Link Roundup

Media

• My friend Sheryl started up a video podcast! The first several episodes are up; here is the first one.
• I recently watched Dispatches from Elsewhere. I loved it and keep thinking about it. Beautiful stories about human connection and a fantastic cast. I might re-watch it and write some more about it.

Music

• I’m digging Placebo’s cover of “Running Up That Hill”. It’s the first song I’ve added to my 2026 playlist.

Fun

• infiniteballdrop.com takes the New Years Eve NYC ball drop and extrapolates the countdown to the whole year. Fun visualization! Note: turn your volume down before you click “Start” since the audio is a bit loud.

Health

• Crawford Killian wrote a good overview of what we’ve learned about COVID in its first six years:

  “Long COVID can last for years; it’s a personal disaster for those suffering from it, and a social and economic disaster for the country. Worse yet, a study in The Lancet Regional Health — Americas found repeated infections increase the risk of incurring long COVID.

  The COVID-19 virus, SARS-CoV-2, isn’t only a respiratory threat. It can migrate through the body, doing damage to many organs. One study found that the virus can invade the brain, causing injury and cognitive deficits.

  A recent Australian study reported that brain damage inflicted by COVID-19 can last years, long after people feel recovered from the disease. The consequences include problems with memory, cognition and overall brain health.”

  — COVID-19 Is Six Today. What We’ve Learned (archived) by Crawford Killian