"Oh, dear"

Low-key friending meme here. It even includes options for multiple platforms. Given that I'm off Tumblr and use twitter mostly for political news, this is my main base for, well, all the rest.

Speaking of news, though, or at least informed commentary about the news, I recommend Zeynep Tufekci's substack, Insight. She's a sociology professor at UNC-Chapel Hill. Her writings range widely, from the pandemic to politics to social media. Her work might already be familiar, given that she's written articles for The Atlantic and other outlets.

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I started watching The Queen's Gambit on Netflix. So far very good, if a bit stressful. I'm waiting for the crash(es) in Beth Harmon's life.

The Crown has a new season available--I don't watch, but this video mocking it made me laugh out loud. I know enough of the actual drama from that time period that I understood most of the humor.

( personal pandemic news behind a cut )

Edited to add: Just taking this moment to remind myself and anyone else in position to do so: food banks and other organizations could really use money donations.