British performer Tim Brooke-Taylor, a member of comedy trio The Goodies, has died after contracting coronavirus. He was 79.

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has urged unity, as the agency comes under continued fire from US President Donald Trump.

As Jules Letambour lives in isolation like most (all) of us (except pontificating prime ministers and Trumps), he has translated and wants to share a bit more of Jacques Perret’s ramblings… here Jacques goes on and on about writers’ know-all expertise and about gas:

This is for my friends who supported Bernie Sanders. I suppose it is also directed toward all of my friends who believe that, despite everything, they should support the Democratic Party.

What on earth is the stock market doing?

Death and despair are all around. The number of people filing for unemployment benefits each of the last two weeks was about 10 times the previous record — and is probably being artificially held back by overloaded government systems. Vast swaths of American business are shuttered indefinitely. The economic quarter now underway will most likely feature Great Depression-caliber shrinkage in economic activity.

Scientists have found that the world's oceans are surprisingly resilient, despite the endless waste and pollution humanity has invoked on them. 

My friend Jules Letambour wanted to post a short blog on this site in regard to “our situation”… He guesses that Covid19 has been purposely designed to change the world and you… Gus.