Go ahead, read the news and comments below, browse Twitter, chat with a neighbour—there’s anger and outrage all over the place about IRRESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOUR, topped by a layer of virtue signalling, #MEANDMYSELFBEINGSAFEANDCONSIDERATE.
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Three Podcasts for the Dreaded 2020 Back-to-Work Season
Solve, Down the Hill and Distorsion: discover three podcasts that are not about COVID or the 2020 US elections!
10 Signs It’s the Middle of Summer in Ottawa
COVID-19 is disrupting everything but it has yet to infect and affect weather patterns—that would be the other threat, global warming, but I can only deal with one major disaster at the time.
Where Are We in the Pandemic? Ottawa, Four Months Later
No one knows if, when and how the pandemic will end. Four months is nothing in a lifetime but time really dragged. Yet, some things did change.
Navigating These Weird Pandemic Restrictions, From “Stay Safe” to “Stay Sane”
I was one of these people who used the trendy “stay safe!” email signoff from March to early May. Now, it feels that “stay sane!” should be the new basic social formula.
A “New Normal” Suggestion That Should Actually Be Normal
We’re trying to change the way we interact because someone, somewhere could be sick. But shouldn’t we the way we deal with viruses when someone does get sick?