Artificial intelligence uncovers lost work by titan of Spain’s ‘Golden Age’

 Read this very interesting article in The Guardian. A fantastic hit for the Spanish Golden Age literature.

 This field near Hayle in west Cornwall has already been harvested, but not all the produce met supermarket standards and so some was left unpicked. This is where Duncan and her team of volunteers come in, working down the rows, peeling back the leaves of plants that have been left behind, hoping to find small but perfectly formed cauliflowers still tucked deep inside.

They are resurrecting the ancient practice of gleaning – harvesting surplus crops to redistribute to those in need. It was common from biblical times up until the 18th century, when landowners began closing off land and restricting access to fields.

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Read this interesting article published in The Guardian about this old/new way to help the needed. Would you do it?

Ghost village emerges in Spain as drought empties reservoir

 We are maybe happy with the nice weather we have in Spain, but drought is becoming a real problem.

A ghost village that has emerged as drought has nearly emptied a dam on the Spanish-Portuguese border is drawing crowds of tourists with its eerie, grey ruins.

With the reservoir at 15% of its capacity, details of a life frozen in 1992, when the Aceredo village in Spain’s north-western Galicia region was flooded to create the Alto Lindoso reservoir, are being revealed once more.

“It’s as if I’m watching a movie. I have a feeling of sadness,” said 65-year-old pensioner Maximino Pérez Romero, from A Coruña. “My feeling is that this is what will happen over the years due to drought and all that, with climate change.”

Read the whole article in The Guardian clicking here: Drought in Spain

‘You can’t catch those 43 years’: exonerated former prisoner tries to start life anew

 How would you feel if you had to spend 43 years in prison for a crime you hadn't committed?

This is the story of Kevin Stickland, accussed of a triple murder in 1978 when he was 18 years old and now released from the Western Missouri correctional center.

Read this very interesting article published in The Guardian.

Strickland says he’s not angered by four decades of incarceration. Anger is a luxury for others, he says, but one that he does not have an inclination to indulge. “I can’t waste energy in anger, so I don’t get angry, because anger sometimes make you get physical. Anger is a strong word and it brings on negativity. I’m just disgusted and disappointed about what has happened to me.”

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“The justice system doesn’t have to change,” Strickland says. “It has to be re-booted from the ground up. The police are relying on civilians to call in tips. They need to find detectives who want to do their jobs, and not rely on civilians to tell them which way to go.”

What's the current situation in Afghanistan?

 Listen to this interesting podcast published in The Guardian.

Climate protests: fury, and optimism, in the Glasgow rain

 Is climate change so dangerous as many claim to be? Can we really stop climate change? Are protesters exaggerating with their climate demands? Are countries, politicians and citizens really ready to make drastic changes in their daily lives? Is it enough to demand climate actions?

Read this article in The Guardian about the latests big protest in Glasglow and reach your own conclusions.

We need to stop buying stuff

 

We need to stop buying stuff – and I know just the people to persuade us

Read this interesting article published in The Guardian by Adrian Chiles.

Maybe some of us will be able to follow his advice!

Facebook outage: what went wrong and why did it take so long to fix after social platform went down?

 Read this The Guardian's article to find out what happened yesterday in the world.

Maybe people were "forced" to have face-to-face conversations! Not so bad.