Tired of being stuck in your office chair? Or perhaps you’re “working from home”, i.e. slumping deeper and deeper into your couch until you merge with it into a gestalt being comprised of upholstery, half-finished coffees, and despair? Longing to take to the skies and fly, to soar on the wind like the carefree, unfettered spirit you were always meant to be? Well, there’s good news and bad news. The bad news is that capitalism is still capitalisming, so you’re going nowhere. The good news is that as of this week, you can at least while away the hours by taking to the virtual skies of Google Earth’s Flight Simulator, which is now available in the browser-based version of Google Earth. To access it, go to earth.google.com, click “No” on various AI prompts, select “Explore Earth” from the top right of the window, click “No” on more AI prompts, go to the “Tools” menu, and select “Flight Simulator.” Boom! You’re suddenly at the controls of a virtual plane flying over Google’s virtual composite earth. For all that Google’s heel turn from its “don’t be evil” days makes it difficult to view anything that it does in an entirely positive light, Google Earth remains a remarkable resource, and this is a fun way to explore it. Well, if you can fly a plane, anyway.