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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 [personal profile] 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


A couple of topical Outside links via [profile] cofax.
Inside the Controversial 6-Foot Social-Distancing Study by Joe Lindsey. The study said you will be breathing some of a fast-moving cyclist's exhalations if you're following them at a distance closer than 60'. It doesn't say anything about the risk of getting sick. That's virology, not fluid dynamics.
It's OK to Eat More and Exercise Less During Quarantine by Christine Byrne. This said exactly what I've been trying tell myself about my eating habits. I had a shaky handle on healthy eating habits for me pre-quarantine, and now conditions are different, and both my eating habits and my weight will change. I need to focus on feeling comfortable in my clothes, not sizes or numbers. “Let it be comforting. Let it be joyful. Let it be satisfying and nourishing.”

Coronavirus: Learning How to Dance by Tomas Pueyo. Part 1: A Dancing Masterclass, or What We Can Learn from Countries Around the World. Data & analysis.

Coronavirus Advice From Abroad: 7 Lessons America’s Governors Should Not Ignore as They Reopen Their Economies by Stephen Engelberg, Caroline Chen and Sebastian Rotella. Gosh, isn't it too bad the US has to figure everything out from scratch because there's no relevant information in the rest of the world? /sarcasm.

Positive scientific news! I almost forgot that was a possibility. Antibody Discovered That Blocks Infection by SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19 Coronavirus) in Cells from Utrecht University. via [personal profile] siderea, who says, "We didn't just win the game, but – if this replicates out – we just leveled up."

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