For anyone invested in independent musicians’ ongoing fight to make a decent living in the streaming era, Spotify’s public reckoning over the last week has been encouraging, but also strange and bittersweet.Thanks to the interventions of Neil Young and Joni Mitchell , critiques of the world’s most popular music streaming […]
Month: February 2022
The deadly battles that tipped Myanmar into civil war – BBC News
The deadly battles that tipped Myanmar into civil war By Soe Win, Ko Ko Aung and Nassos Stylianou BBC Burmese and BBC Data Journalism Published 1 day ago Share close Share page Copy link About sharing Related Topics Myanmar coup Image source, Getty Images Myanmar is seeing increasingly deadly battles […]
Books on race, sexuality are disappearing from Texas schools in record numbers
KATY, Texas — From a secluded spot in her high school library, a 17-year-old girl spoke softly into her cellphone, worried that someone might overhear her say the things she’d hidden from her parents for years.They don’t know she’s queer, the student told a reporter, and given their past comments […]
Lightning bolt stretching 477 miles over 3 U.S. states sets world record: “Absolutely extraordinary”
A bolt of lightning that stretched nearly 500 miles across three U.S.states is the new world record holder for longest flash. The single flash extended 477.2 miles across Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi in April 2020, the World Meteorological Organization said Monday.That beat the old record set in 2018 in Brazil […]
A small island nation has cooked up not 1, not 2 but 5 COVID vaccines. It’s Cuba!
A small island nation has cooked up not 1, not 2 but 5 COVID vaccines.It’s Cuba! In the early days of the COVID pandemic, Cuba decided it was going to make its own vaccine – even though vaccine development historically takes years, even decades, to bear fruit. Why did the […]
First all-electric passenger airplane prepares to fly
New York (CNN Business) The world’s first all-electric passenger aircraft is preparing to take flight. The Alice, a plane developed by Israeli company Eviation, went through engine testing last week at Arlington Municipal Airport north of Seattle.According to Eviation CEO Omer Bar-Yohay, the Alice is just weeks away from its […]
Cuba has come up with 5 COVID vaccine candidates : Goats and Soda : NPR
Enlarge this image A Cuban industrial complex prepares to start production of one of the country’s newly developed COVID vaccines.Yander Zamora/Pool/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Yander Zamora/Pool/AFP via Getty Images A Cuban industrial complex prepares to start production of one of the country’s newly developed COVID vaccines. […]
Senate introduces bill to allow farmers to fix their own equipment
Scott Potmesil, a fourth-generation farmer who raises cattle in Sandhills, Nebraska, recently bought a John Deere tractor that is over 25 years old.He said he purposely went looking for the older device in 2020 because he believed it would be easier to repair than newer models, which can often be […]
Almost 500-mile-long lightning bolt crossed three US states – BBC News
Almost 500-mile-long lightning bolt crossed three US states Published 10 This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.Media caption, Watch: Lightning bolt sets new world record An almost 500-mile long bolt of lightning that lit up the sky across three […]
The Best iPhone Apps to Download Today (February 2022) | Digital Trends
These days, your phone is capable of just about anything, from boosting your dating prospects (check out our best dating apps ) to looking up recipes.And if you have an iPhone or iPad, the App Store offers one of the largest collections of applications on the planet, one that spans […]