Nice late dogwalk. Middle of the path we met the huge shepherd guard, boss of the valley, blocking our narrow path. No way around. He just stood there, watching me and the 4 Chihuahuas plus Vinny, the 5 month big male puppy.
This dog has tought me a lot. I greeted him calmly, calmed down my pack, and we passed without trouble. I realized, his sheep were near, and the other dogs, which obey him. One of the others was awaiting us, barked, but let us pass, too. If Billy, the big one, would have given him a sign, we would have been in real trouble.
But they have learned to trust us, that we do no harm. I took a picture, after we passed Billy, Nala still behind him. I called her and she slipped through.
These are the situations I need to control myself first, before everybody else. Stay calm, no backwards, look aside, walk streight. Like the dogs do when they want to avoid trouble. #dogsofmastodon#portugal
Pro-Palestine, climate impact protesters occupy Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Lisbon
Around 20 students from the Portuguese “End the Genocide, End Fossils” movement occupied the nation’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday, Anadolu Agency reports.
“We are occupying the Ministry because what’s happening in Palestine and the imminent climate collapse are maximum expressions of how our institutions are failing,” wrote activist group
On a rock in the middle of the beach, right on the border between the sea and the sand, stands this hexagonal plan chapel whose origin has different stories, beliefs and legends. #capeladosenhordapedra#portugal#rock#beach#sand#see#nature
#Portugal#Lisboa#EMEL#Mobilidade#Gira: Tais medidas, que a EMEL classifica como “de segurança”, não trazem benefícios de segurança para os utilizadores do serviço, e têm como único objectivo impedir que os utilizadores estudem o comportamento das aplicações que estão instaladas nos seus próprios dispositivos, o que vai contra o que a ANSOL tem defendido e considera boas prácticas. Software desenvolvido com dinheiro público, como é o caso do software desenvolvido pela EMEL, deve ser ele próprio público, com licenças livres.
Para além de querer bloquear as aplicações não oficiais, a EMEL prepara-se para impedir os utilizadores de usarem a aplicação oficial quando estes escolhem usar software livre nos seus equipamentos. O foco aparenta estar no bloqueio da utilização legítima do serviço GIRA e não na melhoria da experiência e usabilidade do serviço.
A ANSOL convida a EMEL a repensar a sua abordagem na actualização da aplicação, e continuará a acompanhar os desenvolvimentos desta situação."
"#RenewableEnergy accounted for more than 30% of the world’s electricity for the first time last year following a rapid rise in wind and solar power, according to new figures.
The surge in clean electricity is expected to power a 2% decrease in global fossil fuel generation in the year ahead, according to Ember."
Fossil gas met just 9 per cent of demand in the first four months of 2024, with gas consumption in the power sector halving compared to the same period in 2023."
Still a word about the total lame references to peace that seemed charged with unsaid words, I felt especially embarrassed by #Portugal's Mimicat and Iolanda. If the issue was so important to you and you have such a one sided view, then go all the way and boycott it.
But just like the "online boycotters" they really wanted to be a part of #Eurovision, they just wanted to exclude others from it but unwilling to the minimum personal sacrifice. Shallow morals, deep ignorance, lame, embarrassing.