The coronavirus known as Covid19 by the World Health Organization or SARS Cov-2 by CDCm has many names, and many are proscribed. Some of the names include: American Virus, Chinese Virus, Coronavirus, Covid-19 (WHO), Covid-19 Virus (WHO), European Virus, Hubei Flu, Hubei Virus, Kung Flu, King Fu Flu, SARS Cov-2 (CDC), Trump Virus, Wu Flu, […]
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Notes: Bioregions
The Question of Bioregions: One common question about the regionalization of our area studies databases is about the absence of the systematic use of biogeographic regions or Bioregions. (Biomes have the same problems we describe here for Bioregions.) This is something we have considered in detail and we do not attempt to classify every record, […]
Continue readingNote: Wakanda Forever
Wakanda is a country, albeit a fictional country created in the Marvel Comic Universe, and appears in our databases as a geographic descriptor. The idea and image of Wakanda has become a cultural force with the Black Panther movie in 2018, and as a metaphor embodies both Afrocentric and Pan-Africanist ideals. The “Wakanda Forever” salute […]
Continue readingNote: Y2K and Beyond: Searching the Future, and the Futures of the Past
This is a planet of young people. The majority of people in the world today are too young to have experienced the anticipation (and often dread) of Y2K. Y2K was the moment when all the operating systems on Earth (except the Macintosh OS) would roll over to the date 0000-00-00, and crash. It was the […]
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