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As news of the toll that Covid-19 has brought and will bring, the fact that care might have to be rationed is on a lot of people's minds. Disability rights groups are worried that the rationing of care is a euphemism for eugenics. Already rights groups are bringing discrimination complaints against State policies- which would value the lives of the non-disabled as "more savable" then those without. The new laws in the UK also risk the rights of the disabled. Shockingly- Kaiser is telling its patients with autoimmune disorders that depend on Chloroquine to survive that their drugs won't be refilled- so that there will be more for Covid-19 patients. Chloroquine is not proven to work on Covid-19, while it is proven to work on conditions such as Lupus and RA.
posted by Homo neanderthalensis at 9:59 PM PST - 106 comments

The Social Distance Project: "a website that started from a tweet and raised $5,000 in less than 2 days. i asked for anonymous gossip from couples who were co-quarantining together. after receiving submissions, i decided to compile them (with permission) and raised money for various foundations, charities, and people affected by coronavirus. "
posted by greenish at 1:26 PM PST - 29 comments

Mammoth-bone buildings are well-known to archaeologists (previously). Similar structures have been found across Eastern Europe, typically a few meters in diameter, have been dated back as far as 22,000 years. Researchers have generally considered them to be dwellings or “mammoth houses” that helped their builders cope with frigid temperatures near the nadir of the last Ice Age. The new structure, first discovered at Kostenki (Wikipedia) in 2014, is 3,000 years older than those, and the largest mammoth bone structure found to date, consisting of the bones of 60 mammoths (Smithsonian; full academic paper).
posted by filthy light thief at 1:23 PM PST - 5 comments

Every day at 5 pm, GMT, British cookbook author, food writer, journalist, and activist Jack Monroe (@BootstrapCook; Wikipedia; cookingonabootstrap.com) is on Twitter answering questions about how to cook up the often seemingly unreconcilable bits and bobs lurking in readers' cupboards. For recipe / ingredients questions posted with the hashtag "JackMonroesLockdownLarder," Monroe generously shares on-the-spot ideas on how to make the most of what you have during tough times. You can follow along here. [more inside]
posted by taz at 12:11 PM PST - 8 comments

These medical facilities are requesting masks. Instructions here for simple masks, here (pattern here) for the kind that takes a filter. (Hepa filters apparently work - also these.) Joann's is donating fabric (shipped or curbside, at some stores - contact info at link), and also taking in finished products.
posted by anshuman at 11:45 AM PST - 85 comments

Anthony Clarke spent quite a lot of the 1990s capturing chunks of the Melbourne live music scene on Video8 and Hi8 tape, and for the last three years has been progressively uploading his entire archive to YouTube. Many of these are the only extant video recordings of these bands. [more inside]
posted by flabdablet at 10:29 AM PST - 6 comments

“ Anarchists, far from ignoring “human nature,” have the only political theory that gives this concept deep thought and reflection. Too often, “human nature” is flung up as the last line of defence in an argument against anarchism, because it is thought to be beyond reply. This is not the case, however. First of all, human nature is a complex thing. If, by human nature, it is meant “what humans do,” it is obvious that human nature is contradictory — love and hate, compassion and heartlessness, peace and violence, and so on, have all been expressed by people and so are all products of “human nature.” An Anarchist FAQ
posted by The Whelk at 10:21 AM PST - 75 comments

Yep, it's a great piece of turf. A supremely gifted and versatile German artist of the Renaissance period, Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) was born in the Franconian city of Nuremberg, one of the strongest artistic and commercial centers in Europe during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. He was a brilliant painter, draftsman, and writer, though his first and probably greatest artistic impact was in the medium of printmaking. [more inside]
posted by ecorrocio at 9:34 AM PST - 16 comments

Mankind is united in celebration and marvels at its magnificence as it gives birth to AI

You are awake

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posted by theodolite at 9:04 AM PST - 62 comments

Grover reads The Monster at the End of This Book. Well, sort of Grover.
posted by Mchelly at 8:55 AM PST - 14 comments

“This was a call to action. Aristotle said the whole is greater than the sum of its parts - and that’s how this feels. This is so much bigger than these fabric pieces.” Rita's Quilt, previously on Metafilter...
posted by dfm500 at 8:52 AM PST - 5 comments

6 Feet Covers "A collection of iconic album covers redesigned to raise awareness about the importance of staying at least 6 feet away from each other, to stop the spread of Coronavirus."
posted by kirkaracha at 8:21 AM PST - 10 comments

The annual Ann Arbor Film Festival is livestreaming free this year. Because of coronavirus, the 58th annual Ann Arbor film festival is livestreaming for free this year. The festival is a six-day event and will be streaming from the 24th through the 29th. (I'm late because of my fear of posting on the blue, but cortex said to go for it.) From the website: The online event will be streamed through Vimeo as a one-time event and will be accessible worldwide. All listed times are in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC -04:00). Moderated live Q&As with filmmakers will be streamed following the film screenings in order to continue discourse between filmmakers and our audience.
posted by FencingGal at 8:16 AM PST - 8 comments

Got 150 hours? Here are some great audiobooks to listen to [The Guardian] “There are only so many podcasts released each week, and streaming TV shows and films for 18 hours straight is no more practical than reading books all day, if one has to be moving around cooking, exercising, or preventing small children from maiming themselves with unexpected household objects. From Ian McKellan reading Homer to Bill Bryson on the body, these audiobooks can expand your horizons.” [more inside]
posted by Fizz at 7:59 AM PST - 13 comments

Writer, director, and producer Stuart Gordon has died. Best known for his work on a pair of mid-80s H.P. Lovecraft adaptations, Re-Animator and From Beyond, he worked on many other projects in and out of the horror genre, including Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. Gordon was a fixture at conventions and widely profiled and interviewed. Memorials rolling in online from fans and past collaborators have focused on his film career, though he had a long track record in theater and experimental film, and he did at times engage with politics of the day. His legacy will presumably rest with his films, which have been variously praised or reviled, often on account of their gore, or sexual violence and transgression. CW: some links include gore, sexual violence, NSFW imagery
posted by cupcakeninja at 5:35 AM PST - 30 comments

Note from Edgar, March 2020: “To get you through these tough times, please enjoy a generous helping of SOME of my favourite screen comedies that I’ve enjoyed over the years. I could easily do another 100 so don’t say ‘Where’s so and so?’. Just sit back and enjoy the movies. Let us know below, which ones you raise a smile. (NB: No, I'm not so immodest to put my own on here. x)”
posted by valkane at 1:30 AM PST - 36 comments