“We’ve now gotten to the hard part”
 THE BIG STORY
COVID-19 vaccinations in the US are declining, but Biden is aiming for 70% of adults to have at least one shot by July 4
First, the tough numbers: the number of people getting vaccinated each day has dropped sharply in the US — down from an April peak of more than 3 million to around 2 million this week.
That's not a good sign. In order to return the US closer to normal life, a lot more people have to be willing to get vaccinated. So President Joe Biden announced a plan to have 70% of adult Americans receive at least one COVID-19 vaccine shot by July 4.
That 70% figure is ambitious. Reaching Biden's July 4 goal will require administering another 100 million shots over the next two months, while convincing people less eager to get a shot.
The plan will focus on getting teens, people in hard-to-reach places, and people now reluctant to get a shot vaccinated. FEMA, which has so far focused on setting up mass vaccination sites, will move toward offering smaller "pop-up" vaccination events and mobile clinics.
An expert told us the US vaccination campaign has reached a point where the eager-to-be-vaccinated part of the population has begun to tap out. She put it like this: "I think we've now gotten to the hard part. And even the easy part was hard."  The daily number of vaccine doses given has been declining since mid-April. Line shows seven-day rolling average. Peter Aldhous / BuzzFeed News / Via CDC STAYING ON TOP OF THIS
The latest on Mexico's train line collapse
Mexico City officials have updated the death toll in Monday's elevated train line collapse — at least 23 people have died in the collapse.
The subway train traveling on Line 12 plummeted to the ground after an overpass caved in at around 10:22 p.m local time Monday. At least 70 people were taken to the hospital, seven of whom were undergoing surgery.
Footage of the incident shared on social media showed the moment the overpass collapsed, sending two carriages downward onto vehicle traffic on both sides.
Mexico City's mayor said a survivor who was trapped in a vehicle beneath the debris was rescued. SNAPSHOTS
Black Gen Z'ers want you to stop sharing videos of police killing people who look like them. Black teens told us the constant barrage of the footage in their social media feeds not only normalizes and dehumanizes attacks against Black people, but it has also habitualized their trauma.
If you have more than 600 followers, you can now host a Twitter Space. The Space function, essentially Twitter's Clubhouse competitor, lets you start or listen to live conversations. Twitter is opening it up to more people.
The data is out — here's what people around the world want to name their babies in 2021. Luna and Arlo are consistently popular names, and fair enough, they're cute. But..Danger? Didn't see that coming. Here are the names.
Taking a look back at the profound work of Dawoud Bey. We interviewed Dawoud Bey, one of the best-known Black photographers, about his extraordinary career documenting the Black experience in America. This image really stood out to me:  Dawoud Bey TUMBLR'S QUEER AUDIENCE
Tumblr says it's the queerest social media platform, but can it hold on to that?
Tumblr says that, based on its internal data, it is the go-to destination for LGBTQ teens. The social media platform estimates that the people who use its site are 193% more likely to be LGBTQ compared to those on other platforms.
Based on this, Tumblr has declared itself the "queerest place on the internet." And fair enough, some of this checks out — as Lauren Strapagiel writes, "If you want queer memes, Tumblr remains a destination. It's been the home of countless fandoms' queer ships and endless niche debates over every aspect of queer culture."
But creating a space that is deliberately safe and welcoming for queer people on the internet takes a lot of intention. And as TikTok has grown, the kind of queer discourse often seen on Tumblr has moved over to the video app. Strapagiel poses the big question: can Tumblr do the work to stay the queerest platform? KNOW YOURSELF Channing Tatum says he needs to "get better at acting" so he doesn't have to be naked in every movie he's in
Noted frequently naked movie star Channing Tatum joked to Kelly Clarkson that if he were a better actor, he wouldn't need to get naked in every movie he stars in.
"As someone who works out for a job, I promise you I would not look like this unless I had to be naked in most of my movies mostly," he told Clarkson. "At some point I have to get better at acting so I don't have to be naked in all of them." Don't hesitate to articulate what you need today, Elamin 📝 This letter was edited and brought to you by Elamin Abdelmahmoud and BuzzFeed News. You can always reach us here.
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