Month: June 2025

The crochet was a quiet shelter away from stress and internet overinformation. Until the AI ​​arrived

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There is the way everywhere. The last viral success in networks is made with ia, we hear music made with iathe Wikipedia has been filled with the… despite the initiatives to label itwe constantly encounter content that It gets through Real, And this It is a problem. It is exactly what is happening in the crochet community, a small and harmless Internet corner where the patterns generated with AI are ruining everything. Patterns impossible to weave. Crochet fans or crochet They went to the Internet to find new patterns. Currently, platforms like Etsy are a mines field full of patterns made with ia. Dragons, unicorns, lions … all with complex designs and a suspiciously perfect appearance that, trying to recreate them, are impossible to weave. In other cases, what users receive is absolutely similar to the photos of the product and, when weaving them, they become the meme of “what you ask vs. what comes to you.” And the worst: many are sold. What you ask what comes to you (ETSY) The deception. It has not cost me anything to find several examples of crochet patterns made with ethsy. On the first results page there are a few and do not specify that they have been generated with AI; Rather, quite the opposite. For example, the pattern of This dragon It is sold for 3.40 euros and nowhere does nothing say. Nor do we see it in the seller pagewhere all your designs are clearly made with AI. In fact, in the description ensures that you design each pattern with love and with real photos. In the reviews, this dragon has an assessment of 4.3 out of 5, which is not bad. However, it is enough to dive a bit to realize that most reviews with five stars are from people who have not yet started. If we see the worst assessment, they are people complaining that what they have received is impossible to weave. Many ask for explanations to the creator and the answers continue to insist that the pattern is real and has even been “created by a true craftsman.” A full -fledged scam. Some user reviews that have fallen in this SCAM. A problem that comes from afar. In the crochet community They have been complaining years of the irruption of these false patterns. Two years ago It was already written about this problem And it was common to see images of crochet artificially generated On Instagram and other networks. There were even guides to help people differentiate a real pattern of one made with the. The thing has not improved. There are more and more examples made with AI and the tools have advanced so much that There are people who fall believing they were facing a real pattern. The garbage goes for your hobbies. Recently we talked about Phenomenon of ‘AI Slop’ that flooded the networks such as Instagram or Tiktok with videos of quite disturbing. With the case of crochet, we are seeing that garbage applied to a hobby, and is not the only one. Something similar happens with 3D impression, where more and more Suspiciously perfect models that when they print them, they seem rather little to the photos. Sewing fans too They denounce that ETSY has been filled with patterns AI. If you like the kitchen you are not safe, Facebook is full of recipes made with ia. Labeling the AI ​​content is not enough. Although many fans are able to detect an image generated with a real one, it is enough to read the comments of many of these publications to see the enormous number of people who believe they are real. Platforms like Pinterest, Instagram either Tiktok They are labeling the AI ​​content (although It is not infallible), but the problem of constant spameo or ‘slop’ . The volume of content generated is so large, that in some searches it costs to find images that are not made with AI (try to look for Haircut ideas on Pinterest). John Oliver said it in This great monologueand perhaps it is not disenchanted: “Not all the AI ​​content is spam, but all spam is AI contained.” Cover image | ETSYedited In Xataka | A study has discovered a much more efficient activity for your brain than writing by hand or walking: sewing

His response was the largest underground nuclear base on the planet

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Talking about the cold war is talking about espionage, secret bases, Advanced weapons to win the opponent in a potential armed conflict and, above all, the Atomic Arsenal Explosion And constant fear of Nuclear Apocalypse. And this implies talking about Russia and the US as protagonists, leaving us in the inkwell to other actors in the conflict. China was another proper name during the Cold War, getting fully into the nuclear race. And they did it big. With the world’s largest nuclear military plant, the mysterious nuclear military plant 816. Bad crumbs with the USSR. The cold war was a tremendously complicated conflict that was played three bands part of time. The US and the USSR were two of the legs, but China entered Liza when the Sino-Soviet conflict. Simplifying history, the Soviet Union And China competed for being the champions of communism and, at a time of 1969, the Soviet Union even considered bombing China with nuclear bombs, including Beijing. However, United States “intervened“, Turning the conflict and relations with China. The position of both approached the subsequent years, but before that, and with a China smelling that the USSR could threaten with its nuclear arsenal, began to build the Nuclear Military Plant 816. Great Nuclear Wall. Zhou enlaiChinese prime minister at that time, he responded to the Sino-Soviet rupture giving the Output gun to a military base in the Chongqing region that would be much more than a bunker: it would become the Nuclear underground installation most important in the country. The goal? Produce plutonium that could be installed in arms, creating nuclear missiles without Soviet help. The works began in 1966 and in process more than 60,000 soldiers of the popular liberation army participated. The objective of the installation was that he was armored against missile attacks, but also against earthquakes of magnitude 8. In addition, he had a great natural wall around him: the Jinzi mountain and his granite. Colossal. Secretism was a constant when building the complex. This is something common and logical in this type of facilities, reaching the extreme that the workers of the workers did not know what their relatives were working or where. In the official records it is indicated that 76 people died during some works that extended over 17 years, but there are sources They point out that the figure would be much greater. Apart, the nuclear military plant 816 has an area of ​​more than 104,000 m² and is the largest tunnel system excavated by the human being. Its 130 galleries total more than 20 kilometers long over 18 United Artificial Cuevas, has more than 13 levels and the height to the deepest point is almost 80 meters, similar to a 25 -story building. In addition, to go from some sites to others inside the plant, cars that circulated on underground roads could be used. That is … it’s huge The control table The reactor room Reverse. During the years of construction, China made Advances in its nuclear program. Although it has been more recent when they officially reached The 500 headsthe first public nuclear test in the country was in 1964, but the complex of the 816 Pedish served little. The reason? After 17 years building that colossal cavernary system and with the advances at 85%, they decided to cancel it. The changes in international relations and the dimensioning tension of the cold war led to a brake on the project. The reactor was never operational and the program was classified in 1984. In 2002, however, it came to light and we could know all these details, even knowing that part of the plant was recycled to become In a fertilizer factory. Tourists, welcome. But with all that excavated, it would be nonsense to have it closed to lime and song. Something like that must have thought of authorities, since, in 2010, they decided open part of the base to the public. Thanks to this we can see photographs like those that accompany these lines and know How would the conditions of a base destined to manufacture nuclear missiles in China 60 years ago. And, in addition to serving as a museum, it is a memorial for the human sacrifices of those who participated in the project, they were official … or those that do not appear in the records. Images | 重庆轨交 18, Iswzo, Lastrik, Pierre Marshall In Xataka | Satellite images leave no doubt: the US has restored the base of the Pacific that launched atomic bombardment over Japan

Classical music concerts are fashionable again because the important thing is not classical music: they are the candles

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Pure Zeitgeist. In times when live music It can no longer be live music A type of concerts triumphs in which music is an absolutely secondary element, regardless of the really important: The aesthetic experience. They are the concerts in the light of the candles, and although they have become an international phenomenon, they have their origin in Spain. What are Candlelight concerts. His own name (“in the light of the candles”) makes it clear: they are Musical performances in small enclosures or emblematic spaces, illuminated only by the light of hundreds of candles, which generates An intimate and dreamlike atmosphere that wraps musicians and the public. It is a musical experience, almost always with classical music repertoires, which seeks to distance yourself from the great events With thousands of people and great scenarios: here the silences, quiet music and the atmosphere in gloom are essential. Candle fever. Candlelight concerts emerged in 2019 as an initiative of the Spanish Platform for the Promotion and Sale of Tickets Fver. Officiallywith the aim of democratizing access to classical music and bringing it closer to new audiences. But the truth is that in Fever they knew how to understand the need for alternatives in 2019 to increasingly massive live events. The idea was to connect with the atmosphere without electricity that was lived in an original classical music concert, and from its first editions it was raised with affordable prices, so that it was popular and accessible to all types of audiences. Made in Spain. The first Candlelight concert was held in Madrid, a city from which it extended to other European capitals such as Paris and London, and from there to the United States and more than 150 cities around the world. The initial success in Spain promoted the internationalization of the format, which today adds millions of assistants on a global scale. The official figures are 3 million viewers worldwide to date, which has led to the fact that The initial intention is extended to offer classical music concerts exclusively: Pop artists such as Queen, Abba, Coldplay or Bad Bunny were soon given way. The candles are not for everyone. Of course, Not everything is flowers For concerts, much less if the nucleus is a subject as controversial as the “elevation” of classical music through aesthetics, simplification and interpretation of great hits of the genre. Criticism They are abundantand they go from the music quality itself To the fact, something more expected, that the candles are not such, but LED lights. It is something that the organization warns from the beginning: it is not about real candles for a security issue. The reason for Candlelight’s success. It is clear: it makes a corner of the music that has been destined for elites during the last half century (do not remember, in that sense, the supposed and controversial “Democratization of creativity” that propose the IAS?), And does it with an aesthetic that reinforces that “elegant” ingredient of the proposal. But at the same time, we have a relatively affordable price, which popularizes the event. You could say that these concerts give way to the appetite of an audience that has always wanted to listen to classical music more popular without having to learn technicisms. It is normal, therefore, that Candlelight bumpes both immediate commercial success and an excéptic response from experts. It implies, in any case, a clear alternative to festivals and concerts in stadiums, although given the limitations of the proposal, perhaps we do not take too long to see how this flame weakens. Header | CandleLight Concerts

More cocaine is being manufactured and selling than ever around the world. The UN has a clear guilty: Colombia

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If we go outside and take one hundred adults, it is likely that six have consumed some drugs recently. This reflects The last report The UN about narcotics, which slides an even more interesting idea: although cocaine is not the most popular narcotic or consumed its global market is beating records and its production has grown almost 34% in just one year. It is an alarming fact and focuses the focus In a specific country: Colombia. A fact: 316 million. United Nations wanted to celebrate International Day for the Fight against Drugs (June 26) with A report that updates consumption data. And they are not exactly good. According to the figures that the agency manages, in 2023 about 316 million people were drugged. It is bad fact for its enormous volume, but also because of the trend it reflects. That figure represents 6% of the adult world population, between 15 and 65 years. Only a decade ago that same percentage was barely exceeded 5%. A business in record figures. UN data also help to understand what people are “places”. The most appealed drug is cannabis, with 244 million of users, followed by opioids (61 million), amphetamines (30.7) and already cocaine in fourth place, which in 2023 consumed 25 million people. Although it is not the majority or the most widespread, the report pays special attention to this last narcotic for how its market evolves. “Production, seizures and consumption reached new maximums in 2023, becoming the greatest market growth with the highest market growth,” They warn from the United Nations Office against drugs and crime (UNODC) before moving on to the figures: in 2023 his illegal production shot at 3,708 tonsalmost 34% more than the previous year. That trend is a reflection of demand. If in 2013 they consumed 17 million people, in 2023 they were already 25. To hunt new markets. The UNODC Slide Another key idea. It is not just that illegal production has fired more than 30% in one year or consumption grows 47% throughout the last decade. To these handicaps it is added that drug traffickers are looking for new markets in which to grow. “They are finding new markets in Asia and Africa. Violence and competition that characterize the illegal scope of cocaine, previously confined to Latin America, is expanding to Western Europe as organized crime groups of Western Balkans increase their influence on the market,” insists. That trend has come accompanied by more seizures. In just a five years (2019-2023) they have shot 68% to mark a record of 2,275. Colombia, in the focus. How does that increase in cocaine in circulation explain? Where is it being cultivated and why? One of the keys is given by UNODC in Another report Published last October and focuses on a very specific production focus: Colombia. The reason? Their data shows that in 2023 the cultivation of the coca bush increased there by 10%, to around 253,000 ha with a potential cocaine production of 2,664 metric tons. A problem that grows … and expands. “This represents a potential increase of 53% in the production of cocaine compared to 2022 and marks the tenth consecutive year, since 2013, in which estimates of potential cocaine production have increased in the country,” Point out The international organization, which warns of another interesting phenomenon: coca grows … and expands. Unlike what happened during the 2021 and 2022, when the increase in production was concentrated in Putomayo, in 2023 the crops were strengthened in the vast majority (16 of a total of 19) of the Coca producing departments. Moreover, only Cauca and Nariño brought together about half of the new surface with plantations if we compare them with those of 2022. With that backdrop, Precise Infobaethe nation concentrates 67% of the crop of coca leaf. “Production increased”. The UN connectsBoth phenomena, the greatest global production and that more surface to the crop is allocated in Colombia, and launches a notice to navigators: “updated data on performance (…) gave rise to a production estimate for the country approximately 50% higher than the previous year. It also increased the concentration of coca leaf production and the manufacture of cocaine in high -performance areas.” The data of the UNODC collected by The country They find in any case that Colombia is not the only nation where coca leaf is cultivated. Not even the only one in which these plantations have gained weight. Although in Colombia they grew 9% between 2022 and 2023, until they reached 253,000 ha, in Peru they also increased slightly to touch the 93,800. In Bolivia they remain at 31,000. More cocaines, more raids. To understand the global panorama of cocaine, specifically in Colombia, it is necessary to handle some extra data. Although the cultivated area grows by police ‘courses to drug trafficking. The Colombian newspaper Time remember that in 2024 the national authorities seized 883 tons and that so far this year there are already 403. The fight against drug trafficking has also become A fundamental issue in it political debate of the country, with different positions. Price earrings. The Coca market has also experienced another phenomenon that can be seen in the streets of Spain: a deep price fluctuation. Some sources They point That in a matter of a few years the kilo has gone from costing more than 30,000 euros to get off the 15,000, a puncture that coincides with several factors, such as Colombia Stop eradicating crops sprinkling them with glyphosate, which would have influenced production. The herbicide was abandoned in 2015 for its harmful effects, but the authorities They already propose to resume it. Images | US Department of Defense Current Photos (Flickr) and UNODC 1 and 2 In Xataka | The consumption of amphetamines in Spain is concentrated in an autonomous community. And we know it with a “single” trick

China has won the data war without stealing any. We have given them to them

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Despite the bodies that are usually tried to attribute in that sense, at least much more disproportionately than on the other side of the Pacific, China has not needed to steal secrets or technological secrets of the West. We have given them to them in a silver tray. Why is it important. There are several cases that do not mean much but united form a puzzle. For example, Apple and Its accumulated investment of 55,000 million dollars in China to “form” in advanced manufacturing. Or bytedance accumulating billions of hours of video labeling – and western– To train the most sophisticated recommendation algorithm we know. And now Apple can repeat the pattern with AI. The context. The dominant narrative points to Chinese industrial espionage as a cause of its technological boom. It is not so simple: Western companies have been the greatest facilitators of technological transfer in modern history, and did it voluntarily. The promise in return: margins. In the short term. The panoramic. Apple was one of the great responsible for China’s change, which went from manufacturer Low Cost A superpower of manufacturing in just two decades. Bytedance has converted western behavior data – hours and hours deciding what we like and what is not based on Scroll– In algorithmic supremacy for a five years. Tesla accelerated the Chinese ecosystem of electric vehicles and now he has turned against him. DJI dominated civil drones by processing Western Maps. The pattern is repeated: West delivers knowledge, China absorbs it and begins to overcome it. Terry Gou, founder of Foxconn, understood that it was better to sacrifice immediate margins in exchange for tie up a company like Apple to get free training by US engineers. Between the lines. China applied what we could call “reverse Trojan horse.” Instead of infiltrating, it attracted Western companies to come voluntarily. Apple’s is a paradigmatic case: for years he thought it was she who was conquering China, but the reality seen with perspective is that It has been China who has conquered Apple. Examples: The progressive assignments of sovereignty. Apple has accepted content restrictions or Mandatory storage on local serverssomething that led many hands to many heads at the time just for the EU to end up demanding something very similar. Logistics dependence without turning. There is no plan B, leaving China would be a slow, expensive movement that would require many years and many dollars. The massive transfer of knowledge. The aforementioned formations to millions of Chinese workers, the investments of more than 7,000 million in own equipment for foreign factories. China has absorbed that know-how. Yes, but. Apple generated thanks to this a company of 3 billion dollars. In 2000 it was around 4,000 million. Thousands of times less. That growth could not have happened investing elsewhere. Tesla would have taken much longer to master the electric car without Chinese industrial capacity. The problem is the aforementioned: there is no medium -term plan can not have it. Without China, Apple cannot manage its complex logistics, its millions of daily components. Nor access engineers to dominate them. And now… Apple is working with Alibaba to take Apple Intelligence to China for legal imperative. Is being more complicated than it seemed. And bytedance I would prefer to close Tiktok in the United States rather than sell its valuable algorithm. The employer is also repeated here: Western companies seek to access the Chinese market delivering their most valuable technology. The threat. China is increasingly dominating the massive adoption of AI with models mainly open source. Tencent has already integrated Depseek in Wechat For its more than one billion users. In China, AI is not a separate application, but is integrated into what is already widely used. Possibly the next generation of intelligent agents will repeat the pattern of Apple and Foxconn. But in the field of software. China is not winning the data career spying on the West. He is winning for having opened the door for the West to teach him everything he needed to know in exchange for greater quarterly benefits. Today the student has become a teacher and is the one who puts the standards. In Xataka | For Apple, the price of its iPhone was sacred. Until he started falling into a vacuum in China Outstanding image | Collabstr in Unspash

We are at the doors of the “shortest” day of our lives

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If you feel that days are less, maybe it is because our planet has stepped on the accelerator. Since 2020, and for reasons that Astronomers are still investigatingthe Earth has been rotating on its axis at a speed slightly higher than usual, beating all records since we have atomic measurements. The next record could happen in a few days. The shortest documented day. According to predictions of astrophysicist Graham Jonesthere are three key dates in 2025 in which the Earth could register its fastest turn since there are records: July 9, on July 22 or August 5, 2025. In one of those three days there will be all the conditions for the Earth to approach or exceed the historical record so far, which is not very distant: on July 5, 2024. Other experts do not have it so clear and believe that the shortest day of this year could remain some milliseconds above the record last year. An anomaly of milliseconds. A solar day lasts 86,400 seconds; That is, 24 hours. However, the rotation of the earth is not perfect and has tiny variations. These fluctuations are translated into milliseconds above or below the reference figurethat we can measure thanks to the precision of atomic watches. Until 2020, the shortest day registered lacked 1.05 milliseconds for 24 hours. But since then, every year has overcome that threshold. In 2021, the shortest day was 24 hours – 1,47 ms; In 2022, it was 24 hours −1.59 ms; In 2023 it rose to 24 hours −1.31 ms and in 2024 he came down again, marking the current record. The shortest day ever documented was on July 5 of last year, which lasted 24 hours -1.66 ms. Why this summer. The dates planned for 2025 coincide with the moments in which the moon orbit places it at its furthest point from the Earth’s Ecuador. The lunar position influences the speed of rotation of our planet, although it is not the main factor of the current acceleration, which remains a mystery. The most fascinating thing about this acceleration is that it goes against the trend. For billions of years, The Moon has been braking the rotation of the Earth. About 4.5 billion years ago, one day on Earth it lasted between three and six hours. The gravitational attraction of the Moon generates the tides, and this constant friction of the oceans has been stealing angular momentum to the earth, which slows its speed. No one expected this acceleration. The models that scientists usually use take into account ocean currents and atmospheric movements, but fail to explain this sudden acceleration. The main hypothesis points to complex and still little understood processes In the core of our planet. The planet’s engine has “changed marching.” If this braking trend continued without interruption, in about 50,000 million years, the rotation of the earth would be synchronized with the orbit of the moon. The result would be a “tide blocking” where the earth would always show the same face to the moon, so that our satellite would only be visible from the middle of the planet. In any case, we will not be here. Within about 10,000 million years, the sun will become a white dwarf. Already by then, the earth will take time being uninhabitable. In Xataka | The second intersects seriously distort our time measurement. But we have no easy alternatives

In Brazil there is a fever for babies. The problem is that they are so real that people are confusing them

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The story began as a harmless content in Tiktok, one that quickly climbed to became a national issue in Brazil. A young woman He published a video In which he pretended to take his “baby” Bento to the hospital: he prepared his backpack, lying it in the car, weighed it, gave him the bottle and cleaned his cheek. More than 16 million people saw that scene, but few realized that he was not a baby, it was A Reborn doll. Political chaos. I told this week The Guardian. While Jair Bolsonaro faces a trial for I attempt at once of state and the current president Lula is going through The worst moment of popularity of his third term, the focus of wide sectors of the Brazilian public debate It has diverted Towards an unusual phenomenon: Reborn dolls. We talk about figures Baby hyperrealistscollected and made by thousands of people (mostly women) in Brazil for decades, who have suddenly become white of viral teasingviolent threats and an unusual legislative wave. Laws against dolls. According to The New York Timescurrently there are at least 30 legislative projects presented in Brazil to prevent Reborn dolls from accessing public services such as health or education. Legislators on the right, especially in the state of Amazonas, have even taken Dolls to Parliament claiming that some women are trying to obtain public benefits with them, (although there is no evidence to support it). In a turn of the events that approaches a dystopia, one of the drivers even asked if the next step would be to castrate “Reborn dolls” in veterinarians. Stigmatization As a mockery, the official account of the city of Curitiba warned To the “Mothers Reborn” that their dolls do not give the right to use yellow seats reserved for pregnant women on buses. In contrast, the Municipal Council of Rio de Janeiro proposed to establish On September 4 as the day of the storker Reborn to honor the artists who manufacture them, although the mayor He vetoed the measure on the argument that “this is not happening.” To put things in order, or almost, According to the UOL mediait has only been documented A real case of a woman with a psychiatric disorder who tried to enter a hospital with a doll, which shows that most bills are based on viral fictions. Vinyl body kit From Tiktok to Congress. As we said at the beginning, it all started with a series of virals in networks where a collector had called “Crazy” for taking his doll to a mall. Then, another clip showed a doll being Attended in a hospitalas part of a role -playing game. Although the author of the video clarified that it was A dramatizationthe content was replicated alarmistly as if it were real. From there, social networks exploded with teasing, threats and a torrent of indignation aimed at the so -called “mams reborn.” The controversy reached a disturbing point on June 6, when a man assaulted a real baby four months on public roads by confusing it with one of these dolls. The aggressor was released on bail and the baby is out of danger, but the fact illustrates the climate of hysteria unleashed. Disguised misogyny. What at first glance seems like a lower controversy over eccentric hobbies hides a darker background: the pathologization of female entertainment. It counted at the Guardian The sociologist and political scientist Isabela Kalil, professor at the FESPSP, who warns that while adult men can collect action figures or spend hours in front of video games without raising suspicions, women who interact with hyperrealistic dolls are quickly tildos of unbalanced. The artist Larissa Vedolinknown as Emily Reborn In networks, he has received death threats daily for sharing his creations. “They write to me from anonymous accounts who are looking forward to finding me on the street with a weapon,” He recounts. Vedolin, like many other creators and collectors, defends that the Reborn are not toys, but works of art. Some may take weeks to complete and reach prices of up to 3,000 eurosdepending on the level of detail, such as the width hair implant. Social reflection. He Youtuber Chico Barneywho recorded a collector event in São Paulo for Your documentary Reborn Babies Don’t Cry, He pointed out With surprise the normality of the meeting: “It was only a group of people sharing an interest, with nothing eccentric.” But that contrast between the reality of the phenomenon and the viral narrative highlights a frequent dynamic in contemporary digital culture: the constant search for a target for collective hatred. Kalil summarized it rarely: the fury is not based on real events, but on a need for channel social anxiety through symbolic objects. “This case has served to project contempt, mockery and aggression against women who deviate minimally from conventional expectations,” affirms. Ancient practice. The Times remembered that Reborn dolls exist Since the 90s and his interest is not limited to Brazil. In the United States, Dave Stack, founder of Reborns (an online sales platform) ensures that sales have grown up constantly: 10 dolls a day five years ago between 40 and 60 currently. Prices range Between 200 and 250 dollars For vinyl models, and up to more than 4,000 for limited editions of soft silicone. Among its buyers there are mothers who They have lost childrencenters for patients with dementia, lawyers who use them in judgments, creators for film and television, and mainly people who “simply love babies.” Some clients even take them to medical consultationsThey feed them with porridge or photograph them with Santa Claus. A hysteria as radiography. In summary, the Reborn phenomenon in Brazil has become the closest thing to A mirror of collective anxiety, normalized misogyny and the excessive influence of social networks in political discourse. What is essence is a form of artistic expression or an emotional refuge has been transformed in whitewashing, legislation and polarization. The episode reveals not only the ease with which a moral panic is generated, but … Read more

Fly has become hell, so someone has decided to resurrect the synonym of “luxury” in the planes: bread am

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PAN American Airways Incorporated. Bread amin the screen printing of airplanes. Who was at Lisbon airport on June 19 had to think for a moment he had traveled in time. That without realizing it, the police control was actually a worm hole that had sent it directly to the 60s. Then, he would take advantage of his mobile phone and realize that, indeed, nothing had changed. It was still on June 19, 2025. But something strange happened. Why did an plane that had stopped manufactured 20 years ago? And, above all, why did the lyrics of a broken company in 1991 have been scheduled? Elon Musk vs Jeff Bezos: The Galaxies War Remember what luxury was Indeed, aeronautics fans would be stunned last week when An AM PAN plane He landed on the Portuguese airport track. Not only that will travel through Europe before returning to New York on June 28, where it was coming last week. If you want to get a ticket you may be late. Late to buy it and afternoon, most likely, to gather the almost 65,000 euros that the trip costs. Because the trip aboard the Boeing 757 that revives the PAN AM trip is organized by BARTELINGSspecialized in private trips by plane, and Travel criteriontravel specialists designed for experts in a specific sector. Together have created Beyond Capricorn to recreate in the 21st century the trips of decades ago. Lisbon is part of the First itinerary Organized by these companies. With departure in New York and Stop in Bermudas, the PAN AM plane will be seen in Lisbon, Marseille, London, Shannon/Foynes (Ireland) and return to New York. The price of this trip has been $ 65,500 for those who have traveled alone and 59,950 dollars for those who have reserved two tickets. Prices shoot for this Second Tourwith departure in San Francisco and stops in Tokyo, Siem Reap, Singapore, Darwin, Sidney, Auckland, Fiji and back to San Francisco. In this case we talk about $ 94,495 departure (reserving two tickets) and 103,995 dollars for those who travel alone. Good, Old Times. (Commons) And what is offered? Well, in addition to infarction hotels And guided tours of the cities, the experience of flying as it was flying more than a decade ago. That is, absolute dedication by the company’s staff, haute cuisine food on board and a plane that has been reconfigured inside so that the 50 passengers feel the comforts of the class Business. Of course, all the details of how he was traveling have been recreated. The interior of the plane seems to be taken from a time tunnel and all the people wears the experience in which these companies are inspired to recreate the luxury trips of more than half a century ago. Routes recreate Flying Boatsluxury cruises that the wealthiest customers maintained for weeks circling the world. In Xataka | Vigo airport has released a novel and digital control tower. There is only one problem: complaints about security

In World War II, the British were looking for an antibunker bomb. So they copied a Disney idea

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The morning of last Sunday, June 22, The United States deployed its B-2 With a mission: launch, for the first time, its new MOP pumps on Iranian bases. These mass bombs have a single function: eX PLACE IN Underground Bases And, despite being avant -garde armamentits technology began to be tested decades ago, in the Second World War. It was the British who developed a bomb capable of bursting a bunker, and their inspiration came from the most unexpected place. A Disney movie. Need. It is in the war when the brightest minds of each country gather to invent new ways of killing. Even if they don’t know what the consequences of their creations will be. The World War I It was a period of Technological Revolutionthe second more of the same and In the Cold War The Explosion of nuclear bombs (and almost that of chickens). In short: each country in conflict wants have the “fattest” bomb. In the mid -2GM, the British sought a powerful bomb, but with a more concrete objective than that of causing all possible damage: they wanted something capable of advising a blow to the bunkers heart and Nazi submarine factories. Thus, they developed the Tallboy and the Grand Slampumps of five and ten tons respectively designed to hit near the target, penetrate the earth, exploit and cause damage to the shock waves transmitted through the ground. The idea was good, but they still needed something more concrete than those “earthquake” bombs. And then, someone saw this propaganda movie of Disney: Drawing pump. Leaving aside that you could keep your mouth open because … yes, that Disney produced ithe who saw the short was Edward Terrellof the Royal Reserve of Naval Volunteers. It is said that, after watching the film, Terrell and other officers, they would ask if it would be possible to design a bomb that directly crossed the concrete and destroy objectives such as the Nazi submarinesas seen in one of the frames, instead of waiting for the expansive wave of an earthquake to damage the underground base. In September 1943, engineers got to work while the viability of the pump was discussed. There were those who opposed, but Churchill was approved and, there, the development began. Edward Terrell and two other RAF officers with a Disney bomb Promising. The Disney pump, baptized Officially as “4,500 pump assisted by rocket to drill concrete” (‘Disney bomb’ has much more stuck, where we are going to stop) it was massive not so much because of the dimensions, but because of the weight and its explosive capacity. With just over five meters long and 43 centimeters in diameter, it had a weight of 2,000 kilos. As his name indicated, he was driven by RP-3 rockets And as an explosive it was loaded with 230 kilos of ‘Shellite‘, a mixture designed during World War I. Thrown from Boeing B-17 or B-29 aircraft, its operation was simple: to boost with the rockets to reach a speed of more than 1,500 km/h, penetrate everything possible due to accumulated kinetic energy and detonate late within the installation. In addition, its maximum penetration was about 5 meters of reinforced concrete, enough to cause great damage to enemy structures. Afternoon, too late. The bomb was promising, but it took too long. They began to develop late (when they had the idea, go) and that caused that it was not ready until almost the end of the conflict. In January 1945 they carried out some tests and, although the bomb was British, it was the United States Air Force that had of it. Between February and April 1945 they launched a total of 158 Disney bombs against bunkers and submarine factories in Germany. A clear objective was Valentin, a U-Bats factory That it was about to be completed, something that the allies could not allow and managed to cause damage to the target with armor 4.5 meters thick, but had a trick: it had already been previously damaged by the Grand Slam bombs of the British. A fair shotgun. The Disney bomb was a disaster for two reasons. The first and most obvious is that it came very late and attacks on underwater bases did not mean a real difference in the outcome of the conflict in the European territory. But, in addition, they failed. During the Valentin bunker attack More than 60 pumps were launched, but only one directly impacted and, as we say, the damages caused were preceded by the explosions of the British bombs thrown days before. For more inri, in evidence during the years after World War II with controlled releases in the Helgoland Islandof 76 bombs released, it was discovered that the lighting of the rockets failed in 37% of the cases, very limiting the penetrating power of the projectile. In addition, some bombs exploited prematurely and would not serve to achieve the objectives. Yes one thing was discovered: the maximum penetration of 5.08 meters in concrete. The MOP, Disney’s legacy. In the end, between technical, tactical and temporary problems, the efficacy of the Disney pump was extremely limited, but it is clear that it represented an important technological advance in the Antibunker war. So much that he laid the foundations for future penetration weapons. And of those rains, these sludge, as they say. The GBU-57A/B. launched by the US against Iran is the latest technology of the MOP bombs, or ‘Massive Ordnance Penetrator’. The big difference with the Disney pump is that this huge 6.25 meters long projectile and the FRIOLERA OF 13,600 KILOS (2,400 of them are explosives) Yes it works, also penetrating up to 60 meters of concrete. And another difference is that it is launched from such high (12 kilometers from a B-2) that does not need engine, since it is gaining speed as it falls, being very precise thanks to its laser guidance. In short, technology that is not so much of science fiction and that shows that we are great … Read more

17 free games to release your nintendo switch 2

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We bring you a collection with 17 free games for nintendo switch 2with which you will be able to release the console without spending money on games. These are titles that were available for Switch 1, but thanks to the retrocompatibility of its successor you will also be able to enjoy in the new Nintendo console, and even with performance improvements. We have all kinds of free games for Nintendo Switch 2from some that are of action to others of adventures, competitive, and even relaxing. The formula is always the same, Free games with payment modalities To obtain aesthetic modifications. And as we always say in Xataka Basics, this is our collection of games, although perhaps we have left out others that deserve to be mentioned. Therefore, if you miss any concrete we invite you to say it in the comments section so that all readers can benefit from the knowledge of our xatakers. Fortnite One of the free games par excellence, that by the way It has been improved for the Nintendo Switch 2 From the launch of the console. This game is known above all for its Battle Royale, in which to compete against other players on an island to see who of everyone is the last survivor. But beyond that, the game has many other ways to hang out, and You don’t need to pay anything To play. Of course, there is a system of seasons in which you can pay to get more advanced aesthetic accessories, but these payments or accessories do not give you advantage in the game. Fall Guys One of the best Battle Royale you can find. Inspired by Takeshi’s Castle (Yellow humor in Spain), you have to overcome a series of qualifying tests to try to be the winner. Each game has several screens, and in each of them a large number of players are eliminated. Each of the tests is crazy, and let’s say that the characters are a bit clumsy moving, which adds an extra fun. Again, the game is free, but with its payment system for seasons you can get aesthetic customizations to make your unique character, although not to give you any advantage. Stumble Guys An alternative to Fall Guys With the same concept, although with a bit different tests. But in essence it is almost the same, so if you like one but you know you little, you can play both. Pokémon Unite Pokémon Unite It is an Moba, an online multiplayer combat sand. Come on, it is not an adventure game, but an sand in which you enter with a team formed by other players in the world, and You face another team formed by other players random This results in fighting where action and strategy shake hands. The sand is always the same, so it is important to know it and act as neutral territory for the items. In the end, the goal is for your team to get more points than the rival. Fallout Shelter The phenomenal Bethesda game for manage your own post -epocalyptic bunker. It was a small mobile experiment, but after its success it has continued to grow and reach more devices. It is very entertaining, and the hours will be flying without having to pay anything. You have to manage your bunker’s resources, create new rooms, and receive new tenants or make those you have reproduce. At the same time, you have to send tenants to explore and get resources, and reinforce your defenses for the attacks you can receive. Brawlhalla If you don’t want to spend money on Switch Smash Bros, this is a free alternative with similar mechanics. You will face other adversaries in games with up to 8 players in floating scenarios, and You have to throw them away and that fall. All this with various types of game. The great fort of this game is its wide cast of characters, including some collaborations. There are many sagas that have put characters here, and it is a very fun title. Apex Legends Another Battle Royale, this time in Shooter format, in which all players have to face a map. In this case, you have to choose between a cast of characters To use the one that best suits your way of playing, or depending on the strategy you want to use. The title retains the great identity signs of Respawn Entertainment, creators of the game and other sagas such as Titanfall, in whose universe it is set. You will find a high speed of action and a quality of the final result that is in the clouds. It has a reappearance system so that if they kill you you can appear again and continue playing. Disney Speedstorm A Super Mario Cart with Disney charactersthat simple and that fun. You can control various franchise characters from the multinational, and then face others in frantic races with all types of Power UPS. Overwatch 2 A online team shooter that keeps its focus on fast and dynamic games of five against five. These teams are made randomly, and Each player chooses a hero with unique skillsso you should try to have a team as balanced as possible. The main objective of the game is usually to capture strategic points, escort letters or simply defeat the final team, everything depends on the game mode you choose. Their games are characterized by their thrilling action and for having to cooperate with others, in addition to their extensive cast of characters. Super Kirby Clash A game set in the Kirby universe in which a team formed by you and three other friends have to face universe monsters of this character. It is free, although with internal micropago systems, and in addition to the action it also has a curious system of levels to the RPG. PALIA A mass multiplayer game on which you can create, cook, fish and cultivate. It is A life simulator and farmsin which you have to get ahead … Read more

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