catarina

joined 2 years ago
[–] catarina@kbin.social 7 points 7 months ago
[–] catarina@kbin.social 2 points 10 months ago

That's so nice, hope they were full of love and peace in the end 💟

[–] catarina@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

Oh, for a change, Portugal can't into Eastern Yurop

[–] catarina@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Exactly! Remote work available to more people would also help.
Cities are starting to feel all the same now, so I love staying rural, no food delivery, enjoying what each season brings, and buying less stuff. Cities are hot, full of cars and noise.

[–] catarina@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't disagree with the sentiment of your comment, but I feel it lacks some nuance.
First of all, where are those empty houses located? A lot of the pressure is in larger urban areas: Lisboa, Porto, Braga, Coimbra. If the houses are away from an urban centre, they might as well not exist.
Portugal also has a huge emigrant community, and it's common for emigrants to have a house back in the home country, usually in more rural areas, but not always. These houses are a little retirement plan, and tend to stay unoccupied for months or years, only used when that owner goes to Portugal on holidays, or when/if they decide to return.

[–] catarina@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Disgusting, they shot a kid and made sure he couldn't be saved:

One Israeli soldier chased Rafat and shot him in the abdomen from a distance of 10 meters [33 feet],” DCIP said.

The Israeli forces shot at Rafat again when a Palestinian man came to his aid, said the group, the only rights organisation specifically focused on children in Palestine.

“The Palestinian man threw himself on top of Rafat and rolled him toward his house, less than five meters [16 feet] away. The man and his family sheltered Rafat for about an hour and a half as the Israeli military prevented ambulances from accessing Jenin refugee camp.

 

Belgium authorities are getting worried by a series of school arsons believed to be connected to newly mandatory school sessions in some parts of the country.

[–] catarina@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

An Irish mad lad

[–] catarina@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago
[–] catarina@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah, but all the people taking multiple flights a year for weekend getaways aren't solely the responsibility of the "corporations", are they?

[–] catarina@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Spotify pays very very little to artists per stream. Tidal is a better streaming platform to send money their way.

[–] catarina@kbin.social 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

US evangelicals have been operating both online and in EU soil for a while now. On Twitter a few years back they were not that sophisticated, with accounts pretending to be local citizens, easily unmasked by the handle names, poor understanding of local culture/references, and use of bad translations/US English terms.

In Ireland in particular they have been quite active since the marriage equality and abortion referendums, and now they seem to have switched gears to instigating anti-immigration sentiments.

[–] catarina@kbin.social 26 points 1 year ago

Or maybe, hear me out, he has enough time and money to dedicate to taking care of his body. This article is a super petty attack.

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