You should read this for 7/26/2020:
Art, Music, and Film
DHS threatens Netflix filmmakers to keep damning footage from airing before the election: report
Books, Libraries, Writing, and Language
The Only Surviving Script Written by Shakespeare Is Now Online Not a really great headline; the British Library has put the entire digitized ms. of The Book of Sir Thomas More online. Passages were written by Shakespeare, including the most famous bit wherein More addresses a crowd of anti-Flemish who object to immigrants.
How to put free e-books on your Amazon Kindle. This is really about how to put ebooks that aren’t from Amazon on your Kindle.
Coronavirus | COVID-19
H/T @TimWasem: The Influenza Masks of 1918
‘No mask, no entry. Is that clear enough? That seems pretty clear, right?’ “Lori Wagoner, retail clerk, on trying to enforce a state requirement to wear masks.”
We locked the front door and my co-worker and I went back into the storage room. We sat there and sobbed.
The next morning, I went to the hardware store to buy supplies. I can’t handle the constant tension. It’s rinse and repeat with all these daily blowups, and I’m starting to get paranoid. We installed a doorbell so we can keep the front door locked even during business hours, and I’ve got pepper spray up at my register. This is my job now. At least I’ll be ready.
On metric after metric, the coronavirus pandemic has been worse in the U.S. than nearly any other country
H/T Roseanne: Of Friends: A Librarian Reflects
In Baltimore, a struggling, black-owned nursing home keeps covid-19 at bay
Why It’s Still So Tough to Find Disinfectant Wipes
Education
Food and Drink
H/T Om Malik: Inside the World of Black Market Bourbon
Pico de Gallo Use your own fresh tomatoes, cilantro, and peppers.
Peach Sangria
Chickpea Salad Sandwiches
Sourdough Is A Social Media Star — But Those Beans Would Look Great On Instagram
History and Archaeology
New Dates Push Back Occupation of South Australia
Researchers from the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization and Waikato University radiocarbon dated shell middens in South Australia, and determined that a site in the Riverland region was occupied as early as 29,000 years ago.
Science and Nature
Whales Get A Break As Pandemic Creates Quieter Oceans The article has pictures, and Humpback whale recordings.
Stunning new Hubble image of Saturn. You really gotta see this image.
Society
Om Malik: It all started with a single tweet
In fourteen years, since that fateful evening, all I can say is the medium is optimized for the loudest and strangest to get the most attention. The virulent is what gets virality. It is not just Twitter. It is also us.
Technology
Via iDownload: Wallpapers of the week: along the roads Free iPhone wallpapers.
Your ‘Doomscrolling’ Breeds Anxiety. Here’s How To Stop The Cycle
Twitter says at least one elected official had DMs accessed during breach Also:
in total 130 accounts were targeted by attackers during the breach. 45 accounts, many of them high profile, were accessed and used to send out tweets encouraging people to send bitcoin with the promise the money would be doubled. 36 accounts had their DM inbox accessed, and eight accounts had all of their data (including direct messages) downloaded, however, none of those eight accounts were verified.
Women’s Work
Ocasio-Cortez accosted by GOP lawmaker over remarks: ‘That kind of confrontation hasn’t ever happened to me’ ‘I Could Not Allow That To Stand’: Ocasio-Cortez Rebukes Republican For Vulgar Insult But wait, there’s moar! See The New York Times has a misogyny problem, too.
In fact, the double standards were everywhere. New York magazine writer Rebecca Traister, responding to Harris’s tweet, noted: “Women’s anger at male power abuse [is] regularly presented as path to self-advancement for the women. Voicing fury at systemic degradation is read as opportunistic. Whereas men’s abusive behavior rarely understood as fundamental to how they attained & maintain THEIR power. But it is!”
How to person woman man camera tv Sarah Cooper is fabulous.
💩🔥💰 Trumpery 💩🔥💰
Trump’s gripes about Fauci: A guide The one that I keep hearing repeatedly, from people who should know better, is that Fauci said not to wear a mask. He was talking about medical quality masks, N95 and the like, and was clear that he wanted to make sure medical staff could obtain them, when they were already in short supply.
‘Dr. Fauci said, “Don’t wear a mask.” ’
Fauci did say this, as did other health experts in the U.S. government. He says he was motivated by early fears that N95 masks needed by hospital workers would quickly run out of stock. Once science indicated that the virus was spread by people who were asymptomatic, the guidance was updated, because even fabric masks can help halt the spread if everyone wears them.
I took a closer look at the cognitive test Trump claims to have aced “The test the president boasted about passing does not measure IQ but is typically used to check for early signs of dementia”
Pay It Forward and Make It Better
‘I wanted to take action’: behind the ‘Wall of Moms’ protecting Portland’s protesters ‘Hundreds of mothers have attended demonstrations and stood as a human barricade between protesters and federal officers” and Portland Dads With Leaf Blowers Join Wall of Moms to Blow Back Tear Gas From Police
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Something Wonderful
西村ケント(Kent Nishimura) @guitar_shonen Human Nature This is Kent Nishimura’s YouTube channel.
H/T Ari: A doe, and a harp solo.
