mastodon 4.6.8Moving house.
You can find me over at Exquisite.social, same handle.
Just a geek, semi-retired SandWitch ... linux, foss, privacy, yada.
So, #Bing is down, and everyone just (re-)discovered that their own alternate, artisanal search tool is just Bing under the hood.
Here is a page where someone ( Seirdy ) has collected a bunch of search services that use their own indices (not just Google, Bing or Yandex reskinned).
I'm already using a few, but several are new to me.
https://seirdy.one/posts/2021/03/10/search-engines-with-own-indexes/
Welcome to the Brave New Post-Google Internet!
Do not mess with me. I am older than the Internet.
I've never been on #Facebook , never been on #Twitter , #Instagram , etc ... I rage-quit #Google back in 2006 ... I use a Google-free version of #Android on my phone ... I (*finally*) quit #Microsoft , switched to #LinuxMint about 10 years ago, quit #Netflix ~15 yrs ago, I quit eating meat ~12 years ago, sold my last car ~8 years ago for the #ClimateCrisis , etc, etc.
But I still use #Amazon .
I feel bad about it, but finding the day-to-day products I want/need in my life, esp. here in the EU, on "not-Amazon" platforms or local retailers, continues to be really hard for me.
I buy less stuff on Amazon today, than I did a decade ago. And I keep trying to find alternates ... #ZooPlus for my cat, bookshop.org for me, etc.
Especially since the recent #WaPo "non-endorsement" bullshit, I'm trying to wean myself off that site.
Do what you can.
Do more if you can.
But don't beat yourself up (too much) about using the platforms you need to use to maintain your life.
Most of the issues in the world are institutional issues, woven into the core of our lives in ways that make it nigh-impossible to take the high road. This is—mostly—not our fault.
Vote for the right people, protest the wrong policies, and build your local community.
And prepare for a world with far fewer resources than we've grown up with.
This post should be boosted daily, not just by me.
It should be at the top of the JoinMastodon page.
https://mstdn.social/@rysiek/109306419120230778
Bookmark it and any time someone says something stupid about Mastodon culture, remember you bookmarked it and reboost it.
Starting a new int'l restaurant chain, called
The Little Post-Capitalism Cafe
where it's literally just my flat with an open-door policy and a sign out front, that says "Pay what you think is fair".
Oh, and a second sign, "I reserve the right to kick out anyone that irritates me".
It is an int'l chain, because y'all are welcome to do the same thing at your place.
