First rest day of the Giro d’Italia, what’s on your mind and what have you been watching? It doesn’t have to be Giro-related, Itzulia Women and Tour de Hongrie just wrapped up too. Heck, if you want to talk gravel or MTB, that’s cool, I hear Lucinda Brand is tearing it up on gravel, and the MTB World Cup is still going...
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When Bloomberg reported that Spotify would be upping the cost of its premium subscription from $9.99 to $10.99, and including 15 hours of audiobooks per month in the U.S., the change sounded like a win for songwriters and publishers. Higher subscription prices typically equate to a bump in U.S. mechanical royalties — but not...
I really wish there was a better alternative to push my friends to. I do use Bandcamp, so at least I know more of my $$$ are going to the artists and I can take the music with me, but I’m not sure about the platform long-term.
I invested heavily in the Amazon Music ecosystem, I bought hundreds of albums on there, and the platform is now very nearly unusuable. I cannot even listen to the songs that I paid for without also having to listen to ads. And the Android app now hides the downloads in some hidden folder so I can’t even download them and listen to them on another player. It makes me furious.
I’ve actually gone back to CDs, if you can believe it. It’s kind of nice sometimes, especially for full album plays, but I do miss a nice big playlist of my favorite songs from all artists.
I don’t hate the sprint teams, and I like Jonathan Milan quite a bit, but I love the scrappy underdogs, and I always cheer for the breakaway, unless some GC dynamics are in play.
I bought a laptop yesterday, it came pre-installed with Windows 11. I hate win 11 so I switched it down to Windows 10, but then started considering using Linux for total control over the laptop, but here’s the thing: I keep seeing memes about how complicated or fucky wucky Linux is to install and run. I love the idea of open...
I definitely found Linux Mint the easiest version to switch to, coming from Windows. All the menus and icons were basically where I expected to find them. I couldn’t have cared less about Wayland support, I just wanted to do basic tasks and for my printer to work, and Mint did that out of the box.
There are lots of reasons to want to shut off your car’s data collection. The Mozilla Foundation has called modern cars “surveillance machines on wheels” and ranked them worse than any other product category last year, with all 25 car brands they reviewed failing to offer adequate privacy protections....
Well I’ve saved my pennies and I now finally have enough to get an Ebike. after HOURS of watching youtube videos, reviews, etc. I think I’ve narrowed my choice to these two options....
I’d at least like a company I know I can contact. My first ebike was from Ariel Rider, and the battery failed 15 months after I bought it. Which sucked, but at least I could get support to buy a replacement battery, even though they didn’t sell that model anymore. The company also had support that helped me spec the right brake pads, etc. for maintenance. It’s still running fine now, chewing through tires, but if I had to buy one again, I’d probably pick a bike I could get serviced in a bike shop instead of fussing around with email support and trying to do the grease monkey work myself.
I remember Dan Lloyd of GCN saying the long transfers and distances to buses and then the hotels were part of what made the Giro so much harder than the Tour. You’d race all day, and then you wouldn’t even get to the hotel for an hour or two afterward.
spoilerGCN: Giro d’Italia stage 4: Jonathan Milan takes memorable sprint winJonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) sprinted to victory on stage 4 of the Giro d’Italia, opening up early on the fast finish into Andora and putting down the power to hold off his competitors all the way to the line. Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck) took...
This is mostly just a test to see what the best way is to avoid spoilers. I don’t think it makes sense to mark it as NSFW, just trying out different ways to replace the image from the article. I don’t know if there is a way to hide the link preview once you click on the topic, however.
Meanwhile, TVA (powering huge portions of the Eastern U.S.) is doubling down on fossil fuels, and isn’t even putting any meaningful effort into solar. 🤦♂️
Andor had one heist arc, amid a broader story about radicalization and the creep of authoritarian power. It’s a damned ambitious show. I’m so glad it exists.
Man, I really like G as a person and a rider, but it already seems obvious that he’s not going to be able to challenge Pogi, no one in this race can. It already feels like GC is over, and it takes half the fun out of watching. That is one thing I really liked about the Vuelta Feminina, it stayed in contention the whole time and there were attacks/moves by other teams that could have upset GC.
This quote from Mikkel Honoré about his attack with Tadej Pogacar and Geraint Thomas at the end of stage 3, and the sound you never want to hear when climbing with Pogacar:
“I did a long attack and was on the limit obviously, G passed first and then Tadej and you hear ‘klack klack’ - two gears up - then it was just a super hard acceleration and hard to follow.”
Ha, if they did, it would only make me feel more inferior! 😅
I do remember that during the 2021, Tour the camera bikes showed Pogacar climbing in the big gear when he smashed everyone on the Colombière and took the yellow jersey. I don’t know if any of the other riders noticed, but that must be demoralizing!
Giro Rest Day thread (lemmy.world)
First rest day of the Giro d’Italia, what’s on your mind and what have you been watching? It doesn’t have to be Giro-related, Itzulia Women and Tour de Hongrie just wrapped up too. Heck, if you want to talk gravel or MTB, that’s cool, I hear Lucinda Brand is tearing it up on gravel, and the MTB World Cup is still going...
"I have the sunshine on the other line" (lemmy.world)
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After announcing increased prices, Spotify to Pay Songwriters About $150 Million Less Next Year (www.billboard.com)
When Bloomberg reported that Spotify would be upping the cost of its premium subscription from $9.99 to $10.99, and including 15 hours of audiobooks per month in the U.S., the change sounded like a win for songwriters and publishers. Higher subscription prices typically equate to a bump in U.S. mechanical royalties — but not...
Lynn Williams breaks NWSL goal contributions record in Gotham FC win (justwomenssports.com)
Lynn Williams cannot be stopped....
The sprinters are going to want that one back [Giro Stage 5] (escapecollective.com)
It was somewhere in the roundabouts on the outskirts of Lucca that despair began to take hold....
Freddie Mercury riding Darth Vader (lemmy.world)
Freddie Mercury, comes out for an encore riding on the shoulders of Darth Vader. Houston, August 10, 1980
I don't know anything about Linux and the idea of installing it frightens me. Where do I start?
I bought a laptop yesterday, it came pre-installed with Windows 11. I hate win 11 so I switched it down to Windows 10, but then started considering using Linux for total control over the laptop, but here’s the thing: I keep seeing memes about how complicated or fucky wucky Linux is to install and run. I love the idea of open...
NWSL Film Study - North Carolina Courage vs Utah Royals - 2024 Week Two (www.youtube.com)
This YouTube channel does really good film study of games, someone shared it on Mastodon and I’ve enjoyed it.
How to opt out of the privacy nightmare that comes with new Hondas (sherwood.news)
There are lots of reasons to want to shut off your car’s data collection. The Mozilla Foundation has called modern cars “surveillance machines on wheels” and ranked them worse than any other product category last year, with all 25 car brands they reviewed failing to offer adequate privacy protections....
I have a choice to make.
Well I’ve saved my pennies and I now finally have enough to get an Ebike. after HOURS of watching youtube videos, reviews, etc. I think I’ve narrowed my choice to these two options....
"How far to the bus?" (youtube.com)
[Giro Stage 4 results] (www.globalcyclingnetwork.com)
spoilerGCN: Giro d’Italia stage 4: Jonathan Milan takes memorable sprint winJonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) sprinted to victory on stage 4 of the Giro d’Italia, opening up early on the fast finish into Andora and putting down the power to hold off his competitors all the way to the line. Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck) took...
Giant Batteries Are Transforming the Way the U.S. Uses Electricity | They’re delivering solar power after dark in California and helping to stabilize grids in other states. The technology is expanding (www.nytimes.com)
Star Wars should learn from Andor and stop making Disney Plus shows that are so obsessed with the Jedi (www.yahoo.com)
Star Wars Disney Plus shows should move away from Jedi-centric stories and explore other aspects of the Star Wars universe...
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