Update from The House of Plague, Day 11

[elisi]

A letter to the UK from Italy: this is what we know about your future
An author in Rome describes what to expect based on her experiences of lockdown
(I wasn't sure what to expect, but oh, it's beautiful and wonderful and moving.)

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The rest of today's links are all from Tumblr!

#quarantine moods (Buffy edition)

#quarantine cat

A collection of covid-19 Tweets, Part 4

Downside of working from home

It's not a comma...

Homelessness ended in London overnight

Comments

[wolfy_writing]

Glad you're all in good enough condition to meme!

My cat does not have a snazzy tie. If she dresses up more fancily than I do for video calls, I'm worried they'll fire me and hire her.

[elisi]

Glad you're all in good enough condition to meme!
We most definitely are. Memes keep us sane! :D

My cat does not have a snazzy tie. If she dresses up more fancily than I do for video calls, I'm worried they'll fire me and hire her.
LOL. I wonder what would happen if we tried to put a tie on our cat... He would NOT be impressed. And we would be bleeding.

[wolfy_writing]

My cat won't even keep a collar on. I bought safety collars and she kept escaping them, and now I'm afraid to give her something that isn't a breakaway safety collar, because she's learned to go up to a bedspring, snag her collar on that, and pull until it comes off.

[elisi]

Yeah, ours hasn't had a collar either for... many years. But then he wanders in and out and disappears into nature, and a collar can get caught on things when he's far away.

[beer_good_foamy]

It's weird how after two weeks of isolation, every single scene in every single film or TV series where people stand next to each other looks dangerous.


On the plus side, at least sports commentators are keeping busy.

ETA:

[elisi]

It's weird how after two weeks of isolation, every single scene in every single film or TV series where people stand next to each other looks dangerous.
SO MUCH THIS. Everyone also keeps touching each other.

On the plus side, at least sports commentators are keeping busy.
Heee! Thank you, hadn't seen that. Reminds me of the Staring Competition.

And love your ETA! I had barely heard of Zoom before all this...

[yourlibrarian]

Great to see that link about homelessness. Experiments here have shown the same thing, that it's more cost efficient to house people and then connect them with social services than it is to try and deal with it through temporary shelters and jails. Plus, there are always plenty of empty properties.

There will always be a small number of people who will not be able to be easily served. But the vast majority of homelessness could be resolved with homes, and it would be better long-term for the economy as well.

[elisi]

Great to see that link about homelessness.
A) It's good something's being done. B) It's beyond shameful that nothing's been done before. (And here, the whole 'austerity' thing has created a huge increase in homelessness.)

Experiments here have shown the same thing, that it's more cost efficient to house people and then connect them with social services than it is to try and deal with it through temporary shelters and jails. Plus, there are always plenty of empty properties.
*nods* We should all take a leaf out of Finland's book.

[sea_thoughts]

Experiencing some schadenfreude about the PM AND the Health Secretary (second one!) being diagnosed. And Dominic Cummings running like a demon (coincidence?) away from Downing Street.

[elisi]

And Dominic Cummings running like a demon (coincidence?) away from Downing Street.
I missed that. But yeah. It seems they have not been as careful Washing Their Hands, like they ought to.

[sea_thoughts]

Boris Johnson's chief adviser Dominic Cummings is seen running out of Downing Street.

Earlier, the prime minister tested positive for coronavirus https://t.co/sLr7wmOzcr pic.twitter.com/d3mMeqDPcG

— ITV News (@itvnews) March 27, 2020

Johnson was defiantly shaking hands so... not surprising.

[elisi]

Aaaaah, but that is beautiful. And the comments are GOLD. Two edits with Benny Hill music. *chefs kiss*

[sea_thoughts]

Yep, there are still some great moments to be had. :')

[elisi]

Run FASTER! >:)