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La protesta a Hong Kong e le reti mesh oltre a Bridgefy

Money quote: “It’s not the first time protesters in the region have turned to mesh networks to stay organized. One such app, FireChat, played an important role in Hong Kong’s 2014 democracy protests. More recently, an app called Bridgefy—available for free on iOS and Android—has soared in popularity.

https://qz.com/1701045/hong-kong-protestors-use-bridgefy-to-preempt-internet-shutdown/
L’ho sempre detto, io. Bisogna credere con giudizio.

Money quote: “In ‘The Ethics of Belief’ (1877), Clifford gives three arguments as to why we have a moral obligation to believe responsibly, that is, to believe only what we have sufficient evidence for, and what we have diligently investigated”.

https://aeon.co/ideas/believing-without-evidence-is-always-morally-wrong
Sono nato e cresciuto a Firenze quindi non mi è sconosciuto il concetto di turismo di massa e i suoi effetti devastanti (così come per i veneziani), che spesso diventa una sindrome di stoccolma che spinge a dire che dovremmo abbracciare il turismo come industria nazionale. Comunque, una riflessione da parte di chi non vive in un paese d'arte e si stupisce del fatto che il turismo moderno sia davvero predatorio. (Non poteva essere che Der Spiegel ad affrontare il tema in questo modo).

Money quote: "More than anything, in fact, it has become a symbol for the predatory nature of modern-day tourism -- a style of travel that is devouring all the beautiful places which drives it."

http://www.spiegel.de/international/paradise-lost-tourists-are-destroying-the-places-they-love-a-1223502.html
Guadagnarsi da vivere facendo lo scrittore adesso è statisticamente impossible. Meglio lo YouTuber probabilmente.

Money quote: “The study claims falling book prices, sales and advances mean that literary authors are struggling more than ever to make a living from their fiction. In today’s market, selling 3,000 copies of your novel is not unrespectable – but factor in the average hardback price of £10.12 and the retailer’s 50 per cent cut, and just £15,000 remains to share between publisher, agent and author. No wonder that the percentage of authors earning a full-time living solely from writing dropped from 40 per cent in 2005 to 11.5 per cent in 2013.“

https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2018/01/slow-death-literary-novel-sales-crisis-afflicting-fiction
Trovano un vecchio Macintosh SE per strada, lo portano a casa, lo aprono e si mettono a ravanare dentro le rom di sistema, fino a che non trovano una easter egg del 1986. Hacking at its best, direi.

Money quote: "We found this Macintosh SE on the side of the road in Brooklyn and carried it to NYC Resistor. It boots, but lacks any media, so we decided to do some further digital archeology."

https://www.nycresistor.com/2012/08/21/ghosts-in-the-rom/
È possibile che un genitore non-partoriente (cioè il maschietto o l'altra femmina) di una coppia che ha avuto un figlio possa soffrire di depressione post-parto? Ebbene sì, e si chiama depressione post-natale (PND), perché non ha partorito. O è una follia solo pensarlo?

Money quote: "Some studies estimate that as many as one in 10 men may suffer from PND. But it’s still routinely left out of medical literature on the topic.

Neither postpartum nor postnatal depression has its own listing in the DSM-V (the definitive resource for psychological diagnosticians). In order for a diagnosis to be made, the sufferer first must meet all the criteria established for a “major depressive episode,” and then meet the qualifier that the depression begin during pregnancy or in the first four weeks after delivering a baby.

This, of course, leaves no official recognition of non-birthing parents who suffer from postnatal depression."

https://gay.medium.com/the-weather-a0ee3b988ed5