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Living like introverts: a [COVID-19 lockdown] survival resources thread
DiscoPirateBunny
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The mods will be creating new threads Soon(tm) for actual COVID-19 news and resources. This is not one of those threads.
There's a growing number of people that are going to be spending weeks (months?) in lockdown/quarantine/shelter-in-place, and while we try to weather this pandemic, there's some very amazing people out there trying to help us all make it through, particularly those of us with kids. This is a thread to collect all resources like this, to make it easier for all of us to share and find said resources.
Starting with:
Mo Willems, children's book author and illustrator, has started posting a weekly* video teaching kids how to draw and also talking about some behind-the-scenes stuff about his process and history. He released the first video today: https://twitter.com/The_Pigeon. I put an * on weekly because it said weekly but at the end of the video he said "see you tomorrow" so maybe he'll be doing it daily instead, can't tell for sure yet.
Another resource: McHarper Manor is going be posting a bunch of free weekly craft projects for kids to do: https://www.mcharpermanor.com/post/supply-list-for-our-first-week-of-projects
Basically, feel free to post/collect resources for making these weeks indoors fly by, especially (but not limited to) those that are specifically providing free resources/videos/etc to help us all get through this together.
There's a growing number of people that are going to be spending weeks (months?) in lockdown/quarantine/shelter-in-place, and while we try to weather this pandemic, there's some very amazing people out there trying to help us all make it through, particularly those of us with kids. This is a thread to collect all resources like this, to make it easier for all of us to share and find said resources.
Starting with:
Mo Willems, children's book author and illustrator, has started posting a weekly* video teaching kids how to draw and also talking about some behind-the-scenes stuff about his process and history. He released the first video today: https://twitter.com/The_Pigeon. I put an * on weekly because it said weekly but at the end of the video he said "see you tomorrow" so maybe he'll be doing it daily instead, can't tell for sure yet.
Another resource: McHarper Manor is going be posting a bunch of free weekly craft projects for kids to do: https://www.mcharpermanor.com/post/supply-list-for-our-first-week-of-projects
Basically, feel free to post/collect resources for making these weeks indoors fly by, especially (but not limited to) those that are specifically providing free resources/videos/etc to help us all get through this together.
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1) Start using my exercise bike every day, to get some exercise.
2) Do a spring clean, and general purge of unnecessary crap.
3) Fulfill my life-long ambition of finally playing through the other 2 faction story lines in Elder Scrolls Online, and the expansions I bought but still haven’t played through yet.
4) Watch either The Wire, or Breaking Bad.
5) Do my Destiny 2 dailies, every dat I’m off.
In reality, I’d settle for 3 out of the 5.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/15/learning/students-can-respond-to-daily-writing-prompts-inspired-by-the-new-york-times-at-home-for-free.html
But my hellish summer and into the fall/winter lean times showed me how little food I can live off and still function. Just getting it is the problem
Josh Gad aka Olaf from Frozen is reading books every night.
https://www.digitalconcerthall.com/en/live
Digital concert hall is free
https://storytimefromspace.com/
Astronauts reading bedtime stories
https://www.travelandleisure.com/attractions/museums-galleries/museums-with-virtual-tours
Virtual museum tours
But they are actually streaming past Opera productions for free on their website.
Tonight's Opera is/was Bizet's Carmen
https://www.metopera.org/
Just in case you were wanting to give Opera a try, but never really had a chance before.
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Monterey Bay Aquarium:
https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/live-cams
National Aquarium (in Baltimore, MD)
https://aqua.org/Experience/live
Georgia Aquarium (in Atlanta, GA)
https://www.georgiaaquarium.org/webcam/ocean-voyager/
Aquarium of the Pacific (in Long Beach, CA)
http://www.aquariumofpacific.org/exhibits/webcams/
I need to share this with my brother for my niece, she absolutely loves aquariums and has wanted to go to the Georgia Aquarium for a while now
And if the Met isn't enough, the Vienna operahouse is doing the same: https://www.facebook.com/wiener.staatsoper/photos/a.10152346775795717/10163324267780717/?type=3&theater
The program, for the curious:
the whale shark is ridiculously impressive
Kids at home, but still need an education?
Khan Academy has your back.
College student worried about the loss of a semester?
Coursera and EdX have free courses.
Want to learn to code so you can get a good job you can do from home the next time around?
Code Academy, Free Code Camp, or hundreds of other resources.
Need to relax after all that educating? Dropkick Murphys are live streaming their St Patrick's Day concert tonight.
Try marble racing!
Jelle's Marble Racing has different events and races, from several years of the Marbleympics to cross-country to the current rage, Marbula 1. There are lots of different races and competitions posted to watch, and currently new races are posted every Saturday (qualifying) and Sunday (races).
What makes these so special? There are teams. The marbles are named, and the events are narrated like a major race or sporting event. There's even a "live" stadium audience... of more marbles.
I can has cheezburger, yes?
* https://www.tenpercent.com/live - the meditation app I use is streaming free guided meditations daily at 3pm Eastern
I love the idea of this thread, thank you for making it @Mathew Burrack
I can't stop watching this...
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As a librarian, I came here to recommend this too. Some library systems also have access to video streaming sites like Kanopy and Hoopla. Kanopy in particular is one I wish I took more advantage of; they have a lot of Criterion releases, including The Seventh Seal.
And while a lot of libraries are now closed to the public, my own library system and a neighboring county's library system are allowing people to sign up for temporary online cards that give patrons access to many of these resources. Once they are open to the public, you should be able to walk in and pick up your physical library card.
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In the mean time, making a hardware store run later for some stuff to finally build this fancy charging station my wife's wanted for two years for all the tools and battery and and controllers and some pockets with various adapters for guest cell phones and shit, all mounted on pegboard in a frame with the cable nightmare hidden inside.
My wife actually believed me when I joked I needed a power ratchet for the job. Don't tell her.
Jackbox games and online Codenames and pictionary type games so far.. any other good online board games or simple games to do with friends?
(In other news, a local club / event space that i like is both doing online streams of dance music and other content e.g. https://nowadays.nyc/ )
Trivia game podcasts?
FAQS:
Replacements for Jump Squats: Lunges, single leg squats, super slow squats
Extra back/shoulder work: Pull-ups, inverted rows, Dumbbell rows (use milk or something heavy!), jumping jacks, Pike push-ups
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/bodyweightfitness/comments/fjyhyo/coronavirus_curfew_home_workout_12_min_session_no/
Resources:
Pike-Push ups
Inverted rows
Other ideas
https://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/beginner-body-weight-workout-burn-fat-build-muscle/
https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page
Project Gutenberg is still a thing and has over 60,000 ebooks available for free with no limits on access, no registration required, and nobody will be tracking you for future marketing purposes.
https://kidsactivitiesblog.com/135609/list-of-education-companies-offering-free-subscriptions/
No downloads, installations or registrations required.
For parents stuck at home with their kids with no idea what to do next, might I recommend this...
My friend of 30 years is doing free, online art tutorials to anyone who wants to watch. Mostly beginner and tutorial stuff for kids 10+, although I imagine younger kids might enjoy the stream. He's extremely talented and laid back, so it's worth a watch.
You can find his stream here.
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Dropkick Murphys live stream concert for St. Patricks Day is up right now, free.
It was awesome when the Xbox 360 Netflix app had that functionality back in like 2011. It seemed ridiculous to me that they dropped it. Glad to see it being resurrected, in a way, and if it works! (Even if it only works on Chrome, what the hell.)
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https://www.hoffmanacademy.com/popular-songs/
https://www.playbill.com/article/15-broadway-plays-and-musicals-you-can-watch-on-stage-from-home?fbclid=IwAR2GKRrYuWu18dFLpjS3JLwG0XzCGcivrKOSe51CTueQGR5gVHm4ZivNKyE
I see streaming options like Amazon and Youtube, but I'm guessing those are rental and/or for Prime holders, so probably not free.
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Also, some fun things to do with the kids at home?
Wool/Yarn dyeing!
This is the ChemKnits Tutorials Youtube channel and Rebecca has a few hundreds of videos about dyeing wool at home.
Food colouring, Easter egg tablets (which should be conveniently in the stores right now!), candy sprinkles, Koolaid, and other household goods, as well as some other commercially dyed stuff.
Wool yarn dyeing like this requires an animal or protein based yarn (wool, alpaca, silk for examples), acid (Rebecca usually uses white vinegar or citric acid), and heat (microwave, steaming, or simmering in a pot, or even solar dyeing!)
Ellie and I have done this a few times on long weekends and LOVE doing this.
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This is sightly more pushing for a friend, but a high school friends of mine does remote private lessons and is offering first lessons free.
https://www.notefishlessons.com/
I will never not hype the shit out of Star Realms. It's a deckbuilder available on mobile, Steam, and as an actual card game. It's easy to learn, has a great meta to master from set to set, has a TON of content for cheap, and I think the base game is free. I'm pretty sure your purchases from one version carry to another version too (excluding the physical card game).
The Cincinnati Zoo will stream a live program at 3 PM ET every weekday for kids, focusing on a different animal there every day.
For some webcams:
https://animals.sandiegozoo.org/live-cams
https://www.houstonzoo.org/explore/webcams/
https://nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams
https://www.kansascityzoo.org/animal-cams/
https://www.smbc-comics.com/covid/
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