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Sebastian Dröge 🍵<p>Some photos from a little late afternoon bike tour during this year's camping holidays with <span class="h-card"><a href="https://toot.cat/@vivia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>vivia</span></a></span> near Sykia in Greece. Only taken with a phone camera unfortunately.</p><p>Very warm and many days with a lot of wind this year.</p><p><a href="https://toot.cat/tags/NaturePhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NaturePhotography</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/Beach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Beach</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/Sea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sea</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/Bike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bike</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/BikeTour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BikeTour</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/Sykia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sykia</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/Sithonia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sithonia</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/MountAthos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MountAthos</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/Halkidiki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Halkidiki</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/Greece" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greece</span></a></p>
Norobiik @Norobiik@noc.social<p><a href="https://noc.social/tags/Easter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Easter</span></a> has been celebrated on this spot since the 11th century, when monks from <a href="https://noc.social/tags/MountAthos" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MountAthos</span></a> hollowed out the hillside to form their cells and shrines. This year, for the first time since the 17th century, the Easter service was conducted by Ukrainian clergy independent of the Moscow patriarchate.</p><p>Joy and tension as <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Kyiv" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Kyiv</span></a> marks <a href="https://noc.social/tags/OrthodoxEaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OrthodoxEaster</span></a> without <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Moscow" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Moscow</span></a> clergy | <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/UkraineWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>UkraineWar</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/OrthodoxChurch" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OrthodoxChurch</span></a> | The Guardian<br /><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/16/joy-tension-kyiv-orthodox-easter-without-moscow-clergy" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/world/2023/apr</span><span class="invisible">/16/joy-tension-kyiv-orthodox-easter-without-moscow-clergy</span></a></p>
Ruth Mottram<p>Some quite murky (but still speculative) stuff in this story on Danish <span class="h-card"><a href="https://expressional.social/@TV2nyhederne" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TV2nyhederne</span></a></span> website about <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Nordstream" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nordstream</span></a> + the curious behaviour of a Greek flagged freight ship nearby whose owner happens to be best friends with <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> AND the civil governor of <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/MountAthos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MountAthos</span></a> the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Orthodox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Orthodox</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/HolyMountain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HolyMountain</span></a> of monasteries.</p><p>An irresistible blend of politics, power, money, religion, sex (see the bit on Putins mistress).</p><p>There will be films galore made on this ...</p><p><a href="https://nyheder.tv2.dk/udland/2023-03-09-mystisk-skib-drev-rundt-over-nord-stream-i-en-uge-putin-er-gaest-paa-det-kloster" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nyheder.tv2.dk/udland/2023-03-</span><span class="invisible">09-mystisk-skib-drev-rundt-over-nord-stream-i-en-uge-putin-er-gaest-paa-det-kloster</span></a></p>