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Ben vist, som més dels que sembla els catalans que hem de fer ús dels hotels de Barcelona, diversos factors ho expliquen: El teletreball que fa moure fora de la ciutat mantenint la feina a Barcelona alguns dies o el desgavell de Rodalies i de l'AP7, per mencionar només alguns casos.

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Jordi Arrufat @jordiarrufat.com · 02/10/2026

It finally feels like Autumn here even though I am still dressed with shorts and t-shirt, but at least I had my first cup of tea since last March and that's something to celebrate.

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Jordi Arrufat @jordiarrufat.com · 27/08/2026

calia fer alguna mena de copagament a Anglaterra per visitar el metge tal i com es fa a certs països d'Europa com França o va ser totalment gratuït com aquí?

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Jordi Arrufat @jordiarrufat.com · 25/08/2026

A perfect life for a European would look like this Summer in the Baltic sea and/or Atlantic Ocean (Southern Atlantic France, Northern Spain or coastal Portugal). Winter in the Canary Islands, nowhere else. Autumn and Spring anywhere in the Mediterranean. Change my mind.

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Jordi Arrufat @jordiarrufat.com · 25/08/2026

Why is coffee so disgusting in Spain compared to Portugal and, no need to say, Italy? This includes Catalonia, sadly, yes. It tastes like an over burnt beverage with no acidity, no aroma.

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Jordi Arrufat @jordiarrufat.com · 07/07/2026

La revista lituana "Literatūra ir menas" va dedicar el passat hivern una edició a Catalunya, finalment he aconseguit un exemplar.

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Jordi Arrufat @jordiarrufat.com · 02/06/2026

Nothing against Pope Leo XIV himself, but not particularly excited about his visit to Catalonia if he will only speak in Spanish, with no effort at all to speak in Catalan, as sources say. Antoni Gaudí, the Sagrada Família architect, was a Catalanist himself, so let's hope for hope from the Pope.

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Jordi Arrufat @jordiarrufat.com · 21/05/2026

Brazilian Portuguese sounds easy at first for Spanish speakers but it is so full of false friends, best thing he could do is to use the app, yeah :)

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Jordi Arrufat @jordiarrufat.com · 20/05/2026

Sabríem nosaltres a Catalunya on refugiar-nos si mai sonen les alarmes antiaèries?

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Jordi Arrufat @jordiarrufat.com · 09/04/2026

Honestly, I think nightclubs aren’t the most suitable place to meet people since verbal communication isn’t easy — but what do I know...

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Jordi Arrufat @jordiarrufat.com · 31/03/2026

BTW 1. I am pretty sure most of those who WFH go to the office, when required, by public transport 2. You do not roll renewables in a year or two, also not everywhere in Europe is suitable to do so, for instance no wind in Northern Italy and no sun in most of northern Europe.

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Jordi Arrufat @jordiarrufat.com · 31/03/2026

Isn't this the very same message we've been getting since 2020? Deja vu feeling

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Brian Cutts @briancutts.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

might be easier and cheaper to stop sending their sons to be slaughtered by the thousands on the battle fields of ukraine, but what do I know

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Jordi Arrufat @jordiarrufat.com · 19/03/2026

Just-stick-to-international-law As simple as that.

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Jordi Arrufat @jordiarrufat.com · 17/03/2026

The issue of cultural dominance is relevant; even Europeans who, as in my case, are interested in the cultural production of other European countries have to *make an effort* to stay up to date, whereas the media in our own country systematically offers us what is produced in the United States.

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Jordi Arrufat @jordiarrufat.com · 15/03/2026

Si mai vols consells de parada en ruta en tinc uns quants segons l'hora del dia, entre Rasquera i Maials. Spoiler: a partir de les 19h tots tancats 😑

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Jordi Arrufat @jordiarrufat.com · 13/03/2026

You don't need to be the chancellor of Germany to see that there was no exit strategy from the moment Israel and the USA called on local insurgency to take power, in a country with no organised opposition! ...besides the Kurdish guerrillas, but then good luck explaining your plans to Turkey

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Jordi Arrufat @jordiarrufat.com · 12/03/2026

The problem is, there is already a HR/VP for that role, and the same day VDL sided with Trump because the old world is gone etc etc... her HR/VP acnowledged international law is crumbling in front of EU ambassadors.

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Jordi Arrufat @jordiarrufat.com · 09/03/2026

Von Der Leyen's speech earlier today trading "Iran freedom" for "international law" seems to go in the opposite direction to your words.

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Jordi Arrufat @jordiarrufat.com · 09/03/2026

at the expense of ignoring international law and bringing chaos to the world order?

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Dave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 03/03/2026

🏴󠁥󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Catalunya! Vine a la lectura debut a Ibèria del llibre "The Owned Continent" – dissabte 14 de març a la llibreria Backstory de Barcelona. Registra't aquí:

backstorybookshop.com

The Owned Continent - Book Reading with author Dave Keating | Backstory Bookshop

Can Europeans throw off the shackles of American domination?

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Jordi Arrufat @jordiarrufat.com · 05/03/2026

Safe for children...in Europe but not for those in the Middle East and central Asia. Any thoughts on the EPP group blocking a debate in the EP on Trump and Spain? Europe is quickly losing credibility, you cannot pretend to stand up to Putin by ignoring what Trump is doing in Europe's backdoors.

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Jordi Arrufat @jordiarrufat.com · 05/03/2026

home però digues almenys a quin poble o barri se pegaven los pares a la grada...per no anar-hi o per anar vestits de National Geographic, així segons l'aversió al risc de cadascú.

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Jordi Arrufat @jordiarrufat.com · 04/03/2026

Els que esteu fent tuits en anglès demanant a Trump i a Bibi que reconegui la independència de Catalunya sou patètics, com xiquets malcriats que potser en sabeu molt de política internacional però desconeixeu el país en el qual viviu ara al 2026. Arribarà el dia de pensar en gran, però no és ara.

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Jordi Arrufat @jordiarrufat.com · 03/03/2026

I support Spain's position standing to bully Trump, would love to see other EU countries doing the same, but would also love to see Spain sending military help for defensive purposes to EU countries being targeted right now, such as Cyprus. This is what being European should be about.

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Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

I know that one

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Jordi Arrufat @jordiarrufat.com · 03/03/2026

Interesting, why Poland and Sweden yes but not the Baltics and Finland?

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Jordi Arrufat @jordiarrufat.com · 02/03/2026

I hate to admit it, but Spain under Pedro Sánchez seems to be the only European country showing a bit of common sense in international affairs right now. How on earth do you get into a war counting on a popular uprising to determine the outcome, when there is no organised opposition?

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Jordi Arrufat @jordiarrufat.com · 02/03/2026

because she is clearly MISSING one KEY point in this statement.

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Jordi Arrufat @jordiarrufat.com · 02/03/2026

We are talking about the aggressors here

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Jordi Arrufat @jordiarrufat.com · 02/03/2026

Hi, Kaja, what makes the USA and Israeli unilateral aggression to Iran different to what Russia is doing to Ukraine in terms of international law? You are killing international law just out of fear of Donald Trump and this is sad.

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Jordi Arrufat @jordiarrufat.com · 02/03/2026

Will you condemn the American and Israeli aggression and stand with international law or not? This is what matters the most now.

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Jordi Arrufat @jordiarrufat.com · 26/02/2026

Hey, do they know there are red phone boxes in Malta too? Sadly this country is also in the European Union...

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Jordi Arrufat @jordiarrufat.com · 25/02/2026

Old enough to have seen every Terminator movie, debated them with your mates in real life—not on some soulless digital gadget—and to have the lesson burned into your brain forever: what happens when you let machines make too many decisions for you.

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Jordi Arrufat @jordiarrufat.com · 25/02/2026

Catalunya no es país de turisme de llibreries. Quants pobles menuts, que no siguen capital de comarca, coneixeu que tinguen llibreria especialitzada? A mí només me ve al cap Naturllibres a Alins i Calonge Poble de Llibres.

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Jonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.eurosky.social · 10/02/2026

The West's boomer problem in a nutshell: Former Socialist legend Felipe Gonzalez would rather ally with fascists than the radical Basque left. Many such cases

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Jordi Arrufat @jordiarrufat.com · 07/02/2026

As a European, profiles like this one keep my hope for the USA alive.

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Jordi Arrufat @jordiarrufat.com · 31/01/2026

The wolf might be an interesting subject but I do not know to what point they have been affected by last summer wildfires as most of them live in the Zamora province where this happened.

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Jordi Arrufat @jordiarrufat.com · 31/01/2026

The images we’re seeing of the effects of Storm Kristin in central Portugal are terrible, and as always, the Catalan and Spanish press completely ignore what’s happening in that country unless it’s to talk about politics or sports.

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Jordi Arrufat @jordiarrufat.com · 31/01/2026

In my opinion Barcelona is a subject which has already been so thoroughly explored and documented. I'd bet on the Wild and rural Spain first, and the wolf in second place.

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Jordi Arrufat @jordiarrufat.com · 28/01/2026

Un bon dia per recuperar això

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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

We can build walls or we can be more ambitious — and build something better, stronger, and more just.

Photo of Prime Minister Carney speaking at a podium in Davos, Switzerland. A quote from his speech is edited on top: “WHEN THE RULES NO LONGER PROTECT YOU, YOU MUST PROTECT YOURSELF. BUT LET US BE CLEAR-EYED ABOUT WHERE THIS LEADS. A WORLD OF FORTRESSES WILL BE POORER, MORE FRAGILE, AND LESS SUSTAINABLE.”

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Jordi Arrufat @jordiarrufat.com · 20/01/2026

Thank you PM Mark Carney from Canada for giving us hope in times of darkness. #Davos

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Jordi Arrufat @jordiarrufat.com · 16/01/2026

Having said that, that pass can be popular with those who commute often WITHIN a region and cover long distances, for instance Tarragona or Girona area to Barcelona, but will be expensive compared to previous regular monthly passes for those living in Barcelona's closer neighbourhood

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Jordi Arrufat @jordiarrufat.com · 16/01/2026

Media distancia / regionals seldom cover big distances in Spain, for instance, if you want to go from Barcelona to Madrid you have to take one of the 1 or 2 daily trains to Zaragoza and then another of the 1 or 2 daily trains to Madrid, prepare to spend 10 hours, compare to 2 hours and half w/ AVE

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