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Training Terrorism
Ongoing internal displacement. -
2020-04-14
Live free or die
A comic strip about Covid-19 -
2020-04-14
Reflections of a Grocery Worker
This photograph is a selfie photo from my time working at my local grocery store in Wakefield, Rhode Island, USA. I don't have many photos from this period that reflect the pandemic and my memories of it, but this photo represents the early days as the USA first began to adopt masking after the CDC realized that non-symptomatic spread was happening. Experiencing the pandemic through the lens of a grocery store was very interesting. It was a unique perspective for understanding different people's anxieties and doubts around the pandemic. It was also a strenuous place to be during the pandemic, having to constantly adapt to supply chain issues, worker shortages, and the mental strain of working in a likely unsafe environment. About a month into the pandemic I was asked to move from my home department of prepared foods, and help the grocery-stocking staff catch up with the unpredictable shipments coming in. Shortly after that, I was moved over to the front of the store to help keep count of the people in the store and encourage customers to use masks/hand sanitizer. I remember being met with a wide variety of gratitude, skepticism, resistance, and more--even including a lecture on covid as a conspiracy! At times, this role brought me anxiety as I saw news stories of door-people and security guards being killed or harmed for asking visiting customers to wear a mask. In a weird way, when I left my job to attend grad school at UMass Boston, I felt a bit of suvivor's guilt. Whenever I come home to Rhode Island, I hear that the folks at my old store continue to struggle even over a year deeper into the pandemic. -
2020-04-14
Ballet At Home
Things began to shut down towards the end of March 2020. At the time, my 5-year-old daughter was taking ballet classes. The dance academy canceled classes for about 2 weeks before they introduced online ballet classes through Zoom. I remember thinking how silly it was. The instructor could not do much to correct and help over Zoom, instead the kids followed along as much as possible. Eventually, the Zoom classes ended and the entire dance academy closed down for several months. -
2020-04-14
Sweetness At Home During the 2020 Covid Pandemic
I had just quit my job on February 28, 2020 since my military spouse and I were about to PCS (Permanent Change of Station) from Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, to New Orleans, Louisiana in late March. Mid-March the DOD issued a Stop Movement order for all troops so we ended up not moving until it was lifted on July 1. During the wait, we were in limbo not knowing what would happen with our moving situation, but fortunately we still had our house and stuff. My spouse picked up Covid on our house-hunting trip to New Orleans the first week of March before the Stop Movement was issued, but was never diagnosed since there were not enough tests to go around in North Carolina. For about two months we stayed home together, enjoyed each other's company, and made the best of it. I spent a lot more time in the kitchen than was previously normal, and loved every minute of it. Two years previously, my spouse gave me an ice cream maker for Christmas, but I never took it out of the box and it ended up in one of my difficult-to-reach upper cabinets. When I was organizing my pantry and kitchen cabinets one day to prepare for the time we would actually get to pack up and move, I spied it and thought I would finally give it a try. I have wonderful childhood memories of sitting around with my family and grandparents outdoors while the homemade ice cream my mom and grandmother made, churned in the electric ice cream maker on a hot summers day. I called my mom for her recipe and found a similar one online to reference (published by the Taste of Home test kitchen). The military commissary was out of a lot of groceries, so I made an online order at Sams since they had still had milk and heavy cream, and picked it up. I already had plenty of sugar and vanilla in my pantry. Before Covid, I rarely had time (because of work and school) to make desserts, so this dish was a real treat, a simple recipe, and was super fun to make. The taste of homemade ice cream was so lovely and smooth, with texture velvety, eating it right from the churn. It brought back all the wonderful memories eating homemade ice cream with my family as a childhood, to comfort me during a time I could not travel to see them. Food memories like this can transport one to a time when the world was full of closeness with one's family, when forced to separate due to a world-wide pandemic. -
2020-04-14
Square dancing with social distance
Public square dancing is a exercise that is enjoyed by many Chinese seniors. This was taken in a morning in April, after the lockdown these seniors continue to practice their dance with social distancing. -
2020-04-14
Jewish Melbourne: South Caulfield Hebrew Congregation Pesach Reflections
On 14 April 2020, Rabbi Daniel Rabin from South Caulfield Hebrew Congregation recorded a livestream from the shul with "Some reflections pre last days of Pesach and Yizkor on Thursday." This video was streamed to facebook, where it remains. -
2020-04-14
Distractions
Music helped me during quarantine because it was an amazing distraction and I was able to tune everything else out. I would listen to music in my different ways including a record player, a cd player, and my phone. I played music just about anytime I wasn't doing something else. It helped me calm down in such stressful times. Quarantine was such a dark time, we expected to finish off the school year but that got taken away from us. We weren't allowed to see our friends, we didn't get to say goodbye to our teachers, all we really needed was distractions. Music wasn't the only thing that helped, some other things were facetiming, text messaging, TikToks, movies/tv shows, and reading. -
2020-04-14
Luke Burroughs's COVID-19 story
Throughout quarintine I went to scouts camp at Bartle Camp reservation. I also vistied Colorado with my family and went camping at truman lake. And last I played an older video game that I was wanting to play for a while. -
2020-04-14
Children in a pandemic
Children and the pandemic. My four year old daughter does not understand what a pandemic is. She repeats that she cannot go outside or to school or to the park because of "the coronavirus". Her and her siblings, along with children all over the world, have been greatly impacted by this pandemic with no understanding of the ramifications of it's spread. Children have been sent home, isolated, many removed from space places like schools or after care programs. They have lost friendships and socialization. They have lost structure. Some have lost family members. Parents out of work have cost their family food or housing. Adults struggling to cope with their own depression and anxiety has increased children's as well. For me personally all seven of my children have been affected. My son was forced to move home from college and fell into a deep depression. My oldest daughter never walked across a graduation stage or finished her senior year. My fifteen year old with autism lost support services from school. My thirteen year old lost sports and his friendships. My ten year old with epilepsy had medical testing pushed back and then had hospitalizations with only one parent allowed, even had to be taken by paramedics alone to the hospital once. My seven year old with ADHD lost all class structure and intervention programs to help him and his anxiety and panic attacks have grown more severe. And my four year old, pictured above, lost her classroom and her joy from attending preschool daily. The new round of "return to school" virtually is brought with more anxiety and worry that the kids are not alright. The picture above showcases the innocence of a child wanting to explore the world, trapped inside and the slight sadness that this may be for the long haul. #REL101 -
2020-04-14
Plague Journal, Day 32: Learning to love auto repair
I'm keeping a Covid-19 journal. The latest entry discusses The Kid, a roller skating accident, Pringles, and my fear of auto-repair shops. -
2020-04-14
Massachusetts Museums Go Virtual During COVID-19 Pandemic
Video produced by WGBY discussing museums throughout Massachusetts as they transition to a digital environment. The video highlights commemorations of Dr. Seuss, including programs at the Springfield Museum, as well as other programming at the Eric Carle Museum and the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston. The video highlights the thoughts of museum staff as they transition to an online environment, and shows some of the approaches that different cultural heritage sites are undertaking to continue engaging with their audiences. -
2020-04-14
Lombard During Quarantine
This TikTok video is a time lapse of the famous Lombard Street in San Francisco. Lombard Street is a popular tourist attraction. Visitors line the streets waiting for a turn to drive down the curviest street in San Francisco. Lombard Street is typically packed with cars. This time lapse shows the dramatic decrease in tourism in San Francisco during the COVID-19 pandemic as Lombard Street is nearly empty. -
2020-04-14
At this point I miss taking BART too
This TikTok video features a college student highlighting the top San Francisco Bay Area places he wants to visit when quarantine ends. His wishes include Great American in Santa Clara, Pier 39 in San Francisco, Grizzly Peak in Berkeley, the Outlets of SF in Livermore, Ocean Beach in San Francisco, Twin Peaks in San Francisco, Broadway Plaza in Walnut Creek, Mission Peak in Fremont, and the Great Mall in Milpitas. The creator titled his video "At this point I miss taking BART too." BART is the public transit system that connects the Bay Area and is known for being overcrowded and often sketchy. This person must be desperate for a sense of normalcy to miss riding BART. -
2020-04-14
Harvard Museums of Science and Culture Caption Challenge
Post on the Twitter page of the Harvard Museums of Science and Culture that asks users to comment "what does this painting say to you?" Asks social media users to engage with their recent exhibit "Face to Face: Portraits of Museum Animals" by Jana Matusz. The specific post deals with a painting of a lion cub, inspired by the lion cub that can be viewed in the Africa Gallery of the Harvard Museum of Natural History. Posts like this highlight how museums continue to interact with their audience, and build awareness around their current exhibitions. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417092351/https:/twitter.com/HarvardMuseum/status/1250050814930026503 -
2020-04-14
Unprotected in Prison: Pleas for Help from the Inside
As covid-19 spread across the nation it's inmates began expressing their fear of dying. The living situation inside prisons and other similar facilities, like jails and detention centers, make social distancing impossible and right now frequent hand washing, and wearing a mask are the only tools the world has to combat the virus. Prisoner's and their advocates state that a prison sentence should not be turned into a death sentence. In this phone interview and article published by ACLU Smart Justice Michigan, inmate, Quentin X Betty, shares his fear of dying and the reality that employees and the prison do not see inmates as humans with a right to life. HST580, ASU -
2020-04-14
We Were Remodelling Our Kitchen When Covid-19 Hit
My family was in the middle of remodelling our kitchen when Covid-19 hit the US. Because of restrictions on construction during the first few weeks, the construction was walled off and we had to move our fridge and some appliances into the living room. This is a photograph of the "kitchen" set up that we used for three months while the construction on our house was halted. We've lived through hurricanes, tornadoes, and other natural disasters that have impacted our access to food but none of them have been as difficult as living for three months without a kitchen. -
2020-04-14
covid-19 in china
Everyone needs to wear a face mask and test body temperature before getting into office -
2020-04-14
Trapped on board
My friend was trapped on the boat because of the epidemic -
2020-04-14
Colusa County Fair 2020 Junior Livestock Show and Auction Notice
Letter written by the Colusa County Fairgrounds CEO announcing changes to the Colusa County Fair and Junior Livestock Auction because of COVID-19. While most aspects of the fair would be cancelled, the Junior Livestock Auction would continue, allowing K-12 students to show and sell animals raised prior to the pandemic. -
2020-04-14
Trying Out New Recipes
I got this book in middle school when our librarian was clearing out the library for renovations. I never had time until now to try new recipes. -
2020-04-14
Community member hikes Piestewa Peak after annual memorial sunrise service is cancelled
“Piestewa was 23 years old and a mother of two young children. She was Hopi and Mexican-American and the first Native American female killed in combat when her convoy was ambushed. For her actions, she was awarded the Purple Heart and Prisoner of War Medal… The annual sunrise service for Lori Piestewa and fallen heroes scheduled for March 23, which normally takes place at the base of Piestewa Peak, was cancelled because of the COVID-19 virus. However, some community members still hiked to the top of the peak in memory of Piestewa.” -
2020-04-14
Northern Arizona University creates Wi-Fi hotspots on Navajo and Hopi reservations to help students continue classes
“By giving students some additional options to connect and take courses, we hope to bring some measure of relief and let them know that our institutional commitment to Native Americans means that none of them is left behind,” said Chad Hamill, vice president for NAU’s Office of Native American Initiatives. -
2020-04-14
Viral Tweet demonstrates unintended benefits of COVID-19 pandemic. March of 2020 was the first March without a school shooting in the US since 2002.
This Tweet really emphasized the ways in which COVID-19 has impacted some of the normal course of events. This fact is astounding and speaks to the gun violence problem in the United States. It brought other potential benefits to mind such as reduced pollution. This claim was also verified by CBS News: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-first-march-without-school-shooting-since-2002-united-states/ -
2020-04-14
Mongols siege meme
A series of tweets using a Mongol siege as a metaphor for the current lockdown, and the absurdity of trying to open up again too early. -
2020-04-14
Public History Takes a Forced Holiday
While Patriot's Day traditions are on hold this year due to the coronavirus, Monday remains a holiday. There are no classes scheduled, and Suffolk employees are off for the day. But history buffs will miss the traditional reenactment of "the shot heard 'round the world," and "Marathon Monday" is postponed until September. Professor Kathryn Lasdow, director of Suffolk's Public History concentration, explains the ties between the marathon and the commemorations in Lexington and Concord and offers some ideas for celebrating the holiday virtually. -
2020-04-14
Lab Work Without a Laboratory
Science lab courses are continuing, so professors are finding a wide variety of ways to conduct them virtually. Creation of online Physics labs was accelerated when signs of a pandemic appeared; an astronomy lab that was to take place in the Canary Islands went online, an ecology lab shifted gears so students could study nature at home, and more. "We are doing our best to reach the same learning goals, but it requires a lot of creativity and hard work," said Chemistry and Biochemistry Professor Melanie Berkmen. -
2020-04-14
Distance Learning in Allaikh
Schools of Chokurdakh, Olenegorsk, Berelyakh learned in Russian Ust and Byagnyr where they wore masks and kept a safe distance. After a few weeks, an order was issued to transition to distance learning. “During the restrictive regime, parents and legal representatives have received applications and consent to transfer students to distance learning. The educational process is carried out through landline and cellular telephony, through the email of parents (legal representatives) and through the educational platform “Uchi.ru”. Grades are set for completed assignments by students. On the passage of the program and educational material, teachers keep a report on the control sheets for the implementation of program material, and the responsible coordinator of the correspondence form of training forms sheets of teachers' working hours. Certain categories of students for the period of the restrictive regime are provided with food in the form of dry rations,which set includes: stewed beef, condensed milk, paste, cereals, pasta, sugar, jam, etc.” #IndigenousStories -
2020-04-14
Rockley Gardens in South Yarra (Melbourne) Social Distancing Signage
Example of a social distancing sign placed in all parks in the City of Stonnington. *Signage by Stonnington Council *Photograph by Alyssa Coombs -
2020-04-14
Nature Journal Page
A picture of a page in my nature journal. I started a nature journal when lockdown was announced in order to make sure I was going outside every day and also to share with my girlfriend when quarantine was over. Communicating online is so important, but I also wanted a means to communicate with her that felt like it could be kept forever. -
2020-04-14
Treatment of Essential Workers: Amazon Employee Terminations
This project aims to document the treatment and reactions to the treatment of the essential workers during this pandemic. This is the headline of an article describing The firing of Amazon workers who have been fired for speaking out against unfair treatment of workers during the pandemic. -
2020-04-14
COVID-19 Meme- Facebook
Screenshot of a meme found through a graduate student Facebook group page -
2020-04-14
DIY Masks and Not Much Else
My sister posing for a picture with the DIY masks we made. -
2020-04-14
Trouble with Video Classes
The struggle of dealing with online classes. -
2020-04-14
SPHNA_ARCHIVES
Video Creativity while in quarantine. Video with light effects zooming in on a person's eye. -
2020-04-14
Tik Tik Nurses Dancing
I found a video on the app “TIK TOK” and these nurses were all dancing! It is extremely liberating to see healthcare workers staying positive throughout this extremely touch period. The video really showed me that there is a light at the end of the tunnel. This pandemic is devastating but knowing that we have amazing healthcare workers who are spreading positivity while saving lives is extremely raw and humbling. *@Nursesavyrose *The video is an inspirational Tik Tok -
2020-04-14
The Importance of Family
This is a photo of my little sister and I embarking on a 'journey' to the grocery store. Before this strange time, running an errand was something I never gave any thought. It oddly feels like so long ago: I would just grab my car keys and head out the door. Now, I need to take multiple precautionary steps before I go in public. It is still near impossible to wrap my head around the fact that the steps one needs to take (finding something to cover your face, having gloves ready or at least having hand sanitizer accessible) could literally be a matter of life and death. Not to mention, one needs to wipe down all the items that are purchased and brought back home. Now that I calculate my every move, like limiting what I touch, I realize more and more how much I previously took the little things for granted. I miss being around my friends, playing board games and sharing pizza. These are lonely times, and I could only imagine what it is like for those who live alone. I am so lucky to have my family so I don't go totally insane. This time has brought opportunities for us to have long talks that we would not normally have. This stagnant time has allowed us to discuss topics we would not otherwise dive into: topics of faith, philosophy, community, and what it means to be human. #REL101 -
2020-04-14
"Exorcism of a Virus," 2020, colored pencil on wood panel, 9.25'' x 12.25’'
This is an artwork drawn by the outsider artist Margaret Mousseau during the Covid period (March/April 2020). The title "Exorcism of a Virus" is not the only piece to reference current events. A former healthcare worker, now 64, she works from her apartment in Vermont. -
2020-04-14
iSpy Social Distancing
In the time of corona, we all must make do with safer, and sometimes simpler, forms of entertainment. With schools and businesses closed in many states, parents are looking for new and unique ways to entertain their young kids during the day. Reaching out to social media, many suburbs, like this one in La Grange Park, began displaying miscellaneous items as a sort of community-wide iSpy hunt for the local children to find and count as they go on walks with their parents. #DePaulHST391 -
2020-04-14
COVID 19 Journal: 04/14/2020
COVID 19 Journal by Kaitlin Whalen written 04/14/2020 -
2020-04-14
Domestic Violence Works From Home
As the stay at home order across Illinois continues to extend as we reach the second month in quarantine, many have been trapped in unsafe situations with those they share a residence with. Domestic violence works from home, people have lost their small escape for the day. Neighborhoods in Chicago and across the city have been helping others get out of stressful situations by providing discreet messaging templates that often provide the survivor to offer their address so police could be called or for the survivor to be picked up. Recently, Chicago mayor, Lorilightfoot has also launched her plan to help by training local domestic violence hotline phone operators to give out promo codes so survivors can be driven to a safe location by a rideshare driver for free. #DePaulHST391 -
2020-04-14
Local Tempe Grocery Store
The COVID-19 pandemic caused Americans to stock up on toiletries due to the chance of these items not being available if quarantine was to occur. The image is in black and white to symbolize the hard times the world is currently facing. #REL101 -
2020-04-14
Michael "Cam" White
A personal account. -
2020-04-14
Committing to College Over Instagram
Kathryn Jue and Ellen Galindo, both teachers, were planning to celebrate their high school students' acceptance and commitments to college. However, with schools closed, this could not happen in person. This captures the moment their student Tran submitted her SIR to UC Berkeley, with both her teachers, and her classmate Albert, online with her virtually to celebrate the moment. -
2020-04-14
The Coronavirus Is Empowering Islamophobes — but Exposing the Idiocy of Islamophobia
The article describes how the COVID-19 virus is being used to promote Islamophobia. The COVID-19 virus is being used by political groups to promote Islamophobia. For example, in India the BJP named the COVID-19 virus “corona jihad” and blame Muslims for spreading the virus. Multiple media outlets have presented Islamophobic ideas that Muslims are responsible for the COVID-19 virus. -
2020-04-14
Justice Dept. Voices Support for Church’s Drive-in Services Despite Virus Orders
This article discusses the continuation of the First Amendment "even in times of emergency". As a small Baptist church in Mississippi was supposedly penalized for continuing to hold drive-in church services, the Justice Department confirmed its support in the church's lawsuit against the city of Greenville, and showed their approval and understanding of their new drive-in services. The main argument and point of support they touched on was the fact that even as times are changing and the world around is chaotic, people are still given their religious freedom and their right to defend it. -
2020-04-14
Brennan's is Partial to Bananas But Promotes Bread Too, New Orleans, LA
Brennan's Restaurant shares an article discussing why banana bread is the official comfort food of Coronavirus quarantine. -
2020-04-14
American Indian Organizations Call for Congress to Extend Census Operations Due to the Impact of Covid-19
The impact of the U.S. Census Bureau's suspension of field operations in Indian Country due to the pandemic will have profound implications for future funding. As a result, tribal leaders issue a joint statement to Congress asking for the extension of census data collection. #IndigenousStories -
2020-04-14
Alabama professor addresses life/work/pandemic w/ UA Museums
While addressing the way in which she uses museums and local histories in her research and teaching, University of Alabama was surprised how she twice referenced the pandemic perhaps to show how her journey to academic life has come full circle. She went back to school after watching the Towers fall on 9/11. -
2020-04-14
Testing Not at CVS
When I went through the drive through at CVS, I noticed they had put a sign on the window to let people know that CVS did not have the ability to give people tests. I assume people must have been asking since they have other Minute Clinic testing options.