Lockdown Update Day 112

[elisi]

First up... Cronk! Came across this thread a few weeks ago, and it was just delightful:

In 1883, a drink called "Cronk" started advertising in the Calgary Herald. See if you can spot their ads. pic.twitter.com/yg3dMRDkY6

— Paul Fairie (@paulisci) June 21, 2020

And now there's been a development:

The Guardian: 'Cronk rules everything around me': long-lost beverage resurrected after 120 years
Odd ads for Dr Cronk’s Compound Sarsaparilla Beer, once wildly popular, went viral on Twitter. Now a Canadian brewer is bringing it back

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In corona news:

Coronavirus: Brazil's President Bolsonaro tests positive

Sweden Has Become the World’s Cautionary Tale
Its decision to carry on in the face of the pandemic has yielded a surge of deaths without sparing its economy from damage — a red flag as the United States and Britain move to lift lockdowns.
(Personal note: I think we're our own red flag.)

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And it's 15 years since the London bombings. I'm not sure how to feel. 15 years is a long time, but I still remember it vividly; worrying about LJ friends that I knew lived in London, messages flying back and forth if anyone had heard from so-and-so... And having lived in London for 3 years, using those tube stations on a regular basis, it made it all feel much more immediate.

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Today's art is the 7 July Memorial:



Website here, if you want to know more about the design.

ETA: Completely managed to forget that this icon is a product of that attack...

Comments

[beer_good_foamy]

Thanks. Like I posted to elisi below, this is a pretty good rebuttal of the NYT piece.

Hope you stay safe too.

[shadowkat]

Thank you for this. I was having troubles understanding the NY Times article's logic on Sweden. This rebuttal makes more sense.

I'm struggling with the media at the moment. Too much opinion not enough facts and it's hurting their credibility.