I started using Linux for the first time this week after seeing all the linux memes on Lemmy and alot of help from me girlfriend, so hopefully it will be a year of the Linux for me!
Happy new year everyone!
I think a lot of people don't know what co-ops are. I have been pretty left leaning my whole life and I only found out co-ops in my late 20s and the majority of people I talked to in real life have no idea what coops are. And from that few that do know, many dont know how big cooperatives can be.
For the uninitiated, I am sharing the [International Cooperative Alliances definition of coops here: https://ica.coop/en/cooperatives/what-is-a-cooperative
and the list of largest coops in 2023 here: https://ica.coop/en/media/library/research-and-reviews-world-cooperative-monitor/world-cooperative-monitor-2023
Screenshot of the top 10 coops based on turnover in USD from the report here:
Nice!!! I'm trying to be like you
I wish I could say all of Addis is like this but it's not. The city started doing a lot of construction for better pedestrian and bike lanes earlier this year, which is where these bike lanes were built. The construction is ongoing but it seems like they've abandoned the bike lanes for some reason. The current bike lanes only cover a very limited segment of the city
Wisconsin public worker and teachers unions have scored a major legal victory with a ruling that restores collective bargaining rights they lost under a 2011 state law.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/34176512
Unions score a major win in Wisconsin with a court ruling restoring collective bargaining rights
French to join Italian strikes, underlining cross-border solidarity in fighting far-right austerity cuts to social protections
cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/28928360
French to join Italian strikes, underlining cross-border solidarity in fighting far-right austerity cuts to social protections
Italy: thousands strike against low salaries and weakened public services. "We are forced to do double shifts to give the minimal levels of essential care."
cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/28846834
Italy: thousands strike against low salaries and weakened public services. "We are forced to do double shifts to give the minimal levels of essential care."
Non technical person here, I would love to hear more about how decentralized (or not decentralized) the Bluesky protocol is compared to ActivityPub
Do we know if its the same people? I imagine that some people went to Mastodon and some to Bluesky, and very few use both
Greece stopped by 24-hour general strike over cost of living
Greece ground to a halt as a general strike stopped trains, ships and other transport around the country. Unions have called for the government to raise wages and do more to combat high inflation.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22237324
Greece stopped by 24-hour general strike over cost of living
Summary
A 24-hour general strike in Greece on Wednesday shut down transport, schools, and government offices as workers protested high living costs.
Unions are demanding a 10% pay raise and the return of holiday bonuses cut during Greece’s financial crisis.
They accuse Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis of not doing enough to tackle inflation, despite recent minimum wage increases.
Hospitals operated on emergency staff, while protests and marches were planned.
Many say wages have not kept up with the rising costs of energy, food, and rent.
Threatening connections to nuclear power plants is insane!
How can reading be no 1 most attractive and comic books are on the unattractive side of the list?
The city’s new climate plan promises to drop speed limits, repurpose traffic lanes, remove 60,000 parking spots and create urban “oases” to combat extreme heat.
By 2030, Paris will have removed 60,000 parking spaces and replaced them with trees. That’s one of the goals outlined in the French capital’s new 2024-2030 Climate Plan, which was released last week and will soon be voted on by the Council of Paris.
To reach this goal, Paris promises to establish 300 hectares of new green space by 2030, with 10% in place by 2026. Removing parking spaces will be a major component of this. For example, the many curbside spots that flank streets can be replaced with relative ease by lines of trees planted in beds that also aid stormwater absorption. The creation of “oasis squares” in each of Paris’ 20 arrondissements will add other green areas where trees and shade structures such as gazebos offer residents respite from the sun and help lower surrounding air temperatures.
I used to meditate alot and it has helped, using headspace in the beginning but I stopped some years ago. On the bright side I overthink much less than before but meditation couldn't hurt and would probably help
I definitely overthink before sleep, I'm relatively calm in the other places you listed. I never thought about where/when I overthink before, thanks for giving me a new way of framing overthinking, I will try my best not to overthink it
Boeing has delivered layoff notices to more than 400 members of its professional aerospace labor union, part of thousands of cuts planned as the company struggles to recover from financial and regulatory trouble as well as an eight-week strike by its machinists' union.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22161530
SEATTLE (AP) — Boeing has delivered layoff notices to more than 400 members of its professional aerospace labor union, part of thousands of cuts planned as the company struggles to recover from financial and regulatory trouble as well as an eight-week strike by its machinists’ union.
The pink slips went out last week to members of the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace, or SPEEA, The Seattle Times reported. The workers will remain on the payroll through mid-January.
Boeing announced in October that it planned to cut 10% of its workforce, about 17,000 jobs, in the coming months.
Boeing has delivered layoff notices to more than 400 members of its professional aerospace labor union, part of thousands of cuts planned as the company struggles to recover from financial and regulatory trouble as well as an eight-week strike by its machinists' union.
SEATTLE (AP) — Boeing has delivered layoff notices to more than 400 members of its professional aerospace labor union, part of thousands of cuts planned as the company struggles to recover from financial and regulatory trouble as well as an eight-week strike by its machinists’ union.
The pink slips went out last week to members of the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace, or SPEEA, The Seattle Times reported. The workers will remain on the payroll through mid-January.
Boeing announced in October that it planned to cut 10% of its workforce, about 17,000 jobs, in the coming months.
Meet the man who probably should be Mozambique's president but was forced to flee
Opposition leader Venâncio Mondlane claims to have won the presidential election last month. He’s probably right. But instead of preparing to take office, he has been forced to flee the country.
Opposition leader Venâncio Mondlane claims to have won the presidential election last month. He’s probably right. But instead of preparing to take office, he has been forced to flee Mozambique
Sri Lanka’s leftist ruling coalition wins election in landslide
President Dissanayake now has the mandate he needs to tackle corruption and recover stolen assets after financial crash.
cross-posted from: https://lemy.lol/post/34291866
Sri Lanka’s leftist ruling coalition wins election in landslide
“There is a change in Sri Lanka’s political culture that started in September, which must continue.”
Great news!
Hundreds of Bethesda video game workers, who work on titles like Fallout 76 and Skyrim, are going on strike across the country. At issue: Microsoft outsourcing quality control jobs.
Hundreds of Bethesda video game workers, who work on titles like Fallout 76 and Skyrim, are going on strike across the country. At issue: Microsoft outsourcing quality control jobs.
This is fantastic!! Thank you so much for writing it and sharing it.
One question, if Ecosia uses Bing + Google, does this mean using Ecosia indirectly generates revenue for Bing and Google?
Mostly on Lemmy. I'm on Mastadon too. I don't know if YouTube counts but I'm on there as well and is the only corporate social media I use consistently.
I find myself using Instagram more but only following a handful of creators, I don't post or check on my feed. I deleted my Twitter and LinkedIn but can't get myself to delete my Meta accounts because of the people that I have contact with on there. I hardly contact ppl but the sentimentally of the connections is something
Thanks. I've only used for the second today but so far it's pretty good so far
This the realest fake headline
Thanks for the answer! I've been using DDG for the last few months and it is also bad anything map related or at localizing things (DDG also bad with news, it reverts to MSN alot as a news aggregator) )I will have to use Ecosia to real compare the two but their tree planting idea has made curios enough to try it. Thanks again
Thanks for the answer! They seem to be transparent, and even have a breakdown of they use their money by month, which I appreciate. Just wanted to make sure there weren't any huge news stories that blew the lid on this and said it was all fake or something. Thanks again
Anyone try using the Ecosia search engine, are they legitimate in their cause?
I just learnt about the search engine Ecosia which claims to use its advertising revenue to plant trees. I was going through their website and they seem legitimate on the surface but I wanted to check if its bs or not before using it.
END OF NYT TECH GUILD STRIKE
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21922063
cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/47170384
END OF NYT TECH GUILD STRIKE
cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/47170384
I never knew. Thanks for answering!
I found this video explaining the process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0zHU4E1XaE&t=123s
I would love to hear any Estonians experience here actually using it
If the EU uses online signature for European Citizen's Initiative, why isn't voting online for elections or policies not allowed?
https://citizens-initiative.europa.eu/_en, This is the initiative I am talking about. You have to prove you are an EU citizen and then you can sign for the initiatives you want and if a million signatures are reaching within a year then it must be brought to the EU commission.
So if citizens of EU member states can sign online, why can't they vote online for elections or referendums? If possible, this would decrease the need and power of representative democracy and move closer to direct democracy, which I argue is a good thing
Uber, Lyft drivers in Mass. win unionization rights, a first in the nation
Question 3 grants Uber and Lyft drivers the right to organize labor unions in Massachusetts for the first time.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/26033758
Uber, Lyft drivers in Mass. win unionization rights, a first in the nation
Question 3 grants Uber and Lyft drivers the right to organize labor unions in Massachusetts for the first time.
Uber, Lyft drivers in Mass. win unionization rights, a first in the nation
Question 3 grants Uber and Lyft drivers the right to organize labor unions in Massachusetts for the first time.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/26033758
Uber, Lyft drivers in Mass. win unionization rights, a first in the nation
Question 3 grants Uber and Lyft drivers the right to organize labor unions in Massachusetts for the first time.
Just came to say you're a coward and an idiot. If you want change, run for elections or lead a direct action movement instead of insulting people actually trying. What bad logic are using to insult the person who ran and lost instead of the person who won and who is threatening to make everyone's lives worse? again coward and an idiot
The sure-to-be-next European Union commissioner for sustainable transport drew a hard line in a hearing this week: Apostolos Tzitzikostas backs e-mobility and has no intention of backing down on the EU’s plan to ban new registrations for ICE cars in 2035.
cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/27671861
No backing down on CO2 targets, says EU's next transport head
Boeing factory workers accept contract and end 7-week strike. (38% pay raise over 4 years)
A strike by 33,000 Boeing factory workers is coming to an end. Union machinists voted on Monday to accept the company’s latest contract offer, which includes a 38% pay raise over four years.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21648625
From the article:
Unionized machinists at Boeing voted Monday to accept a contract offer and end their strike after more than seven weeks.
Leaders of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers district in Seattle said 59% of members who cast ballots agreed to approve the company’s fourth formal offer and the third put to a vote. The deal includes pay raises of 38% over four years, and ratification and productivity bonuses.
However, Boeing refused to meet strikers’ demand to restore a company pension plan that was frozen nearly a decade ago.
The average annual pay of Boeing machinists is currently $75,608 and eventually will rise to $119,309 under the new contract, according to the company.
Boeing factory workers accept contract and end 7-week strike. (38% pay raise over 4 years)
A strike by 33,000 Boeing factory workers is coming to an end. Union machinists voted on Monday to accept the company’s latest contract offer, which includes a 38% pay raise over four years.
From the article:
Unionized machinists at Boeing voted Monday to accept a contract offer and end their strike after more than seven weeks.
Leaders of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers district in Seattle said 59% of members who cast ballots agreed to approve the company’s fourth formal offer and the third put to a vote. The deal includes pay raises of 38% over four years, and ratification and productivity bonuses.
However, Boeing refused to meet strikers’ demand to restore a company pension plan that was frozen nearly a decade ago.
The average annual pay of Boeing machinists is currently $75,608 and eventually will rise to $119,309 under the new contract, according to the company.
