And so it goes. Another morning in lockdown.
Somebody is being far too generous about my linguistic competence.
Shooting random time lapses, because why not?
Remember folks: stay the f*ck at home
April is here. Off I go on trying to post on One Man & His Blog at least once a day: Viruses, Lies and Spammers
One reason the UK is struggling on Covid-19 testing: centralised policy decision are leaving labs standing idle.
John Gruber: How to Open the Emoji Keyboard While Using a Hardware Keyboard on iPadOS
But the shortcut he refers to for opening the Emoji picker on MacOS is even more useful. 🥳
Seven’s a good age for learning to code in Swift, right?
Dominic Cummings in isolation as pressure mounts over NHS testing - I suspect that means that pretty much everyone leading our response has the novel coronavirus.
Well, the quasi-lockdown in the UK is really good at showing up who are the selfish people in your neighbourhood - and who has the scary authoritarian tendencies.
Parenthood involves far more gluing toys back together than I expected, to be frank.
So, today I corrected one small piece of misinformation about the government’s position, and got accused of all sorts of things as a result, before being blocked.
How’s your day going?
We need more than great coronavirus reporting right now. We also need distraction — and journalists could make that easier to find.
How BBC Radio 4 is going to keep The Archers going during Coronavirus lockdown.
One for the Blake’s 7 fans…
Here I am in the Stockport Advertiser in July 8th 1976:
Oh my, oh my.
Oh, my.
Blossom in the garden. Nature’s beauty continues, oblivious to our anxiety. And it is a balm for it, too.
Dear fellow journalists,
It is not necessary to give every article an intro linking it to the pandemic, especially if it has nothing to do with Covid-19.
Thank you, Adam
Is it right to be shopping online for non-essential goods right now?
A good piece by Rachel Moss for Huffpost explores the health and ethical complexities.
Where is the coronavirus information campaign?
This is a good point in an otherwise rather run-of-the-mill “tutting at the tutters” piece:
It is strange that we are not being bombarded with adverts along the lines of the ‘Get Ready For Brexit’ campaign about what we should be doing and are instead reliant on – often inaccurate – memes being shared over social media.
This is certainly the case in my neck of the woods, and those confusing messages are leading to tension. The lack of clear, central advice means that people are starting to form pro- and anti-online mobs around the issue of driving somewhere to exercise or walk your dogs, for example.
Spectator: The ugliness of coronavirus shaming
Clapping for the NHS in Shoreham-by-Sea.
A new take on my Engaged Reading Time newsletter.
3 links a day. None of them about the coronavirus.
What do you think?
I’m slightly jealous of people who are dealing with lockdown boredom. Luckily, I still have enough work to more than fill the working time I have left after doing half the home schooling for my daughters. With local community commitments, time is actually pretty short…