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we need now to convince citizen journalists, bloggers and hyperlocal publications that having a presence in the #fediverse is, in the era of AI slop and #enshittification, more important than ever.
i would need to switch VPN localities to have access to the amounts of headlines from spanish, french, italian, portuguese sources i get here ―on #Mastodon’s own search engine― than on ANY www search engine. they all rely on either Google or Bing slop. Mastodon doesn’t.
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’s 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’s extended from there.
https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/pais/portugal-em-alerta-a-evolucao-da-resposta-a-incendios-ao-minuto_e1676063
apparently #Portugal doesn’t 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
and, then there’s Italy, where the #wildfires have been raging along Mount Vesuvio:
via @span WiredItalia
https://www.wired.it/gallery/incendio-a-cipro-le-immagini-delle-fiamme-che-stanno-devastando-lisola/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
via @span ilPost
https://flipboard.com/@ilpost/italia-geogjiogz/-/a-S_HHq6oEQHSkeQny466k9A%3Aa%3A2183656918-%2F0
via @span LaStampa
https://flipboard.com/@lastampa/le-notizie-dall-italia-e-dal-mondo-qaku7blvz/-/a-FOWzvOOJRYq6ygL9CNtSGA%3Aa%3A174132866-%2F0
i’ve spent time in this news curation exercise ―a reporting practice i helped pioneer more than 20 years ago on my blogs and social media― to show y’all that the #fediverse is a place to get the news. and that’s in part thanks to one company: @span Flipboard
we need now to convince citizen journalists, bloggers and hyperlocal publications that having a presence in the #fediverse is, in the era of AI slop and #enshittification, more important than ever.
i would need to switch VPN localities to have access to the amounts of headlines from spanish, french, italian, portuguese sources i get here ―on #Mastodon’s own search engine― than on ANY www search engine. they all rely on either Google or Bing slop. Mastodon doesn’t.
BTW i don’t know who is behind @span TheConversationUS but just found out they put out editions in french @span ConversationFR and spanish @span theconversationes
in their Spanish edition i found this article written by a group of scholars from the Universidad de Navarra about how the abandonment of rural economies is contributing to #climateChange and the extreme #droughts#sequías that cause #wildfires #incendios forestales:
https://theconversation.com/fomentar-la-economia-rural-el-mejor-antidoto-contra-los-incendios-261935
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