Lockdown Update Day 308

[elisi]

This is adorable.

When your first year of life is 2020, everything is a sanitization station pic.twitter.com/NdPaRElnVy

— Alvin Foo (@alvinfoo) January 17, 2021

Alas, the UK is not... :(

Trying to keep this light, because it's just... too horrible to wrap my head around.

the early morning murder scene today featuring Brandon Lewis not knowing why Britain is a world leader for Covid deathspic.twitter.com/eT19jKkf5p

— dave ❄️ 🥕 🧻 (@davemacladd) January 19, 2021

Conservative party advisor phoning Boris Johnson RE: UK Highest covid death rate in the world and Hancock’s self isolation. pic.twitter.com/ltouaYuSvS

— Josh Berry (@JoshBerryComedy) January 19, 2021

Although this sums up my feelings pretty accurately:

1,610 Covid deaths reported in the last 24 hours. I have no words. We have the highest Covid death rate in the world. Numbers like this were avoidable - it's a direct result of our government's contempt for human life. Every government minister should be resigning in shame.

— Aleesha Khaliq (@a_leesha1) January 19, 2021

The government's getting tough on rulebreakers. Why? To deflect from their own mistakes. pic.twitter.com/U8PiodbQNm

— Novara Media (@novaramedia) January 18, 2021

I am convinced that the world ended and all of us who live in Britain are currently stuck in hell. https://t.co/q4AKzWhLRL

— Aleesha Khaliq (@a_leesha1) January 19, 2021

This is actually why I love that Rishi quote about UC costing 1p on income tax so much.

Because it manages to sound SUPER petty at first glance, THEN when you get what he means, you realise he's just openly saying:

"c'mon you lot. We're TORIES. MONEY RULES! Fuck the poor." https://t.co/iubLxtlElk

— John Bull (@garius) January 19, 2021

Only 278 of our 650 MP's voted to extend the £20 rise in Universal Credit, the rest don't give a shit if you starve during a Pandemic.

— 💙Sir Norman of Plague Island 🏴‍☠️ (@Normanjam671) January 18, 2021

ANYWAY. America is now going back to being a place of hope and optimism for a better future... (Obviously everything is a nightmare, but you'll have grown-ups in charge again.) GOOD LUCK TOMORROW, MAY EVERYTHING GO WELL AND STAY SAFE. ♥ ♥ ♥

We're installing almost 200,000 state and territory flags that will cover the entire National Mall for #InaugurationDay!

Become a symbolic sponsor of these flags and donate to our partner charities. pic.twitter.com/DK78iZX1qO

— Biden Inaugural Committee (@BidenInaugural) January 18, 2021

Stunning pictures of the National Mall set up for inauguration with flags representing Americans who can’t attend in person (via Getty) pic.twitter.com/gi5kPHFkOt

— Amanda Terkel (@aterkel) January 19, 2021

Howard University’s marching band rehearses for the Inauguration, representing the alma mater of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. pic.twitter.com/b2ZHjIMFN0

— Samantha Schmidt (@schmidtsam7) January 18, 2021

I just listened to that kids inauguration thing from Jill Biden and she sounded like a caring, joyful, excited human being happy to share something to benefit others. I forgot what that even sounded like from all those ghouls. I didn't flinch once.

— Deramin (@otdderamin) January 19, 2021

Every time @JoeBiden excitedly says, “I’m Jill Biden’s husband,” my heart feels like it’s going to explode because he’s clearly just so damn proud to be married to Dr. Biden.

— Alexa Heinrich (she/her) (@HashtagHeyAlexa) January 19, 2021

#BREAKING: President-elect Joe Biden has tapped Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine to be his assistant secretary of health, leaving her poised to become the first transgender federal official to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate. https://t.co/vyp9rIktFE pic.twitter.com/2ujF2kVlW0

— NBC10 Philadelphia (@NBCPhiladelphia) January 19, 2021

CBC News: Joe Biden is planning to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline permit via executive action on his first day in office.https://t.co/HjzLAsF7v1

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 18, 2021

for everybody making fun of this: the reason for this is because "You Get What You Give" was Beau Biden's fight song when he was dying of cancer

go back to making fun of the $1400 cheques instead https://t.co/2U5dubg9NG

— MGKLab 2021 (@mightygodking) January 18, 2021

And something I saved ages ago, and forgot to post. But now seems a good moment:

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[yourlibrarian]

I want to feel hopeful about tomorrow. But rather like the pandemic will leave a legacy of distancing and nervousness around groups of other people, I daresay it will be at least 4 years before we manage to feel like anything in our system is being done well anymore.

[elisi]

Oh I hear ya.

But at least you have hope. This country just looks grimmer by the day. :(