Reality Has Endorsed Bernie Sanders

The coronavirus crisis is laying bare the brutality of an economy organized around production for the sake of profit and not human need.
Read more: https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/reality-has-endorsed-bernie-sanders?source=Snapzu

TV pilots, a big employer in L.A., are in limbo. How the coronavirus could change the industry

This year’s batch of TV pilots included some ominous names: “Triage,” “Wreckage” and “Housebroken.” Now, those show titles also describe network TV’s pilot season, which has been upended by the coronavirus outbreak. Broadcast networks ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox and the CW were gearing up to employ thousands of workers in Los Angeles; Vancouver, Canada; New York and beyond when film and TV production shut down two weeks ago.
Read more: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2020-03-29/television-pilot-season-coronavirus-fallout-los-angeles-filming?source=Snapzu

LA’s Sugarfish vows to retain all 600 workers for the entirety of the pandemic

The coronavirus pandemic has been disastrous to the local, federal, and global restaurant industry. In Los Angeles alone, untold thousands of restaurant workers have been laid off from their jobs in recent weeks, as those restaurants that remain open struggle to shore up lost business by offering takeout or delivery only. Remarkably one restaurant group, Sugarfish, is managing to push hard in the other direction, with a staggering plan to retain more than 600 workers across the entire company.
Read more: https://la.eater.com/2020/3/26/21195716/sugarfish-company-sushi-keeps-600-employees-layoffs-coronavirus-los-angeles?source=Snapzu

Revealed: Saudis suspected of phone spying campaign in US

Exclusive: Whistleblower’s data suggests millions of tracking requests sent over four-month period
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/29/revealed-saudis-suspected-of-phone-spying-campaign-in-us?source=Snapzu

Over 1,200 people attend Louisiana church service, defying coronavirus ban: "We will continue"

More than 1,200 people attended services at a Louisiana church, again defying the governor's coronavirus ban against more than 50 people gathering. Tony Spell has continued to hold services all month at Life Tabernacle Church in Baton Rouge – even as the coronavirus spreads throughout the United States.
Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-ban-1200-people-attend-louisiana-church-service-defying-governor?source=Snapzu

General Electric Workers Launch Protest, Demand to Make Ventilators

On Monday, General Electric factory workers launched two separate protests demanding that the company convert its jet engine factories to make ventilators. At GE's Lynn, Massachusetts aviation facility, workers held a silent protest, standing six feet apart. Union members at the company’s Boston headquarters also marched six feet apart, calling on the company to use its factories to help the country close its ventilator shortage amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Read more: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/y3mjxg/general-electric-workers-walk-off-the-job-demand-to-make-ventilators?source=Snapzu

Oil Price Crash Opens A Window Of Opportunity For Renewables

Just a month ago, companies and investors had a financial incentive to continue investing in new oil and gas projects despite the societal and environmentalist backlash against fossil fuels. Not anymore. In just a couple of weeks, the oil price crash made investments in renewable energy starting to look more attractive. Or at least as attractive as investment in oil and gas.
Read more: https://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Renewable-Energy/Oil-Price-Crash-Opens-A-Window-Of-Opportunity-For-Renewables.amp.html?source=Snapzu

Oil drops more than 6% to 18-year low as global demand evaporates

U.S. oil dropped to an 18-year low on Monday as demand continues to evaporate, and as Saudi Arabia and other OPEC+ nations prepare to ramp up production. With much of the world in lockdown as the coronavirus pandemic rages on, demand for oil has fallen off a cliff. People aren’t travelling and business has slowed, reducing the need for jet fuel and gasoline.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/30/oil-falls-to-back-to-18-year-lows-below-20-as-global-demand-evaporates.html?source=Snapzu

In Wake Of Social Distancing, People Are Hosting Virtual Parties In Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Animal Crossing: New Horizons was released last week on Nintendo Switch and it has been the top-selling video game in the UK. With the COVID-19 global pandemic and social distancing being a real serious concern in the whole world, gamers taking advantage of the hangout feature in New Horizons and hosting surprise wedding and birthday parties.
Read more: https://www.thegamepost.com/2020/03/27/virtual-parties-animal-crossing-new-horizons/?source=Snapzu

What the Coronavirus Curve Teaches Us About Climate Change

The coronavirus pandemic—sadly—has introduced or reintroduced many people to the concept of an exponential curve, in which a quantity grows at an increasing rate over time, as the number of people contracting the virus currently is doing. It is this curve that so many of us are trying to “flatten” through social distancing and other mitigating measures, small and large.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/03/26/what-the-coronavirus-curve-teaches-us-about-climate-change-148318?source=Snapzu

Spain’s coronavirus death toll rises by 838 overnight to 6,528

Spain prepared to enter its third week under near-total lockdown on Sunday, as the government approved a strengthening of measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus and the death toll rose by 838 cases overnight to 6,528.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-spain/spains-coronavirus-death-toll-rises-by-838-overnight-to-6528-idUSKBN21G0C0?source=Snapzu

Christian pastor who thought COVID-19 is just ‘mass hysteria’ among the first in Virginia to die from virus

One of the first deaths of a Virginian from coronavirus was a 66-year-old Christian “musical evangelist” who fell ill while on a trip to New Orleans with his wife. As the Friendly Atheist’s Bo Gardiner points out, Landon Spradlin had previously shared opinions that the pandemic was the result of “mass hysteria” from the media.
Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/christian-pastor-who-thought-covid-19-is-just-mass-hysteria-is-among-the-first-in-virginia-to-die-from-virus?source=Snapzu

Texas Lt. Gov. Ripped For Saying Seniors May Be Willing To Die For The Economy

Twitter users say Dan Patrick thinks older Americans want to "die for the Dow."
Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dan-patrick-sacrifice-grandparents_n_5e796dd8c5b6f5b7c549df25?source=Snapzu

Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world Monday

Newfoundland has recorded its first death from coronavirus, while an Ontario care facility for seniors continues to be hard hit. Elsewhere, Spain has joined Italy and the United States as the only countries in the world to exceed China's recorded count of COVID-19 cases. Get the latest on what's happening around the world and in Canada.
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/coronavirus-covid19-march30-canada-world-1.5514485?source=Snapzu

Whatever You Do During a Pandemic, Don’t Get Hurt Doing Dumb Stuff

Remember the Darwin Awards story about the poor guy who threw a lit stick of dynamite only to have his Labrador retriever go fetch it? Whether he’s mythical or not, I’ve always felt that we were too hard on him. Did he really do anything all that stupid? Throwing the dynamite seems smarter than holding onto it. Let anyone who hasn’t done something stupid step forward.
Read more: https://slate.com/technology/2020/03/coronavirus-pandemic-household-injuries.html?source=Snapzu

WHO says play video games as healthy social pastime during coronavirus pandemic

The World Health Organization is recommending video games as a good way to stay socially active, but safe, during the coronavirus crisis.
Read more: https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/2932976001?source=Snapzu

Public Service Announcement: STAY INSIDE!

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The untold origin story of the N95 mask

It’s hard to think of a symbol of COVID-19 more fraught than the N95 respirator. The mask fits tightly around the face and is capable of filtering 95% of airborne particles, such as viruses, from the air, which other protective equipment (such as surgical masks) can’t do. It’s a life-saving device that is now in dangerously short supply. As such, it has come to represent the extreme challenges of the global response to COVID-19.
Read more: https://www.fastcompany.com/90479846/the-untold-origin-story-of-the-n95-mask?source=Snapzu

The U.S.'s $13 Billion Aircraft Carrier Has a Toilet Problem

It’s yet another headache plaguing America's newest aircraft carrier.
Read more: https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/navy-ships/a31929628/uss-ford-toilet/?source=Snapzu

The BBC Is Using ’The Thick Of It’ To Get People To Stay The F*ck At Home

London, where the British Broadcasting Corporation is located, is under lockdown due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, but that hasn’t stopped people (fools) from sun bathing and mass gathering. It’s the same problem that many cities around the globe are facing — I’m based in Austin, Texas, where the public parks looked like this on day one of a shelter-in-place order — so to help curtail the issue, the BBC is using clips from its classic shows to tell people to, as Malcolm Tucker might put it, stay the f*ck at home:
Read more: https://uproxx.com/tv/bbc-stay-at-home-the-thick-of-it/?source=Snapzu

Brazil’s Bolsonaro makes life-or-death coronavirus gamble

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Even as coronavirus cases mount in Latin America’s largest nation, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has staked out the most deliberately dismissive position of any major...
Read more: https://apnews.com/b21a296383694c6726d03e027134daf1?source=Snapzu

'A game changer': FDA authorizes Abbott Labs' portable, 5-minute coronavirus test the size of a toaster

A five-minute, point-of-care coronavirus test could be coming to urgent care clinics next week, and experts say it could be "game-changing." The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued Emergency Use Authorization to Illinois-based medical device maker Abbott Labs on Friday for a coronavirus test that delivers positive results in as little as five minutes and negative results in 13 minutes, the company said.
Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/03/28/coronavirus-fda-authorizes-abbott-labs-fast-portable-covid-test/2932766001/?source=Snapzu

How China Built a Twitter Propaganda Machine Then Let It Loose on Coronavirus

ProPublica analyzed thousands of fake and hijacked Twitter accounts to understand how covert Chinese propaganda spreads around the globe.
Read more: https://www.propublica.org/article/how-china-built-a-twitter-propaganda-machine-then-let-it-loose-on-coronavirus?source=Snapzu

The COVID-19 pandemic may be an opportunity to transform the way we live

I'm sure in today's COVID-19 lockdown, despite all of the technologies we have to occupy us, computers, television, cellphones, many of us are feeling profound isolation, loneliness and boredom. But this big slowdown gives me time every day to play with my grandchildren who are isolated with me, to read and to think about what has mattered most in my life, what has given me the greatest joy and satisfaction, and where I hope the world might go after I'm gone.
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/the-nature-of-things/the-covid-19-pandemic-may-be-an-opportunity-to-transform-the-way-we-live-1.5512241?source=Snapzu

StubHub said they’d refund canceled tickets, but now they’re taking that back

StubHub is here for you. Unless you want a refund.
Read more: https://www.sbnation.com/2020/3/28/21198101/stubhub-refunds-canceled-event-ticket-nhl-nba-concerts??source=Snapzu

New study identifies a psychological factor linked to Trump supporters' vindictiveness

The desire to matter and feel significant among Donald Trump supporters is associated with support for hostile and vindictive actions against the ...
Read more: https://www.psypost.org/2020/03/new-study-identifies-a-psychological-factor-linked-to-trump-supporters-vindictiveness-56280?source=Snapzu

'Gob-smacking' vision for future UK transport

People in the UK need to shift from cars to public transport to address the challenge of climate change, the government says. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said: "Public transport and active travel will be the natural first choice for our daily activities.
Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-52064509?source=Snapzu

White House suspends environmental protection, citing coronavirus

2020 has a new motto: "Cancelled due to the coronavirus." Businesses, schools, sports, travel, film, and TV production, conferences, meetings, and basically any and all business as usual has been suspended in the US as individuals and institutions try to slow the spread of COVID-19. We have, at least, had outdoor space to go to—staying at least six feet away from others as we do—when we need a break from the four walls of our homes.
Read more: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/03/white-house-suspends-environmental-protection-citing-coronavirus/?source=Snapzu

Venezuela's only telecoms satellite is lost in space

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Venezuela's only telecommunications satellite has veered off its orbit and stopped working, creating a logistical headache for the cash-strapped South American nation.
Read more: https://www.newstribune.com/news/international/story/2020/mar/28/venezuelas-only-telecoms-satellite-is-lost-in-space/822340/?source=Snapzu

UK space company blames coronavirus for collapse

OneWeb, the high-profile London-based satellite start-up, has filed for bankruptcy protection in the US. The firm, which has been building a network to deliver broadband across the globe, blamed the Covid-19 crisis for its inability to secure new investment.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-52070949?source=Snapzu

The Four Possible Timelines for Life Returning to Normal

The coronavirus outbreak may last for a year or two, but some elements of pre-pandemic life will likely be won back in the meantime.
Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/03/coronavirus-social-distancing-over-back-to-normal/608752/?source=Snapzu

Stimulus package will remain half-baked unless local governments get more of the dough

Lawmakers are pinning their hopes on a US$2 trillion package to prop up the U.S. economy and provide relief to individuals and business ravaged by the coronavirus. The stimulus is expected to pump $150 billion in aid to state and local governments. But with nearly 40,000 local governments across all 50 states, the money will be stretched thin and is likely to run out quickly. Many local officials are already bracing for severe budget shortfalls and mid-year cuts.
Read more: https://theconversation.com/stimulus-package-will-remain-half-baked-unless-local-governments-get-more-of-the-dough-134763?source=Snapzu

'Some may even die, I don't know': Former Wells Fargo CEO wants people to go back to work and 'see what happens'

The coronavirus crisis in the United States is only just beginning. But it's not too early for some Americans to flout social distancing and isolation guidelines and return to work, according to some executives. Dick Kovacevich, the former CEO and chairman of Wells Fargo, told Bloomberg News that healthy workers under the age of 55 should return to work in April if the outbreak is controlled, saying that "some may even die" with his plan.
Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/richard-kovacevich-former-wells-fargo-ceo-work-die-coronavirus-pandemic-2020-3?source=Snapzu

96% of small business owners are already feeling coronavirus impact

More than half say their business won't be able to last more than three months.
Read more: https://www.axios.com/small-business-owners-coronavirus-survey-06e04322-7788-4de4-8216-42b875a39e53.html/???source=Snapzu

Bay Area rapper G-Eazy to Feed San Francisco Youth for a Month

Rapper G-Eazy, through his Endless Summer Fund, will be feeding San Francisco youth for the following month. The Bay Area native and his charity organization will be working with Larkin Street Youth Services, a local non-profit group, to feed the at-risk youth in the area.
Read more: https://www.musictimes.com/articles/81186/20200327/bay-area-rapper-g-eazy-feed-san-francisco-youth-month.htm?source=Snapzu

Fox Business parts ways with Trish Regan, host who dismissed coronavirus as 'impeachment scam'

The Fox Business Network announced on Friday that it had parted ways with Trish Regan, the conservative news host who ignited controversy earlier this month when she dismissed the coronavirus pandemic as a conspiracy to throw President Trump out of office.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/27/media/trish-regan-fox-news/index.html?source=Snapzu

Texas Republican Says COVID-19 Saves Lives Because Abortion Clinics Have Closed

Some Republicans say it’s God’s punishment for a sinful society. Others say it’s an anti-Trump hoax. But here’s a take you’ve probably never heard before: COVID-19 saves lives. That’s the claim made by Kathaleen Wall, a Texas Republican running for Congress in 2020, in a particularly ill-advised Facebook post thanking Governor Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton for declaring abortions non-essential medical care, effectively shutting down abortion clinics across the entire state.
Read more: https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2020/03/28/texas-republican-says-covid-19-saves-lives-because-abortion-clinics-have-closed/?source=Snapzu

'Gob-smacking' vision for future UK transport

People in the UK need to shift from cars to public transport to address the challenge of climate change, the government says. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said: "Public transport and active travel will be the natural first choice for our daily activities.
Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-52064509?source=Snapzu

Unemployment is so high over coronavirus that N.Y. has to hire more workers to handle jobless claims

The job-killing coronavirus pandemic sent nearly 3.3 million Americans to the unemployment line last week, shattering a nearly 40-year old record, while forcing New York to hire more workers to handle the jobless claims. With even more layoffs looming, the list of industries hit by the relentless global viral outbreak reads like a list of fallen soldiers.
Read more: https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-unemployment-coronavirus-hospitality-20200326-pxsosgaxxzaftczsmujx5h376a-story.html?source=Snapzu

Google Bans Infowars Android App Over Coronavirus Claims

Apple kicked Alex Jones out of the App Store in 2018. The Google Play Store has finally followed suit.
Read more: https://www.wired.com/story/google-bans-infowars-android-app-alex-jones-coronavirus/?source=Snapzu

Social distancing can’t last forever. Here’s what should come next.

Scientists are explaining the moonshot effort needed to end social distancing and this pandemic. Will leaders listen?
Read more: https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2020/3/26/21192211/coronavirus-covid-19-social-distancing-end?source=Snapzu

MLB uniform maker switches to producing medical masks, gowns

The Bryce Harper jersey that could have been worn this baseball season by the biggest Philadelphia Phillies fan is now a protective mask in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Fanatics, the company that manufactures uniforms for Major League Baseball, has suspended production on jerseys and is instead using the polyester mesh fabric to make masks and gowns for hospitals in Pennsylvania and nearby states.
Read more: https://www.wkbn.com/sports/mlb-uniform-maker-switches-to-producing-medical-masks-gowns/?source=Snapzu

How to Earn Money from Google Online Jobs with Simple Steps - bitcoinprivatekey’s blog

I can swear… Google online jobs comes on the top of my list for genuine online jobs. I have been making money from Google from the last 10+ years. You won’t believe but I have made millions from Google. Millions of people around the world who work for Google online jobs trust the company blindly. As…
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Countries Starting to Hoard Food, Threatening Global Trade

It’s not just grocery shoppers who are hoarding pantry staples. Some governments are moving to secure domestic food supplies during the conoravirus pandemic. Kazakhstan, one of the world’s biggest shippers of wheat flour, banned exports of that product along with others, including carrots, sugar and potatoes.
Read more: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/countries-starting-hoard-food-threatening-233000095.html?source=Snapzu

The Road to Coronavirus Hell Was Paved by Evangelicals

Donald Trump rose to power with the determined assistance of a movement that denies science, bashes government and prioritized loyalty over professional expertise. In the current crisis, we are all reaping what that movement has sown.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/27/opinion/coronavirus-trump-evangelicals.html?source=Snapzu

There aren't enough ventilators for coronavirus, so a London man giving his design away

Retired respiratory therapist John Strupat said he decided to make his design open source after he failed to get any kind of serious consideration to make the life-saving device for Canadian or U.S. governments.
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/pandemic-ventilator-design-covid19-1.5511412?source=Snapzu

Employees At GameStop Competitor Say Their Company Isn't Protecting Them From Covid-19 Either

Last week, Kotaku reported several times on GameStop’s ass-dragging procedure for operating during the coronavirus outbreak. But GameStop isn’t the only physical game store whose employees are feeling forced to choose between their jobs and their safety. Employees of the regional chain Game X Change are also unhappy with how their employer is handling the situation, several of whom spoke with Kotaku about their concerns.
Read more: https://kotaku.com/employees-at-gamestop-competitor-say-their-company-isnt-1842492506?source=Snapzu

The Coronavirus Stimulus Bill Gives the Music Industry a Fighting Chance

From songwriters to producers to roadies, individuals in the various corners of the music business will be eligible for federal relief under the coronavirus stimulus package passed by the U.S. Senate on Wednesday evening, thanks to music advocates in Washington in the last few days.
Read more: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/congress-stimulus-music-songwriters-artists-972558/?source=Snapzu

Need a break from coronavirus news? How about a terrible, terrible movie?"

I have a problem: I have a long-held and admittedly irrational affinity for terrible movies. And not just any terrible movies -- obscure B-movies by no-name directors with big ambitions, painfully small budgets and in-over-their-head actors who are just doing their best with what they're given. The gems among this craptacular crop of films all share the same tragicomic sincerity and lack of awareness, and they're typically torpedoed by horrible artistic choices, simple inexperience or a plain ol' lack of talent. Hey, no one said making movies was easy!
Read more: https://www.cnet.com/news/the-best-amazon-prime-perk-the-terrible-terrible-movies-of-course/?source=Snapzu

Fake Corona Antivirus Software Used to Install Backdoor Malware

Sites promoting a bogus Corona Antivirus are taking advantage of the current COVID-19 pandemic to promote and distribute a malicious payload that will infect the target's computer with the BlackNET RAT and add it to a botnet.
Read more: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-corona-antivirus-software-used-to-install-backdoor-malware/?source=Snapzu