I’ve decided to add a new feature to the blog. Every Saturday, I’ll be posting links to some of the things that I shared on Social Media during the week that I found interesting.
I also send out this list each week to my newsletter. So if you wish to receive my weekly roundup in your email inbox each week, you can subscribe HERE.
Weekly Round-up
- 47 ‘Facts You Probably Didn’t Know That Could Save Your Life’ Shared By Jack Neel https://buff.ly/3gykOxd
- Pride Month Gay Comics Roundup: DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Many Others Celebrate Their LGBTQ Characters, Creators – Towleroad Gay News https://buff.ly/3q1hMVa
- If you like superhero movies/shows: Netflix’s ‘How I Became a Superhero’ trailer sees a shadowy organization trafficking superpowers https://mashable.com/video/netflix-how-i-became-a-superhero-trailer/
- Emerging from Isolation: It’s Great to Hang Out After Self-Isolating for a Year — I’m Not Acting Weird, Am I? https://buff.ly/3gvPNJ2
- 24 Queer Crime Novels to Read All Year Long https://buff.ly/3vstitU
- Travelers have gotten rowdy. This Instagram account aims to keep them in line. https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2021/6/15/22534017/passenger-shaming-public-freakout
- For Vonnegut fans: Read Kurt Vonnegut’s commencement address for the class of 1994. https://buff.ly/3wl9oSX
- We need to be seen or else we feel transparent, even nonexistent.” Notes on a year without strangers | Harper’s Magazine https://buff.ly/3goHEHj
- Pulitzer Prize awards special citation to teen who filmed George Floyd’s murder | Engadget https://www.engadget.com/darnella-frazier-pulitzer-prize-special-citation-193318510.html
- The FBI secretly launched an encrypted messaging system for criminals. I found this whole thing absolutely fascinating. https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/8/22524307/anom-encrypted-messaging-fbi-europol-afp-sting-operation-trojan-shield-greenlight
- Stop giving out your read phone number – Burner Accounts 101: How to Get Extra Numbers for a Smartphone https://buff.ly/3zAuDCg
- Just for fun: I Found An Abandoned Farmhouse Filled With Vintage Stuff (27 Pics) https://www.boredpanda.com/urbex-photography-abandoned-farmhouse-bryan-sansivero/
- The traumas of the past year have left some people wrestling with an awful question: Am I still a good person? – The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/06/pandemic-trauma-moral-injury/619129/
- Depicting LGBTQ intimacy for “Kiss with Pride” | Photofocus https://photofocus.com/inspiration/depicting-lgbtq-intimacy-for-kiss-with-pride/
- This Very Talented Cat Can Perform Over 50 Amazing Tricks https://www.boredpanda.com/therapy-cat-training-nipa-my-cat-got-talent/
Oh…and in case you haven’t heard: Man swallowed by whale by Cape Cod; MA lobster diver survives humpback https://www.capecodtimes.com/story/news/2021/06/11/humpback-whale-catches-michael-packard-lobster-driver-mouth-proviencetown-cape-cod/7653838002/