Today we've been exploring, amongst other things, the charming village of Fondales in the Taha del Pitres. Known for its traditional whitewashed houses, narrow winding streets & flat slate roofs.
Like much of the Alpujarra, Fondales has Moorish roots and was heavily influenced by the Berber settlers who farmed the terraced hillsides.
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Journalist Roshchyna’s body missing organs after Russian captivity; brain, eyes, & part of the trachea had been removed — [vlog/video] Expert on US’ declining disinformation defense; Who’s countering Russian propaganda now? — France calls UN Security Council meeting over Russian attacks on civilians in Ukraine — Russian drone attack injures at least 38 civilians in Kharkiv’s high-rise apartment blocks, homes … and more
https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/04/wednesday-april-30-2025/
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Wednesday, April 16
Ukraine’s long-suffering aerospace giants look to Europe to break free from Russian orbit
https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/04/wednesday-april-16/
Heritage Farm Museum & Village in Huntington, West Virginia
Step back in time to explore 19th-century Appalachian life, from blacksmiths to Model Ts.#shops #villages #19thcentury #reproduction #livinghistory #museums #section-Atlas
Heritage Farm Museum & Village
Ukraine’s 3rd Assault Brigade liberates village of Nadiya in Luhansk Oblast, releases video of operation
Ukrainian forces #liberated the village of #Nadiya in #Luhansk Oblast, reclaiming three square kilometers from #Russian #occupation, the Third Assault Brigade reported on March 23.
The 30-hour operation was carried out by the Third Assault Brigade, in particular the 1st Assault Battalion.
https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-liberates-village-in-luhansk-oblast/
Ukraine Daily summary - Monday, March 24 2025
Russian attacks on Kyiv undermine peace efforts -- Ukrainian Air Force strike 'completely destroys' Russian troop position in Toretsk -- Ukraine's 3rd Assault Brigade liberates village of Nadiya in Luhansk Oblast -- Starmer says he faced pressure from US to criticize Zelensky after Oval Office clash with Trump -- and morehttps://writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/Ukraine%20Daily%20summary%20-%20%20Monday,%20March%2024%202025/
Ukraine Daily summary - Tuesday, March 18 2025
Ukrainian long-range drone successfully completes 3,000-kilometer test -- Germany delivers Gepard air defenses, shells, drones, other aid to Ukraine -- Territorial integrity, military size, alliances; FM Sybiha sets 3 fundamentals for potential peace talks -- Talk about an invasion is everywhere; How Lithuania is preparing for war with Russia -- and moreUkraine Daily summary - Friday, March 14 2025
John Bolton on how Putin plays Trump and why separating Russia from China is almost impossible -- Putin is afraid to tell Trump he wants to continue war in Ukraine -- Ukrainian drones strike covert UAV plant in western Russia -- Russian diesel exports to Africa reportedly plummet amid Ukrainian drone strikes -- and morehttps://writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/Ukraine%20Daily%20summary%20-%20%20Friday,%20March%2014%202025/
Ukraine Daily summary - Friday, February 28 2025
Is Trump a Russian asset? This US author is 'completely certain' he is -- Russian troops 'bogged down' near Pokrovsk -- -- Trump says he 'can't believe' he called Zelensky 'dictator.' -- What the US-Ukraine mineral deal actually means -- and morehttps://writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/Ukraine%20Daily%20summary%20-%20Friday,%20February%2028%202025/
Ukraine Daily summary - Thursday, February 27 2025
Ukrainian forces liberate Kotlyne village near Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast -- [Vblog] US author explains Donald Trump's Russia, KGB connections -- Hitler wanted to kill me because I'm Jewish. Putin wants to kill me because I'm Ukrainian -- More than 40 explosions: HUR confirms Ukrainian drone strike on Russia's Tuapse oil refinery -- Poland to adapt all civilian airports for dual-military use -- and moreI don't see this being so bad - 09:30 on Sunday is a fairly normal time of a CofE #church to be ringing #bells, its the sort of thing they do in such #villages - why move into one and live near the church (in every English village I've ever visited it stands out) and whinge about the noise? These folk would likely find something else to moan about even if the church wasn't there..
Ukraine Daily summary - Friday, February 14 2025
Russia preparing delegation for US talks on war with Ukraine, consider Minsk 'experience', Kremlin says -- Trump has the economic tools to end Russia’s war; He should use them -- Russia's largest steel mill reportedly targeted by 'massive' Ukrainian drone strike -- US is Russia's 'main counterpart' in talks to end war, Kremlin says -- A push for Ukraine’s capitulation’ – Baltic, Eastern Europe react to Trump’s rush to negotiate peace with Putin -- and morehttps://writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/Ukraine%20Daily%20summary%20-%20Friday,%20February%2014%202025/
Ukraine Daily summary - Wednesday, February 12 2025
Russia concerned with weakening sway over allies amid Western pressure, FT reports -- Ukraine strikes Russia's Saratov oil refinery -- North Korea has sent 200 long-range artillery guns to Russia -- Russia records worst-ever ranking in key corruption index -- and moreUkraine Daily summary - Wednesday, January 29 2025
Drone strikes target multiple Russian regions -- Russia pressuring relatives of Ukrainian POWs to collaborate -- SBU says it dismantled Russian spy network targeting F-16 jets -- NATO official ties assassination plot against Rheinmetall CEO to Russian sabotage campaign -- and moreUkraine Daily summary - Tuesday, January 28 2025
Russia's Ryazan oil refinery suspends operations after drone strike, Reuters reports -- Trump needs to 'understand where the threat is,' UK lawmaker says -- EU screening of Ukraine's legislation to continue until fall of 2025 -- Swedish Coast Guard detains vessel suspected of sabotage in Baltic Sea -- and morehttps://writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/Ukraine%20Daily%20summary%20-%20Tuesday,%20January%2028%202025/
Jemez Historic Site in Jemez Springs, New Mexico
Once a year, the ruins of an ancient village come alive with hundreds of glowing farolitos.#light #villages #southwest #indigenous #ruins #section-Atlas
Jemez Historic Site
Ukraine Daily summary - Monday, January 27 2025
Russia launched over 1,250 bombs, 750 drones at Ukraine during Trump's first week in office -- Ukraine strikes drone storage facility in Russia's Oryol Oblast and destroys 200 Shaheds -- Russia bombs itself with 'smart bomb,' Astra reports -- Hungary blocks EU statement condemning Belarus election as undemocratic -- Explosions reported in Khmelnytskyi, Ivano-Frankivsk amid drone attack, apartment building damaged in Dnipro -- and morehttps://writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/Ukraine%20Daily%20summary%20-%20Monday,%20January%2027%202025/
One of the days when you reflect, at its close, on the content you have delivered to #History students. A veritable smorgasbord of #Fun: 10am+1: #EighteenthCentury #Fish bladder #Condoms; 12 noon+1: #Medieval #Death in all is glorious hideousness; 1pm+3: the origins of #Chocolate box #English #Villages. #Leicester students certainly get to explore the most exciting corners of the past!
