Weekly Roundup (2020 Week 38)

One thing this format will allow me to experiment with is scheduled posts. These are some things I found interesting this week.

McSweeney's is hit or miss. This one was a hit. I recently unfriended someone who outed themselves as a Q delusionist.

HQWL

With Apologies to Allen Ginsberg.- - -II saw the dullest minds of my generation destroyed by hashtags, stupid gullible red-capped,scrolling mind...

McSweeney's Internet TendencyDevorah Blachor

I think this is an excellent example of the punishment fitting the crime.

Eight people in Indonesia refused to wear face masks. They were ordered to dig graves for COVID-19 victims as punishment.

Without masks and a vaccine, we could reach Herd Immunity from COVID-19, but deaths would skyrocket. We break down the science of it. Just the FAQs, USA TODAY

USA TODAYJoshua Bote

If I lived somewhere with a nicer year-round climate, I would love to get something like this. Maybe in 5 or 10 years, with climate change, Portland will be such a place.

Attention all beachcombers: There’s a modern Moke for sale

There’s a new Moke pairing the looks of the original with modern mechanicals now on sale.

Motor AuthorityViknesh Vijayenthiran

I went into it expecting that I would lose the primary to a write-in candidate, because I didn't think that so many voters were just… completely and totally oblivious about who they are voting for.