In this episode of the Grepcast, we focus on all the things that feel worse than the new normal of self-quarantines. Come for the Bird smack-talk, stay for Kelly going off on the Internet Archive. 

Links and Extra Reading

My friend just got laid off along with 400 other employees by dialing into a pre-recorded Zoom message.

It Felt Like a Black Mirror Episode' The Inside Account of How Bird Laid off 406 People in Two Minutes via a Zoom Webinar

Internet Archive offers 1.4 million copyrighted books for free online

The Pandemic Is Not an Excuse to Exploit Writers

Twitter: Want to see the true potential impact of ignoring social distancing?

Boston Public Library: Into the Water

LinkedIn: Our strategy for COVID-19 layoffs