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Storie e pensieri suoi e di altri, raccolti da Antonio Dini http://www.antoniodini.com
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Organizzatevi per le gite del futuro. Posti dove andare in Cina.

Money quote: “However, China has more than 100 cities of over 1 million residents, many of which remain little known to foreign travellers but boast attractions worth more attention.”

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2018/nov/07/beyond-beijing-six-chinese-cities-you-need-to-know-suzhou-lanzhou-qingdao
Tra le "fonti", se così le posso chiamare, degli articoli che compaiono su Mostly, I Write, nel tempo ci sono state tanti differenti punti di origine. Uno di questi è Medium, che di per sé non vuol dire niente se non che è una piattaforma con - adesso - l'odioso desiderio di farsi pagare per vedere gli articoli. (il trucco, casomai abbiate esaurito gli articoli del mese, è aprire una finestra di navigazione anonima, privata o protetta o come si chiama del vostro browser preferito) .

Questo articolo in particolare è un tentativo di ridefinire i confini del matrimonio: cos'è e come funziona. Non va molto lontano. Non è previsto che lo faccia. Forse non vale la pena leggerlo.

Sto valutando se eliminare o comunque ridurre radicalmente le cose che trovo su Medium: datemi anche voi il vostro parere (potrei fare un sondaggio, ma insomma... anche no)

Money quote: "The work of marriage is not about whether you find and keep your most ideal counterpart. Marriage is about what you do when you discover you can be with the most perfect person for you—and still find yourself frustrated, exhausted, dragged down, and at your wit’s end."

https://medium.com/s/can-we-talk/marriage-is-not-meant-to-make-you-happy-its-meant-to-make-you-conscious-f32c17941917
Una donna scrive di una pubblicità di Gillette che ridefinisce oggettivizzandola per una volta la figura maschile anziché quella femminile, e che è boicottata da gruppi di maschi incavolati.

Money quote: "I’m not particularly interested in providing a passionate defense of a multimillion-dollar corporation which — lovely commercial and positive message aside — is really only interested in using feminist rhetoric to make more money. But this kind of over-the-top response to a single advertisement is part of a broader backlash."

https://medium.com/s/jessica-valenti/the-gillette-effect-what-a-single-ad-reveals-about-american-men-37bcdef84e46
Così pochi possono fare così tanti danni. Ad esempio, dietro così tanto schifo e manipolazione in rete, non ultima la demonizzazione di George Soros, ne bastano due. Un altro articolo epico dell’economia tra svizzero che ha fatto venire fuori Cambridge Analityca.

Buona domenica.

Money quote: “Birnbaum — a political consultant who has worked in the US, Israel, Hungary, and across the Balkans — had agreed to talk for the first time about his role in the creation of the Soros bogeyman, which ended up unleashing a global wave of anti-Semitic attacks on the billionaire investor. But he also wanted to defend his work, and that of his former mentor and friend, Arthur Finkelstein.”

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/hnsgrassegger/george-soros-conspiracy-finkelstein-birnbaum-orban-netanyahu
Ipotesi di analisi delle relazioni: usare l'idea dello sfumato per comprendere le nuances del proprio partner.

Money quote: "So, next time you think you know what your significant other is or is not, or will or will not do, make sure you leave wiggle room for surprises. With an open mind you may be positively surprised."

https://psiloveyou.xyz/what-da-vinci-can-teach-you-about-your-relationship-4e390122d57e
Questo agente di polizia secondo me dovrebbe seriamente prendere in considerazione l'idea di farsi chiamare "Robert" e non "Rob"
Money quote: "Donald Trump’s fast-food catering was an inevitable result of the government shutdown, which has left federal employees furloughed—including, presumably, the White House kitchen staff".
Sono abbastanza curioso di sapere come andrà a finire. Perché a un certo punto al vicepresidente Usa converrà far fuori Donald Trump, e state pur certi che lo farà. A quel punto forse capiremo se questa è stata veramente una farsa o qualcosa di peggio.

Money quote: "In short, we’ve reached a point in the Mueller probe where there are only two scenarios left: Either the president is compromised by the Russian government and has been working covertly to cooperate with Vladimir Putin after Russia helped win him the 2016 election — or Trump will go down in history as the world’s most famous “useful idiot,” as communists used to call those who could be co-opted to the cause without realizing it.

At least the former scenario — that the president of the United States is actively working to advance the interests of our country’s foremost, long-standing, traditional foreign adversary — would make him seem smarter and wilier. The latter scenario is simply a tragic farce for everyone involved."

https://www.wired.com/story/president-trump-mueller-russia-agent-putin/
Il punto toccato da questo articolo, probabilmente, è rilevante anche in senso più generale: in futuro la fotocamera del telefonino sarà l'elemento più importante perché consentirà l'interazione con lo spazio circostante. Questo avrà una ricaduta enorme anche per la fotografia

Money quote: "One of the points Allison made repeatedly on that call (and in this wonderful blog post of the same time period) was that the camera is going to be at the center of computing going forward, an indispensable element. Spatial computing could not exist without it. Simple, obvious, straightforward, but not earth shaking. We all heard what she had to say, but I don’t think any of us really understood just how profound or prophetic that statement turned out to be."

https://blog.torch3d.com/computing-in-the-camera-96d338da6c5c
Brutta bestia gli scrittori freelance che vivono su Internet, servi del click

Money quote: "A useless day, the writer tells themselves. No money earned. Nothing accomplished. They fear pitching that same editor again so quickly because two declines in a row would really fuck with their self worth. So they wait, trying to think of another idea for a story. A shittier one perhaps? With more obvious potential to be clickable? They read what’s having success on a number of sites they’d like to pitch to see where the editorial vision is pointing at the moment. It very well may not be where it was yesterday. At no point in the hours entailed here is the writer being paid, nor is there any guarantee they ever will be."

https://medium.com/@lukeoneil47/why-freelance-writers-are-a-fucking-pain-in-the-ass-with-broken-brains-583849c62d52