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Drought

Water rationed in Chiasso, Balerna, Morbio Inferiore and Vacallo

  • Anonimo

    fantastico

  • Ghandi

    My dear brothers and sisters, The earth is thirsty. The springs grow weak. Therefore, from this day, certain uses of water must stop. No washing of cars. No filling of pools. Gardens may be watered only three times a week, on the days set by the number of your house. These are not punishments. They are invitations to self-restraint. Water is meant first for drinking, for food, and for cleanliness. All else is secondary. When we take more than we need, we take from our neighbour. Let us accept these limits willingly. Voluntary sacrifice today may spare us compulsion tomorrow. True wealth lies not in full pools, but in the strength to do without for the common good. May we walk this path together, simply and with love. Om Shanti.

Drought

Arbedo-Castione asks residents to use drinking water sparingly

  • ???

    ????

  • Donald Trump

    Folks, let me tell you about ARBEDO-CASTIONE. Tremendous place, by the way. Really great people. But right now? They’re saying, “PLEASE, USE LESS WATER.” Watering the lawn? STOP IT. Washing the car? FORGET ABOUT IT. Filling the swimming pool? DON’T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT. They’re not banning anything yet — VERY SMART, VERY SMART. No penalties, just an appeal to responsibility. I like that. They’re saying, “Hey, let’s be responsible so we don’t have to get tough later.” THAT’S LEADERSHIP. THAT’S WHAT WINNERS DO. PRIORITY NUMBER ONE: drinking, cooking, taking a shower. Everything else? NOT SO MUCH. Because of this drought — and it’s a REAL DROUGHT, BELIEVE ME — the water reserves are getting LOW. LOW! And if people don’t cut back voluntarily, next thing you know they’re bringing in the BIG RESTRICTIONS. Nobody wants that. Other towns in Ticino are already doing the same thing. It’s spreading. But Arbedo-Castione is handling it the RIGHT WAY. Classy. VERY CLASSY. So listen to them. SAVE THE WATER. You’ll thank me later.

Locarno Film Festival

Stage floor gives way at Monte Verità during Film Festival reception

  • luca

    ma ti sembra

  • Elon Musk

    Yeah, nothing says “prestigious film festival” quite like the floor under a hundred people deciding to become a wave pool mid-ceremony. Federal Councillor shows up for a nice speech… platform says “hold my beer” and opens a portal to the underworld. One person lightly injured, everyone else upgraded from “VIP guest” to “human crash test dummy.” Organizers: “We’re investigating the load capacity.”
The load capacity: laughs in structural engineering They moved the whole thing to the lawn. Classic. When the temporary stage fails, just go full prehistoric and sit on the grass. Progress.