The Daily Heller: The Typography of Trauma
David Rainbird is a UK-born designer and creative director now living in upstate New York. While hunkering in place he created the website
2020
Infodemic, the story of the pandemic told in 366 headlines.
The information and misinformation grew exponentially as 2020 wore on. To manage the multiplying reports from every region in the world, news outlets switched to live-blogging the news. The format is often used for a local disaster or a bad day on the stock market but now it served to report on a global public health emergency that affected everyone, everywhere. I started to collect headlines about the pandemic as a way of making sense of the infodemic, writes Rainbird on his website. Often it helped to answer my question: How did we get here? ”
Because of the size and skills of its domestic population India is a global force. Inevitably, trends inside India will affect the world. In its turn, the world influences India. People of Indian origin living in dozens of other lands, adding up, at present, to an estimated 35 million, may have a part in the future of the “mother” country even as they deepen ties to their country of domicile.
Inevitably and appropriately, people of Indian origin are becoming South African, American, Canadian, Australian, British, Portuguese, German, whatever. Meanwhile, Hindutva or Hindu nationalism is on the rise in India and apparently also among Hindus living elsewhere.
Reach Veganuary victory with this plant-based food delivery service
Reach Veganuary victory with this plant-based food delivery service
Food delivery company Tyme is helping Londoners achieve their plant-based new year’s resolutions as the city comes to terms with another difficult lockdown
Resolutions and routine overhauls appear particularly overwhelming entering the uncertainty of 2021, especially in countries entering another period of lockdown. But despite a dip in new year optimism, a record 500,000 people have signed up to this month’s Veganuary challenge, with 150,000 people in the UK pledging to adopt a plant-based diet. For Veganuary enthusiasts across London, struggling with free time and dedicated moments to prepare animal product-free recipes, food delivery company Tyme is at your service.
The Aquarian‘s Top 25 Albums of 2020 the year we’ll NEVER forget.
25. Hayley Williams –
Petals for Armor
Paramore has dabbled in many genres in the course of their modern day career. Pop punk, rock, new wave… the list (thankfully) goes on and on. Adding to that collection of music released by Paramore and their subsequent members is frontwoman Hayley William’s first solo endeavor, 2020’s flawless 15-track record Petals for Armor. Separated into three sides, the album tackles emotions in a way Paramore never outwardly covered. It also dabbles in catharsis from hardships and the anger felt personally and publicly. Williams expertly wraps listeners around her finger on this release, telling them in the strongest, most feminine, lustful, and vulnerable way possible that the cycle of feelings humans go through are frustrating, legitimate, and worthwhile in the end.
Published: 22 December 2020
PHILIPSBURG: - It’s musical activism! Listen to the call of the endemic (and elusive) Jamaican Blackbird with a hypnotic beat. The Zapata Wren of Cuba sings sweetly, accompanied by delicate electronic notes. The Keel-billed Motmot of Central America emerges from behind gentle rhythms. The cries of Mexico’s Thick-billed Parrot blend with a finger-snapping background.
These are some of the exciting tracks on the album, A Guide to the Birdsong of Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. Released online in June by Shika Shika, sales of the music and merchandise have raised over US$30,000 to date, the non-profit label announced. The nonprofit BirdsCaribbean and three other conservation organizations in the tropics will benefit.