Four Quick Links for Thursday Afternoon

After closing her 20-year-old restaurant Prune due to the pandemic, chef Gabrielle Hamilton wonders if it has a place in NYC anymore. "The restaurant as we know it is no longer viable on its own." [nytimes.com]

Comet 2I/Borisov is just the second known interstellar visitor to our solar system. Hubble data indicates the carbon monoxide-rich comet may have originated "from a circumstellar disk around a class of star called a cool red dwarf". [hubblesite.org]

"This aggressive virus is making us confront the reality of death every day, but our culture doesn't sensationalize the elderly and immunocompromised fatalities like the younger ones." [vox.com]

On the surprising intimacy of virtual communication. "The unfamiliar intimacy of online classes makes the attention to each student feel more live and personalized, not less." [newyorker.com]

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