While Europeans and Americans are showing their frustration by choosing more extreme politics, there has been a surge in Gen Z demonstrations in Africa and Asia against aging leaders and corruption. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/05/world/gen-z-anger/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #morocco #bangladesh #nepal
Two killed, hundreds arrested in #Morocco protests rocking the nation | Protests News | Al Jazeera
In Morocco's High Atlas mountains, the Assinsg language replaces spoken words with sharp whistles. But the survival of the whistle language is under threat. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/25/world/society/morocco-atlas-whistle-language/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #morocco #languages
Neville Park
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Are you in any of these countries? Know anyone who is?
They're all close to having 10 participants in our survey, which is a big deal because country names are redacted if the count is below 10, for participant privacy and safety.
If your gender is in a blender, please take our 5-minute survey!
https://survey.gendercensus.com
#peru #georgia #belarus#BosniaAndHerzegovina#CostaRica#Ecuador#Morocco#TheBahamas#Cyprus#DominicanRepublic#Iran#Malta#LGBT#LGBTQ#LGBTQIA #gender #survey #pride
Are you in any of these countries? Know anyone who is?
They're all close to having 10 participants in our survey, which is a big deal because country names are redacted if the count is below 10, for participant privacy and safety.
If your gender is in a blender, please take our 5-minute survey!
https://survey.gendercensus.com
#peru #georgia #belarus#BosniaAndHerzegovina#CostaRica#Ecuador#Morocco#TheBahamas#Cyprus#DominicanRepublic#Iran#Malta#LGBT#LGBTQ#LGBTQIA #gender #survey #pride
publications like @span NatGeoEsp
https://www.nationalgeographic.com.es/medio-ambiente/riesgo-extremo-casi-toda-espana-por-incendios-amenaza-creciente-por-cambio-climatico-es-principal-vector-que-esta-condicionando-comportamiento-diferente-estos-megaincendios_26007?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
and @span dtpnews
https://www.dtpnews.com/2025/08/13/espanol/dtpnews/incendios-en-europa-imagenes-de-incendios-actuales-en-grecia-portugal-italia-y-espana/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social
point to the obvious main vector for #wildfires: #climateChange
but there鈥檚 some like @span theconversationes that go into more specifics: the abandonment of rural economies.
https://theconversation.com/fomentar-la-economia-rural-el-mejor-antidoto-contra-los-incendios-261935
and those rural areas have been controlled by the largest conservative party in the country, which is why their opposition have started to point fingers to them:
via @span ElConfidencial
https://www.elconfidencial.com/espana/2025-08-13/puente-acusa-pp-desmantelar-servicios-reafirma-tuits-incendios_4190647/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
the #wildfires consuming #Spain are also consuming Portugal because the fires started in their shared Galicia region and it鈥檚 extended from there.
https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/pais/portugal-em-alerta-a-evolucao-da-resposta-a-incendios-ao-minuto_e1676063
apparently #Portugal doesn鈥檛 have firefighting airplanes to deal with the fires and has had to ask Marruecos #Morocco for help:
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.abc.es/sociedad/portugal-aviones-fuego-pide-ayuda-marruecos-luchar-20250812173042-nt.html
Stephen Dioxide :TwinPines:
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Been on my travels. A scene from Le Jardin Secret, hidden among the northern souks of #Marrakesh, #Morocco, #Turtle#Door#Wood
Been on my travels. A scene from Le Jardin Secret, hidden among the northern souks of #Marrakesh, #Morocco, #Turtle#Door#Wood
A planned trade corridor linking the landlocked Sahel to the Atlantic is at the heart of an ambitious Moroccan project to tackle regional instability and consolidate its grip on disputed Western Sahara. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/30/world/morocco-sahel-atlantic-ocean/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #morocco #sahel #desert #atlanticocean #africa #saharadesert