Ariadne · @ariadne
1048 followers · 693 posts · Server climatejustice.social"Shore wars: #Greeks battle to save beaches from invasion of #commercial sunbeds - #Protesters 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 #beaches from #private rental outfits hogging prime #coastal areas with exorbitantly-priced sun loungers and shadings. The takeover, which has seen enterprises charge as much as €120 (£102) for sunbeds on #Paros, 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”.
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"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.”
#greeks #commercial #protesters #Beaches #private #coastal #Paros #greece #capitalism #elitism #rights #EU
PC · @PChoate
373 followers · 2764 posts · Server mas.toDid you know that in the original models of the #universe the #Greeks proposed a #FifthElement #aether as a type of sky-liquid that the planets and stars floated in? Like a boat on #water they couldn’t imagine it otherwise.
The concept stuck and even #Newton in the 1680’s originally believed in a later version of the same idea.
Aether - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aether_(classical_element)
“…aether was used in one of Sir Isaac Newton's first published theories of gravitation,
#newton #water #aether #fifthelement #greeks #universe
↯ Klaatu - Some Brave Apollo ↯ · @Klaatu
939 followers · 164447 posts · Server noagendasocial.com@Johncdvorak more uses for vinegar and honey to document.
via https://noc.social/@todayilearned/110851251644313921
todayilearned@noc.social
TIL ancient #Greeks would irrigate battle wounds with #vinegar and #honey and then use spiderwebs to keep the honey in the wound
https://remedygrove.com/remedies/Organic-Healing-Treating-Bleeding-Wounds-With-Cobwebs
Tucker · @Tucker
63 followers · 170 posts · Server awoo.chat
I F*CKING LOVE MY ROOMMATE’S NEW TATTOO #everythingeverywhereallatonce #greekmythology #sisyphus #Absurdism #EEaaO #Tattoo #NothingMatters #Hades #greeks
#everythingeverywhereallatonce #greekmythology #sisyphus #absurdism #eeaao #tattoo #nothingmatters #hades #greeks
𝗠𝗔𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗠𝗘𝗺𝗲𝗠𝗔𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 · @mastomememakers
1227 followers · 1588 posts · Server det.social
you dont make stuff like that up...
apparently #microsoft holds the legal rights to #x; #activex #xbox
(besides; when have we given up completely on triviality right claims. x is a f*cking letter. a letter. the #phoenicians #greeks might own the fkin #copyright) 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
Bibliolater 📚📜🖋📐 · @bibliolater
333 followers · 1255 posts · Server qoto.orgLiritzis, I. (2022). The ancient DNA of the N.E. Mediterranean/Euro-Asian Cultures and the Position of the Mycenaean Greeks among the first Cultures. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7031095 #OpenAccess #OA #Archaeology #Ancient #DNA #aDNA #Science #Archaeogenetics #Humans #Yamnaya #Minoans #Greeks #Anatolians #IndoEuropeans #Academia #Academic #Academics @archaeodons @science
#dna #adna #science #humans #academia #openaccess #yamnaya #minoans #greeks #Anatolians #oa #archaeology #ancient #archaeogenetics #academic #academics #IndoEuropeans
Oden · @Gjallarhornet
898 followers · 7438 posts · Server mastodon.nuHow Ancient #Greeks Kept Ruthless #Narcissists from Capturing their #Democracy
https://www.ancient-origins.net/history/ancient-greece-democracy-0018701
#democracy #narcissists #greeks
Antranig Vartanian :freebsd: · @antranigv
107 followers · 467 posts · Server sigin.foI just learned that Disney is releasing a min-series about Atatürk, one of the founders of modern #Turkey.
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 (#ArmenianGenocide) and multiple massacres (#Greeks, #Assyrians).
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
mythologyandhistory · @mythologyandhistory
657 followers · 83 posts · Server mas.to
Did you know that Rubens' famously abundant #women were modeled after #horses?
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.
#Rubens also believed that the ideal #body belonged to the #Ancient #Romans & #Greeks & that human #beauty had since declined.
#horsesofmastodon #art #beauty #greeks #romans #ancient #body #rubens #horses #women
SPdeValk 🐘️ ☑️ · @sjosjo
37 followers · 221 posts · Server mas.toThe thing about the #Fediverse and #activitypub is:
It comes closest to what the old #Greeks meant when they invented #Democracy
-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 #reddit users: No invisible overlord paying homage to the dark side
#reddit #democracy #greeks #ActivityPub #Fediverse
𐪅𐪀𐪈 𐪑𐪁𐪉 · @WahbAllat
186 followers · 349 posts · Server mas.toThe #Greeks tell us the #Arabs of #Negev worshipped #Venus, but they don’t tell us who She is. An #Arabic inscription found in #Syria mentions #Goddess of Daathen, an #Arab 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 #Christianization of #Palestinians mention.
#epigraphy #archaeology #history #palestine #palestinians #christianization #arab #goddess #Syria #arabic #venus #negev #arabs #greeks
Alexandros2112 🇨🇦 · @Alexandros2112
240 followers · 1492 posts · Server mstdn.social
𐪅𐪀𐪈 𐪑𐪁𐪉 · @WahbAllat
160 followers · 194 posts · Server mas.to
Figure 2. Greek knowledge of Arabians before Pompey’s conquest of Syria (63 BC)
Source: https://www.academia.edu/4593009/Arabians_Arabias_and_the_Greeks_Contact_and_Perceptions
#Arabian #Arabia #Greek #Arabians #Arabias #Greeks
#Arab #Arabs #Contact #Perceptions #History #Academia #Article #Map #Knoweledge #Syria #Pompey #conquest #BC #Andeel
#andeel #bc #conquest #pompey #Syria #knoweledge #map #article #academia #history #perceptions #contact #arabs #arab #greeks #arabias #arabians #greek #arabia #arabian
damian entwistle · @ukdamo
35 followers · 130 posts · Server mastodon.org.uk
eu-LISA · @EULISA
470 followers · 147 posts · Server social.network.europa.eu
#Greeks all across Europe, and beyond, are #celebrating the Revolution of 1821 today! This date marks the beginning of the war of #independence against the Ottoman Empire.
🇬🇷We wish you all the most joyous of times on your special day!🇬🇷
#greeks #celebrating #independence
Vivian Schey 🏳️🌈 🇩🇪 <FSM<( · @TheAuthorVivian
187 followers · 1129 posts · Server mastodon.world
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.
https://www.queerscifi.com/romosexuality-queer-love-in-ancient-times/
#queer #gay #homosexuality #history #Romans #Greeks #AncientWorld
#ancientworld #greeks #romans #history #homosexuality #gay #queer
[·ʏᴏᴜᴛᴏᴘᴏꜱ·] · @mellamphy
55 followers · 3617 posts · Server infosec.exchange
Queer Lit Cats · @QLC
32 followers · 2460 posts · Server mastodon.roitsystems.caNew Yorker: An Abortion Hidden from Parental View in “Memoir of a Veering Storm” https://www.newyorker.com/culture/screening-room/an-abortion-hidden-from-parental-view-in-memoir-of-a-veering-storm #NewYorker #Culture/ScreeningRoom #Teen-Agers(Teenagers) #Documentary #Abortion #Greece #Greeks #Video
#newyorker #Culture #teen #documentary #abortion #greece #greeks #video
:verified: Drew :verified: · @drawnonglass
117 followers · 557 posts · Server wandering.shop"The ancient #Greeks invented lots of things we still have today, like medicine and olives, and lots of things that have died out, like democracy and pillars" #CunkOnEarth