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Column in The Guardian about high speed rail in Spain https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/11/spains-high-speed-trains-arent-just-efficient-they-have-transformed-peoples-lives?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

The penultimate paragraph is the crucial one - the network works if you’re going between cities. It doesn’t if you’re going to smaller places or don’t want to go via Madrid.

Germany's anti-discrimination commissioner says federal government should no longer communicate via platform X

https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/antidiskriminierungsbeauftragte-ataman-bundesregierung-sollte-nicht-mehr-ueber-die-plattform-x-kommu-100.html

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The National Guard of Ukraine's 5th Separate Slobozhanska Brigade awarded their service dogs for helping protect the country amid war, the Interior Ministry said on Oct. 7.

Representatives of the unit's command congratulated the dogs and their handlers at an award ceremony that took place in #Kharkiv central square

Read more here🔗 https://kyivindependent.com/national-guards-dogs-awarded-for-dedicated-service/

#Ukraine 🇺🇦 #SlavaUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
#СлаваУкраїні! #StandWithUkraine #dogs #dogsofmastodon