Update from The House of Plague, Day 52

[elisi]

Hopeful things. People are sometimes wonderful. <3

In 1847 the Choctaw Nation, fresh off the Trail of Tears, heard of the Irish Famine and sent every cent they could.

Today, their covid-19 appeal is peppered with message after message of gratitude and fellowship from Irish donors.

They didn't forget us. We won't forget them. https://t.co/X99x6fY1Zp

— Maria Farrell (@mariafarrell) May 4, 2020

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Tom Hanks' Blood Will be Used To Develop COVID-19 Vaccine

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Facebook video: Enfield UK residents putting their bins out 😃😃 (via Kerk)

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As a historian I’m awed by how GREAT a job humanity is doing now, the first pandemic where we’ve understood hygiene, hand-washing, where we’ve had actions we could take.

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Banksy: New Banksy artwork appears at Southampton hospital

From which I made two icons, because why not?



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And finally:



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ETA: Also, DO watch Grayson's Art Club (link goes to ep 2). One of the most lovely and uplifting things around. And their cat looks a lot like ours. Right down to the idiot vacant stare where you can see their single braincell rolling around.

Comments

[beer_good_foamy]

That thing with the Irish and the Choctaw had me all choked up when I saw it. That's beautiful.

[elisi]

I love how kindness lasts. ♥

[wolfy_writing]

I heard about the Irish donations! I was donating to the Navajo Nation, and it looks like they're also getting a lot of donations from Ireland. There were so many great messages!

Good one Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson! Way to make something positive out of a bad experience!

[elisi]

I heard about the Irish donations! I was donating to the Navajo Nation, and it looks like they're also getting a lot of donations from Ireland. There were so many great messages!
It's good to remember that kindness lasts and can mean more than hate.

Good one Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson! Way to make something positive out of a bad experience!
Tom Hanks could end up starring in a Corona-movie... as himself. ;)

[thenewbuzwuzz]

The Enfield video is wonderful! :D

[elisi]

Best of British! :D

[auroracloud]

I love the bookshelf!!!

Also love the historian's comment, because indeed it's really amazing how much we're able to do about it compared to many past pandemics, and how people are also taking responsibility. People often forget/don't realize for how short a time we've really been able to figure out how diseases spread and how to prevent them to save lives en masse. It's good to remember how much is already being done even if not every action is going to be a correct one.

[elisi]

I love the bookshelf!!!
The bookshelf is amazing.

It's good to remember how much is already being done even if not every action is going to be a correct one.
*nods* Most governments have acted quickly and carefully.

[yourlibrarian]

Love the books!

[elisi]

The books are great indeed!

[sea_thoughts]

I love the Banksy painting. He really embodies the phrase "A picture is worth a thousand words."

The Tumblr post was really inspiring as well.

[elisi]

I love the Banksy painting. He really embodies the phrase "A picture is worth a thousand words."
He really does! I absolutely love his work.

The Tumblr post was really inspiring as well.
It's good to remember that we *are* doing better than in the past. Even if some countries are being stupid...

[sea_thoughts]

You can say 'us', it's okay.

[elisi]

Well, us AND America.

[ragnarok-08.livejournal.com]

The Banksy painting is just fantastic!!

[elisi]

Isn't it just? ♥

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

The Irish donations and the banksy artwork are both such nice things (even if it does look as if the child might eat the nurse...)

But even more, I am afraid, I love the bookshelves!

[elisi]

The Irish donations and the banksy artwork are both such nice things (even if it does look as if the child might eat the nurse...)
... I hadn't seen that in the art!! And yes, good things. We have to pay attention to the good.

But even more, I am afraid, I love the bookshelves!
They are VERY brilliant.

[geekslave.livejournal.com]

Good on the Irish and Tom Hanks!

That bookshelf is genius!

Stacey

[elisi]

Good on the Irish and Tom Hanks!
The Irish are good 'uns, and Tom Hanks can go on to make a movie starring himself. ;)

That bookshelf is genius!
Isn't it just? I love it.

[classics-lover.livejournal.com]

During The Great Hunger the Choctaw sent us I forget how much food - and guess who actually took it? Yep the "Why don't the Irish like us?" English overlords! I learned this at Primary School Level, so age, what 8? 10? And I will never forget this kindness. There is a monument down in Cork to commemorate the Choctaw Nation's kindness to us during The Great Hunger, and last year or the year before there was a scholarship unveiled specifically for First Nations students to come to Irish Universities.

We remember the kindness of their act, the equivalent of sending us half their GDP or some similar astronomical amount, and they after recovering from a famine of their own. ♥ the Choctaws. And we do not forget the absolute cruelty and outright theft of the Landlords in London.

Anyway... yeah...

[elisi]

During The Great Hunger the Choctaw sent us I forget how much food - and guess who actually took it? Yep the "Why don't the Irish like us?" English overlords!
Colour me not surprised. >:( (Much like in America there is this massive cognitive dissonance about 'this is not who we are'. Yes, it's who the English have been for a long, long, long time.)

I learned this at Primary School Level, so age, what 8? 10? And I will never forget this kindness. There is a monument down in Cork to commemorate the Choctaw Nation's kindness to us during The Great Hunger, and last year or the year before there was a scholarship unveiled specifically for First Nations students to come to Irish Universities.
♥ I love how kindness lasts.

[classics-lover.livejournal.com]

There's a saying about how the Irish never forget and the English never remember XD

[elisi]

Well, you just made me laugh out loud! :D And then go find a meme...

[classics-lover.livejournal.com]

AHAHAHAHHAaAAaHAHAHa! That accuracy tho XD

[elisi]

Oooh I found the one I was actually looking for:

[classics-lover.livejournal.com]

Accurate XD

And lo and behold, another Englishman trying to export problems for us to deal with, le sigh

Now is not a time to book a summer holiday - still much uncertainty

BUT if in UK, fancy a trip overseas, Ireland might be the obvious choice.

Quarantine rules won’t apply because of CTA, lots of transport options and views like this ☀️#visitireland pic.twitter.com/4lhkDFQnSZ

— Darren McCaffrey (@DarrenEuronews) May 10, 2020

[elisi]

Accurate XD
Memes are good.

And lo and behold, another Englishman trying to export problems for us to deal with, le sigh
*headdesk* WHY ARE PEOPLE SO STUPID?