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F*cking hell...
everything that has happened in 2020, in case you forgot
because it’s been a long year. counts up to december 20. i tried to get in as much as i could, but there will still be some things missing, because it’s been a long year.
january (timeframes will be rough)
australian bush fires
persian gulf crisis
taal volcano eruption
impeachment trial of donald trump
covid-19 pandemic what else is there to say?
the united kingdom’s withdrawal from the european union
february
delhi riots
collapse of malaysia’s coalition government
stock market crash
luxembourg made public transport free
conditional peace agreement between the united states and the taliban
march
afghanistan war crimes inquiry authorised to proceed
tokyo summer olympics postponed to 2021
north macedonia joins nato
russia-saudi arabia oil price war
april
united states designates a white supremacist group as a terrorist group for the first time
opec and allies agree to cut oil production by 9.7 million barrels a day
united states suspends funding to the world health organisation
nova scotia attacks
israeli politicians agree to form a unity government
iran deploys first military satellite
king salman declares people will not be executed for crimes committed as minors
the pentagon officially releases three ufo videos
colombia formalises its membership of the oecd
may
venezuelan dissidents and american private military attempt to infiltrate venezuela and remove president maduro from office
scientists discover parasitic microbe blocking mosquitos from carrying malaria
first black hole discovered in a star system visible to the naked eye
styrene gas leak in india
cross-border clash at the nantha lu crossing between chinese and indian soldiers
konarak vessel incident
fossil analysis indicates modern humans may have arrived in europe thousands of years earlier than thought
maternity hospital stormed by gunmen in afghanistan
discovery of millipede fossil as the world’s oldest-known land animal dating c.425 million years
east africa floods
palestine terminates all agreements with israel and the united states after israel plans to annex the jordan valley
cyclone amphan
united states announces withdrawal from open skies treaty
mining company rio tinto destroys sacred aboriginal caves at juukan gorge in australia
george floyd is killed, beginning mass global protests against police racism and brutality
costa rica becomes first central american country to legalise same-sex marriage
chinese government votes for legislation granting powers to suppress democracy movement in hong kong
rwandan court sentences former mayor to life imprisonment for role in rwandan genocide
first crewed spacex flight is launched
june
state of emergency declared by russia after 20 thousand tons of oil leaks into ambarnaya river
libya’s government claims control of tripoli
turkish and iranian forces begin air and artillery strikes against kurdish forces in iraqi kurdistan
north korea demolishes kaesong’s inter-korean liaison office
solar eclipse
7.5 magnitude earthquake in oaxaca, mexico
historic three-party coalition government formed in ireland
china passes hong kong national security law
july
russian voters support constitutional amendment allowing vladimir putin to seek two further six-year terms
landslide at jade mine in myanmar
bulgarian protests against boyko borisov’s government
mass graves uncovered in burkina faso believed to be the result of extrajudicial executions by government forces
turkish president orders the hagia sophia in istanbul to be reverted from a museum to a mosque
china floods
twitter accounts of prominent politicians, ceos and celebrities hacked in bitcoin scam
flooding of the brahmaputra river
nasa launches mars 2020 rover mission
august
barakah nuclear power plant in the uae becomes first commercial nuclear power station in the arab states
beirut explosions
belarusian protests sparked by controversial presidential election
vladimir putin announces russia’s approval of world’s first covid-19 vaccine
israel and uae agree to normalise relations
stranded japanese ship breaks in mauritius and spills one thousand tonnes of oil into the ocean
coup d'état takes place in mali
africa is declared free of wild polio
amazon ceo jeff bezos becomes first person ever with a net worth exceeding us$200 billion
hurricane laura
japanese prime minister shinzo abe resigns after seven years
september
an agreement is signed to transition sudan into a secular state
largest find of mammoth skeletons at construction site for airport in mexico city
pope benedict xvi becomes longest-living pope
kosovo and serbia announce normalisation of economic relations
bahrain and israel agree to normalise relations
typhoon haishen
announcement of detection of phosphine in venus’ atmosphere
first discovery of perfectly preserved cave bear remains in siberia, believed to be 22 thousand - 39 thousand years old
venezuelan government is accused of crimes against humanity by human rights council
france, germany, and the united kingdom reject china’s claims to the south china sea
oldest known copy of any work by william shakespeare, a 1634 edition of the two noble kinsman, is found in spain
documents of the financial crimes enforcement network are released, detailing suspicious transations valued at over us$2 trillion
microsoft buys zenimax media in the biggest and most expensive takover in the video game industry
deadly clashes erupt between armenian and azerbaijani forces in nagorno-karabakh
october
the european union launches legal action against the united kingdom for overriding sections of the brexit withdrawal agreement
new caledonia votes against independence from france
mass protests break out in kyrgyzstan against controversial parliamentary election
thai protests
new zealand prime minister jacinda ardern’s labour party wins second term in office by a landslide, gaining the first parliamentary majority since introduction of new voting system in the early 90s
nasa’s osiris-rex spacecraft becomes their first probe to retrieve samples from an asteroid
geneva consensus declaration on women’s health and strengthening families is signed by 34 countries
falkland islands declared free of land mines
israel and sudan agree to normalise relations
nasa confirms existence of molecular water on the moon
7.0 aegean sea earthquake
typhoon goni
november
amhara women, children and elderly killed in ethiopia
tumblr melts down over supernatural ship “destiel” (dean winchester and castiel), causing this site to crash several times
united states election concludes joe biden as president of the united states, STATES FLIP DATA
hurricane eta
united states exits the paris climate change accord
armenia and azerbaijan sign ceasefire agreement
hong kong pro-democracy lawmakers resign en masse
nasa and spacex launch to the international space station
hurricane iota
brereton report into australian war crimes during the war in afghanistan released
indian farmers’ protest
iranian nuclear scientist mohsen fakhrizadeh is assassinated
koshobe massacre
lunar eclipse
protein folding is solved
december
arecibo telescope collapses
the united kingdom approves covid-19 vaccine
three activists jailed in hong kong for part in democracy protests
united nations commission on narcotic drugs votes to remove cannabis from dangerous drugs list
united states announces withdrawal from somali civil war
russia begins mass vaccination against covid-19
venezuelan parliamentary election
the united kingdom begins mass vaccination against covid-19
report into the christchurch mosque shootings released
nepal and china officially agree on height of mount everest
israel and morocco normalise relations
end of nicolas sarkozy corruption trial in france
the european union agrees to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 55% over the next decade
bhutan and israel normalise relations
the international criminal court accuses the philippines of crimes against humanity in its war on drugs
the united states accuses switzerland and vietnam of currency manipulation
a new, highly-infectious strain of covid-19 begins to spread through the united kingdom and europe
// cancer mention , covid mention
if anyone ever needs a laugh i recommend going over to techno's subreddit. they're an entirely different breed
remember when we were calling covid “rona” cause we thought it sounded cool
Not that anyone’s gonna really see this, but my night at work truly gave me some things to say.
I work at a small store in my hometown. I’m home from college for a couple months, and I need money for textbooks and tuition. I applied to 8 jobs and got accepted at 1. I’ve been there a week now, and it’s not too bad for holiday retail.
Being from a red state, I know a lot of people disagree with the mask mandates and safety protocols in place. It’s upsetting to hear about in the news, but tonight I REALLY experienced it firsthand. And I gotta say... it’s kind of terrifying.
I had a woman come in my store tonight with her son. Neither of them wore masks, and they walked in covering their mouths with their coat sleeves. As soon as they walked in and saw the store sign reminding people to wear masks and provide distance, they took their hands away and started yelling about how they were turned away from a local pizza place for not wearing masks. The pizza place turned them away for trying to use their coat sleeves.
My store doesn’t do that. I understand that some people have conditions that make mask wearing difficult. I can respect those people and their needs. Life, unfortunately, can’t grind to a halt. The world keeps turning, the days go by, and people have needs.
These people, however, were perfectly healthy. They yelled across the store at me (standing at the front register) about how being asked to wear a mask violated them. All while in order to keep my job, I have to wear one for 7-8 hours at a time, working and assisting customers. It might not be too hard of a job, but I’ll admit the mask can get uncomfortable at times.
I still wear it, though, because I have family that could die if I expose them to the virus. I need the job, but it’s scary knowing that if any small thing goes wrong, if one of those anti-mask people is carrying Covid... I could kill someone.
Let me repeat that real quick, so you understand the gravity I feel right now.
If any small thing goes wrong in my measures to protect myself, I could kill someone.
I live with my elderly parents while I’m home from school. They both have conditions that very likely would cause severe complications from the virus. Having people waltz in without a care in the world for the lives they could unknowingly be risking... it’s haunting. These people were so hell-bent on ignoring the mask mandate for their “personal liberty” that they forgot the person checking them out has a family. My coworkers and managers have families. The other customers have families and friends.
People in retail already get enough crap during the holidays. It’s stressful for everyone trying to prepare for their respective holiday gatherings, but in the midst of a pandemic... tensions are high. Work gets exhausting and I’m running around all the time doing what I can for people. If I even get an asymptotic case, I risk not being able to go back to school. I risk my employment. I risk the lives of my family, friends, and self.
If you’re seeing this... please. Please wear a mask. Please follow the mandates and guidelines. Please, please, please... remember your humanity. Remember that everyone you meet has people they are around. Family. Friends. Loved ones and strangers alike. By refusing a mask, even if you think it’s not going to hurt anyone, you could be risking the lives of dozens of people. PLEASE think about that.
And ask yourself this for me: is 20 minutes of discomfort in a store really worth risking that many lives? Are you willing to take that burden?