"Souvenir shops sold fake ticket stubs, so that people who were unable to get in could display them on their coffee tables, as if to suggest they had seen the show."
https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2019/03/south-pacific-some-enchanted-evening/

“Under current law, only natural persons may be named as an inventor in a patent application,” the agency concluded. https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/29/21241251/artificial-intelligence-inventor-united-states-patent-trademark-office-intellectual-property

Great crisis leaders hold space for their teams to have a productive dialogue and adapt to change together. Personally, they “[acknowledge] distress and difficulty without giving in to powerlessness.” https://hbr.org/2020/04/the-psychology-behind-effective-crisis-leadership

"One good thing came out of COVID-19. It forced me to try video calls again," writes @merylkevans . "The reason I don't love video calls is that I miss too much. While I'm a strong lipreader, video calls have a few challenges…"

https://meryl.net/best-automatic-captioning-tool-for-video-calls/

>> Ok, so we spied on everyone’s background bookshelves to figure out exactly what was there. Forgive us, we’re the Book Review. (Here’s what we found.)
#cosobookclub

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/30/books/celebrity-bookshelves-tv-coronavirus.html

12 of the best Shakespeare productions to stream https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/apr/22/play-on-12-of-the-best-shakespeare-productions-to-stream

If you're looking to spend your quarantine doing something other than baking or binge watching, you might consider channeling your energy into the annual short fiction Better Futures 2020 Writing Contest. Hosted by Sapiens Plurum and the Future of Life Institute, this year's challenge asks participants to imagine how technology can increase empathy and connection between species or other forms of life. Deadline May 31. http://sapiensplurum.org/contest-rules/

Video Conferencing Etiquette https://www.savagechickens.com/2020/04/video-conferencing-etiquette.html

>>As the six-week mark of lockdown nears for many U.S. communities, it’s also good to be aware of a turning point that often happens four to six weeks into space missions, says Nick Kanas, emeritus professor of psychiatry at the University of California at San Francisco, who has been studying astronauts since 1969 and has worked with NASA. As excitement wears off, irritability and annoyance ramp up.
https://www.outsideonline.com/2412145/what-helps-cabin-fever

The Illustrated History of How Sugar Conquered the World https://www.saveur.com/sugar-history-of-the-world/

MLB is considering a three-division, 10-team plan in which teams play only within their division https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/columnist/bob-nightengale/2020/04/28/mlb-optimistic-about-starting-season-late-june/3039275001/

Archaeologists are using machine learning to improve the study of ancient poop, which can contain significant DNA and microbiotic materials. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/jge7j4/does-this-7000-year-old-poop-belong-to-a-human-or-dog-machine-learning-has-the-answer

Remember the fire-fighting mascot Smokey Bear? Meet Johnny Horizon, his little-remembered, pollution-fighting counterpart. https://www.sciencehistory.org/distillations/video/distilled-13-an-environmental-cowboy-from-the-1970s

Here’s the silver lining of the current crisis: We’re investing in our public health infrastructures, reimagining our supply chains, and rethinking how we govern ourselves in a post-pandemic world. If we can do it with the coronavirus now, certainly we can heal the planet next. https://pgsignal.com/what-we-learn-from-the-coronavirus-we-can-apply-to-sustainability/

If you’ve got a VR headset or even 3D glasses, NASA has some fantastic tours for you.

Or so I'm told, because I don't have any VR or 3D gear.
https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-at-home-virtual-tours-and-augmented-reality

Almost every alley scene is shot at the same location: Cortlandt Alley. Why? https://www.citylab.com/design/2011/11/film-location-scout-pet-peeves/521/

X-ray technology offers new information about the armor worn by the crew on Henry VIII’s warship the Mary Rose. https://www.futurity.org/henry-viii-warship-mary-rose-2349842-2/

Terry Pratchett novels to get 'absolutely faithful' TV adaptations
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/apr/28/terry-pratchett-novels-faithful-tv-adaptation-discworld

"During normal economic times, slashing wages or stripping away job security prompts a backlash of protest and bad publicity. But lowering such labor costs is easy when the economy is stalled and workers are grateful for any opportunity." https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/04/americas-compassion-for-the-unemployed-wont-last/610243/

Add your experience to the 'Plague Year' archive
What should future historians know about life during this pandemic? https://www.futurity.org/plague-year-archive-covid-19-2342762-2/