Reflections on last March the start of the pandemic
The pandemic’s start date varies depending on where you live in the world, but for most people in the U.S., it began to look serious on March 11, 2020. The N.B.A. suspended its season, travel from Europe to the U.S. was banned, and offices and schools began closing. That day, Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson also announced that they
tested positive for COVID-19 while in Australia. In the days that followed, we would see Broadway, movie theaters, concert venues, bars, and restaurants all shut down.
Most of us remember what we were doing when we found out that COVID-19 was a serious threat. Several of us at the Daily Dot were gathered at an outdoor bar/restaurant to hang out after work on March 11. I took photos of everyone with a polaroid camera. Those photos now serve as visual reminders of a different time, when you could actually hang out with people IRL without worrying about picking up a contagious disease. Here’s what a couple
Earnest content is back, baby!
We’re now officially in the era of the Biden presidency, and with it comes a number of immediate policy changes as well as an apparent reversion to cute internet content. Like this video of a parrot singing along to a Led Zeppelin song.
The video was originally uploaded in 2020, but that didn’t stop it from going viral this week right before Biden took office. And we’re likely to see a lot more earnest, fluffy content on our feeds this year. Now that Trump is banned from Twitter and other social sites, and we don’t have to worry about waking up to tweets from the POTUS that are inciting violence, things are a little more peaceful online. Emphasis on