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nitsua60

Mar 16, 2020 14:50

In day 1 of home-schooling, we managed to put together a brass trio version of "Don't Stop Believing." My new personal project is to get good enough at recording/mixing/editing on the home computer s.t. I can record and upload for y'all to see.
I don't remember the last time I was so happy =)

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doppelgreener

Mar 31, 2020 16:10

We're not trapped in here with the coronavirus. The coronavirus is trapped in here with us.

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kviiri

Mar 22, 2020 08:54

For beautiful nature imagery, check out this Estonian golden eagle webcam: youtube.com/watch?v=CJgQ_QY0z1c

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user15026

Mar 21, 2020 14:34

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V2Blast

Jun 11, 2020 02:39

"If you need to see a little black joy, please watch my moms reaction when I told her I got into law school with a $40,000 annual scholarship 🤩"

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kviiri

May 29, 2020 08:41

You know how I roll... yet another bird nest camera. This time a blackbird: areena.yle.fi/1-50534817

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nitsua60

Apr 1, 2020 03:30

National Park Service wildlife webcams

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doppelgreener

Mar 31, 2020 16:10

XKCD made a nice comic today.

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skullpatrol

Mar 30, 2020 04:46

> A 102-year-old woman has recovered from coronavirus in the northern Italian city of Genoa after spending more than 20 days in hospital, doctors who treated her and her nephew told CNN.

"She only had some mild coronavirus symptoms, so we tested her and she was positive, but we did very little, she recovered on her own," Sicbaldi added.

Doctors say her case impressed them so much that they decided to study it deeper.

"We got serological samples, she is the first patient we know that might have gone through the ‘Spanish flu’ since she was born in 1917," Sicbaldi explained, referring to th…

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AncientSwordRage

Mar 20, 2020 12:39

I am officially working from home today, do I get a badge?

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user15026

Mar 17, 2020 21:33

Friend of mine from Arqade created this! If you're in need of something to do, this site will give you a different random concert to watch every time you push the button! So you can connect with culture even from your own house. :) concert-roulette.glitch.me

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Martin Sleziak

Apr 11, 2021 14:33

This room has been relatively silent recently. Just in case it gets frozen, I will remind that moderators can unfreeze chatrooms - so you can ask some moderator (from any site) whether they would be willing to do so. See also: meta.stackexchange.com/tags/frozen-rooms/info and How do I unfreeze a frozen chat room?

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Bardic Wizard

Aug 1, 2020 05:42

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AncientSwordRage

May 2, 2022 07:55

i.e. If this chat gets frozen, then it's ok to leave it that way and let people request is be opened by asking in chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/11/trpg-general-chat

V2Blast

May 12, 2020 08:29

Artist and animation director Steve Ahn is selling digital copies of all 3 of his sketchbooks on Gumroad for just $1 (pay-what-you-want) each right now. All proceeds will be donated to ChildFund Korea, according to the Gumroad page.

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BESW

May 11, 2020 20:51

Flower color genetics in Animal Crossing, a Twitter thread by Jennifer Harrison.

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Mithrandir24601

May 10, 2020 22:51

For those of you who do sudoku, this (video of) one is gold

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BESW

Apr 12, 2020 00:21

Ayala Museum is offering codes and guides for making traditional Filipino clothing in Animal Crossing. AND they have a coloring book!

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user15026

Apr 9, 2020 23:02

Here it is! twitter.com/mel_thegreat/status/1246483751833489410

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BESW

Apr 5, 2020 05:30

Look for the helpers: Alex Winter (best known as the not-Keanu part of the Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure duo) left his DMs open for an hour so people could ask him for help with groceries.

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BESW

Apr 4, 2020 00:51

The fanfiction platform Archive of Our Own (AKA AO3, winner of the 2019 Hugo Award for Best Related Work) had thirty million more visitors than it predicted during March, and is having to adjust how it caches non-logged-in users so it can continue to operate. Fanfiction is awesome and affirming, don't sleep on it people!

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BESW

Apr 1, 2020 02:28

This is a calm video of a guy painting a railroad track and talking about the place and what it's like to paint there. He closes with some reassuring words imagining going back out after the pandemic lockdown is over.

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nitsua60

Mar 31, 2020 23:07

So I'll admit it: I grew up on Shake'n'Bake, and I love it. Have for decades.
The grocery store was out of Shake'n'Bake last week.
We grabbed four ingredients from the pantry, made our own version, and holy crap was it so much better!
Thank you, CoViD, for this tiny little bright spot.

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kviiri

Mar 28, 2020 17:13

@AncientSwordRage A man of culture

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BESW

Mar 25, 2020 00:36

Storium and StoriumEDU are free to the end of June.

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curious

Mar 21, 2020 16:56

twitter.com/paigebyerly/status/1240630741479886848

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BESW

Mar 19, 2020 03:04

LeVar Burton (Roots, Reading Rainbow, Star Trek) does dramatic and soundscaped readings of his favorite short stories on LeVar Burton Reads.

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BESW

Mar 18, 2020 10:36

In Aotearoa (New Zealand), people are talking about replacing the hongi (nose touching) greeting with the hā mamao. (English translation) Bonus: it's also a dog video.

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NautArch

Mar 17, 2020 16:14

Josh gad/amy adams/jennifer garner reading stories online for kids

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user15026

Mar 17, 2020 01:37

Possibly silly thing - I made a video of myself reading one of my favourite kids books tonight. If you want a small comfort thing, let me know and I can share a link. I am going to try to keep finding things to read.

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BESW

Mar 16, 2020 22:15

Oh, another useful collection from last year: Discord RPG Jam. We’re already playing RPGs & chatting with our game friends on Discord, why not make some RPGs specifically designed to play on Discord?

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Ben

Mar 29, 2021 23:41

So it's finally official: North Queensland (Australia) has finally reached an official quarantine status: mandatory masks in public for all over the age of 12. That doesn't sound like good news, but the response I have seen has been very positive, everyone is taking it very seriously, which makes me feel safe and happy for everyone's health.

Martin Sleziak

Nov 9, 2020 06:36

This room has been relatively silent recently. Just in case it gets frozen, I will remind that moderators can unfreeze chatrooms - so you can ask some moderator (from any site) whether they would be willing to do so. See also: meta.stackexchange.com/tags/frozen-rooms/info and How do I unfreeze a frozen chat room?

BESW

Jun 12, 2020 00:21

The POC Destroy Fantasy, SF and Horror anthologies from Lightspeed Magazine are now free to download.

BESW

May 17, 2020 01:58

Yorkshire Dales National Park has some localized ways to think about social distancing (Twitter link)

BESW

May 14, 2020 00:41

"Dropbox Drops a Set of Care Packages From Your Favorite Creatives" (Print Mag article with links)

BESW

May 7, 2020 23:29

"Empty sets," a collection of video call backgrounds lifted from BBC shows. (BBC archive)

BESW

May 6, 2020 23:30

Black Armada's smaller games are temporarily PWYW, and their larger games (L*vecraftesque, Bite Marks, Flotsam: Adrift Amongst the Stars) are 19% off.

kviiri

May 5, 2020 13:53

Ben

May 5, 2020 01:37

I did it from 18m, and took me 4 attempts Watch/download video here

Adeptus

May 5, 2020 01:15

Yes we've been watching Lego Masters. Last season there was one annoying, arrogant, smug #^$%& contestant who everyone hated. This time they've all been great. I love reality shows where all the teams are friendly to each other.

AncientSwordRage

Apr 30, 2020 11:50

Comedians play Dungeons and Dragons for charity

BESW

Apr 28, 2020 01:59

"Color Me Flabbergasted!" a free coloring book by 12 different artists.

BESW

Apr 22, 2020 21:38

The Netflix US YouTube channel now has a selection of documentaries for free use in home education.

BESW

Apr 21, 2020 23:12

Old McDonald's: Now a farm. "Flock of sheep visit empty McDonald's restaurant during lockdown" (ITV article)

doppelgreener

Apr 20, 2020 22:23

Once the lockdown is over, let's all get together and swap starters!

BESW

Apr 15, 2020 22:05

Aliette de Bodard's "The Dragon That Flew Out Of The Sun," a collection of her Xuya fiction, is available for free. (Link to a Zeno Agency article which links to the free book and to many of her other books which are also awesome and people should read.)

BESW

Apr 15, 2020 09:17

Publishers Weekly is maintaining a listing of special offers, events, and discounts provided in an effort to mitigate the impact of the new coronavirus on the book publishing industry and on related communities.

BESW

Apr 13, 2020 01:31

The Described And Captioned Media Program has many non-member materials and offers free membership to families and educators with a student who has a disability. They've partnered with the Field Museum's Brain Scoop program to make those episodes described and captioned as well.

BESW

Apr 2, 2020 01:03

Every issue of the sword-and-sorcery magazine Worlds without Master is free on Gumroad for the next week.

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