Raphael Minder for the NY Times:
Every five days, Daniel Ordoñez opens 1,400 pipe taps in a waterfront hotel here in Barcelona that locals call “The Sail” because of its shape.
Each tap has to run for about five minutes, so the task takes him a full day. “It’s probably the most boring part of my job, but it’s needed,” he said, to avoid a form of pneumonia that can be spread by bacteria in the water: Legionnaires’ disease.
Mr. Ordoñez, who is in charge of maintenance at the hotel, has been its sole continuous occupant for the past two months, wandering its ghostly halls because of another illness that has ravaged the country and the globe: Covid-19.
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He now lives alone on the 24th floor, which gives him an unrivaled view of the city, its beaches and the Mediterranean. “At the start, I thought I would be here for about two weeks,”
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“It’s been a bit weird to watch my few socks spin inside the washing machine of a huge laundry room, but I’ve now also had time to get used to that,”
The state of Georgia made it look like its covid cases were going down ***by putting the dates out of order on its chart*** May 5 was followed by April 25, then back to May again, whatever made it look like a downslope. https://t.co/H8pSvY6rxn— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) May 17, 2020
This isn’t a “Karen” thing, this is a script to read at supermarket employees that’s been circulating in Trump-world circles. https://t.co/69xCjBd6Pp pic.twitter.com/IcI8MrQTPs— Ivor Tossell (@ivortossell) May 18, 2020
Piers Corbyn, brother of ex-Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, also led away in handcuffs after saying 5G and coronavirus pandemic linked, calling it a ‘pack of lies to brainwash you and keep you in order’ pic.twitter.com/8NKgnxYakQ— Thomas Hornall (@Thomashornall) May 16, 2020
i just had the weirdest fucking experience where i logged into my Blue Cross Blue Shield account and thought "wow, i'll miss this when i lose my job." is this what it feels like to be on mayor pete's wavelength— Rachel Sanders (@rachelysanders) May 14, 2020
— Jay Kuo (@nycjayjay) May 16, 2020
ah, time to take a big sip of Hydroxychloroquine and check Quibi— Steven Perlberg (@perlberg) May 12, 2020
"Contact Tracer" sounds like a cool future job like "Blade Runner."— Brandon Bird (@Brandon_Bird) May 17, 2020
Don’t touch other people’s balls — at least with your hands, is my new favorite rule.— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) May 17, 2020
(H/T @leverageagency) pic.twitter.com/0RynwXZQET
Great to see geese uphold the rule of law. pic.twitter.com/AErYoCW0tG— Paul Blanchard (@paulwrblanchard) May 16, 2020
AFP’s photos are usually great but this one has to be my favourite.— Holly Johnston (@hyjohnston) May 17, 2020
A therapy pug for doctors and nurses treating coronavirus patients in Mexico 🐶
Photo by Claudio Cruz pic.twitter.com/vLAgqGYnvV
