April 19, 2020

Ping Pong Pandemic

How to convey the importance of social distancing in 30 seconds. The Ohio Department of Health nails it.
posted by storybored at 7:00 PM PST - 15 comments

Looking for a Craft Project in the Period of Plague

It may be too soon, but here is the cutest Plague Doctor Mask you will ever likely need.
posted by GenjiandProust at 1:57 PM PST - 15 comments

The storm chaser of Red Dead Redemption 2.

Over on Reddit, one player decided to take a closer look at Red Dead Redemption 2's weather system, and came back with some unexpected findings. After asking members of the reddeadmysteries subreddit for help in tracking down lightning strike spots, "MC_Ulfric" (also known as "InsertRandomNameHere") hopped on his horse to follow the storms himself - across the entire map. This wasn't just a simple sightseeing tour, either, as MC_Ulfric carefully watched where the largest lightning strikes hit the ground, and compiled the data from three storms into a map that shows Red Dead Redemption 2's storms are anything but static.” [via: Eurogamer][The Beautiful and Terrifying Weather Systems of Red Dead Redemption 2]
posted by Fizz at 12:54 PM PST - 17 comments

Low Budget Broadway

Actress Mary Neely decided to lip sync her favourite moments from Broadway musicals. The results are glorious. [more inside]
posted by GhostintheMachine at 9:40 AM PST - 6 comments

This is my best work yet...

Kristen Vogler plays a gentle prank on her parents while they are social distancing together. [Threadreader version][Facebook version - which has some longer captions]
posted by jacquilynne at 9:35 AM PST - 14 comments

Astroturfing in a time of Quarantine

Recent anti-quarantine protests are centrally coordinated Reddit user Dr_Midnight does a little digging and discovers that the anti-quarantine protests are a coordinated effort, with related websites all coming from a single source. There's an imperial ton of astroturfing going on, and it's quite visible in how those groups popped up literally overnight (hint-hint). The thing is that they targeted groups who were... how does one say... more receptive to the message who wouldn't be inclined to look any deeper into what they were joining.
posted by mecran01 at 7:33 AM PST - 150 comments

Marriage Wasn’t Built to Survive Quarantine

Stress isn’t a reflection of your relationship — your relationship is a reflection of unprecedented stress
posted by Etrigan at 6:35 AM PST - 59 comments

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