Paper hearings...if Congress is to continue to fulfill its assigned constitutional duties—including providing oversight of and serving as a check on the executive branch—while observing public health measures.

https://www.lawfareblog.com/three-cheers-paper-hearings

wonder why this is ringing in my head

Which Side Are You On? Ani DiFranco w/ Melissa Ferrick

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDL8VO0ZcIU&t=4745s

In these unprecedented times, 2 pm on a weekday is especially tricky.

Coffee?
or...

Beer?

Hmm.

#pants?

My hallway is not spacious/but this party is so audacious

Housebound Hedonist EP from Professor Elemental

http://professorelemental.bandcamp.com/album/housebound-hedonist-ep

How to bias a survey, by Google/Youtube:

Free Resources on MUSE During COVID-19
The following publishers have chosen to temporarily make content freely available on Project MUSE. Each publisher designates the specific content and for how long it will be freely available on MUSE. We will update this list on a daily basis.

https://about.muse.jhu.edu/resources/freeresourcescovid19/

took 7 years but okay google

Today Google stops funding climate change deniers
https://agreenergoogle.com/

#climate

Looking for something to do? Have you listened to the present and past Spellemann award* winners?

https://spellemann.no/arkiv/

Some artists are in the Verftet channel (where else?): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7Wvnwd0n1O3l1dBj0z_Tlg

* Norway's music award

why isn't radar capitalized?

Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber is calling all musical lovers! Starting this Friday, we’ll be releasing a full-length, smash-hit musical once a week for you to watch for free!

It will be available for 48 hours, so you can tune in whenever you like over the weekend! First up, it’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdmPjhKMaXNNeCr1FjuMvag

Beth Mole as always brings the goods. Mask use efficacy with citations and explanations:
https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/04/should-you-wear-a-face-mask-heres-all-the-data-we-have/

Tl/DR; Nah, you should read it, because you like breathing

#masks #covid19

Figshare has launched a free portal at https://COVID19.figshare.com/

Note: As far as I know Figshare doesn't vet content. Their mission is frictionless publishing of (predominantly) academic content, but YMMV as to peer-review, accuracy, etc.

Researchers only need to create an account on Figshare and upload content with COVID-19 as one of the keywords on their metadata form to have it appear in the COVID-19 Open Research Portal.

#charts #data #covid19

We demand all-natural telepathy mindcontrol! Locally sourced!

For the first time the Federal Circuit will provide the public and press access to oral argument audio in real time. Essential precedent for the future.

http://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/announcements/availability-live-audio-access-april-2020-court-session

#democracy #justice

Consumer Reports has some good (free) info for these times:

https://www.consumerreports.org/issue/coronavirus-covid-19

more of a linux/FLOSS fellow, but this amused:

"If you've never had a happily drunk robot read your own words back to you, I recommend the experience."

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/04/microsoft-edge-is-becoming-the-browser-you-didnt-know-you-needed/

#software #web

For the next three months, there will be no fees assessed for accessing or downloading work published by ACM

Open Access to ACM Digital Library During Coronavirus Pandemic
https://www.acm.org/articles/bulletins/2020/march/dl-access-during-covid-19

if you're cabin-feverish and want to do some good, how about mapping your neighborhood?

https://blog.mapillary.com/update/2020/03/19/Mapping_in_the_Times_of_Covid-19_and_How_You_Can_H.html

Look Google you can't fool me.

"Select all squares with
chimneys"

Not a single chimney.
3 plumbing stack vents.