Is About to Decide Whether or Not to Place Donald Trump Above the Law
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/05/supreme-court-mazars-vance-trump-above-the-law.html

Trump Accused Obama of Committing a Crime, But Left the Details Up to Your Imagination
https://lawandcrime.com/awkward/trump-accused-obama-of-committing-a-crime-but-left-the-details-up-to-your-imagination/

Barack Obama is Worried About Something, That Is Obvious
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/matt-margolis/2020/05/11/barack-obama-is-worried-about-something-n389981

Grenell declassifies names of Obama admin members who spied on Flynn; release up to Barr
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/grenell-declassifies-names-of-obama-officials-who-unmasked-flynn-report-says

Mitch McConnell Moves to Expand Bill Barr’s Surveillance Powers
https://www.thedailybeast.com/mitch-mcconnell-moves-to-expand-bill-barrs-surveillance-powers

McConnell: Obama 'should have kept his mouth shut' on Trump's coronavirus response
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/497239-mcconnell-obama-should-have-kept-his-mouth-shut-on-trumps-coronavirus

Trump Storms Out Of Coronavirus Briefing After Female Reporters Challenge Him
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-ends-coronavirus-briefing-female-reporters_n_5eb9c144c5b6a0e85a758f36

Reporter Asks Trump Asinine Question: Is Chinese Food Racist? It Goes Downhill From There
https://thefederalist.com/2020/05/12/reporter-asks-trump-asinine-question-is-chinese-food-racist-it-goes-downhill-from-there/

Trump Says Reporters Were Conspiring Against Him After 'Ask China' Clash
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-ask-china-clash-media-1503298

Reporters Refused to Let Trump Bully Them, So He Ran Away
https://theintercept.com/2020/05/12/two-female-reporters-refused-let-trump-bully-silence-ran-away/

When it comes to Covid-19, another case of white flight
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/11/opinions/covid-19-case-white-flight-johnson/

Man says he ran 2.23 miles holding TV to make point about Ahmaud Arbery killing in viral TikTok
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/497247-white-man-says-he-ran-223-miles-with-flat-screen-tv-in-viral

The viral video of Ahmaud Arbery’s killing shows whose deaths we afford privacy and whose we don’t
https://www.vox.com/first-person/2020/5/11/21254482/ahmaud-arbery-video-police-killing-racism

Feds Weighing Possible Hate Crime Charges In Ahmaud Arbery Case
https://hotair.com/archives/allahpundit/2020/05/11/feds-weighing-possible-hate-crime-charges-ahmaud-arbery-case/

2019 saw most anti-Semitic incidents in US in 40 years, tally finds
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/2019-saw-most-anti-semitic-incidents-in-us-in-40-years-tally-finds/

Violence Against Asian Americans Is on the Rise—But It’s Part of a Long History
https://time.com/5834427/violence-against-asian-americans-history/

POLITICS and FLEAS

“Trump’s Feeling Is, ‘Why Are We Losing Everywhere?’”: With Advisers Feuding and Numbers Plummeting, Trump Eyes Campaign Shake-up
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/05/trump-eyes-campaign-shake-up

Trump Takes Credit For High Approval Ratings of Governors as His Numbers Continue to Flounder
https://www.mediaite.com/trump/trump-takes-credit-for-high-approval-ratings-of-governors-as-his-numbers-continue-to-flounder/

Trump’s pandemic response could complicate down-ballot races for Republicans
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trumps-pandemic-response-could-complicate-down-ballot-races-for-republicans

Trump is getting trounced among a crucial constituency: The haters
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/12/donald-trump-haters-joe-biden-clinton-244629

FOREIGN ENTANGLEMENTS

Coronavirus: 'Modern slavery' at the heart of German slaughterhouse outbreak
https://www.dw.com/en/coronavirus-modern-slavery-at-the-heart-of-german-slaughterhouse-outbreak/a-53396228

New coronavirus cases in Germany almost tripled within 24 hours — less than a week after the country started reopening — as it considers an 'emergency brake' to reinstate harsher lockdowns
https://www.businessinsider.com/germany-reports-933-new-coronavirus-cases-considers-emergency-brake-2020-5

Russia to ease lockdown: Economy couldn’t afford to wait for Covid-19 curve to flatten, while government poll ratings fell
https://www.rt.com/op-ed/488427-russian-economy-putins-ratings/

The Coronavirus Death Toll In Russia Keeps On Climbing, But Putin’s Had Enough Of It
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/christopherm51/coronavirus-putin-eases-restrictions

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov hospitalized with COVID-19
https://meduza.io/en/news/2020/05/12/kremlin-spokesman-dmitry-peskov-hospitalized-with-covid-19

Saudi Arabia hikes taxes, slashes oil output amid COVID-19 woes
https://www.dw.com/en/saudi-arabia-hikes-taxes-slashes-oil-output-amid-covid-19-woes/av-53400958

Toyota sees 80% profit drop as virus wipes $14 billion off car sales
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-toyota-results/toyota-sees-80-profit-drop-as-virus-wipes-14-billion-off-car-sales-idUSKBN22O0FJ

Rough ride ahead for Toyota, Honda and Japan Inc
https://asiatimes.com/2020/05/rough-ride-ahead-for-toyota-honda-and-japan-inc/

PANDORA'S BOXCUTTER

What it is Really Like to be a Bat
https://www.newsclick.in/What-Really-Like-Bat-Physiology-Covid-19-Viruses

This Pandemic Has Reignited a Passionate Debate Over Bats and Disease
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2020/05/this-pandemic-has-reignited-a-passionate-debate-over-bats-and-disease/

In defense of bats in a COVID world (commentary)
https://news.mongabay.com/2020/05/in-defense-of-bats-in-a-covid-19-world/

ODDS, ENDS

A Tooth Proves 8,000 Years of Overlapping Between Modern Humans and Neanderthals in Europe
https://weather.com/en-IN/india/science/news/2020-05-11-tooth-8000-years-overlapping-modern-humans-neanderthals-europe

Neanderthals may have learned jewellery-making from us
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2243134-neanderthals-may-have-learned-jewellery-making-from-us/

Neanderthals Made Leather-Working Tools from Bison and Aurochs Ribs
http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/neanderthal-lissoirs-bison-aurochs-ribs-08413.html

Caddis fly larvae are now building shelters out of microplastics
https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/05/caddis-fly-larvae-are-now-building-shelters-out-of-microplastics/

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