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Evolution Time

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There's some changes in the works. Big changes. Yuge changes (couldn't resist). If you haven't noticed, the world has been on pandemic lockdown. Perhaps nowhere in the US more so than Washington state. A timeline, for your reading pleasure : January 20th: First confirmed US case, 45 miles down the road from us. (We have since learned there were many other cases before this confirmation, of course.) March 11th: My life suddenly got a lot easier. Classes canceled, along with midterms. Businesses, restaurants, etc begin closing. The company I write for put down a hiring freeze, and I suddenly had as much freelance work as I could do. March 25th: Pretty much the entire fucking region closes down -- public lands, remaining businesses (except grocery stores). Today, May 19th: Shit is still closed down. By the way, I don't agree with the current severity of the measures. They were fine in March and through April, wise even and 100% backed by the science at the