u/veglove

I'll be flying in on the 10th and am wondering how the Groundforce strike has affected folks so far. These are the employees who provide ground support, luggage handling, check-in, boarding, and more.

I'm mainly concerned about whether there were any delays when landing, deboarding, and collecting checked luggage. I will have a checked bag and leave on another trip the next day, so my time will be very limited, and delays would affect me greatly.

https://loyaltylobby.com/2026/08/03/groundforce-staffs-indefinite-strike-begins-at-barcelona-bcn-airport-on-august-4-2026/

https://russpain.com/news/groundforce-staff-strike-disrupts-barcelona-airport-operations-77765/

In case anyone here missed it, LabMuffin tested more stick sunscreens and updated her take on them. Previously she had only tested 3 Korean stick sunscreens, and based on that, she said that they don't give sufficient coverage when applying them in a realistic way to be used as your main sunscreen.

This time, she tested several more sunscreens, but unfortunately no European brands that I can tell. A few of them offered good coverage, but most of them were still pretty poor. She also noted that it's easy to miss spots with all of them, and encourages people to use a UV camera to check for even coverage if you plan to use a stick sunscreen.

She outlines how she tested them, and encourages her audience to test more, so if anyone has a UV camera and is interested in testing European sunscreens, please share your results here. You'd also need a jewelry/gram scale with high sensitivity to see how much you have used on your face in total.