Exchange of Interest, Linkspam, Super Moon

[st_aurafina]

The Person of Interest Exchange has extended its signup period - please consider joining us! It's a fun exchange.

Here's the new schedule:
Nominations: March 16-20
Signups: March 21-April 11
Matching/Assignments: April 12
Fanwork Creation: April 12-June 6
Fanwork Reveals: June 13
Creator Reveals: June 20

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Linkspams

COVID-Adjacent
I can see the whole drunken evolution of this excellent idea and how it went terribly wrong:
Astrophysicist gets magnets stuck up nose while inventing coronavirus device

- con_solation has The Con-Solation Vidshow
The Con-Solation Vidshow will go live Saturday April 4th and will showcase premiering fanvids that otherwise would have premiered at one of the fan conventions that has recently been cancelled as we try to minimize the spread of disease.

- stayinside has a treasure hunt:
Photo Scavenger Hunt - Win a month of paid time for your Dreamwidth

- LGBTQI resources for my Victorian queer friends:
Switchboard Victoria: LET'S STAY WELL TOGETHER

- via rydra_wong - a huge list of free resources:
Give Back - Directory of free products / services available during COVID-19
Two things from there that have been useful for me or people I know:
- Sadler's Wells is running family dance workshops: Take Part: Family Dance workshops
- JigZen (an ios jigsaw game) has paid content free at the moment: JigZen

- speaking of which, Monument Valley 2 is free right now: This Fantastic Game Is Free On iOS And Android Right Now

-Flatten the Curve of Armchair Epidemiology
Dunning-Kruger Effect (DKE) is a phenomenon where people lack the ability to understand their lack of ability. While strains of DKE typically circulate seasonally, a new and more virulent strain called DKE-19 is now reaching pandemic proportions.

- via cofax7: If I Wrote a Coronavirus Episode: Tina Fey, Mike Schur, and 35 more TV writers on what their characters would do in a pandemic.
(Among others, there's a video message from Rogelio from Jane the Virgin, and a ship's log from Admiral Picard.)

- a podcast with 20 second stories to listen to while you wash: Listen, Rinse, Repeat

- Because I went on a deep dive to find the etymology of 'Rona, and failed:
New Words We Created Because Of Coronavirus
(I am delighted by the fact that in a decade and change the babies born right now will be Quaranteens.)

- From lilacsigil telling me about this over breakfast: the actual etymology of Quarantine: quarantine (n.)


From me lurking on Twitter when I should know better:
- AlexThano taught his cat to play noughts and crosses: My cat beat me at noughts and crosses this morning. I am now questioning Why I have a job and he doesn’t. Well played Pete the cat.

-jenks88 has an awesome aunt and uncle:
My Uncle's #IsolationGames during lockdown
(I liked the Frogger setup where she tried to run him over with the mower.)

- from _lizbarr
Which Quarantine Cephalopod Are You?
(I would be vampire squid, if I were isolating.)

Celebrities in Isolation
Via aragarna
Some Good News with John Krasinski Ep. 1
(There's an episode 2 as well, and I'm hoping for more.)

- Sportscasters Are Narrating Daily Life Tasks During COVID-19

- via musesfool (for me, but I think it's been everywhere at this point):
Isolating with the Derry Girls

All I Ask Of You | Phantom London Orchestra | ALW Response Video
This is the Phantom London Orchestra backing Andrew Lloyd Webber, and it's wonderful to see inside their living rooms as they perform.

Just Plain Cool
- Comic Artist Maps the History of Languages with an Illustrated Linguistic Tree

- The Magnus Archives - Fanmade TV Intro by erin_stuart (cw: some slight flashing imagery)

- I remember zefrank doing nature videos from ages ago (did they do the honey badger one?) but this is a recent on on nudibranchs, and honestly, I needed to see some pretty sluggy slugs today: True Facts: Freaky Nudibranchs by zefrank1

- via talkingtothesky
Michael Emerson Praises ‘Evil’ and Reveals the Scene That Didn’t Make it Into the Finale
(spoilery for the finale)



In closing, we went outside to see the super moon. It was very bright. I blinked a lot.