Is there a way around this? Local events near me only post there. Drives me insane and I refuse to get a Facebook account just so I know where the writers group wants to grab coffee.
An archive work around, some crawler, anything I’m not aware of?
Slate would be perfect for my current needs. Less than 25km a day, trips to buy wood for my shitty woodworking, etc. Stuff too big or too far to use my bike for safely. Its slated (sorry…) for 2027. It’s not my time.
So here in the land of geese and syrup we’ve got giant American earth destroyers or the tiny Japanese utility trucks. In between would be awesome. The Chinese EV’s with some Pickups are coming and, although the monitoring and data capture bothers me, somehow it feels the lesser of two evils compared to legacy makers with this pay to play and forced ad combination. Is that an accurate assessment?
Taking a breather from writing on my normal dystopian topics this last week; simply exhausted from the news cycle. Feeling OK, though.
Silver lining.
I refer to the six essays (might have been 5) I received in a class on critical perspectives on disasters. I used a contract grading scheme, so no actual grades on essays:
“I first heard about critical theory in my sociology class.”
All of them opened with some version of that. Burned into my sad professor mind.
I know nothing about game design, but here “poor optimization” often regarding such large games. Is this an instance if that? What exactly is optimizing?
Battle bits was pixel COD/MW. Not sure if its atil going strong.
For an absolutely hilarious yet challenging experience (you need the right people honestly), Hold Fast. Nothing says fun like a second rate crewed by Americans doing bad British accents and Brits doing bad American accents trying to sink a French second rate crewed by Germans.
Weird week again. Wrote both for my substack and submitted an essay to a local contest. Got invited to join a grant application. Why not, its about wildfires and is community focused - not academic.
Roasted coffee. Enjoyed it.
All in all, not a shabby end the grind of the week days.
I forgot to mention. To get Ecosia financials, you can request them from the applicable oversight office in Germany. Aggregates, like Candid, have access to that too. That’s the sort ofndue diligence I’d expect; not a link to their oversight page and suggestion they are hiding something. Many large nonprofits have financial overviews like that, and doesn’t suggest organizational rot or greenwashing in this case.
A quick glance suggests that in Germany, you can request a social benefit corp’s financials. If like nonprofit law in the USA, you can request a 990 from any 501©3 and they are required, by law, to provide one within a certain time frame.
Hi haverholm.
So I did click through again and re-read, but I stand by my assessment that the sources aren’t good. I wouldn’t consider them reputable and the author doesn’t offer verifiable information to support the sources linked. We’ve got:
If I’m missing other links, let me know. I don’t see any others. Again, I don’t see anything that suggests the claims are more than hyperbole. For their financials, for example. Show me where the problem is, speak to it, back up the claim with expert review or hard numbers. As the article is written, that chain just isn’t there and I’m left to take the authors word for it that a problem exists. Glassoldoor and LinkedIn are not evidence of malfeasance. Hence my conclusion and attempt to inform. Which the poster did not appreciate (full disclosure, I blocked them. I don’t have time for disingenuous insults).
Propublica, ICIJ, 404 media are great examples of what I’m trying to point out. And, though my white whale, helping everyone step back and evaluate what a source is and why its credible is important to me.
I appreciate you chiming in and asking me to reasses, however. Always happy to, especially if I find it helped me reveal a mistake or change my thought.
Let me double check. I’ve admitted being wrong and missing something before, so happy to reengage.
Given the response, the link remains appropriate.
Hey I appreciate the insight and perspective. But I’ve got to contest the source. Its not holding any weight as a reputable and verifiable resource. I’m not saying this as a jab or attack on you. Its a world of bad info, misinformation, and where I fear your link lands - hyperbole - so please consider this resource rather than a lengthy post:
https://guides.lib.uw.edu/research/faq/reliable
Ecosia may well be exaggerating Eco claims or green washing. But to counter those claims, stronger evidence is needed.
Fuck. Repulsive.
What field?
Joined a tiny tiny company for 10 hours a week doing coffee education and quality assurance. It’s a nice bonus but still struggling to find next steps. Haven’t written much with the switch to a summer schedule (kid’s schedule is whacky, nursing strike in BC) so juggling alot.
I do for everything. Alas…new video games :-(. Going to need to go back to ye olde strategy guides. Which, reminds me. I used to own the TIE Fighter series for PC back in the…gosh…mid 90s? The strategy guide had an entire storyline woven into it from the “main characters” perspective. Super cool.
Week is progressing. I dodged a freelance scam, befriended a local coffee roaster and got to roast more coffee (truly amazing doing that again), joined a local writer’s guild.
I keep coming to Beehaw for a place to ground myself when the cesspool that is today’s social internet starts to hit hard. People here are lovely and it’s such a bright spot in my online day.
Welcome! Its a welcoming, kind, and insightful space on the internet. Whenever I dip into Lemmy I’m reminded of the darker and meaner side; which makes this space stand out as a bastion of digital welcoming even more.