Cicadas: Millions will emerge after 17 years underground – CNN
Because, 2020
Judge slams the brakes on William Barr’s abuse of power
Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his contacts with the Russian ambassador during the presidential transition. He admitted under oath that he knew it was a crime to lie to the FBI, that he was not entrapped, that he was “in fact guilty of the crime charged,” and that he had committed additional crimes relating to his work for Turkish interests in the United States.
Judge slams the brakes on William Barr’s abuse of power (opinion) – CNN
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North Dakota governor in tears at split over face mask use in the US
North Dakota governor in tears at split over face mask use in the US – YouTube
Who would have thought we’d need to be told this? And also, fuck anyone who won’t wear a mask, let alone the people attacking others for wearing a mask,
Why Zoom calls are so tiring: The science of why you’re burned out by video chat in quarantine.
Another reason for video chat fatigue [is] the opposite of the eye contact problem: You have to look at each other’s faces the entire time! There are rarely natural breaks in conversation on Zoom, as there might be during a typical group dinner or coffee date, and it’s much harder to have a comfortable silence (or manage an uncomfortable one) when all parties are staring at one another nonstop. There’s no peeking out a window, no studying a menu, no people-watching, no helping out in the kitchen or asking about a host’s record collection. There’s only talking, and in a video chat with more than two participants, striking a normal conversational rhythm is nearly impossible. Add in differing internet lag times and the inability to hear multiple people speaking at once, and every group discussion becomes group “monologuing,” as Ashley Fetters termed it in the Atlantic. The patron saint of lively repartee rolls over in her grave with every “Wait, what was that?,” “Sorry, you go ahead,” and “Hang on, you just froze.”
Why Zoom calls are so tiring: The science of why you’re burned out by video chat in quarantine.
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How Pandemics End
In the years between 1347 and 1351, it killed at least a third of the European population. Half of the population of Siena, Italy, died.
…The dead were buried in pits, in piles.
In Florence, wrote Giovanni Boccaccio, “No more respect was accorded to dead people than would nowadays be accorded to dead goats.” Some hid in their homes. Others refused to accept the threat. Their way of coping, Boccaccio wrote, was to “drink heavily, enjoy life to the full, go round singing and merrymaking, and gratify all of one’s cravings when the opportunity emerged, and shrug the whole thing off as one enormous joke.”
How Pandemics End – The New York Times
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Group Buys Alabama Abortion Clinic to Keep it From Closing – Alabama News
An Alabama-based abortion rights group received a flood of donations after state lawmakers in 2019 attempted to outlaw abortion. The group used the money to purchase the state’s busiest abortion clinic to ensure it stays open when then-owner retires.
Group Buys Alabama Abortion Clinic to Keep it From Closing – Alabama News
Nicely, done!
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