Five Quick Links for Thursday Noonish

09:57

Tales of wedding photographers in the time of Covid. "I've been in hotel ballrooms inside and it's been packed like sardines and everyone's having a great time. No one's wearing masks." [texasmonthly.com]

Wow, This American Life is 25 years old. [thisamericanlife.org]

Several notable copyrighted works will enter the public domain in the US in 2021: The Great Gatsby, Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway, Alain Locke's The New Negro, films by Lloyd & Keaton, music by Irving Berlin, the Gershwins, and Duke Ellington. [web.law.duke.edu]

A division of the CDC is developing standards for face mask filtration effectiveness. Great, but where was this in April or May? [nytimes.com]

Virus levels are high in the US so gathering is dangerous right now. But with effective vaccines arriving and treatment improving, there is genuine hope. So, a suggestion from @zeynep: hold off on gatherings for a few months to keep everyone safe. [theatlantic.com]

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