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The most discussed topics on Burbuja.info - Foro de economía, actualidad y política., summarised in English: Spanish news, economy, housing and society as Spain talks about them.

• From Blackout to Flood: The Power Grid Stretched to the Limit
  Red Eléctrica still hasn’t explained the blackout, power is up 40% and 4.960 substations are already at capacity: the official story doesn’t add up
  Sep 29, 2026 · 210 replies
• Forum credits Bunbury with defending a creator god
  A forum thread about a Bunbury remark on God spirals into a debate spanning Gödel and entropy, the Fermi paradox and the larynx…
  Sep 29, 2026 · 244 replies
• Silvia Orriols (AC) sets out her housing measures
  Silvia Orriols sets out housing measures: freeing up land, cutting planning red tape and legal certainty. Priority for locals.
  Sep 29, 2026 · 8 replies
• Why building housing isn't profitable in Spain
  40% of a new home's price is taxes and development isn't profitable below €300,000: Spain's housing deadlock
  Sep 29, 2026 · 1190 replies
• Electronic Music's Search for Its Beethoven's Fifth
  From Kraftwerk to Luis Cobos: electronic music has spent decades failing to decide what its masterpieces are. Or whether they exist.
  Sep 29, 2026 · 454 replies
• Blackout in Spain: twelve hours that the narrative turned into a party
  The blackout began at 12:30 and power returned before nightfall in 95% of Spain: the epic of civility rests on a stopwatch.
  Sep 29, 2026 · 209 replies
• Trump posts AI-generated image of himself as Pope
  Trump posts AI image of himself as Pope days after the pontiff's funeral, sparking a backlash over blasphemy and double standards
  Sep 29, 2026 · 218 replies
• Driving on a dirt track: fines of €500 to €3,000
  Driving a car on a dirt track is punishable by fines of €500 to €3,000: two national laws ban it unless you have permission or it's private land
  Sep 29, 2026 · 221 replies
• Somali-background candidates investigated for fraud in Sweden
  Investigations in Sweden into election fraud and vote-buying. Two MPs of Somali origin under police scrutiny.
  Sep 29, 2026 · 6 replies
• Sol camp: soap added and 150 people, according to a tweet
  The Sol camp and the list with added soap before the rain. Puerta del Sol fills again with mats. At the time of this discussion, a…
  Sep 29, 2026 · 149 replies
• The real cost of a nuclear plant: €10m per MW versus €0.5m for solar
  A calculation puts nuclear at €10m per MW against €0.5m for solar PV. Public versus private cost reopens the energy debate.
  Sep 29, 2026 · 309 replies
• Fewer contrails in the sky and record rainfall: what's going on?
  Reservoirs swing from drought to record rain as debate grows over the disappearance of aircraft contrails
  Sep 29, 2026 · 202 replies
• Sánchez contrasts 5 blackout deaths with 8.000 climate deaths
  Sánchez contrasts the five blackout victims with the 8.000 deaths he attributes to climate change, a figure with no statistical breakdown
  Sep 29, 2026 · 248 replies
• India strikes Pakistan: missiles over Islamabad and airspace closed
  Indian missile strikes on Pakistan, Pakistani airspace closure and escalation in Kashmir with hits on air bases.
  Sep 29, 2026 · 203 replies
• US Yield above 5%: what it is and who it hits
  The 10-year US Treasury note is hovering around 5%, draining liquidity into fixed income as debt refinances at higher costs. Here's what's behind it.
  Sep 29, 2026 · 35 replies
• Mike Oldfield: Ibiza parties and his 1973 Tubular Bells
  Ibiza parties, the 1997 crash and Tubular Bells: the forum revisits Mike Oldfield, his 200-euro vinyl and his support for Trump and Brexit
  Sep 29, 2026 · 231 replies
• The nasal French accent that divides Spanish speakers
  Many find French nasal and hard to pronounce. A debate over its phonetics, its usefulness against English and its diplomatic role
  Sep 29, 2026 · 219 replies
• Spain overtakes Mexico and South Korea in GDP to return to global top 12
  IMF ranks Spain as world’s 12th-largest economy after overtaking Mexico and South Korea, with GDP per capita and debt as the fine print
  Sep 29, 2026 · 254 replies
• Wolf kills sheep 30 metres from a home in Cantabria
  A wolf kills sheep 30 metres from a house in Cantabria. Rural-urban cost-sharing and the shadow of compensation fraud dominate the...
  Sep 29, 2026 · 204 replies
• The rabble can occupy the country's Kilometro Cero without the UIP (Spain's riot police) stepping in, then dictate which citizens aren't allowed through.
  Incidents at Puerta del Sol during a housing protest. Assaults and police presence marked the day.
  Sep 29, 2026 · 18 replies
• Ray-Ban, Block and Goodbye: Anatomy of a Transactional Date
  Unbought Ray-Ban Aviators and a block: the case reopening the debate over transactional relationships and who pays for what
  Sep 29, 2026 · 45 replies
• The video of an 87-year-old Cuban grandmother shopping at Mercadona
  Cuban grandma, 87, shopping at Mercadona reignites forum debate on healthcare costs, pull factor and suspected covert advertising
  Sep 29, 2026 · 276 replies
• Coffee at 1,60 to 3,92 euros in Argentina and pensions of 350 a month
  Coffee at 1,60 to 3,92 euros, pensions under 350 and cheap asado: the real price range in Milei's Argentina
  Sep 29, 2026 · 214 replies
• Colau leaves flat she lived in for 15 years because she can't make ends meet
  Ada Colau says she is leaving the flat where she lived for 15 years because she can't make ends meet on one salary, as she weighs a return to politics
  Sep 29, 2026 · 97 replies
• Paychecks that run out before the 20th and under-the-table jobs that go undeclared
  Long-serving employees who can't make it to month's end, off-the-books jobs and terraces where two beers last six hours: the 2026 map.
  Sep 29, 2026 · 223 replies
• Germany lose to Greece and debate over their national team reopens
  Germany's defeat to Greece revives the debate over their squad make-up, amid Olympic figures and comparisons with the 2014 XI.
  Sep 29, 2026 · 132 replies
• Why Spain never had an industrial bourgeoisie—but did have a rentier caste
  Hispano-Suiza, the 1986 EEC and the rentier-caste thesis: why Spain never became an industrial power despite its technical talent
  Sep 29, 2026 · 38 replies
• Wallapop requires power of attorney to Mangopay to use its wallet
  Wallapop requires granting Mangopay power of attorney and renewing every 180 days to move wallet money. No signing all four conditions, no payout.
  Sep 29, 2026 · 49 replies
• Feijóo announces 600 euros in aid for coeliacs
  Feijóo promises coeliacs 600 euros for extra gluten-free costs. No deadline or criteria; pledge fuels debate over real cost and votes.
  Sep 29, 2026 · 235 replies
• A Quarter of Spain Was Starving, According to the Royal Navy
  A quarter of Spain's population was on the brink of starvation in 1939, according to British reports hidden by Franco's regime
  Sep 29, 2026 · 260 replies