"No es justo que el residente tenga que cargar con los servicios prestados a los visitantes" diu el mateix alcalde de Salou que descarta "aplicar ningún recargo a la tasa turística".

X is now literally a propaganda unit of the US government. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

I am shocked, shocked: 'Barcelona con la selección' se ha puesto en manos de su abogado de confianza, José María Fuster-Fabra www.lavanguardia.com/deportes/fut...

Gulf States consider new pipelines that could be interdicted by Israel instead of Iran.

L’avaluació d’impacte ambiental prèvia a la construcció del parc estimava 13,5 col·lisions en els 19 mesos analitzats. El model de risc de col·lisió aplicat a l'ACTIVITAT REAL OBSERVADA resulta en 0,002 col·lisions. @renovemnos.bsky.social renovemnos.cat/les-dades-de...

Trumps pulling out of the Iran JCPOA deal was an extraordinary act of recklessness. supported by the gulf kings and Israel’s hawkish leaders. Then the US maximum pressure sanctions campaign poisoned all relations. will be lucky if Iran agrees to anything like it this time around

The only suprising aspect is the speed at which this is happening.

I made this years ago and can’t update (no bberg) but one big difference from the 1970s is that the 70s saw a massive increase in workforce participation, especially by women, that bolstered household incomes even as real average hourly earnings fell.

Drilling more won't be enough: "The U.S. economy has a high oil intensity; it consumes a lot of oil to produce each dollar of its gross domestic product. America’s economy is more than 40 percent more oil-intensive than China’s, even though China is a net oil importer"

Las centrales eléctricas de combustibles fósiles matan 30 veces más aves que las turbinas de las eólicas, según la CE efeverde.com/centrales-el...

The *extreme left* was correct

BIG: Trump has told aides he is willing to end the current U.S. war with Iran even if the Strait of Hormuz remains largely closed. The White House now believes that forcibly reopening the strait would require a much longer and riskier military campaign than Trump wants.

Com acaba la pel·lícula? Amb un legislatiu que confronti el judicial. Una altra cosa d'aquelles que va anticipar el denigrat "procés"...

Esto dicen los datos sobre qué hogares se benefician más de la rebaja de impuestos a los combustibles www.eldiario.es/economia/dic...

Exclusive: U.S. can only confirm about a third of Iran's missile arsenal destroyed, sources say reut.rs/4s1hMTD

🚨Una redada racista alrededor de las 19h de la tarde del 26 de marzo en el distrito de Villaverde (Madrid) ha terminado con la detención del exdiputado autonómico y activista antirracista Serigne Mbaye www.elsaltodiario.com/redadas-raci...

In spite of all the talk of Claude Code and Codex meaning the end of humans writing code, software job adverts are actually going up, according to @jburnmurdoch.ft.com's crunching of millions of job ads for this week's The AI Shift www.ft.com/content/7325...

The leader of the free world

Even reconciling with the Russians won’t help us: "At least 40% of Russia's oil export capacity is at a halt following Ukrainian drone attacks, a disputed attack on a major pipeline and the seizure of tankers, according to Reuters calculations based ‌on market data"

"Volkswagen is in talks with Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defence Systems over a deal that would switch production at one of the German group’s factories from cars to missile defence"

'This is where alliance politics becomes industrial politics. The cost of the Iran war is becoming measured in industrial slack and allied confidence.' write Macdonald Amoah, @mbazilian.bsky.social and Jahara Matisek in the latest RUSI Commentary. Read the Commentary: https://bit.ly/4rVW2sm

USPS WILL INTRODUCE AN 8% SURCHARGE ON PACKAGES DUE TO INCREASING FUEL EXPENSES - WSJ

Wealth is highly concentrated and largely inherited in countries such as Spain, Italy, Austrian and Germany. Inheritances and gifts play a considerably smaller role in net wealth in countries such as Portugal, Hungary or Latvia.

This behaviour could wipe out the market: nobody will want to trade if they fear their counterparty has privileged info. Which is why insider trading is illegal: scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/cgi/viewcont...

El 80% de la población vive en zonas áridas: cuatro mensajes clave sobre el alcance de la desertificación en España theconversation.com/el-80-de-la-...

Here we are: "Slovenia limits fuel purchases as some pumps run dry. Fuelling at individual service stations has been restricted to 50 litres per day for private vehicles and ​200 litres for companies"

"Per què es torna ara a encetar el meló de la venda? Sospito que té a veure amb els pressupostos: es van prometre 50.000 pisos, però al capítol 431 del projecte de llei de pressupostos hi ha una xifra d’inversions a la promoció pública d’habitatges bastant similar a les d’anys anteriors"

Hoy hay que leer sí o sí el boletín del director de Ignacio Escolar: "Ante cada crisis del petróleo, España repite la misma fórmula: descuentos al combustible que no tenemos, pagados con dinero público que no nos sobra. Es una receta populista, ineficaz y regresiva". www.eldiario.es/blog/el-bole...

1/ Mucha gente es refractaria a la Prestación Universal por Crianza porque "no es justo dársela a todos, a los ricos también". ES AL REVÉS: a la izquierda, el sistema actual de transferencias por hijos (no solo le damos también a los ricos, sino que les damos MÁS); a la derecha, con una universal.

Hay una frase muy famosa de Horkheimer que dice "quien no quiera hablar del capitalismo debería callar también sobre el fascismo". Pero esta foto es mejor.

La transición climática y energética depende menos del tipo de régimen que de la fortaleza institucional: capacidad estatal, estabilidad regulatoria y credibilidad para sostener compromisos y generar confianza. ✍️ @ainagallego.bsky.social www.eldiario.es/132_c79414?u...

"commuting to school exclusively via sustainable modes as a child—including school bus, walking, biking, and transit—reduces the probability of car dependence in adulthood (defined as using a car for 95% of trips, or more) by over 12% points" link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Aquesta mesura té tot el que no és desitjable: ni va destinada a les llars que realment ho necessiten ni conté incentius per a la reducció de l'ús de gasolina. Un lose-lose de manual.

Un moment tan bo com qualsevol altre per reconsiderar allò d'ampliar l'aeroport www.ft.com/content/205b...

Tenemos un sistema de apoyo a la infancia totalmente regresivo. publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/h...

Read @newlefteviews.bsky.social rebuttal (1) wars still must be stopped (2) firms still hv mkt power (3) interest rates still ineffective for supply-side shocks (4) poor countries still structurally shafted (5) baseload still matters (6) industrial decarb still uphill jacobin.com/2026/03/pric...

"Our study’s policy recommendation is straightforward: a permanent excess profit tax on oil and gas, defined as returns above a specified threshold. ... taxing only the 2022 incremental US profits would have yielded $225bn ... enough to nearly double American clean energy investment that year."

Unfortunately, she won’t be the only one who will want to go against what we need...

The US started this energy crisis, but its effects are being felt elsewhere. With LNG export capacity constrained, US gas prices have remained relatively stable, while European gas prices have more than doubled.

"Iran sets its price to end the war: If they don’t get sanctions relief and guarantees that [attacks] will never happen again, they’re not going to stop"

While Spain provides a good example, many European countries are also experiencing a gradual decoupling of electricity prices from gas prices, which will help to soften the impact of the current energy price shock. Italy is screwed though.

"Europe’s industrial base is having a bit of a split-screen moment (...) wars and successive shocks are reshaping Europe's industrial mix. Defence-linked sectors are thriving; energy-intensive ones are not" www.ft.com/content/a892...

"Paradoja".

"Although President Donald Trump says he has “destroyed 100% of Iran’s Military Capability”, the 0% that remains is playing havoc with the global economy"

"I don’t think this is an economy that is going to be able to handle $100 a barrel for oil, it’s just not. The economy is weaker than we thought it was, and inflation is worse than we thought it was"

"Human activities already appropriate between 10% and 50% of available freshwater in many European river basins. In some southern regions, water appropriation even exceeds this threshold" joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/jrc-news-and...

who says romance is dead www.npr.org/2026/03/18/n...

"The largest shipping groups, including MSC, Maersk, CMA CGM and Hapag-Lloyd have told customers they reserve the right to invoke a 19th-century rule to allow them to leave containers at the nearest available port at their client’s expense"

El sedentarismo por calor extremo podría causar 500 000 muertes al año. El incremento de las temperaturas podría limitar la práctica de ejercicio en adultos con un impacto en la mortalidad prematura y en la productividad. www.agenciasinc.es/Noticias/El-...

Pentagon Wants to Mass Produce Kamikaze Attack Drones It Used to Strike Iran. An american-made copy of Iran's Shaded drones