One for ancient history nerds.

Feliç nit de Sant Joan to all who celebrate! Light defeats darkness, at the traditional Summer Solstice celebrations here in Tarragona. 🔥 #photography

mu.social starts feeling like Bluesky on steroids. Not only does it let you edit your latest post, give you a free cat, customise feed view etc. It now also integrates live tables & group rankings ⚽

France experienced today the hottest day in June since records began.

Here we are already at 33°C but feels positively fresh compared what France may end up with. 🥵

Orwell 2 + 2 = 5 is a superb analysis on totalitarianism. It sholud be made available for free for everyone to watch.

This morning I couldn't find the @mu.social companion cat in my browser screen. I feared the worst. Then it popped up like nothing happened. Well played.

Looking at the forecast for next week and temperatures in London are showing higher than those in Madrid or Rome, which it extraordinary.

Good night and Happy Summer Solstice to everyone ☀️

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The mu you try it, the mu you love it.

mu.social just breathed new life into bluesky / eurosky. Nice colours, lets you edit your own post🥳, has thread viewing modes🤓 and... you get free interactive cat to play with😸. Thank you @eurosky.social for the great job!

Deleted my previous post as it had the wrong link🤬. The cat is on mu.social. Log in with your bluesky / eurosky credentials and chose your furry fighter.

Go Aussies!!!⚽

WIdentity mandatory check-in experience (part of WSocial.eu) is more akin to open a bank account than posting on a social network. We all joined bsky.app because it's open source, non-profit, not algorithm driven, not gated, independent, transparent - something WSocial seems to have missed.

Before you eat / buy it think about where it came from.

Who needs a passport and ID card when a Bluesky Licence gets you to Mars. kojira.github.io/bluesky-lice...

Death of Robin Hood trailer looks like a horror spinoff of Game of Thrones. Robin and Marian with Sean Connery and Audrey Hepburn was a sweeter take.

Leandro Erlich au Grand Palais : «Devant un tour de magie, tu acceptes d’avoir vu quelque chose de totalement impossible. Mon travail s’apparente plus à un processus de dévoilement pour comprendre où sont les cachettes.» https://l.liberation.fr/3ny

Started watching Invasion of the Body Snatchers and was instantly reminded of Trump's brand new green pool.

The banned under 16s will get their revenge one day.

Being on Bluesky is in itself a form of age verification.

A new Science study shows that bumble bees can position a ball underneath a fake “flower” to reach a reward, suggesting they can exhibit spontaneous problem-solving and challenging the notion that such advanced cognitive abilities are exclusive to large-brained vertebrates. https://scim.ag/4vs08dC

After a month of following the progress of the chicks from conception one of them had a Truman Show moment and realized the whole thing was a setup for clicks.

Speculation of a massive earthquake caused by the stress levels in the San Andreas and San Jacinto fault systems is not new. What should be worrying is current level of stress, which has reached an all time high.

The kind of news that give you goosebumps (although calling it a "necropolis" may be a bit misleading).

In case anyone missed it, Group Chat is now live! Go to chat > click on New Chat (blue speech bubble icon) > select New Group Chat > add your buddies😎

This is such a brilliant use of urban networks. Cars move under a shaded solar panel canopy and solar panels don't intrude in natural areas. With heat becoming more extreme every summer using solar panels canopies in cities and roads would be an ideal solution.

communities are coming to Bluesky this year. today, Bluesky is one big space. communities will be smaller spaces inside that where you can go deeper and hang out with people who care about the same stuff.

v1.123 is live! You can now attach up to 10 photos in posts. We listened to your feedback and redesigned the photo carousel. It only appears for posts with at least 5 photos. Swipe through to learn more.

Do you want to know the back story of that blue ‘cold blob’, shown in our study as 1955-2024 full-depth ocean heat content trend? Then watch this video by Howtown: youtu.be/dqLM65HfVEw

Very tempted to replace the Brita jug with one of these stainless steel Gravity System that uses Ceramic Water Filters. They work out much cheaper in the long run, more efficient in filtering out particles, more hygienic than plastic, no plastic encasing in cartridges.

Build a massive luxury hotel complex = destroy ecosystem, low paid jobs, massive profit goes to the top. Build a dedicated low footprint infrastructure aimed at capturing birdwatching, eco friendly tourism = specialised jobs + infrastructure, better income distribution + puts Albania on the map.

Kubrick's aerial opening scene of The Shining, set to the sound "Dies Irae", and made before the arrival of done technology, is mesmerising. It's also shows one of the most scenic drives in the United States, the Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park, Montana. #filmsky

Group chats coming!

The 🇪🇺 needs an native payment service that eliminates the VISA + Mastercard transaction control but, as per usual, every country does it's own. Spain has Bizum, but its official launch has been delayed because the 🇺🇸 companies don't like losing easy billions and are challenging it's legality.

After the heat comes the Saharan dust.

It's hotter in London than Barcelona and it will get worse. Everyone needs to understand the principles of direct, diffuse and reflected radiation and how they bring heat inside the home. There is a lot of inexpensive fine tuning to cool the house without an AC unit but using shade and ventilation.

I am not anti AI, which can be an amazing collaboration tool is used rightly, but we cannot destroy entire habitats and livelihoods in the name of resource hungry datacentres. What is happening is just an acceleration of everything done wrong, and it's just horrific.

The gods are not pleased and they are letting us know.

It would be going full circle if cargo ships returned to the original concept of adding sails as a way to generate natural, energy efficient propulsion.

Beats the rancid World Cup

Garlic is not just to keep vampires at bay🧛

Bluesky must be doing something right.

Quo Vadis US? The Late Show aired its final episode last night, an ominous moment for a country whose cultural landscape is being hollowed out by authoritarianism.

Imagine having to join a queue of 274 people to reach the summit of Mount Everest. The Nepali authorities are currently dishing out permits like lollypops and this is the result.

Bottom trawling could not get any worse. It's a destructive industry that needs to be banned worldwide.

Testing Wedium.social which is based in Germany but not Atproto related. More solid UI design than eyou.social and ID identification is compulsory, so it seems that socials made in the EU are moving in that direction.

Far better solution than installing solar panels on sterile, pesticide treated land, which I have seen a lot here in Spain.

What on earth is happening in France?