Link dump

[firecat]

Failed to save provenance, sorry.

• 10 Citizen Science Projects That Need Your Help https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/60923/10-cool-citizen-science-projects
• Even More Ways to Help Librarians and Archivists From Home https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/transcribe-archives-at-home
• Don't fuck with Canadian geese man (video on Facebook) https://www.facebook.com/jtparker80/videos/10156083272490281/
• Cover of Scientific Americat Magazine (Facebook link) https://www.facebook.com/IFeakingLoveScience/photos/a.456449604376056/790253600995653/?type=3&theater


• No, You Did Not Get COVID-19 in the Fall of 2019 https://slate.com/technology/2020/04/coronavirus-circulating-california-2019-bunk.html
• San Francisco mayor caps Uber, Postmates, DoorDash delivery commissions https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/San-Francisco-mayor-caps-Uber-Postmates-15192738.php
• City Lights’ coronavirus fundraiser collects more than $300,000 in one day https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/books/city-lights-coronavirus-fundraiser-collects-more-than-300000-in-one-day
• Spain becomes first country to provide a universal basic income https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/spain-becomes-first-country-to-provide-a-universal-basic-income/08/04/
• Disabled advocates fear discrimination, supply rationing amid coronavirus pandemic https://www.ktvu.com/news/disabled-advocates-fear-discrimination-supply-rationing-amid-coronavirus-pandemic
• Cats can catch coronavirus, study finds, prompting WHO investigation https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-pets/cats-can-catch-coronavirus-study-finds-prompting-who-investigation-idUSKCN21Q3DJ
• BVA statement on cats and Covid-19 (“We are not advising that all cats are kept indoors. Only cats from infected households or where their owners are self-isolating, and only if the cat is happy to be kept indoors.") https://www.bva.co.uk/news-and-blog/news-article/bva-statement-on-cats-and-covid-19/
• Alabama removes controversial ventilator guidelines that denied coronavirus care to disabled https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/491896-alabama-removes-controversial-ventilator-guidelines-that-denied-coronavirus
• (from Thursday) Fast Foods Workers at 50 Restaurants Across California Are Going on Strike https://www.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/7kzyxz/fast-foods-workers-at-30-restaurants-across-california-are-going-on-strike

Comments

[noelfigart]

Eh. I'm a Believer in keeping the kitties inside...

[firecat]

I keep my cats inside because of my own anxiety disorder, and none of my cats have minded, but I've known cats who could not stand being indoor-only. In the UK, indoor-outdoor cats are more common than in the US.

[piglet]

I read something about the COVID genome tracing that suggested early to mid January was the earliest it may have been circulating in NYC. Do I mean genome? I am pre-coffee and can’t be arsed to look it up.

[firecat]

That's what I've read too. And genome sounds good to me.