They want to make it easier for those quarantined by the coronavirus to pass the time
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Scribd rises to the coronavirus occasion by making their digital libraries free for a month, rapper Lecrae does good works while he waits for his album to drop, and YouTube gets sluggish in Europe. And guess who invented hand sanitizer?
But first, here’s your week in review, in Haiku.
Here’s some news you can
clearly use! The wildfires
that had raged across
Australia for some
two hundred and forty days
have all been contained.
That’s a long time to
try to save a burning world.
This much we know: All
bad things come to
last happy moment
you remember and
the new normal unfolding
is still up to you.
These are strange days, I know. Wishing you a weekend filled with small joys and good, clean vibes. Try not to worry, if you can.
Ellen McGirt
@ellmcgirt
Ellen.McGirt@fortune.com