Natasha Jay4d ago
In 2020, 14 local Spanish women of the small town of Aguilar de la Frontera took 2 months to create a giant rainbow flag which stretched along a street in their town #WomensArt 🌈
Show threadJeremy Kun4d ago

@Natasha_Jay apparently this is called a toldo and it's a commonish thing in Spain. Very cool, wish we did this in the US.

https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2025/06/dressing-and-undressing-the-home/

How to Dress and Undress your Home

Before the large-scale use of fossil fuels, removable textile layers kept homes warm in winter and cool in summer.

LOW←TECH MAGAZINE
Show threadFrannoval
@j2kun @Natasha_Jay it’s not immediately clear to me what the linked article textile home insulation has to do with the rainbow street thing, but the article is really worth reading
Jun 28 at 3:59pmWeb
Show threadJeremy Kun4d ago
@Frannoval @Natasha_Jay towards the end they talk about street coverings, implying this is a prideful way to provide shade on the street.