Interesting Links for 26-03-2020

[andrewducker]

A head teacher on what parents should be doing with their kids at home

(tags:children education pandemic )

A message from The Doctor to worried people everywhere

(tags:drwho pandemic video )

The economics of the Coronavirus pandemic

(tags:economics pandemic viaDanielDWilliam )

On capitalism and the Conservative fear that if people didn't have to work they wouldn't

(tags:work capitalism )

Across mammals, females live 18% longer than males

(tags:mammals age lifespan gender )

There are two guards. One who lies and one who tells the truth. They are _very_ bored.

(tags:funny satire philosophy puzzles audio )

Coronavirus: U.K. Says 3.5 Million Antibody Tests Coming in Days

(tags:pandemic virus testing )

What It's Like to Self-Quarantine With a Michelin-Starred Chef

(tags:restaurant pandemic cooking viaSwampers )

If you're bored at home you can help needed to rescue UK's old rainfall records

(tags:weather history UK )

An Exhaustive Analysis of 300 Winning Dishes on 'Come Dine With Me'

(tags:TV food viaPatrickHadfield )

Comments

"There are two guards"

[calimac]

Sounds a heck of a lot like Mitchell and Webb, even the voices. Is it actually other people?

Re: "There are two guards"

[andrewducker]

It's John Finnemore. Who wrote the radio series Cabin Pressure.

(Which is very good if you like that kind of thing)

My answer to paranoid conservatives

[dewline]

I'm unemployed at the moment. I'm still looking for work. I'm still doing stuff to advertise my availability to work. Bottom line: it costs money to live, whether you're working or not. It costs money to look for work, too.

Re: My answer to paranoid conservatives

[andrewducker]

It does. And you have to survive during that time!

The Message from the Doctor

[dewline]

I teared up watching that video.

Mrs. Whittaker is exactly the Doctor we need right now, for the purposes of that TV series and of larger society.

Re: The Message from the Doctor

[darkoshi]

I did too.

[mountainkiss]

That chef thing is really beautiful.

[andrewducker]

Fascinating to see how other people cope, and how they support one another.

[mountainkiss]

My colleague Charles said something that I am thinking about a lot: "Everyone in the world has learned something important about themself in the last six weeks."

[andrewducker]

Very true. It's in this kind of situation we learn how generous we are, and what we are willing to offer.

[mountainkiss]

Yes. It is hard, though, to know what to do if one is not as generous and does not offer as much as one should be / do.