1. Why time seems to be going faster while we are in lockdown
Parents know the phenomenon: Days can feel like forever, while weeks and months just fly by. Coronavirus lockdowns have made that weird time machine available to everyone. BBC Future explains what is happening here – and why we’ve all been turned into «Monday people» who don’t move into the future, but wait for the future to come to them. Feels very true. Read it now.
2. I can’t breathe, again
Sadly, maddeningly, «I can’t breathe» is in the news again. The death of George Floyd, killed by a police officer in Minnesota, puts yet another spotlight on systemic racism and police brutality. It instantly made me think of two books that have helped me wrap my head around this sort of violence: Ta-Nehisi Coates’ letter to his son «Between the World and Me», and the chapter on Eric Garner in Carolin Emcke’s «Gegen den Hass» / «Against Hate» (she posted an excerpt of it herself in response to Floyd’s death). I can’t recommend them high…