Someone recreated their local pub in VR 🍻 https://www.wired.co.uk/article/i-made-my-local-pub-in-vr

"In the 20 years it has been in place, PASS has met, and overcome, many of the same challenges that any large-scale coronavirus testing program might encounter, from issues of keeping databases of private medical information secure, preventing the forging of test results, dealing with false positive results, and educating workers about the need for repeated testing to keep workplaces safe."
https://www.statnews.com/2020/05/08/porn-industry-model-for-reopening-amid-covid19/

What restaurants have to do in order to reopen

This is why I'm not in a big rush to go out.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tasneemnashrulla/coronavirus-tennessee-restaurants-reopen-guidelines

"Romans didn’t have to go to a special place to work. Their tablets and styluses were every bit as portable as our own, a feature that elite Romans took full advantage of." https://www.1843magazine.com/features/death-of-the-office

An Oakland bar has a deal worthy of the coronavirus era: Get a cocktail and a book to go. https://www.sfgate.com/food/slideshow/Oakland-bar-North-Light-to-go-menu-books-cocktails-202072.php

A choir director recorded a re-casting of Billy Joel’s (Haven’t Seen You For) The Longest Time for his students.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtA-zidPv5w&feature=youtu.be

And now, for a DIY project at the intersection of spooky and cozy: the corn doll – which isn’t always in the form of a doll. https://www.messynessychic.com/2020/05/06/natures-humble-gold-the-unexpected-elegance-of-straw-craft/

Microsoft now blocks reply-all email storms to end our inbox nightmares

https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/10/21253627/microsoft-reply-all-email-block-reply-allpocalypse-storm

“In this case, whoever cares the most wins,” says David Kidder on today's important leadership skills

(That sounds like it'll be Management Speak Blah Blah Blah. But I found it truly inspiring.)

https://pgsignal.com/david-kidder-lead-with-empathy/

Here’s an anthem for our times: a piece of the SARS-CoV-2 virus made into music. “The sounds you hear — the chiming bells, the twanging strings, the lilting flutes — all represent different aspects of the spikelike protein … that pokes from the virus’ surface and helps it latch onto unsuspecting cells” https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/04/scientists-have-turned-structure-coronavirus-music

Learn about three famous paintings from one of the National Gallery’s curators. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VP1NFYSY2E

Passing the pepper, social distance style https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwaH-qT4Rm0&feature=emb_logo

Nottinghamshire Police: Cops catch suspect after fart blows cover https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=12330852

Guy Fieri Raises More Than $20 Million for Restaurant Workers Affected by Coronavirus https://variety.com/2020/biz/news/guy-fieri-raises-more-than-20-million-for-restaurant-workers-affected-by-coronavirus-1234602930/

"When it is all said and done, the real change brought about by the coronavirus won’t be a back-to-the-kitchen movement. It will be a rush toward hyper-convenience at mealtime that could make us more reliant than ever on food prepared by other people." https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/the-pandemic-is-changing-how-we-eat-but-not-for-the-better/2020/05/07/5e4623e6-906b-11ea-a9c0-73b93422d691_story.html

"I began to wonder: had anyone ever studied what real children would do if they found themselves alone on a deserted island?" The real Lord of the Flies: what happened when six boys were shipwrecked for 15 months. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/09/the-real-lord-of-the-flies-what-happened-when-six-boys-were-shipwrecked-for-15-months

A New York hospital's entire staff was surprised with free vacations in recognition of their efforts to combat coronavirus https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/09/us/elmhurst-hospital-staff-free-vacations-coronavirus-trnd/index.html

What Business Leaders Are Reading Now

We all need advice to help us decide what to do next. Here's the books that well-known business people are turning to. Not the usual suspects. #cosobookclub
https://pgsignal.com/what-business-leaders-are-reading-now/

This library cat dresses up in a new costume every Saturday to promote books https://www.kptv.com/this-library-cat-dresses-up-in-a-new-costume-every-saturday-to-promote-books/article_a4d1db4a-f5af-5844-abc8-22f9790b06b7.html

Women in Comics: Looking Forward and Back is a group exhibition at the Society of Illustrators, featuring more than 50 female cartoonists. https://www.societyillustrators.org/exhibits/women-comics-looking-forward-and-back