errative compendium – june 11

how about i keep a post in drafts to see what all caught my eye or ear this week?

listen

i loved the regina spektor original. now i’m enjoying kishi bashi’s cover so very much. here he talks about reclaiming the fiddle and featuring powerful songs written by women.
i think i first listened to olivia rodrigo’s sour after running across one of the articles on how millennial olds “stanning” for the gen z queen are so so funny. i guess i’m a geriatric millennial now (even if gen oregon trail’s still my favorite designation for us in-betweeners), AND THIS IS MY FAVORITE SONG OF THE MOMENT TO BLAST IN MY CAR. yup yup.

read

hot divorcĂ©e summer – as someone with an ex-to-be, i declare this essay superior to the vanity fair piece on the topic that it links.

look

https://what3words.com/ – i’m way too enthusiastic about this. like wanting to announce location words enthusiastic, and seems dangerous to do on social media and such. but telling people a three-word code for the back patio’s precise location seems neat.

CovidActNow is still one of my go-to sites for COVID stats. today it strikes me that the vaccination rate in my typically 80+% democrat-voting metro area is almost on par with the rate in my parents’ super-conservative rural county. it’s NOT just a politicized thing; i suspect general trust in government is playing a major role. but thank goodness the rates are down enough EVERYWHERE in the US that i’m no longer compulsively checking on a daily basis.

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