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Conspiracy theories about corona virus are due to lack of understanding of evolution as much as conspiracy theories about earth quakes and tornados thousands of years ago were due to lack of understanding of geology.
via Facebook 2020-03-27T02:33:04.000Z

40 ways #covid19 will change our world:

1. The risk of social proximity will always be in our minds.
2. The online communication and socializing will become more acceptable.
3. More comfort in solitude.
4. Health workers will be seen like army veterans.
5. Experts will be leaders.
6. Less individualism since this has proven that there is no way you can be isolated from the circumstances in society.
7. Reform in laws and values
8. More relaxed governmental security measures
9. More online programs and talks
10. Globalism will be reconsidered
11. Reformation and empowerment of WHO and CDC.
12. Stronger family bonds.
13. Decline of superstition and raise of science
14. Governments will go virtual
15. Bigger governments and more FDA regulations
16. Revived trust in institutions
17. More civic federalism
18. Political uprisings due to incompetent governments.
19. Voting by mail will be main stream
20. Online elections will be pushed forward
21. Stronger logistics for supply chains
22. Limits on mass consumption.
23. Reset of many wealths and inequality will widen
24. Revival of parks and biking and jogging
25. Washing hands will be many folds more thorough
26. A change in the way we see change
27. Intolerance to small compaints
28. Less polarized politics
29. No appetite for wars or conflicts.
30. Appreciation of natural process.
31. A more wide acceptance of the theory of evolution.
32. Education is going online
33. Working remotely becomes the norm.
34. UBI is more understood and accepted.
35. Appreciation of small things and freedoms
36. Consumption of Wild life will cut back or be forbidden
37. More scientists needed
38. Families will spend more time together
39. More cooking and less dining
40. Silicon Valley will invest more into biotechnology.
via Facebook 2020-03-21T17:23:53.000Z

Hey Arabs,

ON THE CENSUS 2020,

RACE:

OTHER

then type:

ARAB.

Please don’t pick white, because you are not.

Please don’t pick your original nationality as your race (eg. Lebanese, Palestinian, Egyptian) because that is colonial project and not your race (personal cake splitting between Sykes and Picot 1917).

Please don’t pick “Middle Eastern” because it is a racist term invented by the British colonialism (eg. Germany is West and Morocco is East although Morocco is West Of Germany and Britain).

And for my Chaldean, Kurdish, Maronite, Yazidi, Mendawee, Barbar, Amazeegh, etc… you can be that and be Arab at the same time. Arab is a self identity that has todo with an existential emotional and historical and cultural belonging to that area that speaks Arabic in general.

Keep choosing OTHER – ARAB till they recognize us as a minority.

Thank you
via Facebook 2020-03-19T00:08:58.000Z

What an irony that humans took a break from killing each other (war in Yemen and Syria) when a virus is killing them all.
via Facebook 2020-03-18T21:17:47.000Z

If everyone’s first question after any unsubstantiated statement is: “what is the source?”, we will combat the false information pandemic.

اذا كان السؤال الأول بعد كل خبر او مقولة غير مثبتة هو: “ما هو المصدر؟” لوقفنا بوجه تفشّي وباء المعلومات الكاذبة.
via Facebook 2020-03-17T19:34:25.000Z

February-

Conspiracy theorists: The US made the virus to attack China’s economy and Iran.

Another one: the CIA made it to prevent Bernie’s advance.

March –

Conspiracy theorists: China made the virus to attack the US economy.

Another one: the CIA made it to prevent Trump’s advance.
via Facebook 2020-03-16T22:27:40.000Z

The government should be preparing an online voting mechanism for 2020 elections.
via Facebook 2020-03-16T00:44:30.000Z

The most dangerous members of our community are those who hold distrust or grudges or ill feelings to other members of the community. These sow division and will always be an obstacle in front of the community’s progress.

I will no longer tolerate any position of hatred or animosity shared with me, and I will confront it to isolate it from effecting community work.
via Facebook 2020-03-14T16:08:12.000Z

Kids sample schedule starting Monday:

8:00AM wake up
8:15AM breakfast
8:30AM morning jog
9:00AM Academic time (computers)
11:00AM Creative Time (Art, Music, Craft, Cook, Build)
12:00PM lunch
12:30PM Chores
1:00PM Quiet Time (reading, napping)
2:00PM Academic Time
4:00PM free time
5:00PM hike
6:00PM dinner
7:00PM tv and electronics and play time
9:00PM sleep time
10:00PM sleep time for whoever earned the daily bonus
via Facebook 2020-03-14T15:24:25.000Z

One good thing out of this:

The forced integration of technology in all business and institutions.

I always felt frustrated as people and businesses ignored the use of newly developed technologies to ease life and improve efficiencies, teachers rejecting to change and learn new tools and communicate electronically, and government not putting measures to support such technologies.

Now, everyone is on board by order of government or with a threat of losing lively hood.

This will be a big push for Silicon Valley in years ahead.
via Facebook 2020-03-14T14:38:43.000Z