Can We Open Yet?

 

What's Open?

 

• What is allowed to open under phase one of the governor's plan to reopen Florida?
• Governor Temporarily Closes All Beaches And State Parks In Orange County, Calif.
• Phase One: Here's what is open in Southwest Florida
  • Phase One of Governor Ron DeSantis' "Safe. Smart. Step-by-Step" plan of re-opening the state goes into effect Monday, May 4. His safer-at-home executive order has been extended through Monday, limiting movement to essential needs only.

 

How do you virtual meet?

 

• Messenger Rooms: Here's how to use Facebook's free new video chat app
  • Facebook's new group video chat feature Messenger Rooms is getting ready to compete with services like Zoom, Skype and Microsoft Teams, as more people turn to video chat amid coronavirus lockdowns and quarantines. 
• Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, and WebEx are collecting more customer data than they appear to be
  • As the world has become more reliant on videoconferencing tools, people have also started to scrutinize the security measures and privacy policies of these services. And while not as alarming as the security holes in Zoom that came to light in April, leading to a host of “Zoombombing” and other concerns, it’s still worth being aware of the data that Microsoft, Google, and Cisco can collect.

 

Time to go off planet

 

• Stephen Hawking’s warning: it’s time to get the hell off planet Earth
  • An oldie but goodie: In 2017, he set a deadline for humanity to save itself. Within the next 100 years, he warned, we need to colonize Mars and other planets. If we don’t, we may not survive climate change, disease, and other versions of doom we’re bound to inflict on ourselves this century.
• NASA Names Companies to Develop Human Landers for Artemis Moon Missions
  • NASA has selected three U.S. companies to design and develop human landing systems (HLS) for the agency’s Artemis program, one of which will land the first woman and next man on the surface of the Moon by 2024. NASA is on track for sustainable human exploration of the Moon for the first time in history.
• Unacknowledged: An Expose of the world's greatest secret
  • Noted UFO expert Dr. Steven Greer interviews witnesses and presents classified documents concerning the existence of extraterrestrials.