Haven Tenerife
Doctor of ancient history, retired university lecturer living in the foothills of Teide among birds, trees, peace, and books. "Leftie elitist". Welsh-Irish. European. MBE.
- Mainland Spain. Europe. Not a remote province, not Asia, nor some remote part of Patagonia, Outer Mongolia, Pakistan/north India ... Spain. Europe. An entire village evacuated today because of the increasingly chaotic climate crisis, 140 or so roads closed ... elpais.com/espana/2026-...
- As Spain says, Musk's and esp Durov's reaction to its measures for child protection show exactly why they're needed. And long overdue too, but at least coming at last. Reactions like Telegram's will only increase the pace; if not, we all may as well give up now. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
- Canada is often one of the good guys but "harvesting" seaweed from Ireland is not for Ireland's benefit. Not at all. It's a resource grab to acquire raw materials for makeup, fertilizer, and so on ... but not for Ireland. Just stop raping the damn planet FFS. And sign the petition if you can.
- Beginning to think the "Noble prize" isn't so noble after all. Nothing for Albanese, current peace laureate threw hers away by giving it to Trump, now catastrophic environmental damage results from another recipient ... No more nobels for me. Everything is such a bloody disappointment.
- William Nordhaus received the Nobel Memorial Prize for these flawed economic models, and Bjorn Lomborg built a highly lucrative career on them. They told rich and powerful people what they wanted to hear. While helping to consign us all to catastrophe. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Regular complaints from Brit arrivals at TFS: overcrowding, inadequate passport control, new machines ... Some blame AENA, others the Govt, or infrastructure. But it is just Brits. If only there were some reason their flights didn't just sail through customs ... canarianweekly.com/posts/Crazy-...
- Academia - v much humanities too not just sciences - have long been withering under a push to publish ages before being ready in order to "leverage" league tables and finances. Now market forces have met AI ... and ruined whatever academic credibility was left. Do read 👇 elpais.com/ciencia/2026...
- Labelled terrorists for nothing more than calling Israel's blatant mass murder a genocide. Palestine Action proscribed for the same reason. People in jail, some at death's door, for being everything the UK Government is not: decent, honest, ethical, and moral. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
- And our copy has just arrived. Thank you @airamrodriguez.bsky.social ... it looks fabulous! 💙
- The book you need for birding in the Canaries: Todas las aves de Canarias editorial-zech.es/catalogo-de-... #ornithology
- The politicos are talking "consolidation" rather than continued growth because they're starting to see unsustainability hit their own lives. Daily gridlock/motorways shut for hours after crashes because too many people on the roads, beauty spots turned into camper van sites, queues everywhere ...
- Today's inevitable juvenile abusive reaction. “Our children are exposed to a space they were never meant to navigate alone … We will no longer accept that" “Dirty Sánchez is a tyrant and a traitor to the people of Spain. ... the true fascist totalitarian.” www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
