Things Are Not Looking Good for Stopping the Coronavirus

The prospect that the new coronavirus, whose outbreak has been so far largely confined to China, could become a pandemic... [Gizmodo]( February 22, 2020 [Things Are Not Looking Good for Stopping the Coronavirus]( [The prospect that the new coronavirus, whose outbreak has been so far largely confined to China, could become a pandemic is seeming more likely today. This week, several countries have reported local clusters of the disease outside of mainland China, suggesting the virus is freely circulating there. Meanwhile, a new report estimates that only a third of cases that have left China’s borders are being documented at all.]( [Animals]( [Here Are Some Gulls Playing With a Dildo]( [Conservation photographer Jennifer Warner visited the Children’s Pool in La Jolla, California on Tuesday in order to photograph the pupping harbor seals that have taken up residence on the beach. She soon noticed some juvenile gulls chasing each another around and causing a ruckus; one of them had what she...]( [Gadgets]( [At Last, the Holy Grail: Pockets That Can Fit a Phone]( [A recurring question I’ve heard from coworkers, seen on Twitter, and been asked in the comments here at Gizmodo is: Who on earth wants a flip phone like the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip or Motorola Razr?]( [News]( [Activision Subpoenas Reddit to Uncover Mysterious 'Call of Duty' Leaker]( [Reddit’s had its fair share of leakers in the past, with more than a few subreddits dedicated to the task of sharing leaks from video games, movies, tv shows, and the like. Last week, one of these leakers posted a now-deleted clip that they claimed was from the game’s new...]( [Climate change]( [We Need To Change Every Part of Our Food System to Fight the Climate Crisis]( [If the world’s population grows to 10 billion by 2050 as projected, the world will need to produce 70 percent more food. Without major changes to the food system, that would result in a catastrophic increase in greenhouse gas pollution due to increases in agriculture and deforestation. New research shows...]( [Toys and Collectibles]( [Hot Wheels Made a Mini Tesla Cybertruck Complete With Broken Window Stickers]( [If you thought stepping on a Lego Brick was painful, Mattel is about to up the ante with the introduction of Hot Wheels versions of Tesla’s angular, brutalist Cybertruck. Out of the box they arrive in pristine condition, but a set of included decals lets you customize at least one...]( [Climate change]( [A Quarter of All Climate Tweets Come From Bots—and They're More Likely to Peddle Denial]( [The bots are taking over, man. Researchers have found that bots are largely fueling climate denial propaganda on Twitter.]( [trump]( [YouTube Will Look Like Ass on Election Day, Reportedly]( [All but ensuring that the American public will not forget who’s running for president on election day, a certain president has bought out YouTube’s masthead space for the days leading up to and on November 3rd, Bloomberg reports. It didn’t have to be like this; according to Bloomberg, Google had...]( YOU MAY ALSO LIKE [Kotaku]( [After Confessing To Playing 300 Hours Of Breath Of The Wild, St. Vincent Realizes She's Played 300 Hours Of Breath...]( [The above picture is of indie rock artist St. Vincent from a recent interview with Variety. 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Here Are All The Parts That Had To Be Replaced]( [Recently sold on the website Only Used Tesla is what is believed to be the highest-mileage Tesla Model X in the world—a 2016 “90D” rental car/shuttle with over 400,000 miles on the odometer. The company that owned it, Tesloop, gave me the vehicle’s full maintenance records, so let’s look at...]( [Kotaku]( [Body Painting Streamer Banned For Nudity Despite Efforts To Stay Within Twitch's Rules]( [Twitch’s policies around content it deems “sexual” are inconsistently applied, but body painting—creating art using one’s face and torso as the canvas—doesn’t run afoul of them. Body painting even has its own official tag on the streaming platform. That, however, has not stopped Twitch from indefinitely suspending a streamer who...]( You made it to the end. Thanks for reading our newsletter! 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