C.G. Jones
C.G. Jones is an American journalist and fiction writer. MFA Minnesota State University, BA University of Alabama. He has words in The Post Millennial, The Debrief, Countere Magazine, inter alia. Novel: Project: Sleepless Dream. On Twitter: @Heterodoxica.
Detroit hospital announces mass layoffs due to revenue downturn
Beaumont Health, Michigan’s largest healthcare system, to temporarily lay off 2,475 employees, permanently dissolving 450 positions.
Chinese-made drones are enforcing social distancing in the US
Chinese-made drones are invading local US communities, posing the risk that Americans may have their information collected and stored by the communist nation without their consent.
Courts to Twitter: do not release US surveillance requests
Twitter Inc. has been denied the ability to reveal surveillance requests issued to them by the US government after courts determined that it would likely harm national security.
Australia may mandate smart phone tracking apps to help coronavirus containment
The Australian government has introduced a contact tracing app that will be used to curb the spread of COVID-19, and may make it mandatory.
17 dead bodies found crammed into 4-person nursing home morgue
An anonymous tip led to the discovery of 17 bodies packed into a four-person morgue in northern New Jersey.
Lockdown in South Africa results in civil unrest
The vast majority of the private sector has been eliminated with very little notice, leaving even middle class citizens without a means to weather the crisis.
Meat supply chain faces uncertainties due to coronavirus
Many major meat producers in North America have been forced to shut down operations as the number of employees infected with COVID-19 rockets.
Michigan cracks down on seed purchases and tiny gatherings
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has issued an order prohibiting anyone from being able to purchase seeds or plants, or traveling between residences.
Let colleges and universities fail without bail-out funding
Colleges and universities that are so without virtue or merit should be relegated to a free-fall into oblivion with no pandemic bail-out funding.
Grocery licker arrested at Safeway
Jennifer Walker was arrested for licking $1,800 worth of groceries in a Safeway. The contaminated items were deemed unsellable and had to be thrown out.
BlackBerry exposes Chinese-based hacker tools that exploited tech vulnerabilities
A new report reveals that there are five separate groups of hackers each of which has close ties to the Chinese government that have been stealing from nations around the world.
Democracies are using mass surveillance to track citizens during coronavirus outbreak
Smart watch apps and smart thermometers are being employed as voluntary measures for citizens to track their health and submit the data to government authorities.
World Health Organization classifies abortion as essential service
The WHO has qualified abortions as an essential medical service despite the coronavirus outbreak, as many patients are barred from having elective surgeries.
Twitter using copyright strikes to silence users, goes against own terms of service
Twitter has failed in upholding its terms of service, and because of this, many people stand to lose accounts they have had for years.
Trump is right to deny pandemic payouts to porn
Trump was right to ban the porn industry from receiving a portion of the $2 trillion in federal aid to offset losses from the coronavirus pandemic.