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North Carolina Governor vetoes bill repealing greenhouse gas reduction mandate
  • The bill “walks back our state’s commitment to reduce carbon emissions, sending the wrong signal to businesses that want to be a part of our clean energy economy,” Stein said in a news release. “My job is to do everything in my power to lower costs and grow the economy. This bill fails that test.”

  • ICE Is Raiding Farms Again - Truthdig
  • Fair enough. I just think that someone voting for whomever they think will help them, will do JUST A LITTLE critical thinking.

    Sigh. But that’s where we are now. I get voting for your self interest. But Jeeze.

  • ICE Is Raiding Farms Again - Truthdig
  • “A majority of Farmers are not nor have they ever been partisan.”

    I don’t know about that, there’s a lot of LeopardsEatingFaces about farmers lately. And according to https://investigatemidwest.org/2024/11/13/trump-election-farming-counties-trade-war/ , of the 444 farming-dependent counties, Trump won all but 11 counties, average of 78% of the vote. And given the reliance on labor and the previous Trump administration saying they’re apolitical seems… incorrect.

  • Does anyone actually use the Shortcuts app effectively? What for?
  • I have a bunch.

    Launch Waze and turn off WiFi when I connect to Bluetooth in my car

    Turn down the volume on one of my headsets when I connect, since otherwise it blasts my ear drums

    I use Federico Vittici’s multi button for my action button: one press turns on the flashlight, press again within five seconds does something else.

    Pull my next appointment and give me directions to it

    Check a price on KEEPA or camelcamelcamel without using an extension, just share from that URL and run the shortcut

    Delete all my disabled alarms, leaving those that are still active.

    Play a random music album

    Find the album of the currently playing song and play the whole album.

    Backup all my tabs in safari to a file

    Send the newest photo to a contact of my choice (works great voice-only)

  • Spotlights - Love & Decay [doomgaze]

    Doom/sludge with elements of shoegaze. Ethereal vocals. Doom’s not my thing but the electronics and the fact that it’s not harsh make it interesting to me.

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    Senate Republicans cannot force US Postal Service to scrap EVs, parliamentarian says
  • Aha! Here it is:

    ​ May 7, 2001

    Senate Parliamentarian Robert Dove, the official responsible for enforcing the chamber's rules and procedures, has been asked to leave his post after a dispute with the Republican leadership, Senate sources said yesterday.

    Dove angered Republicans, especially Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.), with at least two recent rulings that effectively made it harder for the GOP to push President Bush's budget and tax cut proposals through the evenly divided body

  • Cynic - Kindly Bent To Free Us [progressive metal]
    cyniconline.bandcamp.com Kindly Bent to Free Us, by Cynic

    from the album Kindly Bent to Free Us

    Kindly Bent to Free Us, by Cynic

    One of the last Cynic albums, from 2014. Combination of ethereal and metal, more pronounced here than in previous albums

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    Armature - Thunderclap [math-rock] [prog-rock]

    Little bit of math, little bit of prog, mostly instrumental, some piano, pretty.

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    Let It Eat You For Fun - Strength in Numbers [Math-Rock]

    Some Post-Rock in here too. Instrumental tappy goodness. It just came out, no affiliation, just wanted to share!

    Edit: added link. Tried that off the web page, not Voyager, and regret it.

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    Hiroe - Collider

    Pronounced Hero-way iirc. Second album - the first was great and I’m eagerly awaiting the full release of this in a couple of weeks. They’re on the Pelagic label, and the tracks are mostly post-rock/post-metal, but putting this here due to that nice tapping riff at the begging/middle.

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    Came across this on Mastodon: https://owlsintowels.org/ Apologies if dupe but I don’t remember it.

    From https://glammr.us/@overholt/114575283647930047

    “Wildlife rehabilitators often wrap owls in fabric so they can be weighed, treated, and fed. If not, the owls get in a flap.

    The result? Loads of pictures of #owlsintowels“

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    postrock @lemmy.world TryingSomethingNew @lemmy.world
    Maserati - just discovered VII, and Language of Cities

    I was struck by just how different the two albums are. Apparently Jerry Fuchs was crucial to the sound (no idea who he was, just that he was the drummer, passed away suddenly due to a freak accident. Both albums specifically mention him).

    https://maserati.bandcamp.com/album/the-language-of-cities-anniversary-edition

    And

    https://maserati.bandcamp.com/album/maserati-vii

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    postrock @lemmy.world TryingSomethingNew @lemmy.world
    The Title Ceremony - Asia Major/Asian Minor
    thetitleceremony.bandcamp.com Asia Major/Asian Minor, by The Title Ceremony

    from the album Cheerful Impressions Upon arrival In The Country

    Asia Major/Asian Minor, by The Title Ceremony

    Probably more of a “classic” post-rock feel. This is from 2005, slow build - almost 3 minutes before the drums kick in, but it keeps building for 23 minutes of the 69 minute(nice) runtime. Reminds me a bit of Do Make Say Think’s GEA/TLID.

    Album is, inexplicably, free on Bandcamp, making this a must-own.

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    Req: colorblind indentation

    Would it be possible to make an option to flip colors somewhat as indentations occur? I think the first three colors are red/green or green/red, but can’t tell.

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    postrock @lemmy.world TryingSomethingNew @lemmy.world
    Pleiades (Taiwan) - Quark

    Nice instrumental post-rock, fairly chill but may fall under Crescendocore. Found this because they did a split with Hope The Flowers and I quite enjoyed their half. This album came out last year, after a 10-years hiatus.

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    postrock @lemmy.world TryingSomethingNew @lemmy.world
    GY!BE live in Dallas

    Fantastic show, loved to see the guy looping 4 film projectors. And that intro film clip with the word “Hope” hit a bit harder than I expected. Go see them.

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    Credit to They Can Talk Comics

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/42769508

    > https://theycantalk.com/

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    Syncing read posts between devices so I don't have to scroll past them twice?

    Howdy. Love the app, but something’s confused me for a while. I’m on two iOS devices, and when I read on one, it doesn’t seem to be read on the other - I wind up seeing the device on both.

    I have “mark read on scroll” on, as well as “auto hide read posts”, but it still keeps happening. Is this a Voyager issue? A Lemmy.world issue? Many thanks!

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    New release - Grapefruit Astronauts (djent/prog/metal/math)

    This hits the sweet spot for me. Super complex guitar work, interesting patterns, some electronica buried in the mix. Not quite animals as leaders, but definitely similar and you can see them from here.

    Link is to the video, here’s the new album: https://youtu.be/ByaaQG0g1ZQ

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    www.bbc.com Camera set up to catch Loch Ness Monster unearthed

    No sign of the famous monster was found on the camera that had been in Loch Ness for 55 years.

    Camera set up to catch Loch Ness Monster unearthed

    cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/35349474

    > An underwater camera set up 55 years ago to try and photograph the Loch Ness Monster has been found by accident by a robot submarine. > > The ocean-going yellow sub - called Boaty McBoatface - was being put through trials when its propeller snagged the mooring for the 1970s camera system. > > It is believed it was lowered 180m (591ft) below the loch's surface by the Loch Ness Investigation Bureau, a group set up in the 1960s to uncover the existence of Nessie in the waters. > > No footage of Nessie has been found on the camera, but one of the submarine's engineers was able to develop a few images of the loch's murky waters.

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    postrock @lemmy.world TryingSomethingNew @lemmy.world
    Rolling stone has a really good article on metal,by a 73-year-old
    www.rollingstone.com I'm 73. Heavy Metal Just Changed My Life

    Mikal Gilmore writes about his dive into heavy metal music at age 73, following the 2024 election of Donald Trump

    I'm 73. Heavy Metal Just Changed My Life

    Putting the 73 year old bit in the title so it’s easy to find dupes, but it’s a rather good article about metal subgenres, primarily death/black, with shoutouts to post, blackgaze and more.

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    Ice is like white rice, for drinks.

    It bulks it up, it stretches it out, it lowers the taste some.

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    [Blackgaze] Alcest - Flamme Jumelle

    Technically not the most representative track of the genre, but exceedingly listenable and you get some idea of what the rough vocals that are normally in blackgaze sound like. If you like the contrast, then blackgaze is definitely for you. If you prefer clean vocals, there are bands such as Astronoid That only have clean vocals.

    Overall, blackgaze is the intersection between black metal which has heavy/fast drums and screamed vocals, With Shoegaze, which is a warm tone, lots of effects, my bloody valentine being the most recognizable example.

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    Best Italian Prog Rock(RPI) comeback albums?

    Just wondering what people thought the great reunion/comeback albums were from Maxophone, Il Roverscio Della Medaglia, PFM, Banco, etc etc.

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