Pompeii ruins show that the Romans invented recycling https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/apr/26/pompeii-ruins-show-that-the-romans-invented-recycling

A family is entertaining itself by turning the sidewalk in front of their home into The Ministry of Silly Walks. https://www.boredpanda.com/yorkshire-silly-walks/

That time Jennifer Aniston & Matthew Perry made a video guide for Microsoft Windows 95 https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=12&v=b71rpN1iJKA&feature=emb_logo

"Time and again, meditation has proven to be the best practice to relieve stress and reduce anxiety. Apart from mindfulness meditation for beginners, there are other techniques like self-reflection and mind training to counter those negative thoughts. And you can get it all for free with these apps." https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/meditation-relaxation-apps-beat-stress-anxiety/

“By early June, more than 50,000 Detroit students will have new tablet-style laptop computers with free internet access to facilitate online learning.” https://www.freep.com/story/news/education/2020/04/23/detroit-schools-laptops-free-internet/3005834001/

Spending on clothes plummets 50%. Here’s what it means for fashion’s future https://www.fastcompany.com/90492468/spending-on-clothes-plummets-50-heres-what-it-means-for-fashions-future

"The key to success in Monopoly is noticing that not all properties are created equal. This is where mathematics steps in to help." https://ideas.ted.com/heres-how-to-win-at-monopoly-according-to-math-experts/

>> It is all too relevant today, as a statement of isolation and despair: “Alone, alone, all, all alone, / Alone on a wide, wide sea!” Yet in that forlorn expression is great power; the power of art to change us.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/apr/24/why-willem-dafoe-iggy-pop-and-more-are-reading-the-rime-of-the-ancient-mariner-to-us

The backstories of some basic foods, but with histories that are anything but https://www.nypl.org/blog/2020/04/14/pantry-staples-history

A History of Vintage Electronics: The Guglielmo Marconi Collection and the History of Wireless Communications
A brief history of radio and wireless technology from Marconi’s early demonstrations in the 1890s to the beginning of regular public broadcasting in the 1920s. This is the story of a technology that has shaped the modern world.
https://interestingengineering.com/a-history-of-vintage-electronics-the-guglielmo-marconi-collection-and-the-history-of-wireless-communications

The Trippy World of 1930s Musicals
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/22/movies/film-musicals-astaire-rogers.html

My Amazon review of _Murder on Trinity Place_ by Victoria Thompson

4 stars
A pleasant whodunnit in turn-of-the-century New York #cosobookclub

https://amzn.to/3aBZ4dt

Could ancient bronze weapons really hack it in combat? ...who cares, this is fun! https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a32266080/archaeologists-bronze-age-sword-fight/

With Apologies to William Carlos Williams

I have drunk
the cleaning products
that were
under the sink

and which
you were probably
saving
for cleaning stuff

Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so BLEEEEEEAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH

Cue the piano during these uncertain times, because we're all in this #together https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=35&v=vM3J9jDoaTA&feature=emb_logo

I wrote some advice about pitching editors a couple of years ago. Maybe you'll find it helpful. https://medium.com/@estherschindler/how-to-pitch-an-editor-f2a2f7e34006

The Evolution of the American Census: an interactive exploration of how the questions have changed over time, and what they say about America. https://pudding.cool/2020/03/census-history/

Why your pet is acting like a weirdo during quarantine, explained by animal behaviorists. https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2020/4/24/21231806/coronavirus-pets-covid-19-cats-dogs

What’s the best place to store all your dad jokes?

A dad-a-base