Not a technical person, as I understand it, Google and Bing are full search engines while options like Seaexng, Ecosia, Duckduckgo are meta search engine that depend on Google or Bing. Are there other search engines that are fully independent, and if there aren't, what are the barriers that stop other search engines from emerging

I noticed Bonfire is getting a lot of positive attention lately, and I wanted to try it out. They don't have a directory of instances yet. Do you have any instances that you recommend.

Is there way to mirror reddit to piefed/lemmy, youtube videos on peertube, tumblr on wafrn, or IG posts on pixelfed etc

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/38742245

“solar mamas” trained in Zanzibar by Barefoot College International, a global nonprofit, through a program that brings light to rural communities and provides jobs for local women. So far in Zanzibar, it has lit 1,845 homes [in 10 years].

The program selects middle-aged women, most with little or no formal education, from villages without electricity and trains them over six months to become solar power technicians.

Barefoot College International focuses on middle-aged women because they tend to have the strongest links to their communities while not often involved in intensive child care.

India’s solar additions surged 70% year on year to 29.5 GW in the first three quarters of 2025, driven by rapid utility-scale and rooftop deployment, according to JMK Research.

Summary

-Ethiopia wins backing of African nations, seeing off Nigeria

-Host role gives Ethiopia influence over outcomes and agenda

-COP31 remains a contest between Turkey and Australia with Pacific Islands