“The extreme conditions will follow the driest March in 20 years in some areas which has increased growing concerns about the nation's water reserves and officially placed Spain into long-term #Drought.
GENEVA (AP) — FIFA suspended Spanish soccer federation president Luis Rubiales on Saturday while its disciplinary committee investigates his conduct at the Women’s World Cup final, which included kissing player Jenni Hermoso on the lips after Spain’s victory.
Trying to learn more about Spanish history and Kingdoms of Faith was a bust. (Almost exclusive focus on dynasties and war rather than cultural history, and barely discusses Jews?)
So let's try another angle. Anyone got a good cultural history of Sephardic Jews in Medieval Spain?
I hardly ever share photo's of myself on social media. But going through my gallery I ran into this one. It was made during a walk in Andalusia, Spain, in May. I am not a horse person, but with this horse I somehow immediately connected. I love how that was captured in this shot.
"#Spain wants to ban #ShortHaulFlights when there is an alternative by #train that takes less than 2.5 hours. However, flights using the capital city to connect to international routes would not be included in the ban.
ALA has argued that, rather than enforcing a ban, large airports should be connected to the #HighSpeedRail network to give travelers the choice between #flying and train travel."
The Bombing of Guernica happened today in 1937. It was a new and horrible cooperation between fascists states (Francoist Spain, Nazi Germany, and Fascist Italy) to bomb civilians and ultimately lay the blame for the mass casualties on "guerrillas”, “terrorists”... in this case “Reds”.
#Spain and #Portugal experience the hottest April day since measurements began. Across #Europe, it has never been hotter in April. As is so often the case lately, records are not just being broken, they are being pulverised (#RecordShattering). A clear sign that this is not just a single weather event, but must be seen in the context of #ClimateChange.
#Spain has sent a plane with 56 rescuers and four search / rescue #dogs to quake-hit Morocco after it received a formal request for help from Rabat, according to the defence ministry.
Currently investigating the question... when travelling to a regional centre in Europe (like say: Valencia, Spain) that doesn't have overseas direct flights. Is it more CO2 efficient to fly the shortest possible distance (say, Paris or London) and then take a train. Or is some combination of hops best? There are no direct North America to Valencia flights, but most airports in Europe have flights to Valencia.
I am reminded that Spain's RENFE train service claims complete carbon neutrality and source all electricity from renewable sources. So that is a consideration.
#Spain’s Catalonia Is Spending $2.6 Billion to Survive Without Rain
#Catalonia, home to Barcelona, is building desalination plants. #Andalusia in the south is reducing water pressure "in an attempt to reduce consumption by 20%. If no rain falls next spring, it will require tanker ships to deliver water over the summer."
With the blocking of #Telegram in #Spain, many people are now looking for #alternatives to this messaging app. Here's a good article (Comparison of #InstantMessengers) that shows that there is no shortage of safe and #opensource options.
FIFA suspends Spain soccer federation president Luis Rubiales for 90 days after World Cup win kiss (apnews.com)
GENEVA (AP) — FIFA suspended Spanish soccer federation president Luis Rubiales on Saturday while its disciplinary committee investigates his conduct at the Women’s World Cup final, which included kissing player Jenni Hermoso on the lips after Spain’s victory.