Update from The House of Plague, Day 66

[elisi]

Via shadowscast:

Mount Everest is Visible From Kathmandu, Nepal for First Time in Living Memory

'Weird as hell’: the Covid-19 patients who have symptoms for months
Researchers keen to work out why some people are suffering from ‘long tail’ form of the virus

Lockdown Penguins get a day out!
Quarantine has caused everyone to go a little stir crazy, even the residents of the Kansas City Zoo. So several of the penguins decided to go on a field trip to the Nelson-Atkins, which is still closed, to get a little culture.

I’m in awe of this protest. pic.twitter.com/FkLwFAsLR2

— Alexander Chee (@alexanderchee) May 2, 2020

(Direct link: https://twitter.com/alexanderchee/status/1256412678542839808)

And finally Cold War Steve's (latest) masterpiece - click through, the details are incredible:

pic.twitter.com/x6N8QzTTZL

— Cold War Steve (@Coldwar_Steve) May 20, 2020

(Direct Link: https://twitter.com/Coldwar_Steve/status/1263199867574386688)

Comments

[sea_thoughts]

Mount Everest is Visible From Kathmandu, Nepal for First Time in Living Memory

I mean, that's all you need to know, right there. Literally not been seen for over a century.

I feel like all lifeguards should dress up as the Grim Reaper.

[elisi]

I mean, that's all you need to know, right there. Literally not been seen for over a century.
Pollution is bad, mmmkay?

I feel like all lifeguards should dress up as the Grim Reaper.
I wonder if it'd make people be more careful...

[sea_thoughts]

I wonder if it'd make people be more careful...

It would definitely make them look twice.

[elisi]

Could only be a good thing.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

They could do with a Grim Reaper walking some of the English beaches right now - it might make people actually stop and look at what they are doing.

[elisi]

Not half! Or a Pirate handing out Black Spots to people not following the guidelines...

[ragnarok-08.livejournal.com]

Whoa, that sounds like it happens once in a lifetime that Mount Everest is visible from Kathmandu :O

[elisi]

Well, I guess there were many lifetimes when there was less pollution... Let's hope they find a way of tackling it in future.