166: Chadwick Boseman

Chadwick Boseman passed away on Friday at age 43 and it’s truly sad to see him go. Apparently he had been suffering for years in private with colon cancer. He played some great roles (Jackie Robinson, James Brown) and will undoubtably be remembered the most for his role as Black Panther.

The great director Ryan Coogler, who directed Chadwick in Black Panther, wrote a great tribute to him this weekend.

ABC News @ABC

Parents all over the world shared photos of their kids paying tribute to actor Chadwick Boseman, with many posing alongside Marvel Universe action figures and doing the 'Wakanda Forever' salute. abcn.ws/2EwoNKz

The Hill @thehill

Thousands sign petition to replace Confederate statue with Chadwick Boseman memorial in his hometown hill.cm/Ukn4jUy

Another person gone in 2020. Man, we need this year to end.

Isaac @WorldofIsaac

Chadwick Boseman's SNL sketch about Karen and her potato salad was freaking legendary. Dammit.

Other Stuff

John Leibovitz @JohnLeibovitz

Legit excited about this

theverge.comIkea and Lego built the storage boxes of your dreamsStorage boxes that are Lego-compatible.

I love it when great athletes post videos of themselves…

Bo Jackson @BoJackson

Me: No way he’s going Him: I’m going Me:

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Kevin Roose @kevinroose

Didn't have time to list it, but I pulled some data for this segment: August FB interactions CNN: 21 million NYT: 8M Ben Shapiro: 55M August FB video views CNN: 73M NYT: 12M The Hodgetwins: 84M August FB shares: CNN: 2.2M NYT: 800K Dan Bongino: 5.6M

Brian Stelter @brianstelter

NYT's @KevinRoose says the MSM is missing what's happening on Facebook: "It's a completely parallel universe, in which Trump's response to Covid-19 has been fast and effective; in which these riots in Portland and other cities are THE biggest news story in the world..." https://t.co/OdVYcE2FGA

The Bay Area is a tough place to be right now. Wonderfully reenacted here:

Corona

World: India reports record coronavirus cases spike— Europe fears second coronavirus wave as cases surge

In the USA:

The close to 2,000 campuses trying to reopen this fall are finding that it's impossible to prevent outbreaks when you bring a bunch of undergrads together who've been quarantined with their parents all summer.

The University of Alabama — which had planned for face-to-face instruction in 80% of classes — has had the worst case volume, with positive tests approaching 600 in just one week.

The best way to prevent outbreaks on campuses is to test every student every few days. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is doing just that. It conducted 17,000 tests on the first day of classes alone and now "Everybody's watching U of I right now," says Joshua Salomon, a professor of medicine at Stanford.

In other areas, Iowa and surrounding states are now the hottest in the US. Cases per capita looks like this:

Lyz Lenz @lyzl

Iowa's positivity rate today was 79%. SEVENTY-NINE PERCENT! our positive cases outnumbered our negatives.

thegazette.comIowa sees record 2,579 coronavirus cases, with 79% positivity rateIowa on Friday reported that more than three-quarters of the coronavirus tests performed in the past 24 hours had come back positive.

That’s it everyone. Have a great Monday and a great kickoff to the week.

Only 64 more days to go.