World News

Bubonic plague is coming? | #PollyBites

Apparently, there’s a case of bubonic plague in Mongolia. And because it’s 2020, that means we’ll probably all have a dose of it by the weekend. Or not. Because, despite a few scare stories, it turns out that small breakouts of the Black Death are quite common, and the media is just a little bit trigger happy with tales of pandemics at the moment. Polly Boiko reads the small print to calm your nerves.

Whatfinger’s Unfiltered Guide to the Top 64 Fantasy Novels

Our not so daily newsletter. More like weekly…