Your daily dog-children status update for 15apr2020.

EarBliss, 15apr2020: LIVE IN PARIS (1975), by Pharaoh Sanders.

Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… A Revisitation, In Progress: TORSO.

Deepfakes 2.0: The New Era of “Truth Decay”, via Just Security.

COVID-19 and Diabetes: Known Mechanisms and a ‘New Beast’?,via Medscape.

Officially licensed limited edition Super Mario Bros. pocket watch from Japan, via Supper Mario Broth.

Novo Offers Free 90-Day Insulin Supply To People Recently Uninsured Due To COVID-19, via BeyondType1.

Disney Plus’ butt cover-up hides a much bigger problem, via The Verge.

As the Coronavirus Spreads, Conspiracy Theories Are Going Viral Too, via Foreign Policy.

Status.

200 pages into Paul Auster’s 4321 and it’s already a contender for inclusion among my favorite books. Superb.

EarBliss, 14apr2020: COLT, by Hilary Woods.

Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… Notes on Continued Efforts to Outwit the Piranhas.

Mafia distributes food to Italy’s struggling residents, via The Guardian.

Ancient texts encouraged hope and endurance when they spoke of end times, via phys.org.

Answering The 12 Biggest Questions About Apple And Google’s New Coronavirus Tracking Project, via The Verge.

Spinnable 3D Models of the British Library’s 16th Century Globes, via kottke.org.

On Her Latest Project, Meredith Monk Revisits Her Past, via Bandcamp Daily.

Monday.

Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… QUANTUM OF SOLACE / Newsletter Relaunch T-Minus 13 Days.

Sunday afternoon.

Considering moving my newsletter out of Mailchimp and to something a little simpler. Just don’t need all of the extras and want a fresh start. Any recommendations?

The moles were not practicing social distancing under my backyard.

Progress: THE COMPLETE ESSAYS, by Michel de Montaigne.

Never thought that my primary statements of life in the COVID-19 era would be a series of photographs of my dog under a blanket but here we are. Leagues better than anything I could write.

Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… SitRep, 11apr2020

EarBliss, 11apr2020: FAÞIR, by Forndom.

Did Ohio get it right? Early intervention, preparation for pandemic may pay off, via The Washington Post.

(Pair with this brilliant ad from the Ohio Department of Health on why social distancing works.)

Why Bluetooth apps are bad at discovering new cases of COVID-19, via The Verge.

COVID-19: Monitoring The Global Slowdown, via Bellingcat.

How Privacy-Friendly Contact Tracing Can Help Stop the Spread of Covid-19, via kottke.org.

Apple, Google Bring Covid-19 Contact-Tracing to 3 Billion People, via Bloomberg.

EarBliss, 10apr2020-2: DARK MATTER, by Moses Boyd.

Current rotation, 10apr2020.

Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… 10 Years On and Still Fighting I Think.