Links: supportive re: COVID-19

Dang, these distance collaboration music videos make me cry. Fabulous, skilled young people making art apart when they expected to be together. Lots of POC front and center, yay! Bolero Julliard. Also, Creating Bolero Julliard by Benjamin Sosland.

via kaberett, free academic books. The second one was too academic for my needs, but the first one had a couple of Python programming books that looked interesting. Easy to download.
Springer allows download for 100 free books during the pandemic
Free Resources on MUSE During COVID-19

( Your mileage may vary of course )

Links: Mostly COVID-19, less comforting

PSA: Coronavirus antibody tests aren’t as accurate as they seem by Amanda Shendruk & Tim McDonnell. Low overall prevalence makes a positive antibody test result only about 50% reliable. *sigh* ETA: See additional info from rosefox in comments about more accurate tests becoming available.

( Not COVID-19 related. Autocrats, Stockholm Syndrome )

( COVID-19 related, less comforting articles )