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The letter nonbinary people, who see themselves as neither male nor female, want to use on identification documents like their birth certificate or passport to reflect their gender—preventing them to do so would force them to lie about their true identity.
Although a number of countries allow their citizens to use X and O (for “others”), rather than M or F, on their passport to identify themselves, however, the odds of their being denied entry by border control authorities elsewhere are never zero.
by MathPlus March 17, 2021

When the authorities ruthlessly enforce the wearing of masks in public places for both people and pets, and also for the thousands of mute and deaf gods and goddesses (or deities and idols) in religious quarters, to contain the surge of infections and fatalities, so that those who fail to do so are dealt with severely, with heavy fines and jail sentences for anti-maskers, or even caning for repeated offenders.
For rogue nations, mobilizing thousands of ambassadors nationwide in begging the public to don a face mask is a waste of time and a sign of political weakness; what the dictators want is to launch a mask operation to get the whole nation into quick action.
by MathPlus July 19, 2021

The label for the unnamed and unapproved half-baked coronavirus vaccine by Indian firm Biological E, which has shown “promising results” in the first two phases, and which will be available for use in the next few months, with or without WHO’s approval.
The BJP government has so much faith in Vaccine X that it has made a $206m order for 300 million doses, compared to 350 million doses from both Covishield and Covaxin, the two WHO-unapproved vaccines currently in use.
by MathPlus June 4, 2021

When God turns our mistake into a miracle, because His mercy is greater than any of our mistakes—our past doesn’t define our future, but God does.
One touch of God is enough to catapult us to our destiny, thanks to God’s mercy—just because we’ve tried and failed many times doesn’t make us a failure.
by MathPlus December 21, 2018

When astrologers and feng shui masters figure out the “good” and “bad” days of the 45th President of the United States from his birthdate and the zodiac—in Chinese numerology, baby Trump was born in the Year of the Dog.
Emperor Xi and gang consulted the fengshui gurus in Beijing to find out about the numerology of Donald Trump—they wanted to know when his “lucky” and “unlucky” days in the Year of the Pig would be in order to schedule their trade meetings with him.
by MathPlus February 18, 2019

When people experienced more mild and moderate side effects, such as more frequent chills, headaches, and muscle pain, after they were jabbed with doses of two different vaccines, compared to being vaccinated with doses of the same vaccine.
Mix-and-match vaccination allegedly gives people longer-lasting immunity, better protection against new variants, or simply gives hospitals the flexibility to swap vaccines should supplies be interrupted.
by MathPlus May 13, 2021

The raison-d’être for mathematics, not its applications and oft-long-winded or tedious proofs—because there is no place in the universe for ugly math.
What is beauty in mathematics? Being awed by beautiful patterns? Experiencing the pleasure or aha! feeling that transcends sexual bliss? What the heck is it?
by MathPlus January 10, 2019
