We seem to be on a three-year schedule with these, so now would be a good time for one

Finished the audiobook over the weekend. Very good selection, looking forward to the discussion.

Quote from: mximo on August 08, 2025, 07:51:34 PM4. **Strengthen the national budget** through an annual mandatory contribution from all citizens.

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Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on August 01, 2025, 05:28:14 PMHere is the Haitian project I chose for your donations, Ian. https://donorsee.com/HRI Please let me know if you find it unsuitable and I can choose another project.

A worthy cause; I have made my donation.

Ok, since I've been somewhat indirect about my main point, I will now spell it out.

If you want to be congratulated for the effort of raising money, rather than actually having donated it, then I expect much more then having asked a few times in ten years and getting "hundreds" of dollars. For as much as you talk about "effective altruism" I would have expected you to realize that creating a website that no one reads doesn't count for anything.

I really don't take any pleasure in being so polemical, so, as a gesture of goodwill, for every post I make or have made on this thread I will donate $25 to a project of your choosing on donorsee.com. Let me know.

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on August 01, 2025, 12:37:52 PMWow, I see we are sticking with being a jerk. Props for your commitment.
Here's proof all the way back in 2015 of my work, Ian. I created the website, set up the donation drive, etc. https://bhaid.wordpress.com/about/ The website was not used much afterwards but it was a good start.

I set up a few different webpages when I was in middle school; since well over a decade has passed since then I am eagerly awaiting the commemorative SZs...

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on August 01, 2025, 05:52:00 AMIan, give yourself some credit here. You were one of the three co-founders. When I was Foreign Affairs Minister you co-sponsored the founding legislation as Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister.

I don't deserve any credit for this and neither do you. It's good to thank people that actually accomplished something and donated, but you probably spent as much time writing this self-congratulatory drivel as you did on all BHAID-related "fundraising" efforts.

I sent @Breneir Tzaracomprada the Chain of Office in 2023, I believe that means he still has it unless it's been passed along again

Found this audiobook version so count me in

https://youtu.be/SrXq4Rold6c?si=mVODc0Q4Rbnrj0X7

Good idea btw

I have thought before about whether the TMT20 format could be adapted to other things.

The nice thing about songs is that you can listen to all the ones you haven't heard before in a pretty reasonable amount of time.

Trying to judge movies in the same way opens you up to potentially having to watch dozens of movies or more. Maybe that's fine for movie buffs but I don't think I'd do it (of course, I don't want many movies anyway so I'm probably not the target audience)

Just my two cents.

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on July 15, 2025, 08:06:41 AMLet's move forward and try to do better without excuses and without hostility towards those committed to helping you do better.

dude

this is unhinged

I feel like I lost fair and square, although if Sir Pol would like to propose a draw, then who am I to decline?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censure

If this is a worthwhile discussion, perhaps we should start with a list of things we would want to be different than they are now

I for one cannot think of any but I don't know what's possible.