Bookity

• New releases: Tor.com (scifi, fantasy, YA SFF, genre-benders) and Smart Bitches (romance)
• Linkity from Smart Bitches.
• Linkity from the Pen Addict.
• Bookish crafts.
• Bookish masks.
• Ah, Good Omens – a breath of fresh air in these trying times. Post-show quarantine fanvid from Neil Gaiman, Michael Sheen, David Tennant, and more.
• “Specialist delivery services available from local bookshops”.
• “It’s a lovely day in the Shire…”

Do, Think, Learn, Make

• “I’m glad that Indiana finally has its first national park and that it’s the one mostly known for having sand dunes that eat children.”
• Don’t bother engaging.
• “Why are your allergies so bad? Tree sexism”.
• “Fandom has a purity culture problem”.
• Learn about your neighborhood.
• “The art of the census”.

Life in These Pandemic Times

• “What happens next? COVID-19 futures, explained with playable simulations”. (via trilliath)
• The “Ring Around the Rosie” for our times?
• Collected COVID-19 tweets, part 7.
• Giving good marquee.
• “Give me liberty AND give me death!”
• Colonel Chris Hadfield joined the Barenaked Ladies for a quarantine sing-a-long of “I.S.S.” and to raise awareness for Oxfam. Oh, there’s a version of them singing it while Colonel Hadfield was ON the I.S.S. Cool!
• “We’re Coming Back” is a quarantine video featuring members of the bands Mumford & Sons, Semisonic, Trupa Trupa, plus many more, to raise money for City Meals on Wheels in New York and Twin Cities Music Community Trust.
• If you’re a fan of Parks and Recreation, they made a quarantine special to raise awareness for FeedingAmerica.
• “Live and let die”.
• Be skeptical.
• Less common symptoms.
• Protests.

Cookity

• Gluten free blueberry muffins.

Artsy Crafty

• Crochet a book sleeve.
• Knitting linkity from kmkat.

Cool

• Linkity from kmkat. And more.

Wha…?

• Actually cutting your hair with a Flowbee.
• Car and truck waffle maker.

LOL

• The truth about working from home.
• 2020 trends. Hover cursor/long-press for caption.

Reading Update
The Best of Connie Willis: Award-Winning Stories by Connie Willis. What it says on the tin, plus a couple of rather good award acceptance speeches.
Cartwheel in the Quiet: A Tapestry of Things Found + Felt by Emily Looman. Lovely little snippet of the author/artist’s life – a path to healing told in art and scribbled words.

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