Ecosia, Twitter and PRIDE month

I've switched search engines to Ecosia. Google has about 6 months until the Canadian government cuts off new items without  remuneration to Meta and Twitter. Australia did a fine job negotiating. You'd think, with these tech giants, and their billions of dollars of profit, that the billionaires would support journalism and journalists.

 What can Canada learn from Australia's bid to make big tech pay for news?

Canadian lawmakers are locked in a dispute with internet technology companies over a law that would compel them to pay news publishers for content, years after a similar regulatory saga played out in Australia.

Musk was limiting traffic on Twitter. I cruise it looking for what is happening around us. 

In the meantime, they are pointing out some issues, if you read the fine print.

 "The real agenda is to erase the LGBTQ community from visibility. Because queerness and visibility makes them uncomfortable. " – @QueerGrandad

That is the end of PRIDE MONTH! It really is amazing how threatened and fearful some (theoretically) straight people get. In fact, 8 people were arrested in Alberta for child exploitation and child pornography. Not an LGBT or drag queen in the bunch. This I learned on Twitter.

Bigots harassing the story time in Ottawa yesterday discuss “straight rights” and how they think people are being “forced” to be gay. pic.twitter.com/C26FlnIiYS

— Johnny Fondue (@Eatsfood2) June 29, 2023

Got to be part of something special this Pride.
We asked ministers from across Canada and they said: God loves Queer People!!
Let the world know that God is love, and God loves people of all sexualities and genders. #2SLGBTQI+ #LGBTQ @affirmunited @Presbyterian @generalsynod pic.twitter.com/8gSlUOO8Jw

— Alexa (@Rev_Alexa) June 28, 2023

June wasn't very wet. July has begun. Gramma Camp begins today. We'll see what the weather brings.

The cats have been happy in the air conditioning! It has been hot and humid.

Are you tired of Google as a search engine? I'm tired of the dumb ads that do not target me, or my peers, as a target audience. I cannot imagine the extent of their profits, all based on my searching for information. Google is a for-profit, doing little for the world. Consolidated revenues were $14.89 billion 2013. 

I was asked to write about ecosia.org! I've tried it. I've planted 5 trees! I like the idea! So far it seems good. Originating from Germany, and those Germans know about precision, I like the simplicity of it.

Google profits surge despite ad price slump - CBS News

SAN FRANCISCO Google's (GOOG) earnings climbed 36 percent despite a deepening slump in its average ad prices as more people connect to its search engine ...

Green Google alternative
plants a new tree every 60 seconds

Search engine Ecosia.org is literally growing by the minute — with the upward trend helping it plant more than 10,000 trees every week

BERLIN — The German search engine, which donates 80 percent of its advertising revenue to a tree planting program in Brazil, has planted more than 100,000 trees in the past 10 weeks.  A driving issue behind the COP19 in Warsaw, tropical deforestation accounts for up to 17 percent of the worldwide CO2 emissions, making it one of the most important factors in climate change. Early 2013 also saw a spike in deforestation of the world’s largest rainforest in Brazil.

Ecosia is a social business with the mission of making the world a more sustainable place. The search engine is 100-percent CO2 neutral, publishing both its neutralization certificates and donation receipts online.

plant a tree

At the rate of one tree per minute, Ecosia is on its way to meeting its goal of one million trees planted in the next year. The search engine, which is an official partner of The Nature Conservancy, has already generated more than $1.7 million for the environment.

Contact:  Christian Kroll, christian @ ecosia.org