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6 votes
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Making a home that’s affordable, for good
4 votes -
PetSmart pressures dog groomers to come into work as "essential labor"
8 votes -
A very detailed Corona curriculum for your kids
5 votes -
Prepare for the ultimate gaslighting - "...take a deep breath, ignore the deafening noise, and think deeply about what you want to put back into your life"
18 votes -
Furloughed because of the coronavirus pandemic, airline and hotel employees in Sweden are retraining to work as hospital and nursing home assistants
6 votes -
Burning Man officially canceled, going virtual
7 votes -
That discomfort you’re feeling is grief
8 votes -
What’s really holding women back?
12 votes -
The century of the self
10 votes -
Why I don’t feel safe wearing a face mask
10 votes -
Sales of sex toys in Denmark have more than doubled after Danes were told to stay at home to limit the spread of the coronavirus
20 votes -
Death to decluttering: Why I’m saying no to isolation to-do lists
9 votes -
The stimulus bill punishes parents behind on child support. Now is not the time
8 votes -
Searching for the small wins is getting me through this pandemic
4 votes -
It's been surreal to watch friends, family and the broader public thrust so suddenly into a world I have inhabited for years: figuring out how to navigate Centrelink
6 votes -
Playing on Kansas City radio: Russian propaganda
9 votes -
April is canceled
30 votes -
Singapore: Most workplaces to close, schools will move to full home-based learning from next week
4 votes -
Farmworkers, mostly undocumented, become "essential" during pandemic
9 votes -
Icelandic farming union has been surprised by the enthusiastic response to its appeal for volunteers to help sick farmers out during the Covid-19 outbreak
7 votes -
Don't nag your husband during lockdown, Malaysia's government advises women
6 votes -
William Deresiewicz: Solitude and leadership
7 votes -
Walmart amps up its virus response for workers
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Ozark life - A photo essay of the intimate beauty of daily life in rural Arkansas
6 votes -
Las Vegas parking lot turned into 'homeless shelter' with social distancing markers
7 votes -
Love in coronavirus times – couple meets for dates on closed Danish-German border
5 votes -
How people are spreading joy and connecting duing the coronovirus lockdown
4 votes -
Family violence perpetrators using COVID-19 as 'a form of abuse we have not experienced before'
10 votes -
Swedes are used to living alone, following rules and championing innovation. How much will these social norms help during the coronavirus crisis?
8 votes -
The unlisted: How people without an address are stripped of their basic rights
7 votes -
Your spring organizing checklist
6 votes -
PSA for parents/guardians of school-age kids: Many distance/online learning tools are currently available for free through your child's teacher
For anyone who's caring for school-age children, I want to let you know that nearly every single online education platform/tool is currently offering up their normally premium paid services for...
For anyone who's caring for school-age children, I want to let you know that nearly every single online education platform/tool is currently offering up their normally premium paid services for free on account of school closures. While some will offer these directly to parents/students, most of them require a teacher to sign up and then have the student account exist underneath them.
If there is a resource that you or your children would like to access, please email your child's teacher and ask if they'll sign up for it. It'll likely take only two minutes on their end (and they'll be happy to do it! trust me!), but it'll open up a ton of resources for you and your child.
7 votes -
Walking the dog: A get-out-of-jail card in lockdown Spain
5 votes -
Furloughed sports commentator starts covering scenes from everyday life
6 votes -
What it’s like to isolate with your girlfriend and her other boyfriend
17 votes -
Why we buy weird things in times of crisis
10 votes -
Plenty of American workers aren't being told to work remotely—even though they could
8 votes -
Finland has been named the world's happiest country for the third year in a row, maintaining the Nordic grip on the World Happiness Report's top spots
7 votes -
When your barber assumes you’re a racist too
4 votes -
Cheating on my parents: My own abusive mother and father were being replaced, and they knew it
11 votes -
Joe Biden adopts part of a tuition-free public college proposal as a nod to US progressives
10 votes -
Icelandic prime minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir wants to introduce a well-being economy – GDP becomes merely one of thirty-nine indicators of national progress
10 votes -
What novel things can people do from home?
With the need for social distancing and self-isolation and #Stay(ing)TheFuckHome becoming near global realities, it is looking like many of us, and nearly everyone we know, will be spending large...
With the need for social distancing and self-isolation and #Stay(ing)TheFuckHome becoming near global realities, it is looking like many of us, and nearly everyone we know, will be spending large amounts of time staying in. I like this guide (thanks again, @aphoenix!), which ends with "Treat quarantine as an opportunity to do some of those things you never usually have time for."
Certainly we all have things in our life like that, but I also think it would be neat to try to brainstorm a list of things people can do for new experiences -- things they might not think to do or know are available to them. Everybody knows we can catch up on Netflix and our unread pile of books, but what else is out there? What can I do when I need a change of pace? What novel things can people do from home/online that don't require them to go out for resources/supplies?
18 votes -
Internet 'is not working for women and girls', says Tim Berners-Lee
17 votes -
Landlord says he won't collect rent because of coronavirus outbreak, urges others to do the same
8 votes -
Work From Home (WFH) Thread - March 16th, 2020
I suspect many of you are, like me, working from home today and in the near future. I thought that it might be nice to have a single thread where we can chat about WFH and our day to day lives...
I suspect many of you are, like me, working from home today and in the near future. I thought that it might be nice to have a single thread where we can chat about WFH and our day to day lives while self-isolating in order to feel a bit less isolated. If people think this kind of thing is a good idea, perhaps this can be a daily (or weekly o_o) thread.
Feel free to talk about:
- Day to day life at home
- What's on your agenda for work
- Your thoughts on self-isolating and quarantine.
- Casual talk that you might normally have with coworkers .
- Anything else! (Though of course, the rest of the site still exists)
I personally tend to get more work done while working from home as there are less interruptions in the form of meetings and informal breaks. So in a weird way I'm looking forward to this time in order to get quite a bit done. Still, it's hard not to get cabin fever.
How are you all doing?
19 votes -
Twenty-four video conferencing tips to go from telecommuting zero to hero
5 votes -
NYC schools will close Monday
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Momentum builds for NYC teacher ‘sickout’ mutiny over de Blasio’s refusal to close schools
5 votes