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There was still a swing to the right in Germany,
Yes but as I said "the huge swing to the right in the German elections did come to pass quite as expected". It doesn't look as though they will be part of the coalition.
Are there any non-US alternatives to Strava?
Not any use to most, but I have just realised Polar Watches (who I use) are Finnish.
Airforce 2 spent a lot of time on the tarmac of Whitehorse airport during trumps first term. Members of his family were in the Yukon trophy hunting, I believe.
Next car is European or Japanese (as per another thread, avoiding American-owned like Stellantis).
Pretty sure Stellantis are European
Stellantis is european, with half it profits coming from the US with its big staples of the US automotive industry like Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram.
aiui Prices went up and volume reduced with sales and quality/reliability dropping under fiat ownership, market share continues to drop after stellantis acquisition as they've ruined the dealer network
Are there any non-US alternatives to Strava?
Doesn't appear to be anything. I've just cancelled my Strava subscription.
It was in any event less useful after they cancelled the FatMap feature.
EDIT: there's FitoTrack which looks kind of interesting.
Ed Davey doing what Ed Davey does best.
"I think if President Trump gets away with this type of behaviour, whether it's Canada or anyone else, frankly, it's going to harm everybody in the world," said Davey as he dug into a plate of poutine.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/uk-liberal-democrat-ed-davey-canada-support-1.7481537
What even *is* poutine?
I love Poutine, french fries, cheese curds and gravy. Sounds disgusting but I love it and it’s has to be cheese curds and not grated cheese.
Lived there 11 years, could never convince myself to have poutine. It's the curds part - if it was cheese I probably would've, but curds and gravy 🤮
Poutine is the second best thing about going to Whistler.
Closed my Amazon account. I had an AWS account as well, so I needed to wrap that up first. The tiny amount of money involved is not going to do anything I guess but I have to start somewhere.
Are there any recommendations for email providers based in the UK or EU? I don't mind paying. That's the next thing on my list.
I had an AWS account as well, so I needed to wrap that up first.
Big step. Well done. I can’t do that yet… but you’ve got me going back to look at it again.
Trying to get ready for an Adobe free world is proving a pain as well.
I had the chat work about moving away from Google and Facebook for advertising but no one else seems bothered. Our two biggest American suppliers, may £70-80k/year between them.
Any tips, other than 'its the right thing to do'? Suggestions for viable alternatives would help (retail sale of upper mid-market, mostly men's, clothing)
God knows how to get rid of Microsoft, but at least Bill Gates appears to be one of the good guys
Any tips, other than 'its the right thing to do'? Suggestions for viable alternatives would help (retail sale of upper mid-market, mostly men's, clothing)
Put "**** Trump" on the front of the clothes instead?
But seriously, we use the SM platforms for digital marketing as well. That's where the audience is so what can you do?
We're actually going in more on TikTok lately, but that's another can of worms eh?
I did actually suggest we try local newspapers for some of our services (it would be a good fit), but I think that will always be a little add on rather than the main show.
Canadians also have a reputation for being somewhat 'enthusiastic' at war time.
Canadians also have a reputation for being somewhat 'enthusiastic' at war time.
Keep seeing this mentioned - anyone like to suggest a suitable search term so I can find out more
moving away from Google and Facebook for advertising
Yeah, good luck with that.
"Let's stop using Google, Facebook, Microsoft, AWS and Adobe in our business" = "let's stop advertising almost entirely and shut the business down"
Also let's not forget Intel, AMD, Nvidia, Dell, HP (etc etc...) and we might as well throw in any Chinese company while we're at it.
The thought might be good but it's not realistically possible for most companies.
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/the-forgotten-ferocity-of-canadas-soldiers-in-the-great-war
Articles like this might give you a bit of an idea.