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Jeffrey Zients Announces He Will Stay on as White House COVID Director: Via Politico, "These past two weeks I’ve realized my place is still in the White House and not at home. That time will come. But it’s not now. I love my White House colleagues and my country. Unfinished business."
Axios reports that Tom Brady's decision inspired the change of heart.
Pod Research: Following their case studies of learning pods around the country, CRPE announced a new research study of a pod in the Seattle region.
The pod has grown to 25 members over the last year.
Enhanced Tracking: Return to Learn Tracker, Burbio, and the COVID-19 School Data Hub are combining forces to launch a new enhanced school closure and mask tracker.
The new system, named Return-to-Learn-School-Hub-io, will leverage AI and googling monkeys to provide just-in-time reporting.
COVID-19 Research
Updated Guidance: The CDC released updated guidance along with helpful decision trees.
New Mask Technology: Dyson enables full Bane Mode with a pair of noise-canceling Bluetooth headphones with air purification mask technology built in.
State
Colorado: Gov. Polis announces he is training for a new sport.
DC:
Crypto: "Capitol Hill Books has decided to change our business model. Henceforth we will only sell NFTs of books and only accept cryptocurrency as payment."
The National Park Service announces plan to turn the Abraham Lincoln Statue around in the Lincoln Memorial:
"Preservationists are concerned that the statue, constantly subject to the elements in the open-air memorial and exposed to direct sunlight each morning, is aging unevenly and the front may eventually fade."
New Jersey: Governor signed an executive order changing the state bird.
New York: JetBlue announces new LGA to JFK route.
Virginia: Attorney General announced that recent archives show that the vote to create the Commonwealth of Kentucky was illegitimate.
International
Canada: Montreal identical twin teachers have class covered.
Resources
National Weather Service: To avoid any confusion between °F and °C, will now instead use Kelvin.
Honda: Is the first to launch a range of Pet Co-Pilot Front Seats.
Related: Bad Dog. Just kidding.
Happy April Fool's Day: For all that celebrate.
In 1700, April Fools’ Day became an annual prank-filled tradition in England. But its origins may date back to the 1500s and refer to people who didn’t realize the new year had been moved from spring to Jan. 1.
Ice Cream for Dogs: Is becoming a thing, Axios reports.
Not an April Fools' joke.
Mr Rogers: Previously unseen segment.