Ariadne · @ariadne
1048 followers · 693 posts · Server climatejustice.social

"Shore wars: battle to save beaches from invasion of sunbeds - demand end to the illegal spread of loungers and say sands must be free for all
From its inception, the protest movement has had a single aim: to reclaim from rental outfits hogging prime areas with exorbitantly-priced sun loungers and shadings. The takeover, which has seen enterprises charge as much as €120 (£102) for sunbeds on , has been described as unconstitutional in a country where the protection of the natural and cultural environment is enshrined in law as “a duty of the state and a right of every person”.
...
"Recently, Stephanou, 70, used his skills as a web designer to prove his point, superimposing the coordinates of assigned areas “contracted out” over aerial images taken by drones. The infractions were as alarming as they were blatant. While more than 7,000 square metres were legally licensed to concession holders, sunbeds and umbrellas occupied an area of 18,800 square metres.

“It was shocking,” he says. “In almost every case there was illegal expansion beyond leased zones. One company, which has leased 16 metres of beach space, had spread sunbeds over 1,000 metres.”

theguardian.com/world/2023/aug

#greeks #commercial #protesters #Beaches #private #coastal #Paros #greece #capitalism #elitism #rights #EU

Last updated 1 year ago

PC · @PChoate
373 followers · 2764 posts · Server mas.to

Did you know that in the original models of the the proposed a as a type of sky-liquid that the planets and stars floated in? Like a boat on they couldn’t imagine it otherwise.

The concept stuck and even in the 1680’s originally believed in a later version of the same idea.

Aether - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aether_(

“…aether was used in one of Sir Isaac Newton's first published theories of gravitation,

#newton #water #aether #fifthelement #greeks #universe

Last updated 1 year ago

Tucker · @Tucker
63 followers · 170 posts · Server awoo.chat

you dont make stuff like that up...

apparently holds the legal rights to ;
(besides; when have we given up completely on triviality right claims. x is a f*cking letter. a letter. the might own the fkin ) anyway... normally you check with your legal department BEFORE you relabel your internat. brand.

#microsoft #x #activex #xbox #phoenicians #greeks #copyright #musk #elonmusk #twitter #xitter #meme #mamema #memes

Last updated 1 year ago

Bibliolater 📚📜🖋📐 · @bibliolater
333 followers · 1255 posts · Server qoto.org
Oden · @Gjallarhornet
898 followers · 7438 posts · Server mastodon.nu
Antranig Vartanian :freebsd: · @antranigv
107 followers · 467 posts · Server sigin.fo

I just learned that Disney is releasing a min-series about Atatürk, one of the founders of modern .

I have no issues with this except that according to rumors it's going to be a glorifying series.

Yes, Atatürk the same person who organized a genocide () and multiple massacres (, ).

It’s like releasing a mini-series glorifying Hitler.

This is not a documentary, no no

Where are the "cancel" people?

#turkey #armeniangenocide #greeks #assyrians

Last updated 1 year ago

mythologyandhistory · @mythologyandhistory
657 followers · 83 posts · Server mas.to

Did you know that Rubens' famously abundant were modeled after ?

Women should have firm & fleshy buttocks & a small stomach, with plump thighs & a long, broad neck - that's what he wrote in his notes.

That's also how he described horses.

And like horses, he believed women to be vain & absorbed in their own silhouettes.

also believed that the ideal belonged to the & & that human had since declined.

#horsesofmastodon #art #beauty #greeks #romans #ancient #body #rubens #horses #women

Last updated 1 year ago

SPdeValk 🐘️ ☑️ · @sjosjo
37 followers · 221 posts · Server mas.to

The thing about the and is:
It comes closest to what the old meant when they invented

-People, discussing any kind of subject in a Town Square setting
- You, knowing the name of the host/moderator/facilitator of your ‘Village’. Thanks @trumpet !
- No anonymous trash talk without consequences
- And now, very clearly expressed by users: No invisible overlord paying homage to the dark side

#reddit #democracy #greeks #ActivityPub #Fediverse

Last updated 1 year ago

𐪅𐪀𐪈 𐪑𐪁𐪉 · @WahbAllat
186 followers · 349 posts · Server mas.to

The tell us the of worshipped , but they don’t tell us who She is. An inscription found in mentions of Daathen, an town in Negev, again without mentioning who She is, because of course we all know who she is.

I personally lean towards the goddess mentioned being Al-Uzza, since that what the later sources describing the of mention.

#epigraphy #archaeology #history #palestine #palestinians #christianization #arab #goddess #Syria #arabic #venus #negev #arabs #greeks

Last updated 1 year ago

Alexandros2112 🇨🇦 · @Alexandros2112
240 followers · 1492 posts · Server mstdn.social

Χριστός Ανέστη και Χρόνια Πολλά to all my fellow celebrating today. May your lamb be tender, your music loud and your day be amazing

#Mastodon #Greece #Canada #Opa #Easter #greeks

Last updated 2 years ago

𐪅𐪀𐪈 𐪑𐪁𐪉 · @WahbAllat
160 followers · 194 posts · Server mas.to
damian entwistle · @ukdamo
35 followers · 130 posts · Server mastodon.org.uk
eu-LISA · @EULISA
470 followers · 147 posts · Server social.network.europa.eu

all across Europe, and beyond, are the Revolution of 1821 today! This date marks the beginning of the war of against the Ottoman Empire.
🇬🇷We wish you all the most joyous of times on your special day!🇬🇷

#greeks #celebrating #independence

Last updated 2 years ago

Queer Sci Fi · @queerscifi
1014 followers · 621 posts · Server mastodon.otherworldsink.com

For today's cool thing, Pink News takes a look at how ancient societies influenced homosexuality as we know it today. Spoiler Alert: it was more the Romans than the Greeks.

queerscifi.com/romosexuality-q

#ancientworld #greeks #romans #history #homosexuality #gay #queer

Last updated 2 years ago

RT @scenesfromusc
At uscscene.com -- Warriors in the Trojan Horse.

#trojans #greeks #iliad #usc

Last updated 2 years ago

Queer Lit Cats · @QLC
32 followers · 2460 posts · Server mastodon.roitsystems.ca
:verified: Drew :verified: · @drawnonglass
117 followers · 557 posts · Server wandering.shop

"The ancient invented lots of things we still have today, like medicine and olives, and lots of things that have died out, like democracy and pillars"

#greeks #cunkonearth

Last updated 2 years ago