Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… Disembodied Mask-Wearing Zoom Head, Continued.
Links, 22jul2020
The hunt for the origins of SARS-CoV-2 will look beyond China, via The Economist.
How to Understand COVID-19 Numbers, via ProPublica.
Th’infernal Drone: In Praise Of The Hurdy-Gurdy, via The Quietus.
Newly excavated tools suggest humans lived in North America at least 30,000 years ago, via The Guardian.
Daily running route yard signage report for 22jul2020: 110 houses, 8 Tumor/Pestilence signs (+/-0), 0 Biden signs (+/-0); 103 days and 11 hours remain until the 2020 election.
Not sure if this is in the works - or if one of the third-party Micro-apps does it - but it’d be wonderful if I could control cross-posting via checkbox on the main posting window (iOS app) instead of going through the extra gear click-through thingy (my technical term, clearly).
Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… Beware, for My Disembodied Head Returns to the Zoom-Waves This Morning.
Daily running route yard signage report for 21jul2020: 110 houses, 8 Tumor/Pestilence signs (+/-0), 0 Biden signs (+/-0); 104 days and 10 hours remain until the 2020 election.
Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… Backyard Brain Phantoms.
Update the second: my emergency re-potting of a wayward succulent still yields life.
Daily running route yard signage report for 20jul2020: 110 houses, 8 Tumor/Pestilence signs (+/-0), 0 Biden signs (+/-0); 105 days and 10 hours remain until the 2020 election.
Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… Inchoate Prequel Notes, +15-21 Years.
Daily running route yard signage report for 19jul2020: 110 houses, 8 Tumor/Pestilence signs (+/-0), 0 Biden signs (+/-0); 106 days and 12 hours remain until the 2020 election.
Issue 0013 of MacroParentheticals is on its way to subscribers; the week is done. Back to work.
Update: my repotting adventure met with approval. I remain cautiously opti-pessimistic.
Just re-potted my first succulent without my wife around. Found that it had broken free of the bonds of its original plastic and the prognosis was grim without a quick fix. Might yet be grim with my emergency maneuver, but… Updates as they become available.
Daily running route yard signage report for 18jul2020: 110 houses, 8 Tumor/Pestilence signs (+/-0), 0 Biden signs (+/-0); 107 days and 10 hours remain until the 2020 election.
I just don’t get how to function in a family. Write a book in five months on deadline, sure. Families, not a chance in hell.
Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… Brief Saturday Notes / THE FIVE.