Spotify Charts & Serenity Now This Week on BTRtoday

For your convenience and delight, we collected all the stories we published this week. For more, check out BTRtoday on Facebook, Twitter,  and Instagram.

Monday

Photo by Alexa Viscius

Even In Quarantine, Varsity is Fine Forever

How Yoga Has Made Me Better During Quarantine

Jerry Stiller’s Best Scene Will Hold Up Forever

Tuesday

Photo via The Nude Party

The Nude Party’s Instagram Videos Will Keep You Sane

New Meme, Much Excite: Doge 2 is Here

9 Things That Parenting During This Pandemic Has Taught Me

Wednesday

Photo by Maxime Imburt for i-D

Faux Real Communicates with Creativity & Inside Jokes

Biden Needs to Destroy the Senate Filibuster

Thursday

Photo by Elena Childers

Kentucky Fried Queer Punks GRLwood Make Spotify’s Pop-Heavy Chart

WTF is Obamagate?

Friday

Photo by Drake Li

Premiering Been Stellar’s Sacrificial Banger “The Poets”

Quarantine Kitchen with Chef Vivek Surti of Tailor Nashville

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