SciAm: A New Map of the Milky Way

This was an unlocked article at the Scientific American website, excerpted from the April 2020 issue. As a fan of astronomy and of the space opera branch of science fiction and fantasy, there was no way I wasn't going to distract myself from my troubles for at least a few minutes to look this one over.

I keep saying: the Star Trek people are going to need to update their maps too. This is one more part of why.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-new-map-of-the-milky-way/

HEALTH: Drive-In Testing in Selkirk, MB

I spent kindergarten and part of grade one in that town. So the name caught my attention. The details are hidden halfway down this particular page, I'm afraid.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-coronavirus-covid-19-1.5492496

HEALTH: New Addition to the Toolkit?

I expect it'll be some months before confirmation tests in countries other than mainland China and Japan are concluded one way or the other on this lead?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/18/japanese-flu-drug-clearly-effective-in-treating-coronavirus-says-china

PHOTOS/JOB SEARCH: Part of the Routine...

...that I've established for myself is that once a week at minimum, I take the time to do some "sprucing up" on my Flickr account's photostream. Adding subject and location tags as deemed appropriate, checking in with groups I'm moderating, and so on. Of course, I add this activity into my job search diary - required as part of the unemployment insurance qualifications rules - since I'd like to advertise my services as either photographer, illustrator or graphic designer. Full-time salaried, freelance, whatever I can figure out a way to manage. Along with all the other kinds of work I'm applying for.

Plus, my curating the account has a certain degree of mental health value to me and my contacts at Flickr.

So I wonder how their new parent company SmugMug's thought through their current pricing schemes. Particularly in the present circumstances.

In any case, if you're interested to see what I have on display?

https://www.flickr.com/photos/dwight_ew/

OTTAWA: March Storms

We might expect a thunderstorm overnight tonight. Certainly, rain at above-freezing temperatures over night and a climb to +17º C tomorrow during the day...followed by a drop that night to -12 º C. With flurries, maybe.

Yikes? Or not?

SCIENCE: "Wonderchickens"?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/oldest-modern-bird-1.5502581

OC Transpo Measures in the Time of Pandemic

Details and links here for anyone interested who hasn't already seen them...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/octranspo-covid19-safety-bus-lrt-1.5498997

Yes, it's three days old. I apologize for the delay and the harms caused as a result.

Minor(?) Consequences

Been washing my hands so much the last couple of days that the skin is cracking.

BRAZIL: A Disaster in the Making

A lot of people have issues with Glenn Greenwald, and yet...

https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/488066-glenn-greenwald-its-virtually-homicidal-that-bolsonaro-physically-interacted

I want to draw tomorrow

That's all.

Pencils, pens, stylus and tablet hooked up to the laptop computer...doesn't matter.