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"Valencia’s deadly flood still haunts Spain. Would it have happened in a fossil fuel-free world?"
#Spain #Valencia #FossilFuels
"Valencia’s deadly flood still haunts Spain. Would it have happened in a fossil fuel-free world?"
#Spain #Valencia #FossilFuels
Spanish police say four self-proclaimed members of Anonymous are in custody after allegedly carrying out several cyberattacks on public authorities in the wake of the 2024 DANA floods.
https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/23/anonymous_…
uni_email: Email network (Uni. R-V, Spain, 2003)
A network representing the exchange of emails among members of the Rovira i Virgili University in Spain, in 2003. The KONECT version is undirected.
This network has 1133 nodes and 10903 edges.
Tags: Social, Communication, Unweighted
https://networks.skewed.de/net…
:youtube: WHAT'S GOOD INTERNET!!
There's been lots of discourse lately about how it is between Mexico and Spain so Im zippin' this whiteboy homie of mine ~he got a mexican last name he got that blood in him~ ACROSS the atlantic seafloor in Elon Musk's BRAND FREAKIN' NEW HYPERTUBE, a undersea -pneumatic- tube transport! THANK YOU FOR THE BETA ELON!! anyway,, we gonna see how he does with spain!
*camera pans to Nick Fuentes, mouth duct-taped shut, arms str…
Got a tip from a friend about an interesting YT video that analyze the downfall of a number of superpowers through time e.g spain, uk etc and compares it to todays US ambitions. Very interesting 20 min video. I recommend it https://youtu.be/wb39CeK_yWg?si=TeIvl7n6E9dTHDSK
A HIGH-SPEED TRAIN
derailed in southern Spain on Sunday,
jumping on to the track in the opposite direction and hitting an oncoming train,
the Spanish rail operator Adif said.
Emergency services said the collision killed at least 10 people and injured dozens more.
The evening train between Malaga and Madrid derailed and hit a train coming from Madrid to Huelva, another southern Spanish city, according to Adif.
Earlier, emergency services in Andalucia, the pro…
twitter_15m: Twitter 15-M movement (2011)
A network representing follower-following relations among Twitter users associated with the 15-M Movement or Anti-austerity movement in Spain, in the period April-May 2011. Metadata include hashtags in the tweets.
This network has 87569 nodes and 6030459 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Unweighted, Metadata
Spain to supply Ukraine with Lanza LTR-25 radar to bolster air defenses: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/14/spain-to-supply-ukraine-with.html
Weather tracker: Spain and Portugal hit by third deadly storm in two weeks https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/09/weather-tracker-spain-and-portugal-hit-by-third-fatal-storm
Amazon Prime Video signs deals to offer streaming service M6 in France and RTVE's live channels in Spain, "a landmark agreement", both free of charge (Georg Szalai/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business
Spain to launch €60 monthly nationwide public transport pass | Spain | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/15/spain-to-launch-60-monthly-nationwide-public-transport-pass
> Bus and train initiati…
Countries for which genocide is a deal breaker:
Iceland, Ireland, Netherlands, Slovenia, and Spain
Countries for which genocide is not a deal breaker:
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany (2nd largest arms dealer of the genocide behind the US; historic fan of genocides), Greece, Israel (our good friends who are carrying out the genocide), Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, L…
"Brits heading for Spain may soon have to wear a face mask again due to the huge surge in flu and Covid cases."
Everyone else will be exempt or what? 🥴
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/2140229/spain-covid-flu-alert-new-rules-hospitals…
Spain slashes Russian LNG imports 41% as U.S. deliveries nearly double: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/14/spain-slashes-russian-lng-imports.html
🐂 Spain’s Civil Guard Arrests Alleged Leader of 260M Euro Crypto-Linked Ponzi Scheme
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2025/11/09/spain-s-civil-guard-arrests-alleged-leader-of-260m-euro-crypto-linked-ponzi-scheme…
MRD applies.
"They would say that, wouldn't they?"
Spain v social media giants: What’s the big dispute about? | Child Rights News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/6/spain-v-social-med…
34 arrests in Spain during action against the ‘Black Axe’ criminal organisation
https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/34-arrests-in-spain-during-action-against-black-axe-crimi…
"Spain allocates funding for 9.4 GWh of large-scale storage projects"
#Spain #Energy #Batteries
“European Broadcasting Union (EBU): nil points” 🤦♀️
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/dec/04/ireland-spain-and-the-netherlands-to-boycott-eurovision-2026-as-israel-cleared-to-compete
Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez says he asked the country's prosecutor office to investigate X, TikTok, and Meta over the alleged "creation and dissemination" of CSAM (Macarena Munoz Montijano/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
from my link log —
A landmark ruling that sets a new standard for algorithmic transparency in Spain.
https://civio.es/novedades/2025/11/17/this-is-the-landmark-ruling-that-sets-a-new-standard-for-algorith…
Teen who allegedly stole millions of personal data records arrested in Spain https://therecord.media/spain-arrests-teen-suspect-data-theft-and-sale
Deadly storm sparks floods in Spain, raises calls to postpone Portugal vote #Spain
Spain hits back at Pavel Durov over mass Telegram post on social media ban plan
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/05/spain-hits-back-at-pavel-durov-over-mass-telegram-post-on-social-media-ban-plan
Last Wednesday, the village of Grazalema (southern Spain, 900 m altitude) received 577 mm of rain in one day: the second highest ever recorded in Spain, only behind the deadly downpour in the Valencia region of 29 October 2024. https://malagaldia.es/2026/0…
Another app to delete
"Spain hits back at Pavel Durov over mass Telegram post on social media ban plan" | Spain | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/05/spain-hits-back-at-pavel-…
uni_email: Email network (Uni. R-V, Spain, 2003)
A network representing the exchange of emails among members of the Rovira i Virgili University in Spain, in 2003. The KONECT version is undirected.
This network has 1133 nodes and 10903 edges.
Tags: Social, Communication, Unweighted
https://networks.skewed.de/net…
Spain, Portugal face floods and chaos after deadly new storm #Spain
uh oh I found a really cheap round trip flight to Madrid for February and Rayo has two home games in a row during the time and I've been so impulsive the last couple nights UH OH LMAO
I'm prolly gonna do it
I'm gonna just go Spain for a couple weeks watch football come home
Ireland, Spain, Slovenia, and the Netherlands exit Eurovision after Israel received an all-clear to compete; the BBC and Germany's SWR plan to participate (The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2
CATL is making major moves on two continents. The world's largest EV battery maker is partnering with Stellantis on a carbon-neutral 50 GWh factory in Spain, creating thousands of jobs.
Meanwhile, they're restarting a lithium mine in China that could impact global prices and potentially lower battery costs by 2026.
As Trump Terrorizes Immigrants, Spain Offers Permanent Residency for 500,000 People | Common Dreams
https://www.commondreams.org/news/spain-migrants
Another #Brexit bonus. British-born dual citizen cannot enter the UK on their non-UK passport. Unlike foreigners they cannot travel to Britain on a visa or an ETA, but they must have a UK passport. Yet lapsed UK passports may not be renewed in case of name change, particularly for women (e.g. married vs. maiden name). It's a fine mess.
Spain to grant around half a million undocumented migrants legal status (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/spain-grant-around-half-million-undocumented-migrants-legal-status-2026-01-27/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260127/p96#a260127p96
Encouraging move for (pluralistic) left unity in Spain. Just what's left of Podemos (as usual, but maybe just for now) staying out.
Los partidos de Sumar hacen guiños al plan de Gabriel Rufišn: IU también acudirš al acto con Emilio Delgado
https://www.
An 8-year study of plants and pollinators in a Mediterranean community in southern Spain shows they're all flowering and active earlier as climate warms, but also a little less likely to overlap with interacting species
https://doi.org/10.1002/ecm.70046
"Spain awards 133 energy-storage projects totaling 2.4 GW and 10 GWh"
#Spain #Energy #Renewables
evening peace: brian eno & j. peter schwalm perform "4-D music" inside a volcano in spain in 2001, studio-quality radio broadcast. https://archive.org/details/01.-part-i
Uber says it plans to launch Uber Eats in Austria and six other European countries in 2026, as it gains market share in the UK, Germany, France, and Spain (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/8280412c-df99-4eb2-b447-f29872d0439d
@dawid@social.craftknight.comtwitter_15m: Twitter 15-M movement (2011)
A network representing follower-following relations among Twitter users associated with the 15-M Movement or Anti-austerity movement in Spain, in the period April-May 2011. Metadata include hashtags in the tweets.
This network has 87569 nodes and 6030459 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Unweighted, Metadata
🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#Radio3InConcert
- Falla's Nights in the Gardens of Spain
Ludovic Morlot conducts the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in Spanish music including Ravel's iconic Bolero and de Falla's Nights in the Gardens of Spain with Steven Osborne.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002qh4b
So much infosec news, so little time. Check out today's Metacurity for the most critical cybersecurity developments you need to know, including
--ID documents for billionaires and top pols at Abu Dhabi conference were exposed online,
--Angola journalist was hacked with Intellexa spyware,
--Poland arrests Phobos ransomware affiliate,
--Severe flaw found in Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machine,
--Hacker who paid only a penny for a luxury hotel room was busted …
Spain will ban social media for kids under 16 https://therecord.media/spain-to-ban-social-media-children
Spain escorts shadow fleet vessel sanctioned for carrying Russian oil, Reuters reports: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/28/spain-escorts-shadow-fleet-vessel.html
When the working class organizes on the basis of solidarity and direct action, workers and communities can collectively manage and control the means of production, while federations of workers and local communities coordinate production and social life through mutual aid and federalist principles, without bosses or the state.
In an era marked by automation, precarity, and deepening inequality, the struggle for workers’ self-management, economic democracy, and social liberation remains …
"When did empathy become something exceptional?"
Contrast with Starmer's Reform-aping UK Labour.
Pedro Sšnchez, Spanish PM defends plans to regularise half a million undocumented migrants | Spain | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2…
Now #TheAmericanFascist has appointed an 'envoy' to help convince Greenlanders to ditch Denmark and join the USA. Denmark is shocked and angered, as they should be. Greenlanders are wholly opposed.
There is poetic irony of a Louisiana politician being tapped to lead a "Greenland Purchase" by America. I very much doubt the result will be the same. But there are some interesting parallels.
Lousisiana Purchase (1808)
a) Made possible by squabbles and warring in Europe.
b) involved purchase of 2.14 million km2 of North America for $380 Million in 2024 dollars. Greenland is 2.17 million km2.
It's difficult to fathom just how undervalued the Louisana Purchase was...nevermind the whole — selling Indigenous Lands without Treaty — issue. But hey... that would be another parallel with today's Inuit and Greenland Peoples.
Back in the modern context, America's Fascists just want to do Fascist things like take over sovereign countries and oppress nations, not unlike Hitler, the Kaiser's Germany, the Napoleans, Imperial Britain, Conquistador-ist Spain, and Tsarist-Stalinist-Putinist Russia.
This all needs to be kept -- forefully if need be -- in the past. We cannot allow these regressive dictators to come back.
He must be stopped.
United States of America!
Americans!
Stop prancing around with Christmas presents as if nothing is happening and DEPOSE YOUR PRESIDENT ffs! This is ON YOU first and foremost!!
#USAPoli #Denmark #Canada #Imperialism #TheWorld #UN #NATO #Russia #Ukraine #RussiaUkraineWar #Louisiana #LouisianaPurchase #Greenland
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgmd132ge4o
The beautiful white village of Grazalema (Andalusia, Spain) had already been evacuated because of terrible amounts of rain. January had 1295 mm, an all-time high monthly total. But after today's 78 mm (and counting), February now already stands at 1373 mm, that's more than double in any February before!
Spain 'strongly condemns' violation of international law in Venezuela, PM says (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/spain-strongly-condemns-violation-international-law-venezuela-pm-says-2026-01-04/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260104/p8#a260104p8
Today I received some frequent visitors to my feeder: House Sparrow 🐦
They come daily and steal everything, pretty bad that they take everything out of the feeder usually. You can hear them enjoying the last seeds.
#SilentSunday
RE: https://mastodon.social/@BuyFromEU/116040212468280526
Way to go Spain.
On Wednesday I got to see Spain's amazing Patrulla Aspa
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Exhibición_de_la_Patrulla_ASPA_en_Buenos_Aires_en_el_Centenario…
WTF with a burning marshmallow!!!
Here's a pair of stupid Cheeto appointed "judges" who wrote:
“The historical record makes unmistakably plain that open carry is part of this Nation’s history and tradition,”
These judges have absolutely no foundation for that statement.
The do not seem to comprehen that California was until 1822 part of Spain and until 1846 was a part of Mexico. Our traditions and legal history are quite different than that of the easte…
Fucking yes… finally! Thank you, Ireland, Spain, and Netherlands!
“Ireland will not participate in next year’s Eurovision Song Contest, and it will not be broadcast on RTÉ, after organiser the European Broadcasting Union confirmed today that Israel will be allowed to take part … Spain’s national broadcaster RTVE and the Netherlands’ AvroTros also announced that they would boycott the contest.”
Maybe we should rename it to the Genocidevision Song Contest?
Now… any more Euro…
Asta would lose his shit if he knew we had three Wizard Kings in Spain.
Q&A with Amazon's Prime Video Europe VP Andrew Bennett on a flurry of global partnership deals, including with free-to-air broadcasters, and other growth plans (Georg Szalai/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.
Iceland has joined Spain, Ireland, Slovenia and the Netherlands in saying it will boycott the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest.
Four of these countries have formerly been a colony.
Iceland becomes fifth country to boycott Eurovision - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjwy9n
Ponte de Asseca, Spain, 2025
Habe dort mit dem Camper übernachtet und am Morgen die alte Brücke im Wasser versunken unter neuer neuen Eisenbahnbrücke entdeckt.
#silentsunday
Other fun fact: Italian immigrants were lumped in with immigrants from other “undesirable” nations like… Russia and Poland.
To these prejudiced Americans, my people were considered the same as people from Italy and Spain! They talked about “South and Eastern Europe” as if it were one region with a homogenous culture or political landscape. Ridiculous!
Sources: Spain-based Multiverse, which shrinks LLMs to reduce energy and compute costs, is in talks to raise ~€500M at a €1.5B valuation and has hit €100M ARR (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-10/ai…
uni_email: Email network (Uni. R-V, Spain, 2003)
A network representing the exchange of emails among members of the Rovira i Virgili University in Spain, in 2003. The KONECT version is undirected.
This network has 1133 nodes and 10903 edges.
Tags: Social, Communication, Unweighted
https://networks.skewed.de/net…
Hate to share this because it's so unconfirmed but Spain's Transport Minister said one hypothesis is a cyberattack.
Travel chaos in Catalonia as ‘suspected cyber attack’ hobbles train network leaving thousands stranded amid intermittent services
…
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sšnchez’s embattled Socialists
suffered a heavy defeat in Sunday’s regional election in Extremadura,
slumping to their worst-ever result
as the far-right Vox made strong gains,
dealing another blow to the party amid mounting corruption and misconduct allegations.
French President Emmanuel Macron says the US could retaliate against EU countries, including France and Spain, over plans to ban children from social media (Leila Abboud/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/b5b248a4-c83b-45d9-b676-2dd2ee12597c
Labor people know more than your fucking boss—get organized and make them choke on it.
#Anarchism #Syndicalism
uni_email: Email network (Uni. R-V, Spain, 2003)
A network representing the exchange of emails among members of the Rovira i Virgili University in Spain, in 2003. The KONECT version is undirected.
This network has 1133 nodes and 10903 edges.
Tags: Social, Communication, Unweighted
https://networks.skewed.de/net…
Spain just fired up a biomass plant that fights wildfires while generating clean energy.
ACCIONA Energía's new 50 MW facility in Caceres uses forestry residues as fuel, clearing fire-prone vegetation while producing 380 GWh annually—enough to avoid 187,000 tonnes of CO2.
Beyond energy, it's creating 200 forest management jobs.
Spain's LaLiga grants Telefonica and DAZN domestic broadcast rights for five matches each from 2027 to 2032, in a deal estimated at €1B per season (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-28/telefonica-d…
Spain, Ireland and Netherlands to boycott Eurovision after Israel retains place (Daniel Thomas/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/65c4bc22-9cd0-4bca-8d3b-5f1e25ad85df
http://www.memeorandum.com/251204/p89#a251204p89
Spanish police arrest a suspected 19-year-old hacker in Barcelona over allegedly stealing and attempting to sell 64M records from breaches at nine companies (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer)
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu…
"Brussels files declaration of intervention, joining Brazil, Colombia, Ireland, Mexico, Spain and Turkey in supporting the case against Israel at the World Court"
Belgium joins South Africa's genocide case against Israel | The Times of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/belgium-joins-south-africas-genocide-case-against-israel/
"Spain deploys 1.13 GW of solar for self-consumption in 2025"
#Spain #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables
Trump’s attempted Greenland grab has succeeded in turning Europeans solidly against the U.S.,
the YouGov poll’s latest survey found.
Large majorities in Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Great Britain all declared an unfavourable opinion.
The figures, ranging from 62% in France to 84% in Denmark
– of which Greenland is a self-governing territory
– mark a further steep rise in negative perceptions of the US even since November,
when the range was …
uni_email: Email network (Uni. R-V, Spain, 2003)
A network representing the exchange of emails among members of the Rovira i Virgili University in Spain, in 2003. The KONECT version is undirected.
This network has 1133 nodes and 10903 edges.
Tags: Social, Communication, Unweighted
https://networks.skewed.de/net…
It's finally Friday, so before you stop working for the week, check out today's Metacurity for the most crucial cybersecurity developments you should know, including
--Trump cuts off US access to organizations seeking to strengthen cybersecurity,
--Prisoner swap sends alleged ransomware payment negotiator back to Russia,
--CISA retires ten emergency directives at once,
--Cambodian cybercrime kingpin extradited to China,
--Fugitive wanted for Desjardins br…
"How Spain’s community solar revolution is helping families power up and costs go down"
#Spain #SolarPower #Energy
uni_email: Email network (Uni. R-V, Spain, 2003)
A network representing the exchange of emails among members of the Rovira i Virgili University in Spain, in 2003. The KONECT version is undirected.
This network has 1133 nodes and 10903 edges.
Tags: Social, Communication, Unweighted
https://networks.skewed.de/net…
Morocco evacuates 140,000 people as torrential rains and dam releases trigger floods https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/02/morocco-evacuates-140000-people-as-torrential-rains-and-dam-releases-trigger-flo…
Fascism Wrapped in Christmas Paper
How Anti-Migrant Politics Disfigures Christian Ethics: The Case of Badalona, Spain.
Alberto Garzón
https://agarzon.substack.com/p/fascism-wrapped-in-christmas-paper
Frank Gehry,
one of the most influential architects of the 20th century,
has died aged 96.
Renowned for his deconstructivist style,
Gehry designed many iconic structures such as L.A.'s Walt Disney Concert Hall and the titanium-covered Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Spain.
He died at his Santa Monica home after a brief respiratory illness, Meaghan Lloyd, chief of staff at Gehry Partners LLP, said in a statement.
Massachusetts just awarded 1.3 GW of grid batteries to avoid costly upgrades. Kenya is scaling compressed earth blocks that cool homes with far less cement. CATL and Stellantis are building a 50 GWh battery plant in Spain to supply European EVs.
Real capacity, real progress.
Sign up for the For People And Planet climate solutions digest:
Costco will use Instacart's white-label e-commerce service to offer grocery delivery in Spain and France, extending their partnership beyond North America (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-30/instacart-to…
The Everest Group is demanding $6 million from Iberia Airlines as a ransom to stop the data it stole from being leaked or sold.
https://www.paddleyourownkanoo.com/2025/11/29…
Trump’s attack on higher education is being driven by a couple of different ideological and material forces.
First and foremost, authoritarian and fascist regimes historically have targeted various sectors of society.
If we look at fascist Spain, fascist Italy, or Nazi Germany, or if we look at Victor Orbšn’s Hungary and his fascist or illiberal regime,
what we see are three sectors that are clearly always identified and targeted.
One is the press,
one is the…
Great little story here about how a small town in Spain was hit with a ransomware attack, with the attackers demanding $5,000 in Bitcoin.
The town told the obviously small-time cybercriminals to go pound sand because they had sufficient backups to restore everything.
https://www.cryptopolitan…
So it's official, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Scandinavia aren't concerned to allow a genocidal terror state to take part in their schmaltzy show.
Credit to Ireland, Spain, Netherlands and Slovenia for boycotting.
Eurovision: Which countries are boycotting the song contest and can it survive? - BBC News
https://www.
Eclipse preview for 2026.
Two lunar eclipses are on the way, along with a partial solar eclipse for much of Europe & North America.
And if you really like solar eclipses, you might want to relocate to Spain for the next couple years. 🧪🔭
Read about eclipses and more coming up in 2026 in Universe Today: www.universetoday.com
twitter_15m: Twitter 15-M movement (2011)
A network representing follower-following relations among Twitter users associated with the 15-M Movement or Anti-austerity movement in Spain, in the period April-May 2011. Metadata include hashtags in the tweets.
This network has 87569 nodes and 6030459 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Unweighted, Metadata
Solar power surplus in Spain triggers ‘discount season’ for plants
https://www.ft.com/content/5b0572e3-51f1-4d00-a7c5-b99737e1184f
Wow, Spain is going to give residence permits to all immigrants at 31.12.25 with proof of 5 months living in the country.
Will regularise status of some 500,000 people.
Podemos anuncia un pacto con el Gobierno para una regularización extraordinaria de migrantes
https://www.
"Unlike Spain, France, Italy, Greece and Turkey, Britain declined to offer any protection to those of its nationals who took part in the humanitarian mission, and made no comment when Israel arrested its citizens."
New freedom flotilla to sail for Gaza in the spring | Morning Star
https://