Hacker News with Generative AI: Spain

Spanish villages where people are forced to buy back their own drinking water (theguardian.com)
Spain is increasingly either parched or flooded – and one group is profiting from these extremes: the water-grabbing multinational companies forcing angry citizens to pay for it in bottles

Water Scarcity, Spain, Environmental Issues, Corporate Greed, Water Management

43 points by c420 9 days ago | 8 comments

Spanish police arrest ex-fraud chief after €20M found in walls of his house (theguardian.com)
Spain has arrested one of its top police officers after €20m (£17m) was found hidden in the walls of his house, as part of an investigation into the country’s largest-ever cocaine bust.

Spain, Crime, Fraud, Police

108 points by c420 21 days ago | 126 comments

Cheaper to rent in Barcelona and commute to London (2013) (wordpress.com)
I think many people thought I was joking when I boldly declared it would be cheaper for me to rent a two bed flat in Barcelona and commute to London every day than get a one bed flat here. Turns out I was – I could in fact get a three bed flat.

Real Estate, London, Spain

54 points by sebg 21 days ago | 105 comments

The images of Spain's floods weren't created by AI. People think they were (theguardian.com)
My eye was caught by a striking photograph in the most recent edition of Charles Arthur’s Substack newsletter Social Warming. It shows a narrow street in the aftermath of the “rain bomb” that devastated the region of Valencia in Spain.

Misinformation, AI, Climate Change, Spain, Photography

10 points by belter 22 days ago | 4 comments

Images of Spain's floods weren't made by AI. Trouble is, people think they were (theguardian.com)
My eye was caught by a striking photograph in the most recent edition of Charles Arthur’s Substack newsletter Social Warming. It shows a narrow street in the aftermath of the “rain bomb” that devastated the region of Valencia in Spain.

Disinformation, Spain, Floods, AI, Media

11 points by edward 23 days ago | 6 comments

Spain's PM orders 10k troops and police to Valencia (bbc.com)
Spain's prime minister has ordered 5,000 more troops and 5,000 police officers and civil guards to the Valencia region as residents criticise local authorities over their response to catastrophic flooding.

Spain, Flooding, Disaster Response, Military, Police

5 points by perihelions 31 days ago | 1 comments

At least 62 killed in flooding in Spain (elpais.com)
At least 70 people are reported to have died as a result of flooding in Spain, which mainly affected the province of Valencia, according to the Integrated Operational Coordination Center of the Ministry of Interior, which compiles information from various security and emergency agencies.

Natural Disasters, Spain, Weather

18 points by crbelaus 34 days ago | 5 comments

Dead bodies found after torrential rain brings flash flooding to Spain (theguardian.com)
Several dead bodies have been recovered by emergency workers after torrential rain caused flash floods in southern and eastern Spain, shutting roads and high-speed train connections.

Natural Disasters, Spain, Weather, Emergency Response

6 points by wslh 34 days ago | 0 comments

The Ballad of the Inquisition's Greatest Witch Trial (historytoday.com)
How a lost ballad detailing the Inquisition’s sentencing of 28 alleged Basque witches spread a witchcraft panic through 17th-century Spain.

History, Witchcraft, Spain, Inquisition, Folklore

8 points by Caiero 42 days ago | 1 comments

Christopher Columbus may have been Spanish and Jewish, documentary says (theguardian.com)
A 20-year genetic investigation of the remains of Christopher Columbus has turned conventional historical wisdom on its head by concluding that the explorer whose voyage to the New World changed the course of global history may have been a Spanish Jew rather than a son of Genoa.

History, Genetics, Ancestry, Spain, Jewish History

29 points by marban 51 days ago | 2 comments

Christopher Columbus may have been Spanish and Jewish, documentary says (theguardian.com)
The centuries-old mystery over Christopher Columbus’s nationality has been revealed by scientists in a Spanish TV documentary after using DNA analysis.

History, Genetics, Spain, Documentary, Columbus

124 points by ywvcbk 51 days ago | 345 comments

Columbus' DNA suggests he was a Sephardic Jew from the western Mediterranean (abc.es)
El estudio del ADN de Colón desarrollado por el equipo del forense José Antonio Lorente desde la Universidad de Granada ha descartado científicamente estas teorías que situaban la cuna del descubridor de América en Portugal, Mallorca, Castilla, Galicia o Navarra, aunque no ha logrado determinar el origen del descubridor de América.

Genetics, History, Columbus, Spain, Ancestry

60 points by geiser 52 days ago | 11 comments

DNA study confirms Christopher Columbus’s remains are entombed in Seville (theguardian.com)
Scientists in Spain claim to have solved the two lingering mysteries that cling to Christopher Columbus more than five centuries after the explorer died: are the much-travelled remains buried in a magnificent tomb in Seville Cathedral really his? And was the navigator who changed the course of world history really from Genoa – as history has long claimed – or was he actually Basque, Catalan, Galician, Greek, Jewish or Portuguese?

History, Archaeology, Genetics, Spain, Christopher Columbus

54 points by rmason 52 days ago | 69 comments

Authors Take Sides on the Spanish War: A Dossier (2014) (open.bu.edu)

History, Spain, Politics, Academic Research

30 points by rrnechmech 92 days ago | 4 comments

Spain is luring digital nomads into the countryside with €15,000 grants (thenextweb.com)

Spain, Digital Nomads, Grants, Remote Work, Countryside

11 points by geox 95 days ago | 0 comments

Carles Puigdemont: How I pulled off my daring escape from Spain (politico.eu)

Politics, Spain, Europe, International Relations, Law

11 points by hggh 109 days ago | 2 comments

Vikings in al-Andalus and the Maghreb (alandalusylahistoria.com)