Monthly Archives: August 2022

Mexico’s president wants to stop brewing beer for American drinkers in the country’s drought-stricken north, report says

Mexico has become one of the world’s biggest beer exporters over the past decade. Alfredo Moya/Getty Images Andrés Manuel López Obrador wants beer production in northern Mexico to stop due to drought. The drought in the country’s north has forced many people to fill buckets from water tankers. However, many industrial users are continuing to…

There are a lot of perks for Big Oil in Democrats’ new bill, even though it’s being touted as the biggest climate investment in US history

Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Ron Wyden before a 2018 Senate committee hearing. Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call The Inflation Reduction Act includes $369 billion in energy and climate spending. But the bill also includes some “Easter eggs” for the fossil fuel industry. While the bill’s climate spending could put a dent in US…

Digital Trust Benchmark Report 2021 Preview

In our Digital Trust Benchmark Report, we analyze the data from our fifth annual “US Digital Trust Survey” to evaluate how US social media users feel about nine major social media platforms—Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Reddit, Snapchat, TikTok, Twitter, and YouTube—and reveal the extent to which trust affects usage and attitudes toward advertising. To download…

The US Army is coming out with a ‘tactical’ bra that female soldiers could work into their body armor

A soldier wears a sports bra that served as an early mock-up sample for conceptualization of the Army Tactical Brassiere. Courtesy of DEVCOM Soldier Center. The US Army is developing a “tactical bra” for women soldiers called the Army Tactical Brassiere. It would be the first bra developed by the Army and a “win for…

Hillary Clinton suggests that Bernie Sanders is sexist in new book: ‘I know the kind of things that he says about women and to women’

Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont; Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts. Susan Walsh/AP Photo; Tom Williams/Pool via AP Hillary Clinton implied that Bernie Sanders is sexist, a forthcoming book by an NBC reporter says. Clinton made the remarks after a widely televised clash between Sanders and Elizabeth Warren at a Democratic debate. “I believed her, because…

Recommended Reading: Imogen Heap’s far-reaching influence on music

The eternal influence of Imogen Heap Cat Zhang, Pitchfork Whether it’s “the vivid detailing in each song,” her “openness to new media and technology” or projects like her Mi.Mu Gloves, Imogen Heap’s work has inspired the likes of A$AP Rocky, Taylor Swift and Kacey Musgraves. “Heap’s music sounds like it could be released today, and…