“In the rare instances where a pathogen does cross the species divide, bats are almost never to blame, Plowright says. Many cultures have a long history of hunting and eating bats and other animals for subsistence. But in recent decades, other human interactions with wild species have escalated to an unprecedented degree as urban areas [...]
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Always blog what you want to remember (and then forget it)
“When the garden eels at a Tokyo aquarium remove their heads from the sand, they are usually confronted by pairs of human eyes staring back at them through the glass. But like other animals around the world, the eels at Sumida Aquarium are finding their environment transformed by the effects of the coronavirus outbreak. They [...]
A woman in cyberspace can’t be reasonable – or she probably wouldn’t be blogging
“Yes, transit is in freefall — but some modes more far than others.” People Are Still Riding the Bus During COVID-19 — and We Need To Protect Them, by Kea Wilson, Streets Blog, 30 April 2020 “The Muslim holy month of Ramadan runs from April 23 to May 23 in 2020, which means that you [...]
Enter the Blogtagon
“America Needs You fights for economic mobility for ambitious, first-generation college students. We do this by providing transformative mentorship and intensive career development.” Thank you for your interest in becoming an America Needs You Mentor Coach! Calling all coaches, calling all coaches. “Unfortunately, we are today condemned to be led by a president who has [...]
Every blogma has its day
“Restless Californians are letting Gov. Gavin Newsom know they’re over his statewide order to stay home to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. At noisy street demonstrations and in polite letters from government officials, they’re saying: Let us start getting back to normal.” Even Harder Than Shutting Down: How Does Newsom Reopen California?, by CalMatters, [...]
Blogging is a confession
“Another company, AutoWeb, disclosed last week that it had paid its chief executive $1.7 million in 2019 — a week after it received $1.4 million from the same loan program.” Large, Troubled Companies Got Bailout Money in Small-Business Loan Program, by Jessica Silver-Greenberg, David Enrich, Jesse Drucker and Stacy Cowley, NYT, 26 April 2020 How [...]
Comics, Insurance, and the F*!cking LA Lakers on the Internets
You can put me on “hug,” Chuck, Peanuts, 27 April 2020 Oh Peppermint Patty. That’s m’girl. Mint and Marcie, by Joe Linsner And if you’d like to see MUCH MUCH MORE of these two, you’ll have the joy of buying the Weapon Brown GN because “A Peanut Scorned” is no longer online. You can, however, [...]
Blogging is short (we wish), life is long
“There are no new comic books. Steve Geppi, head of Diamond Comic Distributors, which distributes nearly every comic sold in the anglophone world (or used to), announced this on 23 March, though senior industry figures already knew what was coming. The coronavirus pandemic had sunk retailers deep into the red. They couldn’t pay their bills [...]
The blogosphere
“Annual list of the most challenged books includes Alex Gino’s George, about a transgender girl, and John Oliver’s picture book about a gay rabbit, A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo.” LGBTQ children’s books face record calls for bans in US libraries, by Alison Flood, The Guardian, 21 April 2020 I TOTALLY WANT A [...]
The most effective way to blog, is to do it
“OED lexicographers report seeing huge rise in ‘a very short period of time’ of many coronavirus-related terms including self-isolation and WFH.” Oxford dictionary revised to record linguistic impact of Covid-19, by Alison Flood, The Guardian, 15 April 2020 “Credit card swipers have found a hard-to-detect way to target WordPress websites using the WooCommerce plugin by [...]