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16 Feb 21:45

La torre de cartas se empieza a desmoronar.

by Fino

La torre de cartas se empieza a desmoronar.
La torre de cartas se empieza a desmoronar.

“En esta primera entrega de una larga serie, este periódico revela los vínculos del presidente del Gobierno y su esposa con la OMT, Air Europa y Dominicana.

Según los mensajes en poder de la UCO, Aldama hizo de intermediario entre la OMT y Moncloa. Por su parte, el asesor de Ábalos se encargaba de realizar cualquier trámite ministerial para Zurab Pololikashvili” @elespañol

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16 Feb 21:44

Los aplausos cuando se escuchan disparos dicen mucho de lo cansada que está la gente.

by Fino
16 Feb 21:43

The Chess "Italian Game" Handbook: Traps for White

by Ihechikara Abba

A chess game is usually divided into three phases: the opening, middlegame, and endgame.

In the opening phase, each player develops and sets up their pieces. In the middlegame, they plan attacks, execute different tactics and strategies to gain an advantage and weaken their opponent. In the endgame, there are usually few pieces left on the board, and each player tries to win using certain techniques and piece coordination.

In this handbook, you'll learn about opening traps for the Italian Game, which is one of the most played openings in chess.

When learning about openings, you're usually taught some basic principles, like:

  • Control and fight for the center.

  • Develop pieces.

  • Castle the king early.

  • Connect the rooks.

  • Don’t bring the queen out early.

  • Avoid unnecessary pawn moves, and so on.

These principles are easier said than done. Many beginners focus too much on implementing them and fall for obvious traps. That’s what this handbook will help you with.

Learning about an opening is as important as learning the common mistakes associated with each opening. You can learn a chess opening to improve your tactics and strategy, understand how to develop your pieces, and understand how to spot certain mistakes early so you can avoid them or take advantage of them.

This handbook will focus on those opening mistakes and how to take advantage of them when playing as white.

You can watch the video version of this handbook here:

Table of Contents

How to Use this Handbook

This handbook makes use of notations and images. If you understand chess notations, then you can follow along without relying on the images. If you're new to notations, I'd recommend reading the What are Notations in Chess? chapter of this handbook.

In order to follow along, you should have a board with you. You can use either a physical board or an online chessboard. You can use Lichess for your online chessboard. Under the Tools section, you should see a couple of board related tools that you can make use of.

I would not recommend reading through without practicing. The best way to understand certain concepts is to try them out yourself.

And remember, improving in chess takes time and effort, so don't feel bad if you don't automatically start seeing gains. Focus on understanding and practicing first, and if you're doing that the right way, you'll gradually start progressing.

What This Handbook Will Teach You

This handbook will teach you some opening traps when playing the Italian Game as white. The overall purpose is for you to see common opening mistakes and how to take advantage of them. Even though you'll play as white in this case, you'll also learn why your opponents fall for these tricks, and that should help you avoid them when playing as black.

So, this is not an Italian Game opening handbook where we'll analyze lengthy games from start to finish. This is solely for beginners who want to understand why certain traps occur occasionally and why they always fall for them. You can learn something useful with this handbook irrespective of the color you play as.

What This Handbook Will Not Teach You

This handbook will not teach you how to follow basic opening principles to a tee. Sometimes, in order to win early and gain an advantage early in the game, you have to play unconventionally. These unconventional moves may prevent you from following certain principles.

You’ll not learn deeply about piece placement or pawn structure. These concepts are part of this handbook but we won’t focus much on them.

This guide will also not make reference to popular or model games. That is, won’t not make use of or analyze games that have been played by masters in the past. So, I won’t be explaining key moments from specific games.

Traps

Chess isn't scripted, so if you rely on your opponent to fall for certain tricks because you played the "right" moves from a course, then you may lose a lot of games. The traps here should not be seen as a conventional way of playing openings. It's important that you understand the concept behind the moves, as this will help you adjust your gameplay against anyone who knows how not to fall for traps.

In summary, don't memorize lines to use against opponents. Understand the concept and strategies first. Doing that will help you improve your tactics/strategy, and make it easier to spot similar positions in different games.

Let's get started!

The Italian Game

The Italian Game is a very popular chess opening used by players across all levels of chess. The opening allows you to quickly develop your pieces and move them to active positions, and gain control of the center.

The Italian Game starts with these lines:

  1. e4 e5

  2. Nf3

Bringing the knight to f3 attacks the pawn on e5, which leads to black playing:

  1. ... Nc6

This defends the e5 pawn.

  1. Bc4

Finally, the bishop is moved the c4, and here's what the position looks like:

Italian Game starting position

When you reach the position in the image above, you've entered the Italian Game opening. Let's analyze white's position.

White has developed two minor pieces and a pawn, and has made way for castling and protecting the king early in the game. White is not wining yet, but that could quickly change depending on what black plays.

  1. ... Bc5

This position leads to a variation of the Italian Game known as Giuoco Piano, and it’s played very often. In fact, it’s the most played variation of the Italian Game. We’ll start with that variation in the next section.

How to Create Traps in the Italian Game

In this section, you'll learn some common traps for the Italian Game. We'll start with the Giuoco Piano variation.

Game #1 - Giuoco Piano

Here's the starting position of the Giuoco Piano variation:

Giuoco Piano variation of the Italian Game

  1. c3

Moving the pawn to c3 provides support for the d-file pawn, which can threaten the bishop on c5 and gain control of the center.

  1. ... Nf6

With that, the black knight threatens to capture the pawn on e4 and clears the way for castling.

Here's our current position:

black moves knight to f6 and threatens the pawn on e4

What should you play here? Well, this section is about tricks. The safest move here would be d3 – this keeps things balanced, protects the e-pawn, and allows you to continue developing your pieces. But we're not going for a balanced or safe development.

  1. d4

This move forces black to capture on d4. If black chooses to move the bishop to a different square like Bb6, then we'll have something like 6. dxe5 Ng4, 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7, 8. Ng5+ Ke8. Black can't castle at the moment, as white is trying to gain more control of the center and can easily start attacking from the kingside. So retreating with the bishop isn't a good move for black. Although black can move the bishop to other squares and have a different outcome, white still gains an advantage.

  1. ... exd4

  2. cxd4

That brings us to this position:

the white c-pawn captures the black d-pawn

Again, retreating with the bishop puts black at a disadvantage. For example, 6. ...Bb6, 6. ...Bd6, or 6. ...Be7 will simply allow white to start attacking with the pawns in the center of the board. The worst move here would be 6. ...Bf8, which both blocks black from castling and allows white to start attacking from the center.

The best move for black would be to check the king:

  1. ... Bb4+

This is a crucial point for the trap. The safest move here is 7. Nd2. This protects the king and keeps the game balanced. But again, we're not playing it safe this time.

  1. Nc3

Let's look at the position visually:

white moves knight to c3 to block the check

This position gives black a slight advantage. In order to set the perfect trap for your opponent, you may have to sacrifice some of your pieces and give them some false advantage. This doesn't mean that every trap will work – so make sure to evaluate your position well before taking chances.

With Nc3, white gives up the e4 pawn. This position is known as the Greco's Gambit. The main purpose of the move is to lure your opponent into capturing the e4 pawn with its knight.

  1. ... Nxe4

This is a common response. Without getting rid of that pawn, white can start attacking with the pawns and make black's opening a bit difficult. So how do you respond? Remember, we're playing a gambit, which involves sacrificing a piece, usually a pawn, in the beginning of the game in order to gain an advantage.

Since black has accepted the gambit by capturing that pawn, we can continue with the plan.

  1. O-O

Now that the king has been safely castled, a couple of things have changed:

white castle

The knight on c3 is no longer pinned to the king, and if black castles, it'll lose the e4-knight. The best move here for black is to capture with the bishop. This is something you should always remember when playing as black in this position. White starts gaining some advantage if black captures with the knight, and that's what we'll use to learn about the trap here.

  1. ... Nxc3

  2. bxc3 Bxc3

We've managed to lure black into the trap by sacrificing more pieces. Black is threatening the a1-rook, but we're not going to try and save it. Since the purpose of a gambit is to gain advantage, we must capitalize on doing just that. If you try saving the a1-rook, then black will simply castle and you'd be in a slightly losing position.

  1. Ba3

This prevents black from castling the king. Here's what the current position looks like:

white bishop moves to c3 to block black from castling

White already has more advantage in this position and is giving up the a1-rook. If black decides to block the a3-bishop with 10. ...d6, then black would lose its bishop after 11. Rc1 Ba5 12. Qa4 Bd7 13. d5 Nd4 14. Qxa5. This is another variation you can learn, in case black doesn't capture the bishop. But don't rely on these to always work – you're better off understanding the strategy behind these attacks than trying to replicate them all the time.

  1. ... Bxa1

This is the moment we've been waiting for all along.

  1. Re1+

rook check on the black king

Black can only defend the king with the knight or the queen. Neither of those moves will make black's position any better. Naturally, defending with the knight would be the first option (although I would suggest resigning if you're playing as black in this position against a player who knows what they're doing).

  1. ... Ne7

As white, you can either play 12. Bxe7 or 12. Rxe7. The former would lead to a black losing its queen after 12. ...Qxe7, 13. Rxe7+.

  1. Rxe7

The best option for black would be to lose the queen by capturing the e7-rook. Not that it gives black any sort of advantage, but it's better than moving the king to f8. If your opponent plays 12. ...Qxe7, then you can capture the queen with Bxe7, forcing the king to capture back on e7. At that point, your trap would have served its purpose: you've taken your opponent's queen, delayed their opening development, and their king can no longer castle. For you, your king is safe and you have enough minor pieces and your queen to win the game.

  1. ... Kf8

Here's our current position:

white continues to attack the black king with the rook

The light squared bishop has been sitting on c4 since the game started. It's finally time for it to join and support the attack.

  1. Rf7+

White checks the black king, forcing it back to e8. The king cannot capture the rook because it’s protected by the bishop on c4. No matter what black plays at this point, the game will end in two moves. If black plays:

  1. ... Kg8

Then the game ends with a double check:

  1. Rf8#

If black plays this instead:

  1. ... Ke8

Then white can respond with a check, forcing the game to end:

  1. Qe1+ Qe7

  2. Qxe7#

This game showed how placing your pieces on certain squares can help you gain an advantage later in the game. For example, white's light squared bishop seemed insignificant until it was needed to end the game. Placing the bishop on c4 is where the Italian Game starts and that bishop can become very troublesome for your opponents if they don't defend properly.

Here's a replay of the moves, along with the notations:

replay of the moves from the Giuoco Piano variation of the Italian Game

  1. e4 e5

  2. Nf3 Nc6

  3. Bc4 Bc5

  4. c3 Nf6

  5. d4 exd4

  6. cxd4 Bb4+

  7. Nc3 Nxe4

  8. O-O Nxc3

  9. bxc3 Bxc3

  10. Ba3 Bxa1

  11. Re1+ Ne7

  12. Rxe7+ Kf8

  13. Rxf7+ Ke8

  14. Qe1+ Qe7

  15. Qxe7#

Game #2

Here's our starting position again:

Italian Game starting position

  1. e4 e5

  2. Nf3 Nc6

  3. Bc4 Bc5

  4. Nc3 Nf6

  5. d3 d6

  6. Bg5

Nothing much has happened here. Both sides have focused on developing their pieces so far and the game is still balanced. Here's our current position:

white pin on black knight

The common move here for black is usually h6, and that is probably the best move. Most players don’t want to worry about the bishop pin when they want to move the queen or the f6-knight, so it's usually a good idea for them to start pushing the bishop away.

  1. ... h6

  2. Bf6

With this move, white forces the black queen to capture on f6:

  1. ... Qxf6

Now white can start setting a trap. Here's the current position of the board:

black queen captures on f6

  1. Nd5

This forces the queen back to d8. If the queen moves to e6, it'll be forked with 9. Nc7+. If the queen moves to g6 in order to put pressure on the kingside, the knight can fork the king and rook on c7 as well. So the best move for white would be moving back to d8.

  1. ... Qd8

  2. c3

Now white is trying to take more control of the center.

  1. ... Be6

Black attempts to add pressure in the center while developing a minor piece. But this move allows white to move on with some traps. It’s not very evident to see with the current position:

black bishop to e6

  1. d4 exd4

  2. cxd4

Black can play a couple of moves here, but none of them really leads to an advantage. If black plays 11. ...Bb4+, then you'd have something like 12. Nxb4 Bxc4 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qc2 Be6 15. Qxc6+ Bd7 16. Qc3. White comes out of the situation with more control of the center and a pawn up. This is the safest route for black. The alternatives, as you'll see in the following moves, will lead to black losing at least one minor piece.

Here's our current position (we'll revert back to this position to see other variations for the traps later):

pawn trades in the center

Variation #1

  1. ... Bb6

The bishop retreats to avoid getting captured by the d4-pawn, but this is a blunder.

  1. Nxb6

Now black is down a piece. If black plays Bxc4, then the b6-knight will simply capture on c4. So black is forced to take the b6-knight. The reality is that, no matter what black plays in this position, it's going to be down by at least one minor piece.

  1. ... axb6

  2. d5

Here's our current position:

pawn fork on d5

If black chooses to move either the knight or bishop away from the pawn fork, then it'll lose the other. But the knight can attack on a5, right? Well, let's see how that pans out for black.

  1. ... Na5

  2. Bd3

Now, can black safely move the bishop away and save both pieces that were under threat? Unfortunately, the knight is now trapped. So, right from when the pawn fork happened, one piece was "destined" to leave the board.

  1. ... Bg4

  2. b4

Now, no matter what black plays next, the a5-knight will be captured. Here's the position:

pawn move to trap a5-knight

That concludes things for this variation of the trap. Here's a replay of the first variation of the trap and the notations:

replay of moves

  1. e4 e5

  2. Nf3 Nc6

  3. Bc4 Bc5

  4. Nc3 Nf6

  5. d3 d6

  6. Bg5 h6

  7. Bxf6 Qxf6

  8. Nd5 Qd8

  9. c3 Be6

  10. d4 exd4

  11. cxd4 Bb6

  12. Nxb6 axb6

  13. d5 Na5Bd3 Bg4

  14. b4

Variation #2

Now, let's go back to the position that started the first variation:

variation 2 starting position

If black decides to capture the d5-knight, here's what will happen:

  1. ... Bxd5

  2. exd5

Which brings us to this position:

pawn attack on black knight and bishop

Two of white's minor pieces are now under attack and one will eventually be captured. If black plays:

  1. ... Bb4+

Then you'll have something like this:

  1. Kf1 Ne7

  2. Qa4+ Qd7

  3. Qxb4

Black ends up losing the bishop. Here's a replay of the moves above, along with the notations:

replay of moves

  1. e4 e5

  2. Nf3 Nc6

  3. Bc4 Bc5

  4. Nc3 Nf6

  5. d3 d6

  6. Bg5 h6

  7. Bxf6 Qxf6

  8. Nd5 Qd8

  9. c3 Be6

  10. d4 exd4

  11. cxd4 Bxd5

  12. exd5 Bb4+

  13. Kf1 Ne7

  14. Qa4+ Qd7

  15. Qxb4

Game #3 – Legal's Mate

The Legal Trap is one that allows you to capitalize on your opponent's mistakes in the opening phase of the game. With this trap, the game ends after eight moves.

Note that the trap may not work against intermediate players. Most of the moves that lead up to the mate are all bad moves and you won’t often see that many bad moves in row.

As usual, here's the starting position of the Italian Game:

  1. e4 e5

  2. Nf3 Nc6

  3. Bc4

Italian Game starting position

  1. ... d6

This is black's first bad move. The d6-pawn now prevents the development of the dark squared bishop. Beginners often make this mistake because they want to strengthen the support on the e-pawn and use the light squared bishop to pin white's knight.

  1. Nc3 Bg4

Here's the position so far:

black bishop pin on white knight

Black pins the white knight and can decide to put more pressure by bringing the knight to d4 next.

  1. h3

White attempts to push the bishop back. In this position, moving the bishop back to e6 would be best for black. But most beginners would want to maintain the pin on the knight.

  1. ... Bh5

Black moves back but continues pinning the knight. This is where white attempts to end the game by giving up the queen.

  1. Nxe5

Here's the current position:

knight captures to trick black

  1. ... Bxd1

Black goes for the queen without seeing white's plan.

  1. Bxf7+ Ke7

  2. Nd5#

The game ends in eight moves.

This is not a checkmate pattern you'll see often, but it's important to understand how it works. Positions like this can appear at any time, so you should focus more on understanding why the pieces were moved to certain squares instead of memorizing the lines.

I know I’ve mentioned this before, but it's crucial to repeat it here because if you try to use the Legal's Mate as your main strategy from the beginning of the game, then you'll most likely encounter difficulties.

Here’s a replay of the move, along with the notations:

replay of moves

  1. e4 e5

  2. Nf3 Nc6

  3. Bc4 d6

  4. Nc3 Bg4

  5. h3 Bh5

  6. Nxe5 Bxd1

  7. Bxf7+ Ke7

  8. Nd5#

Game #4

This particular trap is one that many beginners fall for. The aim is to allow your opponent to think they're getting a free pawn, but then they either lose the game or a minor piece.

  1. e4 e5

  2. Nf3 Nc6

  3. Bc4 Bc5

  4. c3 Nf6

  5. d4 Bb6

In this case, black decides not to capture the d-pawn. That move gives white an advantage in the opening, because it can start attacking with the pawns in the center. Here's the current position:

black bishop moves away from center and avoids trading pawns

  1. dxe5

This move is where most beginner players mess up. They assume that the e4-pawn is up for grabs. The moment black captures that pawn, then the knight will be trapped. But it's not just that. Here:

  1. ... Nxe4

  2. Qd5

The queen move threatens a checkmate on f7 if black tries to saves the knight. There is really nowhere for that knight to go, so you're better off saving your king with 7. ...Qe7 if you're playing as black in this position.

Here's a replay of the moves, along with the notations:

replay of moves

  1. e4 e5

  2. Nf3 Nc6

  3. Bc4 Bc5

  4. c3 Nf6

  5. d4 Bb6

  6. dxe5 Nxe4

  7. Qd5

Game #5 - The Fried Liver Attack

The Fried Liver Attack is one of the most common tricks played by beginners. Many amateur players fall for this trick because it creates tension at the beginning of the game.

Here's what the position of the Fried Liver Attack looks like:

  1. e4 e5

  2. Nf3 Nc6

  3. Bc4 Nf6

  4. Ng5

The Fried Liver Attack starting position

The most commonly played move here is d5. If you play anything else as black, then 5. Nxf7 will fork the queen and the rook.

  1. … d5

And we have this position:

black plays d5 to block the white bishop

  1. exd5 Nxd5

The 5. …Nxd5 play is one I wouldn’t recommend for most beginners playing as black. It can lead to some complicated situations.

  1. Nxf7

Now black has no option other than to capture the f7-knight, which now prevents the king from castling later in the game. If black ignores the knight, then it’ll lose either its queen or rook.

  1. … Kxf7

  2. Qf3+

The problem now is that the king is being forced to move closer to the center of the board and protect the knight on d5. Remember, one of the opening principles in chess is to castle your king early, but black can no longer do that.

If black decides to move the king backwards, let’s say 7. …Kg8, then the game will end in three moves: Bxd5+ Qxd5 9. Qxd5+ Be6 10. Qxe6#. If black moves to e8 instead, then white can capture the knight on d5 and black still wouldn’t be able to castle.

  1. … Ke6

This is not a completely losing position for black, but it’ll be easier for white to put more pressure on the king, and if black doesn’t play very well, the game could end. With the king in the center, white can add more pieces to the attack:

  1. Nc3

The knight now threatens the black knight as well.

  1. … Nb4

  2. O-O c6

Here’s the current position:

black plays c6 to add support for the d5-knight

As you can see, white has more advantage: the black king can no longer castle and is close to the center of the board. The white king has castled and is safe, and white can focus on developing its pieces while black has to find a way to prevent a checkmate or losing the knights.

It’s still possible for black to win in the situation, but this can become very complicated, especially for beginners.

Here’s a replay of the moves, along with the notations:

replay of moves

  1. e4 e5

  2. Nf3 Nc6

  3. Bc4 Nf6

  4. Ng5 d5

  5. exd5 Nxd5

  6. Nxf7 Kxf7

  7. Qf3+ Ke6

  8. Nc3 Nb4

  9. O-O c6

Game #6 - Anti-Fried Liver Defence

From our last game, here’s the setup for the Fried Liver Attack:

  1. e4 e5

  2. Nf3 Nc6

  3. Bc4 Nf6

  4. Ng5

Fried Liver Attack starting position

Since many beginners struggle with the tension created from the Fried Liver Attack, they try to avoid it completely from the beginning of the game. So, some might play h6 as their third move to prevent the white knight from moving to the g5 square. That is:

  1. e4 e5

  2. Nf3 Nc6

  3. Bc4 h6

Which leads to this position:

Anti-Fried Liver Defence starting position

  1. d4 exd4

  2. Nxd4

This is where white sets the trap. Black should continue developing minor pieces and castle the king. A move like 5. ...Nf6 would work for black. But some people may want to double the attack on the d4-knight in order to push it back:

  1. ... Bc5

black blunders by moving the bishop to c5

  1. Bxf7+ Kxf7

  2. Qh5+ Kf8

  3. Qxc5+

With these moves, black no longer has the option of castling and the kingside looks weaker.

Here's a replay and the notations:

replay of moves

  1. e4 e5

  2. Nf3 Nc6

  3. Bc4 h6

  4. d4 exd4

  5. Nxd4 Bc5

  6. Bxf7+ Kxf7

  7. Qh5+ Kf8

  8. Qxc5+

Conclusion

This handbook showed you some of the most common beginner traps for the Italian Game. Although we saw most of the traps from the perspective of white, it can also help you defend against them when playing as black.

Opening moves in chess can be quite tricky. You may decide to stick with opening principles by developing your pieces, trying to control the center, and castling early. But, along the way, you may miss obvious mistakes and fall for your opponent’s traps.

You shouldn’t learn chess openings in order to replicate everything you see in various courses. Instead, you should try and understand why certain moves were made and their outcome. That way, you can improve your tactics and strategy and be able to recognize similar positions in other games.

I hope this handbook has been helpful for you on your chess journey. You can find me on Lichess @ IHECHIKARA.

You can watch the video version of this handbook here.

You can learn about checkmate patterns in chess here.

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Tras reunirse en Budapest, Marco Rubio y Viktor Orbán han presumido de la buena sintonía entre Washington y Budapest, que han calificado como "nueva edad dorada"
16 Feb 19:22

Despedida una trabajadora de una residencia: «viejo hijo de puta», «te veré el día de tu muerte»...

by onainigo
El Tribunal Superior de Justicia del País Vasco ve procedente la salida por falta disciplinaria grave de una empleada que dispensó un «trato ofensivo» a varios usuarios del centro de Basauri.
16 Feb 19:17

ASÍ HA SIDO EL CARNAVAL DE LEGANÉS 2026

by TELEGANÉS

🎉 Así hemos vivido desde el Ayuntamiento el #Carnaval en #Leganés
👉🏻 Dentro vídeo 🎥 GRACIAS, GRACIAS y GRACIAS, LEGANÉS 🩵
#leganés #teleganés #ayuntamiento #ayuntamientodeleganés #carnaval
16 Feb 19:17

ICE & DHS: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

by LastWeekTonight

John Oliver discusses ICE’s repeated atrocities over the past months and explores the massive entity overseeing it all: the Department of Homeland Security. How it started, who runs it, and how many hats Kristi Noem owns.

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16 Feb 19:16

DESFILE COMPLETO CARNAVAL DE LEGANÉS 2026

by TELEGANÉS

LEGANÉS 15 FEBRERO 2026 / En un día soleado, Leganés disfrutó este domingo 15 de febrero de un desfile de Carnaval espectacular. Han participado más de 2.000 personas de 45 entidades repartidas en 15 carrozas y 30 comparsas han llenado de color y fantasía las calles.
El Rey León, Dream Machine, Ajedrez, Naturaleza Salvaje, el Paleolítico, Faraones o Bosques Encantados han sido algunas de las temáticas que han encandilado a nuestros vecinos.
Por la tarde-noche se entregaron los PREMIOS a los mejores del Desfile de Carnaval de #Leganés:
Comparsas Otros Municipios
🥇 Venimos del Sagrado
🥈 Medina Azahara
🥉 Asociación Vamos a tomar café
Comparsas Adultos
🥇 Peña Amarena
🥈 Casa Extremadura
🥉 Las de Siempre
Comparsas Infantil Juvenil
🥇 CEIP Pequeño Príncipe
🥈 AMPA Gerardo Diego
🥉 AMPA Andrés Segovia
Carrozas
🥇 AMPA Andrés Segovia
🥈 CEIP Pequeño Príncipe
🥉 Casa Extremadura
Premio Especial del Público
🎖️ AMPA Gerardo Diego
🎸 Y como colofón, el concierto de Un Pingüino en mi Ascensor

#leganés #teleganés #carnaval #desfilecarnaval #carrozas #comparsas
16 Feb 19:14

¡El Camionero Acrata TEIS está emitiendo en directo!

by El Camionero Acrata TEIS
16 Feb 19:13

¿Te escuchan?

by Santiago Ávila Vila

Todos queremos que nos escuchen. Pocos saben escuchar de verdad. Este vídeo no es cómodo. Y por algo será.
#Escuchar #Respeto #Comunicación #Conciencia #Reflexión
16 Feb 19:12

Charla del martes

by LAS OPINIONES DE FERNANDO GUILLEN

Tendremos a Raúl, el "inventor" e las camisetas denunciando bajos salarios

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16 Feb 19:11

Lo Que No Te Cuentan Sobre la Soledad | Gabriel Rolón

by Alex Fidalgo

Gabriel Rolón es psicólogo, psicoanalista y uno de los autores más leídos en lengua española. En su último libro, La soledad, reflexiona sobre la soledad como una condición constitutiva del ser humano, diferenciando entre la que puede ser creativa y necesaria y aquella que se vuelve dolorosa o patológica. En esta conversación hablamos del duelo, la pérdida, la necesidad de reconocimiento, el vacío que intentamos llenar a cualquier precio y el impacto de la inteligencia artificial en nuestra manera de afrontar la ausencia.

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16 Feb 19:10

Experto en Foco: Cómo Eliminar la Procrastinación y Ganar 5h al día: 17 Trucos Mentales

by Tengo un Plan

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2:46 ¿Por qué empezó Joan con Aprendizaje acelerado?
5:06 ¿Qué técnicas hay para poder memorizar mejor?
7:57 ¿Qué significa memorizar y aprender?
10:47 Los hemisferios del cerebro
12:12 Cómo activar tu hemisferio derecho para estudiar cosas aburridas
14:22 Estrategia para estudiar una oposición
16:32 Dinámica memorizar palabras
29:30 Cómo estudiar leyes
31:17 Cómo hacer correctamente apuntes y esquemas
34:32 ¿Por qué aprendes más rápido algo cuando se lo explicas a alguien?
38:13 ¿Cómo organizar el día perfecto de estudio?
41:45 Cuando tú entrenas estudias mejor
43:21 Estudiar en la biblioteca vs en casa
46:02 Hábitos para concentrarse mejor estudiando
48:01 ¿Se puede provocar un estado de flow?
52:12 ¿Funciona de verdad la técnica Pomodoro?
56:24 Técnicas buenas de concentración
58:01 La procrastinación
1:03:32 Técnicas para emprendedores para ser más productivo (levantarse a las 5 no sirve)
1:06:15 La importancia de perder el foco
1:08:01 Cómo aprobar un examen teniendo 24 horas para estudiar
1:11:45 La gestión de los nervios antes del examen
1:15:26 ¿Cómo preparar un tipo test?
1:19:59 La lectura rápida ¿Es todo falso o funciona de verdad?
1:24:21 Cómo aprender realmente cuando lees un libro
1:28:14 Cómo crear un mapa mental
1:32:21 ¿Cómo va a cambiar la IA para estudiar mejor?
1:37:15 Experto en estudio da claves para preparar selectividad
1:42:35 Cómo es el estudio para personas con TDH
1:45:34 Los pequeños objetivos
1:46:40 ¿Ha trabajado Joan con un superdotado?

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16 Feb 19:10

¿Por qué el Manipulador siempre busca Aislar a su víctima? Es manipulación y no lo sabes

by Claudia Nicolasa Psicología

🫧 La técnica de manipulación “La Burbuja”

La Burbuja es cuando un manipulador te va aislando poco a poco de tu gente: familia, amigos, compañeros… de cualquiera que pueda ser un freno para su control.

¿Por qué lo hace?

👉🏻 Porque cuantos menos apoyos tienes, menos contraste recibes, menos te cuestionas… y más dependes de él/ella para sentirte acompañada, validada o segura.

👁️ Cómo se ve en la práctica:
• “Tu familia no te entiende.”
• “Tus amigas te tienen envidia.”
• “No les cuentes lo nuestro, lo van a estropear.”
• “Si me quisieras, me elegirías a mí.”
• Críticas sutiles a tu entorno + conflicto + tú te vas alejando.

🚨 No suele empezar con “no hables con nadie”. Empieza con cosas pequeñas: dudas, sospechas, comentarios… hasta que un día miras alrededor y solo queda su voz.

Cuando te quitan a tu red, te quitan tu libertad: eso es la Burbuja. Si quieres aprender más sobre manipulación no te pierdas el libro Es manipulación y no lo sabes.
16 Feb 19:06

Cuando Niki Lauda pronunció un discurso dedicado a los perdedores.

by Fino

“Perdiendo aprendes más para el futuro”. Siguiendo esa regla de tres, Fernando Alonso va a ganar el mundial 2026.

Ver post completo: Cuando Niki Lauda pronunció un discurso dedicado a los perdedores.

16 Feb 19:05

Amazon EC2 supports nested virtualization on virtual Amazon EC2 instances

by aws@amazon.com

Starting today, customers can create nested environments within virtualized Amazon EC2 instances. Previously, customers could only create and manage virtual machines inside bare metal EC2 instances. With this launch, customers can create nested virtual machines by running KVM or Hyper-V on virtual EC2 instances. Customers can leverage this capability for use cases such as running emulators for mobile applications, simulating in-vehicle hardware for automobiles, and running Windows Subsystem for Linux on Windows workstations.

 

16 Feb 19:04

VALDECASAS:“EEUU quiere mantener la OTAN para tenernos controlados y que Europa la factura completa”

by Negocios TV

VALDECASAS:“EEUU quiere mantener la OTAN para tenernos controlados y que Europa la factura completa”

El exembajador Ignacio García Valdecasas ha advertido de que el actual contexto internacional se sitúa en un “estado prebélico”, marcado por la desinformación y la creciente tensión en torno a las negociaciones nucleares con Irán. Según explicó, el papel de China y Rusia está siendo clave en el refuerzo militar de Teherán tras los ataques sufridos en junio, lo que habría elevado su capacidad defensiva y cambiado el equilibrio estratégico en la región. En este escenario, Valdecasas señaló que Irán no bajará la guardia pese a las conversaciones diplomáticas y que la presión de Israel estaría empujando a Estados Unidos hacia una posible intervención militar si no se alcanza un acuerdo.

En relación con la política estadounidense, el analista sostuvo que Donald Trump se encuentra en un “laberinto” ante la presión de sus donantes y del denominado Deep State para atacar a Irán, lo que podría entrar en contradicción con sus promesas electorales de evitar nuevas guerras. Asimismo, subrayó que Washington teme las consecuencias de una escalada, como el posible cierre del estrecho de Ormuz, que tendría un impacto devastador sobre la economía global.

Por otro lado, Valdecasas analizó el discurso del secretario de Estado Marco Rubio, asegurando que Estados Unidos busca mantener la OTAN como instrumento de control estratégico sobre Europa, trasladando a los países europeos una mayor carga en el gasto en defensa. En su opinión, la cooperación transatlántica ya no es vista como una necesidad estructural por Washington, sino como una opción estratégica, dentro de un proceso más amplio de redefinición del orden internacional en el que Europa correría el riesgo de convertirse en un socio menor frente a Estados Unidos.

#eeuu #otan #control #europa #defensa #usarmy #trump #uspresident #orientemedio #guerra #negociostv #valdecasas

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16 Feb 18:46

Kim Dotcom: Palantir ha sido hackeado

by NPCMeneaMePersigue

Kim Dotcom, creador de Megaupload señala en su cuenta de Twitter que: "Palantir fue presuntamente hackeado. Se utilizó un agente de IA para obtener acceso de superusuario y esto es lo que supuestamente encontraron los hackers:

Peter Thiel y Alex Karp llevan a cabo una vigilancia masiva de líderes mundiales y titanes de la industria a gran escala.

Tienen miles de horas de conversaciones transcritas y buscables de Donald Trump, JD Vance y Elon Musk.

Han pirateado dispositivos, coches y aviones de líderes mundiales y han acumulado el mayor archivo de material de chantaje.

Palantir está desarrollando capacidades de armas nucleares y biológicas para Ucrania y colabora estrechamente con la CIA para derrotar a Rusia. Creen que les falta un año. Planean lograrlo manteniendo a Rusia ocupada con negociaciones de paz sin sentido.

Palantir es responsable de la mayoría de las muertes palestinas en Gaza. Desarrollaron la inteligencia artificial dirigida a Israel.

Palantir es un brazo de la CIA y todos los datos de los clientes internacionales se copian en una nube espía de la CIA.

Palentir se ha convertido en la empresa más peligrosa del mundo. Si trabajas allí, tienes derecho a saber que para eso se utiliza la IA de Palentir, sin tu conocimiento.

Los datos de Palentir que supuestamente recopilaron los hackers se entregarán a Rusia o China. Me eligieron como colaborador de confianza para esta publicación. No estoy involucrado en el ataque a Palentir ni conozco a los hackers. Pero sí sé que el ataque ocurrió.

Fuente

etiquetas: artículo

» noticia original ()

16 Feb 18:46

Piratean mi libro e investigo el extraño negocio detrás de las shadow libraries

by TooBased

El otro día me llegó un mensaje de un seguidor que decía lo siguiente: "Bro, tu libro está en Anas Archive." Busqué rápidamente en Google Anas Archive, pero no encontré la web, solo un post de Reddit y una página en la Wikipedia. A través de Wikipedia encontré unos enlaces con los que pude acceder a la susodicha página. Ahí estaba. Anas Archive, el último bastión del conocimiento humano, libros, documentos y estudios científicos preservados en forma de archivos torrent y descargas directas. Busqué mi libro, El Club Sigma, y ahí lo encontré. En

etiquetas: piratean, libro, investigo, shadow libraries, annas archive, lord draug

» noticia original (www.youtube.com)

16 Feb 18:46

"Tuvimos sexo en una habitación y nos grabaron en secreto": la investigación de la BBC que reveló una red de pornografía con cámaras ocultas en hoteles

by ahotsa

El Servicio Mundial de la BBC encontró miles de videos recientes de cámaras espía grabados en habitaciones de hotel y vendidos como pornografía en múltiples sitios web. Gran parte del material se anuncia en la aplicación de mensajería y redes sociales Telegram.

etiquetas: cámaras espías, pornografía

» noticia original (www.bbc.com)

16 Feb 18:46

Irlanda anuncia una renta básica permanente para los artistas

by Meneanauta

«Por primera vez en la historia de este país, se puede decir que tenemos ahora, de manera permanente, una estructura de ingreso básico revolucionario que, en muchos sentidos, diferenciará a Irlanda del resto de países respecto a cómo valoramos la cultura y creatividad», explicó el ministro irlandés de Cultura, Comunicaciones y Deporte, Patrick O’Donovan.

etiquetas: irlanda, renta, basica, arte

» noticia original (efe.com)

16 Feb 18:45

¡¡¡La puertaaaaaa!!! El extraño problema de «usabilidad» no previsto que Waymo se ha encontrado en sus coches autónomos sin conductor

by me_joneo_pensando_en_ti

Waymo, la empresa de coches autónomos de Alphabet, tiene un problema con los robotaxis: si los pasajeros cierran mal la puerta al salir, el coche queda completamente inmovilizado «no puede circular, ni apartarse de la vía». Tan absurda tener coches funcionales completamente parados y sin «trabajar» que han tenido que recurrir a una solución no menos extraña: encargar a los repartidores de Doordash (empresa de reparto y recados urbanos, como Glovo en España) que cierren bien las puertas como tarea pagada. La broma le cuesta 11,25 dólares encargo

etiquetas: waymo, alphabet, coche, ia, robotaxi, taxi, puerta, repartidor, glovo, doordash

» noticia original (www.microsiervos.com)

16 Feb 18:45

Muros de 1950, sedimentos de 2026: el desajuste técnico que está matando en silencio a los embalses españoles

by cocolisto

Ingeniería de 1950 frente a borrascas de 2026: el desfase técnico del agua en España. Los datos han pasado de 693 hectómetros cúbicos en un día, disparándose hasta los 2.349 hm³ en solo tres jornadas. Sin embargo, detrás de esta fotografía de abundancia y de un mapa de España teñido de azul, Greenpeace ha advertido de que estamos ante una ilusión óptica. Lo que vemos brillar al sol es agua, sí, pero lo que se acumula en el fondo, invisible y silencioso, es lodo. Y cada vez hay más

etiquetas: muros de 1950, sedimentos de 2026, desajuste técnico, embalses

» noticia original (www.xataka.com)

16 Feb 18:45

Investigan el suicidio de una menor de 14 años en Benalmádena (Málaga) que sufría acoso escolar, según sus padres

by Thornton

La Policía Nacional mantiene abierta una investigación para aclarar las circunstancias que rodean el fallecimiento de una adolescente de 14 años ocurrido este pasado fin de semana en Benalmádena. Las observaciones iniciales apuntan a que no hubo participación de terceras personas, aunque los investigadores continúan recabando pruebas y testimonios para esclarecer todos los detalles y descartar cualquier otra hipótesis. La menor estaba recibiendo atención psicológica debido a una situación de presunto acoso escolar que venía sufriendo.

etiquetas: suicidio, menores, acoso escolar, bulling

» noticia original (cadenaser.com)

16 Feb 18:44

Ryanair negó a una empleada el permiso para cuidar a sus hijas el día que cerraron los colegios por el temporal: “Elegiste trabajar en esto”

by Free_palestine

La mujer entiende que la ausencia está justificada por una causa de fuerza mayor, el cuidado de familiares, y ha llevado el caso ante Inspección de Trabajo. Hay otros dos trabajadores en situación similar

etiquetas: ryanair, vulneración, derechos

» noticia original (www.eldiario.es)

16 Feb 18:44

El escándalo de las VPO salpica a las élites de Alicante y al PP: familias adineradas y sueldos de 70.000 euros se adjudicaron pisos protegidos

by Ratoncolorao

Concejales, arquitectos, hijos de notarios y altos funcionarios como una interventora con elevados ingresos de hasta 70.000 euros han sido adjudicatarios de la polémica promoción que investigan la Fiscalía y un juzgado pese a estar limitado su acceso.

etiquetas: vpo, alicante, pp, escándalo, élites, pisos protegidos

» noticia original (www.eldiario.es)