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Changing the ABC's pronunciation guidance on Indigenous words - this is the most useful summary of Indigenous pronunciation that I've seen outside academic texts.

A Feud in Wolf-Kind Erotica Raises a Deep Legal Question - I'll take topics I didn't expect to see in the NY Times for $100, thanks. Yes, this is about Omegaverse kink, and people trying to claim fan tropes as intellectual property.

COPYRIGHT: THE ALPHA AND OMEGA(VERSE) - this is an older article about the previous topic, which goes into legal details from the previous proceedings.

What Heroes Do: Queer-Coding, Slut-Shaming, and Heroism on a Trash Planet (illwynd, thebookhunter) - meta about Thor Ragnarok. Contains many spoilers.

The Tiny “Spite Triangle” That Marks a Century-Old Grudge Against New York City

Seven of Diamonds - cute bit of Western Australian history I hadn't previously heard of.

An appreciation of Laura Shapiro, a historian who found her place in the kitchen

This one might be a duplicate -- I've had several goes at reading it. I've put it in this post, not the virus post, because I think it is more generally applicable, and it is has passing references to the current situation Pandemic! Productivity! Life! Hacks! (from a deeply unproductive & freaked out person)

Retro Maps - Perth, WA, survey maps from the early 1900s overlaid on the current city. The actual map is here and gives a fascinating sense of the way that the city has changed from being long and narrow along the Swan/Avon to being much more up and down the coast. However, it isn't comprehensive, given that the area I grew up, the townsite in was established in 1901, and there are no overlays for that area.