They accomplish that and the already diminutive presence they have in the world will shrink even more.
The French Foreign Legion is an elite force, open to non french individuals to enlist.
Because it is, by nature, a multicultural force, the legion has a specific trainning regime to develop unit spirit. These are not cannon fodder: any individual that can make the FFL, can after three years of service request french citizenship.
Russia seems to be just trying to find bodies to fill the ranks.
All herbivores are opportunistic carnivores.
Beef bourguignon.
Takes around 30 minutes to get through the preparation of the dish, then another 2 to 4 hours to be thouroughly cooked.
I can understand and respect if someone does not enjoy cooking and all their patience to do it is exhausted in basic, comforting meals, but you can and should enjoy meals that demand a little more time to make in order to indulge in something, even if only a little, beyond basics.
The dish I mention is perfect for lazy people: except for the first thirty minutes, the remaining time is just check if there is enough liquid in the pot and add more if necessary. And it is even better if allowed to cool overnight.
Today, I was the 1% getting to know something new.
This is an abomination.
Done!
Hate requires too much emotional investment. What I want is options.
You can’t know everything.
You’re welcome.
It’s a hobby as it is.
If I ever manage to sell enough copies of it to be able to pay for a Kagi subscription, I’ll do it and make it public knowledge.
Read somewhere on the thread Ecosia is part of Bing ecosystem.
That was one of the most out of the blue comments I have ever read. It sounded so… unreal. Something out of a sitcom. Then I read “sugartits” is the name of the lemmy you were replying to. That’s was really top mark. Kudos for you.
Okay.
Now that we already know we are pretty much at the hands of one pupeteer, what options are there?
I already read about Kagi (apologies if mispelled) but I like to write as a hobby and 300 searches per month go fast.
What other options are there?
Edit:
For those who may be arriving now:
p.p.s Should I start categorizing these from “shady” to “worthy”?
p.p.s 2 Does anyone remember StumbleUpon? I know it was never a search engine to begin with but it was the best source of good internet content I ever got acquainted to.
Can we get something like that back?
Ouch!
It should. An open technology standard should gain traction over closed proprietary ones.
Mega fauna is not to be trifled with.
Stronk. The joke is “stronk”.
So, what we should take from this is that any foray into any art is useless, therefore we should surrender any and all creative impulse to faceless companies.
Fuck no.
I’d rather distribute my work for free and have it read and enjoyed nonetheless than not write at all.