COVID-19 isolation activities

Internet use up 40 per cent in San Francisco Bay Area – but you know what’s even higher? Yep, alcohol, weed use

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Been catching up on my science:

The article contains some fabulous pictures, for example:

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https://howthingsfly.si.edu/activities/paper-airplane

https://www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/airplane/glidpaper.html

http://www.infosnow.ne.jp/~suzuki-a/

https://www.elecom.co.jp/printgogo/illustration/plane/index.html

https://www.origamiway.com/paper-airplanes.shtml

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Gumby__bored__watching TV

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Top story in one of the local newspapers:

(“Customs office is drowning in dildoes.”)

[ETA: Originally the story oneboxed, including a rather NSFW photo, hence the spoiler blur. Why that disappeared IDK.]

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Amateur Urban Ornithology Shocker:

The raven whose daily routine includes sitting on an old television aerial on the roof of a house across the street for a bit sat on the VHF antenna instead of the UHF antenna as usual.
What is going on?

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More free courses:

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Posted a few of those for my two classes!

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Maneiro!

I made some styrofoam fighters using the graphics of this page. Do you want to know something? They really flew! Turning it into a real warbird was easy, you just needed to attach a paper clip on the nose and launch it carefully.

https://juniorgeneral.org/index.php/figure/view/NakajimaKi43HayabusaOscar

https://juniorgeneral.org/index.php/figure/view/NakajimaKi84Frank

https://juniorgeneral.org/index.php/figure/view/LavochkinLa5

https://juniorgeneral.org/index.php/figure/view/LavochkinLaGG3

https://juniorgeneral.org/index.php/figure/view/NorthAmericanA36Apache

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Free military books from the Osprey publishing house:

Many people all over the world are staying at home to combat the spread of COVID-19. While self-isolation might be a bit daunting, it’s also a great opportunity to catch up on your reading. To help pass the time, we are giving customers five free eBooks each week for four weeks. Read through this week’s options, add the eBook to your basket and use the code FREEBOOKS2 at checkout to get your free eBooks.

https://ospreypublishing.com/blog/Free_eBooks_week_2/

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Socially distanced baptism.

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Friends, I saw some videos here of some celebrities inviting people to stay at their home … but try going into Schwarza’s or Taylor Swift’s house to see how they react!

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Amazon teams with SXSW to stream a one-time online film festival for 10 days that will be free to anyone w/ an Amazon account.

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As cool as that sounds, I’m not able to bring myself to use anything supplied by Amazon. Especially after seeing bags of rice going for $150.

ETA: (I have no idea why that got formatted in bold.)

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As long as rich men get to become richer, this entire… blip… will have been worth it! /s

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Hey, that’s a comforting bit of normality, that is.

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