I don't wish to discuss my day at work

[st_aurafina]

So have some linkspam

Isolation Support:
- rachelmanija is offering free copies of her ebooks:
Want a free book?

- so is ellenmillion:
Looking for some escape in these weird and stressful times?

- via eponymous-rose:
The Metropolitan Opera Will Stream Operas for Free in Wake of Coronavirus

- Chris Martin, John Legend, Keith Urban, Ben Gibbard and presumably more:
Musicians Are Performing Concerts in Their Homes During the Coronavirus Lockdown

- Stuck at Home? These 12 Famous Museums Offer Virtual Tours You Can Take on Your Couch

- via fandomtrumpshate
Building the Fandom CDC
a directory of fan creators who are in a precarious position right now

- fansathome
A place for people to share recommendations, fandoms, works, and ways to keep busy while at home!

- fictionalfans has a recs post for long fic to keep you occupied:
Fandom in the time of Coronavirus
Who wants to share recs for fanfic or pairings or canons that are good for while anxious and stuck in the house?

- from podcastjoy
Audio pleasures for self-quarantine
(While I'm reccing podcast lists, here's The Vulture's A 100-Podcast Syllabus Here are the ones worth listening to, which contains a little bit of everything. And from r/podcasts, Best spooky podcasts about real life supernatural or unexplained occurrences.)


Small Cheering Things:
- via fred_mouse - a delightful, silly, loving modern AU, with trans!Jo and Laurie:
Amy Discovers Jo’s AO3 Handle and Drags Her in the March Family Groupchat

- at Digg
Watch Pink The Border Collie Absolutely Destroy The Agility Course At The Westminster Dog Show
(This taught my YouTube algorithm to suggest all sorts of dog agility videos to me, which is no great hardship, to be honest.)

- at YouTube
Ode de Toillette - The Great COVID19 Walmart Toilet Paper Shortage of 2020- Bagpipe Tribute
(I'm not sure I want to know what this will do to my YouTube algorithm, but it's ridiculously cheering.)

- My local vets had to perform surgery on a green tree frog, and I find it to be lovely that they both want to save a frog, and have a technical and adorable method of anaesthetising a frog: Who loves a good fairy tale ending?
(Nothing gruesome - there's a vet nurse holding a frog in her gloved hand, and a frog receiving anaesthetic inside a mask. Frog made a safe recovery.)

- via canadianwheatpirates
The first lines of 10 classic novels, rewritten for social distancing.

- via vass
This extra large Tasmanian echidna from Australia is stealing hearts

- - via vegetarianvampireduck
Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village


Places to Direct Your Creative Energy:
- sholio is hosting a comment fest:
Happy Distracting Comment Fest

- undeadrobins is also:
The Inaugural Kissathon

- lockdownfest
Lock Down Fest (20-30 March)
Lock Down Fest is a non-anon, self-posting, multi-ship and multi-fandom mini fest that is designed to bring comfort to everyone staying indoors under quarantine restrictions at the moment and to all of us experiencing fear because of the pandemic.

- via annleckie
Republic of Two Systems Independence Day Bingo
Hello Citizens it is almost time for the most important day of the year, Republic of Two Systems Independence Day.

Comments

[thisbluespirit]

LOL at the English Murder Village, although, honestly the pub is not safe either. Have they not read Death at the Bar?

(♥)

Everybody's trying to do the same things, heh! There's also apparently stayinside and covidcoffeeclub as well as fansathome (although those looks less fannish as such).

And there's another commentfest being run by dollsome: The great comfort comment ficathon of March 2020

[smallhobbit]

Not to mention all the conversations which can be overheard in the pub ...

[thisbluespirit]

People can and do poison the beer!

[chanter1944]

I love that March siblings AU! XD

[vass]

♥ Thank you for the links, and I am so sorry about work. I can only imagine. *offers hugs*

[smallhobbit]

The opening of Pride and Prejudice must be my favourite.

[motorharp]

Ohmygoshthankyou. *phew*

[magnetic_pole]

This is a great list, thanks! M.

[lurkingcat]

I needed that collection of small cheering things today. Thank you.

My own working environment is highly stressful right now, I imagine yours is very much worse and I'm so sorry about that. *sends internet hugs*

[grav_ity]

I CAN IMAGINE.

*all of the hugs*

[lyr]

Thanks for these! I shall definitely be reposting some; the English village and the rewritten novel lines are the only times I have laughed today, and I think we could all use that.

[mergatrude]

*hugs*

That doggo! Such a good dog! \o/

[st_aurafina]

Best doggo!!

[singe]

Bwaha! Priceless. (As for you, please hang in there.)

[st_aurafina]

*hugs* Thank you!

[spikedluv]

*♥s this post* Thank you for collecting these links!