The Weekly Whatever: And we're back
Here's what happened: My job was eliminated because of the pandemic. For several months nothing was funny, and for the sake of my sanity I mostly stayed away from the Internet, apart from job search sites. But now, finally, things are getting back on track, at least personally.
Also, this World Mental Health Day, remember: It's OK not to be OK.
Quote of the week
"California is gonna have to ration water. You wanna know why? Because they send millions of gallons of water out to sea, out to the Pacific. Because they want to take care of certain little tiny fish, that aren't doing very well without water." -- Trump
Select news
The US debt is now larger than the US economy.
UK government loses COVID-19 statistics because they tried to use Excel as a database, with one column per patient.
Trump Las Vegas Sales and Marketing had zero employees, but that didn't stop it from suddenly earning $20m in "fees" in 2016, and writing it all off as "business expenses".
"Female empowerment" themed hotel opens, featuring a portrait of Ruth Bader Ginsburg made out of 20,000 tampons, cocktails called "the huntress" and "empowermint", and a head chef who is male.
Pro-police Black man tries to shake hands with an officer, learns that police brutality does in fact exist.
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Cool stuff
An 808 and a 303, what more do you need to make music?
Three hours of field recordings of fridges.