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Fri. 03/19 - The Feuding Cousins Responsible For Our COVID Test Swab Supply


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The family feud putting the US’s COVID-19 test swab supply at risk. Could we use our food waste and sewage to fuel jets? And the projected symbol that was spotted in towns all around the world last night.

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Supply of Swab Tests for Covid-19 Rests on Embattled US Company Puritan (Bloomberg)
  • Could we fuel our jets using our sewage? (Wired)
  • The London Eye Has Been Transformed Into Captain America's Shield, And It's As Cool As It Sounds (BuzzFeed)
  • Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong apparently filed paperwork to run for president as a Republican (Yahoo)
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  • Jackson Bird on Twitter
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