‘It’s totally broken down’: tourism surge forcing Ibiza’s workers to live in car parks” by Sam Jones #TheGuardian
“In Ibiza – as in neighbouring Mallorca and in the Canary islands – it is increasingly obvious that neither the island nor its housing market can put up with the huge numbers of tourists that arrive each year.
“Over the past five years – but mainly since the pandemic – people have been feeling that everything’s oversaturated, that there are more and more tourists, and that leads to roads and public services becoming overloaded,” says Rafael Giménez, of Prou Eivissa (Enough Ibiza), a group that is campaigning for limits on the number of visitors and vehicles onthe island.
“Ibiza’s an island, so housing is limited by definition. The law of supply and demand has totally broken down.”
A reminder that less than two weeks ago, it was revealed that Trump solicited a $1 billion bribe from the energy industry, offering in return the gutting of environmental regulations.
A week ago, Big Journalism had already consigned this epic scandal to the memory bin.
Had Biden done anything remotely like that, I guarantee that it would still be among the top stories of the day -- and Congress, including Democrats, would be moving toward impeachment.
👉Trump promised to scrap climate laws if US oil bosses donated $1bn👈 – report
Trump promised to 20 executives at Mar-a-Lago dinner to increase oil drilling and reverse pollution rules among other pitches..."
"For their part, executives in big oil companies have been preparing for a possible Trump second term by drafting executive orders designed...
from #TheGuardian
‘What’s happening is not genocide’: #Biden criticizes #ICC for seeking arrest warrants for #Israel officials – as it happened
[Live blog for May 20 - now closed, but still available]
W sumie nie wiem, po co miałbym opublikować kolejną negatywną informację o Facebooku. Przecież - gdzie jak gdzie - ale w Fediwersum wszyscy mają już wyrobione zdanie. Ale jednak ta informacja powinna dotrzeć jak najszerzej: Meta (firma Facebooka) zatwierdziła od razu ponad połowę z ogłoszeń zawierających nawoływanie do nienawiści i przemocy w czasie wyborów w Indiach. Ogłoszenia te nie ukazały się, bo zostały wycofane przez autorów eksperymentu. Ale może to wskazywać, że Facebook masowo zatwierdza naprawdę bardzo, bardzo szkodliwe treści.
Chcemy zrobić coś dla planety? Internet i związany z nim przemysł cyfrowy odpowiada za tyle samo emisji co przemysł lotniczy. Hm... pora spojrzeć prawdzie w oczy, drodzy Fediwersjanie. 👀 :fediverse:
from #TheGuardian
‘Israelis, go back to Europe’? Some on the left need to rethink their slogans
by #Jo-AnnMort
"A majority of Israel’s #Jews today are not descended from #Europe, but rather from #Arab nations. To expect them to leave #Israel is unprecedented, unrealistic and wrong."
[I don't agree with her opinion on "river to the sea", but I do agree on "go back to Europe".]