*banned 4 MarkDown love* @design_RG@social.cleverlibre.org

A basket full o'kitties.

#cats #mastocats #catsofMastodon #meow #xp
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RT @TheHardyBoyCats@twitter.activitypub.actor
The last nap in that basket 😹😹 #ThrowbackThursday #CatsOfTwitter
https://twitter.com/TheHardyBoyCats/status/1245756681302220806

Tuxedo, Black and White cats, are also so pretty.

Had two young Tux sisters at our Cat Adoption center here that were a Hoot. Hard to resist and take them both home. Lovelies.

#cats #mastocats #catsofMastodon #meow #xp
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RT @BentEarredBB@twitter.activitypub.actor
I finally reached 100 followers! It's a privilege to share my fabulousness with the masses. You're welcome.
#CatsOfTwitter
#CatsOfTheQuarantine
https://twitter.com/BentEarredBB/status/1245743143213031424

Caturday is the Best. Leo, in all his Long Haired elegance.

#cats #mastocats #catsofMastodon #meow #xp
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RT @leosdiaries1@twitter.activitypub.actor
I just got applauded by my neighbours for going outside. This must be what a celebrity feels like. #clapforNHS #catsofquarantine #catsoftwitter
https://twitter.com/leosdiaries1/status/1245799892993421312

Kitties Saturday!!

#cats #mastocats #catsofMastodon #meow #xp
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RT @TheHardyBoyCats@twitter.activitypub.actor
Baby bros 😻😻 #ThrowbackThursday #CatsOfTwitter
https://twitter.com/TheHardyBoyCats/status/1245700323647332353

Meet Magic and Minnie. Two cuttie Black mini panthers. 💕

#cats #mastocats #catsofMastodon #meow #xp
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RT @MiloandMolly1@twitter.activitypub.actor
We have a new brother and sister meet Magic and Minnie! There’s been a few hisses and growls but we’re getting on okay! Mum isn’t sure if they should have their own Twitter! #magic #minnie #kittens #kittensoftwitter #blackkittens
https://twitter.com/MiloandMolly1/status/1245759870281883648

Seen in London, UK. #wildlife returns.

#xp
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RT @roobeekeane@twitter.activitypub.actor
Wildlife finally returning to Thames. Nature is healing🌷
https://twitter.com/roobeekeane/status/1244320113958019073

#social distancing the Feline way.

#cats #mastocats #meow #xp
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RT @CorbyPolice@twitter.activitypub.actor
Even the cats get it. #socialdistancing #coronavirus #guidelines #OpTalla
https://twitter.com/CorbyPolice/status/1245000900810354690

ThinkPad and a nice kitty, what's not to like ?

#cats #mastocats #meow #xp
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RT @EmilyFloGiles@twitter.activitypub.actor
These are trying times indeed @Number10cat #workingfromhomewithcat
https://twitter.com/EmilyFloGiles/status/1245311939087085574

Luxor Shiny and Cleopatra are just gorgeous. Both shiny and Black as midnight. Love them.

#cats #mastocats #catsofMastodon #meow #xp
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RT @CatDisapproval
Nothing can whisk you away. #StayAtHome with me, I'll show you my #FangOfContentment ! #WhiskersWednesday
https://twitter.com/CatDisapproval/status/1245416643527946244

Too many Bad News, can't stand looking at my fave news sites lately.

Time for some nice Cat pictures? This one just found on FB, by Ines Dias from Portugal. Great looking kitty.

#cats #mastocats #meow #CatsOfMastodon

#BlackCats are wonderful. Miss my kitties...

Cats, Books, Bicycles, much fun to be had and keep me away from the #news for a while...

#Cats #mastocats #CatsofMastodon #meow #xp
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RT @kmckeydunar
@timeflaneur Kitk just killed a cat wpman... louie disaproves
https://twitter.com/kmckeydunar/status/1161438383429828608

#Cats are the best. #UK #wheresBoris #xp #mastocats
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RT @Number10cat
Fine work from my pal @mortenmorland in The Times today:
https://twitter.com/Number10cat/status/1244897787784892417

Need something to read? The Guardian has this page with 25 Long Reads suggested.

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/mar/30/looking-for-a-distraction-here-are-25-of-our-favourite-long-reads

* Vintage Bicycles - Restoration or Preservation *

I posted an article here yesterday about a Humber 1925 British bicycle which was quite lovingly maintained. The blog post was quite neat, great photos, a well cared for bicycle.

And I spent sometime reading other posts in the same site; he has many, many nice pages with some incredibly nice bicycles, including René Herse models from the 1930's to the 1980's.

I enjoyed the articles, he frequently mentions his views on how we should handle those, which are really precious cultural artifacts (his Herse bikes are Constructeur, hand built frames and bicycles, pinacle of the art).

There's one post in particular that explains his approach to this -- Preservation is the way to go, and I liked it a lot.

I hate the Trailler Queen type of thing we see sometiems in car or bicycle Vintage shows, where something is polished to hell and painted with modern finishes that have much higher gloss than the originals. Turning into something that in fact, never existed. Demented, imo.

Recommended reading for anyone interested in #cycling, #vintage, #Randonneur bikes and cultural preservation policies.

Deserving of #QotoJournal mention as well.

https://vintagebicycle.wordpress.com/2012/02/29/vintage-bicycle-restoration-1-restoration-or-preservation/

"COVID-19: the biology of an effective therapy
We already know lots about coronavirus biology."

An extensive article at Ars Technica that in my opinion deserves mention and inclusion as a reference in our own #QotoJournal -- so people can find and read it if interested.

Long Read, lots of Biology details. But a good reference, imo.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/03/covid-19-the-biology-of-an-effective-therapy/

@freemo Keep an eye out, new incoming migration wave. Troubling the mothership already.

Por los amigos que hablan Español, el original está a https://www.abc.es/ciencia/abci-como-observar-atlas-brillante-cometa-suicida-desconcierta-astronomos-202003262226_noticia.html

A comet was always perceived as a major event, astrologically, since Antiquity.

We have one called Atlas coming our way now, and it seems it will put in a big display.

Bing translation from an original Spanish article.

https://www.translatetheweb.com/?ref=TVert&from=es&to=en&a=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.abc.es%2Fciencia%2Fabci-como-observar-atlas-brillante-cometa-suicida-desconcierta-astronomos-202003262226_noticia.html

The Economist gives Brazilian idiotic president Jair Bolsonaro a fitting nickname -- "BolsoNero" (as in the Roman emperor who fiddled with his harp as Rome burned.)

https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2020/03/26/brazils-president-fiddles-as-a-pandemic-looms

Washigton Post has a good article too : https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/brazils-bolsonaro-channeling-trump-dismisses-coronavirus-measures--its-just-a-little-cold/2020/03/25/65bc90d6-6e99-11ea-a156-0048b62cdb51_story.html

I find it really worrisome, knowing the country and how poorly funded the public health system there is (basically a last resort for anyone who can't afford private health insurance plans a la Americana).

Worse yet is the neighbouring Venezuela, which was already in shambles before this pandemic arrives.

Toot originally posted here : https://qoto.org/@Aristoteles/103903957751994717