Transport yourself to the courtyard of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston with this guided meditation. https://www.gardnermuseum.org/audioguide/english/guided-courtyard-meditation

When in doubt, market a breakfast cereal.

https://comicbook.com/gear/news/heres-where-to-get-baby-yoda-star-wars-the-mandalorian-cereal-fi/

A Quarter of Businesses Will Increase Diversity & Inclusion in the Wake of COVID-19 "These conversations are not new, they’re just finally being heard." https://www.askattest.com/blog/news-and-trends/competing-priorities-businesses-approach-to-diversity-inclusion-in-the-wake-of-covid-19

In the 1890s, 16 percent of those admitted to St. Bartholomew's Hospital in London received the diagnosis of chlorosis. The disease entailed a host of symptoms, but the most unusual — and the one that gave the disease its name — was the greenish tinge that the skin of the afflicted acquired. https://www.ozy.com/true-and-stories/chlorosis-green-disease-teenage-girls/309931/

Cats showing off their murder mittens. https://www.boredpanda.com/cats-murder-mittens-pics/

A Tale of Three Skeuomorphs
"You've always been a bit suspicious of the trashcan on your computer's imaginary desk top, and I'm here to tell you why…" https://www.getrevue.co/profile/shift-happens/issues/a-tale-of-three-skeuomorphs-242308

"I get lockdown, but I get up again" – A Banksy original, spray-painted in the London Tube. Also, the new song of quarantine.

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/banksy-london-underground-trnd/index.html

Your travel-like-a-local guide to 74,762 attractions according to 9,526,193 reviews https://pudding.cool/2020/05/travel-local/

Nonbinary genders and male hierarchy as expressed in Ecuadorian clay sculptures led one archaeologist to see biases in her modern life with fresh eyes. https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/archaeology-biases/

A website that tells you the age of the actors in any movie https://asmoothsea.com/

The empire strikes back -- again. The second film in the Star Wars franchise topped the box office for the first time in 23 years, propelled by drive-in theater sales. https://variety.com/2020/biz/news/star-wars-the-empire-strikes-back-leads-weekend-box-office-23-years-reissue-1234704194/

"If you can't see performances in person right now, you can see rare historic ones online, for free, while learning about important Black jazz artists in the Upper Midwest. The Walker Art Center's performing arts program launched Living Collections Catalogue—Creative Black Music at the Walker: Selections from the Archives." https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/kare11-sunrise/walker-art-center-black-jazz-artists-catalouge/89-85a75b5f-bf05-4cd6-92d6-ae25a64206da

RFC 864 defines the Character Generator Protocol which “simply sends data without regard to the input.” ... Today it only remains implemented and enabled on old printers with ancient fireware that hopefully never get accidentally connected to the internet. https://somanymachines.com/tx/character-generator-protocol/

The takeaway: “Don’t share something on social networks without thinking. This whole notion that seeing is believing is gone forever.” https://www.forbes.com/sites/waynerash/2020/07/14/fake-and-manipulated-videos-find-fertile-ground-as-elections-approach/#20c7bb6e7cbd

"In introducing America to the ice cream truck and its mobile refrigeration unit, Harry Burt Sr. helped launch a revolution that we are still enjoying. Indeed, our mobile food options have never been more plentiful than they are today." https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/ice-cream-truck-innovation-history-180975199/

"The Federal Trade Commission launched a new tool that explores data about problems military consumers may experience in the marketplace. For the first time, data about reports the FTC has received from active duty service members and veterans will be available online in an interactive dashboard." #cososec https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/92817-ftc-launches-new-online-tool-for-exploring-military-consumer-data

British nursing home residents are recreating classic album covers. The seniors have spoofed Adele, David Bowie, and Madonna. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-53389217

>> On the day the pandemic started, I called a Wall Street billionaire. "What the fuck, I'm not worried," he said. I kept calling as hundreds of thousands died and millions lost jobs. Here in @bw is what I heard.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-07-14/coronavirus-conversations-with-one-of-america-s-richest-men

This online Irish Coast sound generator might soothe sea-lovers and ambient noise-haters. ...It's working well for me. https://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/windSeaRainNoiseGenerator.php

>> Using previous research and news reports as a guide, we’ve mapped the locations of more than 400 partisan media outlets — often funded and operated by government officials, political candidates, PACs, and political party operatives — and found, somewhat unsurprisingly, that these outlets are emerging most often in swing states.

https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/07/hundreds-of-hyperpartisan-sites-are-masquerading-as-local-news-this-map-shows-if-theres-one-near-you/