Link dump, 11 April 2020
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firecat‘Being considered “weird” in your culture can also enhance an element of creativity called “integrative complexity.” People who are strong in integrative complexity tend to handle uncertainty well and excel at reconciling conflicting information. They’re often able to see problems from multiple perspectives.’
⁃ The Perks of Being a Weirdo: How not fitting in can lead to creative thinking https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/04/the-perks-of-being-a-weirdo/606778/
‘"Please stop making that booming noise and go to bed, Anak Krakatau. It's late and we've already got plenty of other things to worry about," one person wrote on Twitter.’
⁃ Eruption at Indonesian volcano Krakatoa https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2020/04/massive-eruption-at-indonesian-volcano-krakatoa-report.html
Ooh, more Pinky & the Brain!
⁃ Animaniacs Reboot Brings Back Original Cast, Plus Pinky and the Brain https://screenrant.com/animaniacs-reboot-hulu-pinky-brain-original-cast/
Labor Fight Collides With the Pandemic at Trader Joe’s https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/business/trader-joes-unionization-coronavirus.html
‘Among the Nordic nation's findings: about half of its citizenry at any given time who have coronavirus but don't know it, will be asymptomatic....Iceland is testing its citizens at random by selecting names out of the country's main telephone directory, [a] large-scale testing strategy that has not been adopted elsewhere.’
⁃ Iceland has tested more of its population for coronavirus than anywhere else. Here's what it learned https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/04/10/coronavirus-covid-19-small-nations-iceland-big-data/2959797001/
‘And so the onslaught is coming. Get ready, my friends. What is about to be unleashed on American society will be the greatest campaign ever created to get you to feel normal again....the all-out blitz to make you believe you never saw what you saw. The air wasn’t really cleaner; those images were fake. The hospitals weren’t really a war zone; those stories were hyperbole. The numbers were not that high; the press is lying....You didn’t see homeless people dead on the street. You didn’t see inequality. You didn’t see indifference. You didn’t see utter failure of leadership and systems.’
⁃ Prepare for the Ultimate Gaslighting https://forge.medium.com/prepare-for-the-ultimate-gaslighting-6a8ce3f0a0e0
Be careful with matches when attending your distributed, virtual Burning Man.
⁃ Burning Man officially canceled, going virtual amid coronavirus concerns https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/festivals/burning-man-canceled-going-virtual-due-to-coronavirus-outbreak
A robust body of research behind the concept of “the nature cure” indicates that exposure to plants, wildlife and natural systems — even virtually — can reduce stress (The meta-comment here is: How do you report on travel when people aren't supposed to travel?)
⁃ Watching California’s wildlife online surges during shelter-in-place https://www.sfchronicle.com/travel/article/Watching-California-s-wildlife-online-surges-15188406.php
⁃ The Perks of Being a Weirdo: How not fitting in can lead to creative thinking https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/04/the-perks-of-being-a-weirdo/606778/
‘"Please stop making that booming noise and go to bed, Anak Krakatau. It's late and we've already got plenty of other things to worry about," one person wrote on Twitter.’
⁃ Eruption at Indonesian volcano Krakatoa https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2020/04/massive-eruption-at-indonesian-volcano-krakatoa-report.html
Ooh, more Pinky & the Brain!
⁃ Animaniacs Reboot Brings Back Original Cast, Plus Pinky and the Brain https://screenrant.com/animaniacs-reboot-hulu-pinky-brain-original-cast/
Labor Fight Collides With the Pandemic at Trader Joe’s https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/business/trader-joes-unionization-coronavirus.html
‘Among the Nordic nation's findings: about half of its citizenry at any given time who have coronavirus but don't know it, will be asymptomatic....Iceland is testing its citizens at random by selecting names out of the country's main telephone directory, [a] large-scale testing strategy that has not been adopted elsewhere.’
⁃ Iceland has tested more of its population for coronavirus than anywhere else. Here's what it learned https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/04/10/coronavirus-covid-19-small-nations-iceland-big-data/2959797001/
‘And so the onslaught is coming. Get ready, my friends. What is about to be unleashed on American society will be the greatest campaign ever created to get you to feel normal again....the all-out blitz to make you believe you never saw what you saw. The air wasn’t really cleaner; those images were fake. The hospitals weren’t really a war zone; those stories were hyperbole. The numbers were not that high; the press is lying....You didn’t see homeless people dead on the street. You didn’t see inequality. You didn’t see indifference. You didn’t see utter failure of leadership and systems.’
⁃ Prepare for the Ultimate Gaslighting https://forge.medium.com/prepare-for-the-ultimate-gaslighting-6a8ce3f0a0e0
Be careful with matches when attending your distributed, virtual Burning Man.
⁃ Burning Man officially canceled, going virtual amid coronavirus concerns https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/festivals/burning-man-canceled-going-virtual-due-to-coronavirus-outbreak
A robust body of research behind the concept of “the nature cure” indicates that exposure to plants, wildlife and natural systems — even virtually — can reduce stress (The meta-comment here is: How do you report on travel when people aren't supposed to travel?)
⁃ Watching California’s wildlife online surges during shelter-in-place https://www.sfchronicle.com/travel/article/Watching-California-s-wildlife-online-surges-15188406.php
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