Really? Are we still talking about this? We are in the XXI century, it is like we are in the future The year 2020 sounds like an old fashion futuristic movie. But here we are: in the future. Lots of things have changed during the last 20 years or so. The way we dress, communicate, commute, live, eat... And, obviously, the way we consume culture. Platforms as Netflix, Amazon Prime, or Mubi offer thousands of films every day. Now we just have to go to their website and choose what we feel like seeing. We listen to music on Spotify and Bandcamp, we read books in our e-readers. And, you know what? Nothing has happened. No artist is losing their jobs and no culture is dying. Unlike all the prophets of doom were prophetizing, culture has thrived. Independent musicians use the web to put their music and reach more people. Netflix has pushed the independent cinema and has produced small movies that had become a success, writers publish their books affordable for everybody. The debate about copyright is still outside there, but the terms have changed and no person is fearing anymore the new technologies. Now we talk more about share and give recognition to the artist. In my opinion, the ones who were afraid in early 2000 about the "end of the culture" were the same people who are just making art a business which gives lots of money to only few people. But this is just an opinion.

What about the summer? Hi there! This is Jara, from the Canary Islands! So, yes I am in paradise, I am in these amazing tropical islands where I was born. I am in a place where the sun shines for 365 days per year... Meh... Someone give me my money back! I have been here since the lockdown started and we have had maybe 5 sunny days. So, that means that we have had more than 60 cloudy days. How that can be? Where's our loved star? Here the explanation: I live in the north of Tenerife, one of the greenest and most humid island. We have rain here almost every week, which is amazing. Thanks to the rain my valley (La Orotava) is crazy beautiful and stunning. However, during the last years, due to climate change and global warming, it rains less and less, the mountains are less and less green, the flowers and nature less and less gorgeous. For years we have been selling the Canary Islands as a sun paradise, the place to be inf you want to burn your skin and drink as much beer as you can for cheap. Nature has been destroyed by the craziness of a tourist industry which has one only thought in mind: make money, all the money, regardless of the environmental and social impact. But there is hope, and voices are being listened, people are developing another kind of tourism, and respectful and no-mass tourism is increasingly popular. Tourists and native people from the island are looking forward to preserving nature and wildlife. The firsts come here to enjoy the calm and the pure air, not to party anymore, and the local people are fed up with noise and nonrespectful visitors. So, what about the summer? The summer this year is going to be amazing, wet, and green. Love this daily rain and low temperatures, the birds are happy, the plants are happy, the earth is happy. I am happy! Have a nice Friday everybody!