Google tracked his bike ride past a burglarized home. That made him a suspect.
Dr. Fabiano Di Marco, a doctor in a hospital in Bergamo, Italy, shares his story: “It’s like a war,” he says. “We cry every day.” The US may be headed the same way. www.nytimes.com/2020/03/1…
The origin stories of the peace sign, smiley face and power button symbol.
There are symbols all around us that we take for granted, like the lightning strike icon, which indicates that something is high voltage. Or a little campfire to indicate that something is flammable. Those icons are pretty obvious, but there are others that aren’t so straightforward. Like, why do a triangle and a stick in a circle indicate “peace”? Where does the smiley face actually come from?"
If you must smoke while wearing your influenza mask, 1918 reddit.com/r/OldScho…
How to avoid the time-suck of social networks while working at home www.zdnet.com/article/h…
Bill Gates: Countries shut for coronavirus could bounce back in weeks — www.cnbc.com/2020/03/1…
Sister Maria Elena Romero, a cloistered nun, offers advice on social distancing, which nuns and monks have been doing for nearly 2,000 years.
U.S. Virus Plan Anticipates 18-Month Pandemic and Widespread Shortages
18 months!
Cory Doctorow: Plague precautions from 1665.
A comprehensive list, resembling extreme measures we might see today – both virtues and flaws (tippling in public houses STILL permitted).
Science was just getting started then, but people had plenty of experience with plague.
Among the precautions: Public entertainments, including bear-baiting, are banned. The bears must have been pleased.
Cory Doctorow: "Bigoted Republican Congressjerk votes against coronavirus relief because it might cover same-sex partnerships."
Cory: “The Republican Party, folks. The party of death and poverty and tragedy and hate. Remember that in November.”
In reality, the law that hateful moron Andy Biggs (R-Az) objects to makes no change to US policy regarding same-sex partnerships. None.
Also, the way infectious disease works is that for any of us to be protected, all of us need protection. Even people we find contemptible, like Andy Biggs.