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Maren Morris Says She’s Leaving Country Music: ‘Chosen to Step Outside’ of ‘Drama Within the Community’ in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Country music is locked in an ideological valence, it has no room for anything other than right-wing dogma, usually expressed through bro-country anthems of drinking and pretty girls and pick-up trucks. The genre basically kicked out progressive singers like Kacey Musgraves, even as she released multiple critically acclaimed and successful albums. And there isn't much room for female country artists right now; in 2022 there was one ONE female solo country artist (Miranda Lambert) that managed to crack the top 100 country songs on country radio. Only two others scored hits by recording duets with male country singers. All the rest were male acts. There just isn't a future for female country artists right now.

Maren Morris has a good voice and great songwriting chops, she already proved she can cross over with "The Middle," so this seems like a logical move.

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The Department of Homeland Security’s Inspector General has DHS watchdog has launched criminal probe into destruction of Jan. 6 Secret Service text messages, sources say (www.nbcnews.com)
 

The Department of Homeland Security’s Inspector General has launched a criminal investigation into the circumstances surrounding the destruction of Secret Service text messages that may have been relevant to inquiries about the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, two sources familiar with the matter told NBC News.

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Write your passwords down and keep them in a safe place (fedia.io)
 

Almost all banking is online now, so you have access to your accounts if you have your passwords. But if something happens to you, do your loved ones know how to access those accounts?

I keep a password-protected spreadsheet with all my passwords and account numbers, which I print out every 6 months and put in my fire safe. I recommend doing something similar.

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It's Time For Everyone to Stop Ignoring E-Bikes (www.treehugger.com)
 

According to the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 60% of trips are less than six miles, and three-quarters of all trips are less than 10 miles. We have noted before that this is the fastest ride to zero-carbon; almost anyone can ride an e-bike for six miles under almost any conditions. If there were safe places to ride and secure places to park, then millions of car trips could be avoided, and millions of cars taken off the road. If only e-bikes weren't totally ignored.

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In this Massachusetts neighborhood, nearly every home is switching to geothermal energy (www.fastcompany.com)
 

This week, the local gas utility, Eversource, broke ground on a networked geothermal system that will connect to around 40 buildings, including low-income apartments, single-family homes, small businesses, and the neighborhood fire station. Instead of burning fossil fuels for heat, the buildings will rely on zero-emissions heat from underground, along with electricity. It’s the first pilot project of its kind run by a utility in the U.S.

Declassified report reveals that the US government is buying troves of data about its citizens in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Man, this is deeply dystopian. While state and federal regulators are having a conniption about TikTok/ByteDance gathering information on Americans, that same information is hoovered up by all the other social media companies and freely sold by data brokers. The response should be sweeping privacy legislation and regulatory reform, but I have very little confidence that will happen in the near future.

What value did you get from Reddit that you hope to realize or expand upon here? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's the niche stuff that made Reddit useful. For example, Amazon reviews are no longer trustworthy, but there were really good recommendations in reddit threads about which devices or products worked. The DIY subreddits were incredibly helpful. I got good recommendations for motorcycle tires and ultralight backpacking gear and Android apps and hotels in particular destinations from reddit. I got walkthroughs on how to set up a Plex server or do a particular project with a Raspberry Pi on reddit. With so many subs, there was almost always a thread for what I was looking for. That was the value. I expect it will take a while to rebuild that elsewhere, but I'm sure it will be recreated.