Meanwhile: Monday, May 4

Already dreading all your "May the Fourth" memes.

As always, there’s nothing more important right now than staying up-to-date on COVID-19. They do a good job of that here.

But meanwhile…

• The murder hornet is the 2020 B-plot you probably didn’t see coming — Honestly, at this point, why not? I’m here for the Biblical-plague vibes. (The Verge, Kim Lyons)

• V*rus Pushes a Staid Supreme Court Into Revolutionary Changes — I can already hear it now: “Justice Ginsburg, I think you’re on mute?” (The New York Times, Adam Liptak)

• Two men and a dog chasing an Arctic dream in a lifeboat — After a 5,000km (3,100 miles) journey to the Arctic Circle with a dog named Shackleton, their adventure continues. (BBC, Calum Watson)

• Was Elon Musk’s Twitter meltdown illegal? An investigation — Evergreen reminder that I have 3.5k Twitter followers (The Verge, Elizabeth Lopatto)

• An 8-Year-Old Wrote An Original Song Called "I Wonder What's Inside Your Butthole" And It's A Quarantine Smash — Who *hasn’t* wondered this? (Buzzfeed News, Tanya Chen)

  😗Oh, also: Pick oooone person who you think might like this newsletter, and send them a little message about it! TYSM.