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https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/08/grsndk44bupnvejgclbx-scaled.jpg?quality=7525601439My weekend was like most other weekends in the pandemic era. I went for a walk in the park with my wife, briefly saw some friends outdoors and socially distanced, made some mac and cheese, and mainly chilled. But for all the trappings of normalcy (or what goes for normalcy these days), there was something distinctly […]