Bookmarked Our Life In Times of COVID-19 by David Orban
My blogging friend David Orban lives close to Bergamo, the epicenter of Italy’s Covid19 epidemic. I had been wondering how he was doing, and last week he posted an update. It reads as an odd mix of being comfortable at home in the spring, a lazy Sunday that in Italy has been stretching over 3 weeks now, personal concerns over family, and the awful realisation that the silence outside actually conveys the enormity of it all:
Since there is no traffic, [ambulances] don’t even use the sirens, in order not to unnerve you. The churches stopped ringing their bells when people die, as it would just keep ringing.
David Orban
@ton Quick query: the last blog entry I’ve seen in my Feedbin feed was 21 Feb … unsubscribed/resubscribed using the feed link on your site, to no avail. I haven’t seen any of your March postings in my feed reader; any idea why at your end?
@achurchassoc thank you for alertnig me Ric, I had a few others reporting the same. It turns out my hosting provider is blocking several feedreaders, including Feedbin, as ‘bad bots’ so calling the feed 403’s. I submitted a ticket yesterday evening, and will also look into providing a feed through a third party service.
@ton Thanks for that … I didn’t think I was going crazy, but you never know 🙂
@achurchassoc I created a feedburner feed as a (temp) replacement feeds.feedburner.com/Interdepe…
@ton Thanks …will use it for the time being 🙂
@ton Indeed it is 🙂