Tired of Google and Sharing your information?

 Read This Article about other engines which are free. Some of them do work with Google if necessary, but they don't share your information. Kind of like a wall-flower at a party - meaning they see everything but only share with you. 

This is my Personal Favorite as it is also working to build back up nature and doing its part for the environment. Ecosia is fabulous for this and I always feel a little bit better when doing research as a result. 

This Duck Duck Go Article tells you more about Duck Duck Go - a good option but not my favorite since there's still an option for A.I. use. 

This article in particular tells you more about Brave - a fabulous search engine if you're still looking for alternatives. More about BRAVE and why it's so fantastic! Click here to try it out! 

Qwant is another valid option if you're trying to leave Google behind the way they left behind "Do No Evil" in their work "ethics." 

StartPage is also pretty great and user-friendly which I know us luddites can appreciate. 

*You'll notice I didn't include a link to Duck Duck Go - this is because I'm trying to steer away from any company still using A.I. However, it is a very popular one so it still got some attention. 

Not Dead Yet!

 Back From the Void

I've been absent for a while. I know this. But I'm back to scream just like the rest of you. Are you too tired of A.I. content everywhere? Of seeing ads for even more A.I.? Are you tired of people saying "Well I just feel there's nothing I can do, so why bother?" and then continuing to do what is slowly - or more rapidly these days - killing off our planet?

I know I am. I'm tired of everyone acting like they have no voice. That is what they want you to think! If you were truly powerless then tell me why just saying that (refer to quotations above) is enough to make me want to scream and scratch and claw and rage? Why is is that such a small sentence is so loaded as to inspire a Banshee wail and Klingon fury in me? In anyone who is paying attention? There is more power in you than you realize. I won't let my voice be silenced. 

This isn't just about A.I. although I know it could be. This is about everything wrong around here. Locally, nationally, globally. We are all connected - period. That is not a joke. It isn't just a phrase. 

I want you to think of something - YOU. Not A.I. Not ChatGPT, Gemini, Muse, or any other A.I. but YOU - to think of what makes you happy & write it in the comments. If you're embarrassed, find someone else's comment and like it. Because we are all connected and we don't need bots to do our socializing or thinking for us. We are not powerless. 

We contain multitudes. We are multifaceted embodiments of stardust and water. We are Artists. Engineers. Musicians. Teachers. Students. Philosophers. Architects. Hell, we are Plumbers, Garbagemen, Bus Drivers, Janitors. We are all necessary.*

*If I didn't mention your occupation, I apologize. You are important, too. This is for everyone. But I'm doing this off the cuff. And without lunch. Please forgive me & share your Occupation if you like. If not, please share something that makes you happy or resolute in your soul. Thank you for your time!

**P/S. If you know of any free blog sites which aren't owned by Google but still have an easy set-up and a good reputation, please share either here, or at the link below. Thank you again!

Unplug America - Let's show them we mean business!