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.
EarBliss, 10apr2020: MONUMENTS, by North Atlantic Drift.
Oh, look. Snow.
The Statue of Liberty’s Most Iconic Feature Was Originally Supposed to Look Very Different, Newly Discovered Drawings Reveal, via artnet News.
Studies on Twilight Phenomena, after Krakatoa (1888), via The Public Domain Review.
World of Warcraft experienced a pandemic in 2005. That experience may help coronavirus researchers, via The Washington Post.
EarBliss, 09apr2020: FOR THIS FROM THAT WILL BE FILLED, by Clarice Jensen.
Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… Of Schedule Permutations and Squirrel Overlords-in-Waiting.
Thou Shalt Practice Social Distancing, via Foreign Policy.
Scoop: Staples refuses to pay landlords for April rents, via Axios.
Freestyle Libre Approved By FDA For Hospitalized Patients During Covid-19 Pandemic, via BeyondType1.
The Pandemic Has Driven Twitter to New Lows in Happiness, via kottke.org.
“Reconfigured” or purely fabricated? Coronavirus misinformation comes in multiple forms and demands multiple solutions, via Nieman Lab.
Twitter notifies users that it’s now sharing more data with advertisers, via The Verge.
The Best Hopes for a Coronavirus Drug, via The Atlantic.
No, autocorrect, I didn’t want to write “tofu king tired” but now that you went ahead and wrote it, I’ll admit that it’s not without a certain charm.
