Just improvise!
we’re all grasping at straws by now
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Damn, between US and UK the competition for who is mangling this situation more is tight!
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The Ministry of Health changed its mind and revoked its orders that prohibited cruises from docking or leaving Brazilian ports.
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of course they are, that’s what they do
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speaking of abundances…
t’s a verbal lasso around galloping unpredictability. Though the scale of its terms are oxymoronic — abundance signaling plenty, caution calling for restraint — that only serves to make it sound more poetic. Imagine a kind neighbor coming over to your house and sharing their caution with you, because they had an abundance this year. An unlimited buffet with a caution fountain, caution towers, baskets of caution. As though we’re all positively relishing in our carefulness rather than preparing for the worst. There is something particularly American about turning something stark into a cornucopia.
Behind the loveliness of the word “abundance” lurks something far more sinister, an irony which turns nearly cruel when you consider the material scarcity it camouflages.
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“Hold my toilet roll…”
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Some Illinois-related news: Gov. Pritzker announced 18 more cases today, with the first downstate positives, bringing the total to 64.
Nicor Gas is suspending disconnections for non-payment through May 1, for both residential and commercial customers.
Breweries are shutting taprooms.
The Chicago public library has cancelled programs, events, and meeting room bookings.
Idiots are gathering for unofficial St. Patrick’s Day celebrations even though the official ones have been cancelled.
The Cook County Sheriff’s Office has suspended visitation to jail inmates (attorneys and clergy excepted), and also has suspended evictions.
Park districts are closing facilities and suspending activities.
The mayor of Champaign has declared an emergency, though no cases have been diagnosed as of Friday. Naturally, the right-wing media had a freakout, claiming she’d be seizing guns and property and/or banning alcohol sales. Oh, for fuck’s sake.
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The U.K. government being criticised for risking lives
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The unexpected and unwanted return of “thoughts and prayers” as a governing practice.
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Interesting results about when the virus is infectious
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endless screaming
Amazon and McDonalds could afford to pay for every other company’s sick leave on their own, but they’re exempt from paying their own employees if one of them gets sick.
Fuck this entire country.
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Finally a sensible idea from the U.K. government!
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As I understand it, the law here in Norway is that you must accept cash at one of your outlets. So, if one branch of a store accepts cash, the other branches can be card-only.
If you look at cases per capita, Europe has the top 3 spots. Spain is at 7. China is way down at 16.
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This is what’s going around Oz social media:
And, yes, I checked: Dan Suan is a real immunologist, and this was apparently written by him.
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Meanwhile, in Tasmania:
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That’s not how it works here. If you’re doing business at a location open to the public - you must accept cash.
Lots of people are unbanked.
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it’s my personal belief that the only way to win at trumpism is not to play the game. a national emergency and yet he has the media and everyday americans hyper focused on him
if our dear leader dies, im sure someone will let me know. till then? here’s to hoping state government knows what they’re doing. ( and have the funds and authority to do it. )
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