It's been interesting to watch how this video series has developed. In earlier episodes, the "past" Julie was scared but hopeful. In later episodes "past" Julie has acquired a sense of learned helplessness and doom.
Here's the now-classic first episode from April 2020:
I hope Julie Nolke stops making these videos. Not because I don't like them (I love them) but because when she stops that means the pandemic will finally be over.
In this 5th installment, an August 2021 Julie updates a December 2020 Nolke on the state of the world, with special emphasis on explaining why the pandemic continues to tear through the population because so many people refuse to take the vaccine. — Read the rest
Last April, comedian Julie Nolke popped into the past and hinted about the pandemic to her January self, who was totally confused. At the time, it was hilarious to see how things had changed in just a few months, and "hey," we thought, "it's funny because this ain't gonna last." — Read the rest
Julie Nolke says, "What would happen if I tried to explain what's happening now to the June 2020 version of myself?"
Part 1 here:
Part 2 here:
First, watch part one, in which Julie Nolke travels back in time from April to the pre-pandemic era and freaks out her earlier self. Then, watch this video on which today's Julie Nolke travels back in time to give April's Julie Nolke a heads-up on what's to come. — Read the rest
Imagine trying to explain to your-January-self how different the world would be in a few short months. That's what YouTuber Julie Nolke imagines doing in this cute video.
Apple cut more than 600 jobs when it dropped its plans to market a self-driving car, reports the BBC. This represents about a third of the team that worked on the EV, the rest having been reassigned to the company's AI projects. — Read the rest
I recently wrote about how Chris Cuomo, who has been struggling with long COVID, was starting a series on his show "Cuomo" to discuss and share information about long COVID.
On January 8, he uploaded the next installment in the series. — Read the rest
Congressquack Lauren Boebert once again made a mockery of herself, this time foolishly snapping at a witness with ignorant assumptions during a hearing today only to be hammered more than once with facts. (See video below, posted by Acyn.)
"You all are allowing delinquent employees to sit on their sofas at home instead of actually getting to work and doing their jobs. — Read the rest
McDonalds will eventually remove self-service soft drink stations in its restaurants, the company says, though you have another nine years to squirt your own Sprite: they can remain out until 2032. In a pure example of corporate doublespeak, the line is that ditching the self-service option is for customers' convenience. — Read the rest
They say that only two things will survive the(increasingly likely) nuclear apocalypse: twinkies and cockroaches. However, the list should be amended to include Doctor Who. Throughout the storied history of the British sci-fi institution, Doctor Who has faced threats of cancellation almost as frequently as any other member of the titular character's rogue's gallery. — Read the rest
In recent months, numerous high-profile tech companies have announced massive layoffs — even though, by all accounts, those companies have been doing tremendously well. Over at The Verge, Elizabeth Lopatto dug into the seeming contradiction between record-breaking profits and record-breaking staff reductions. — Read the rest
There's nothing quite as simultaneously quirky and heartwarming as Japanese TV, and long-running reality series Old Enough! is a perfect example of that intersection. Since 1991, the show has tasked toddlers with undergoing (sometimes quite long and complex) errands by themselves, with no parental supervision or outside help. — Read the rest
If, like me, you subscribe to the 'laugh so you won't cry' approach to the pandemic, I've got a Substack for you. It's called "Pandemic Memes Collection" and features user-made memes and infographics on a variety of pandemic-related matters: masks, "hybrid immunity," long COVID, and more. — Read the rest
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Has learning how to play the guitar been on your bucket list? Learning how to play guitar should be simple, fun, and accessible, but with the average guitar costing $600 — lessons not included, you might feel inclined to delay that Fender purchase. — Read the rest
Rishi Sunak is Britain's finance minister, presiding over the economic fallout from the Covid pandemic, Brexit and a decade of austerity policies. His wife is Akshata Murthy, owner of a £400m ($525m) stake in a company that continues to do business with the Russian government. — Read the rest
It seems that all the time we've spent staring at ourselves in Zoom during the pandemic is affecting our perception of ourselves.
When plastic surgeons began reopening for business in 2021, they found an increased demand from people newly worried about the shape of their noses, sagging skin in their necks, and the tone and color of their skin. — Read the rest
Cryopreservation is the gamble that if you're put into deep freeze death upon death, medical technology could advance enough in the future to repair your body and awaken you. Right now, there are around 500 people who bet it will happen, paying more than $200,000 before their deaths to have their bodies—or in some cases, just their brains—filled with protective chemicals and stored in vats of liquid nitrogen at one of a few facilities around the world. — Read the rest
Richard Glenn, a teacher at Longridge Towers School in Northumberland, England, has been suspended for three years for his "unacceptable" behavior during a school trip for 16 to 18-year-olds to Costa Rica before the pandemic. Administrators sent Glenn home early. Apparently he didn't dispute the accusations but, "due to his state of intoxication," had no memory of his actions that the BBC reports included:
I wonder if he charges himself late fees.
