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.
Incredible! I love this so much, and Boston (love that dirty water).
There was the below; the original now only accessible via the Internet archive. Please do not ask my how often I think of the Roman Empire. Sites like your link and mine are what I miss. Neocities has some of that but its not the same.
https://web.archive.org/web/20100111080628/http://www.roman-empire.net/
That’s a really great perspective. Google is unusable now, I concur. I tried looking up a guide for Nova Roma (sorta like a classic Sierra Caesar game) water management, and my Buddha it was pages of AI guides, ads, and slop from the same three sources. I give up.
Its sad. We’ve lost so much over the last decade. Many of the wonderful and hobbyist passion projects from the early internet are gone too. Think of niche sites by historians, archeologists, train enthusiasts, etc that were a wealth of information. Much of that is gone
Its a small club and you ain’t in it.
I often discuss that these aren’t scams. They aren’t rigged. This would denote something anti-lawful or downright deceitful. No. These are perfectly legal and transparent transfers of wealth. Doesn’t make it any less angering, but its important to understand how few economics systems in use in the world are designed to be equitable.
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Not bad! Not getting much writing done. I have an article due for my own subatack Monday and some freelance work, and it’s a bit much right now. But its fun to write about Disney World as a case of enshitification. Having an absolute blast looking in digital archives.
One of my favorite YT channels is shutting down, video game historian. Sad.
Dead lifted 145kg (320 in pounds) and was so happy! Keeping my bad knee from needing a replacement by weight lifting, following ortho advice, and cycling.
Is this why scheduling posts I write, some QR codes, and even my USB passkey failed so much?
All good with me. Feel free to PM (DM?) Me with reasoning and if there’s research you’re aware of that supports. I admit I know too little.
I had a phrase that was the first letter of the title books on my shelf from left to right. I don’t use it anymore but I still remember it.
Last point. Many of us have hundreds of passwords because you need a password to log into everything. Even a dog walker portal is some software platform making you setup an account. I think that’s gone way too far requiring a login for everything. I want to buy, for example, some yogurt cultures from a fermentation store. Not setup an account become best friends.
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.