La bandaccia, che però ha fatto il giro del mondo. Grazie al bassista Keanu Reeves, certamente. Ma anche per altri motivi
Money quote: "Of course, Keanu deciding to be a sideman in a mediocre rock band is like a kid covering his eyes and declaring himself invisible. It’s impossible for him to disappear. And the fact that Dogstar is a hobby and not a project doesn’t mean it’s not an expression of Keanu’s own neuroses and his relationship to stardom. He meets Mailhouse the year Point Break comes out, which means the band’s life coincides with the first blockbuster-movie-star phase of his career. They become a major touring concern—and therefore a big part of Keanu’s life, at least timewise—beginning in 1995, right after Hamlet. He spends the summer of his Hamlet year playing Dogstar shows all over the world, from San Francisco (where they play the five-hundred-capacity club Slim’s) to Japan where they’re already big enough to sell out much larger halls."
https://www.gq.com/story/keanu-reeves-most-triumphant-dogstar-excerpt
Money quote: "Of course, Keanu deciding to be a sideman in a mediocre rock band is like a kid covering his eyes and declaring himself invisible. It’s impossible for him to disappear. And the fact that Dogstar is a hobby and not a project doesn’t mean it’s not an expression of Keanu’s own neuroses and his relationship to stardom. He meets Mailhouse the year Point Break comes out, which means the band’s life coincides with the first blockbuster-movie-star phase of his career. They become a major touring concern—and therefore a big part of Keanu’s life, at least timewise—beginning in 1995, right after Hamlet. He spends the summer of his Hamlet year playing Dogstar shows all over the world, from San Francisco (where they play the five-hundred-capacity club Slim’s) to Japan where they’re already big enough to sell out much larger halls."
https://www.gq.com/story/keanu-reeves-most-triumphant-dogstar-excerpt
GQ
The True Story of Dogstar, Keanu Reeves' Mediocre '90s Rock Band That Toured the World
Alex Pappademas traces the origins of an LA band that somehow ended up opening for Weezer and David Bowie—and wasn't even the only band named Dogstar in town.
I soliti problemi da 1%
Money quote: "The 36-year-old artist invited me into her home for a tour last November. She has spent the past year decorating a sprawling 19th-century stone house in the Connecticut woodlands about an hour and a half outside New York City, turning it into the backdrop for her recent series of haunting photographs, “Rooms in the First House.” These stylized, intricately composed self-portraits and interiors, some of which Tendler first debuted on Instagram, were recently exhibited at a Brooklyn art fair where they sold out quickly, some fetching prices in the mid-six figures."
https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a38727685/anna-marie-tendler-profile/
Money quote: "The 36-year-old artist invited me into her home for a tour last November. She has spent the past year decorating a sprawling 19th-century stone house in the Connecticut woodlands about an hour and a half outside New York City, turning it into the backdrop for her recent series of haunting photographs, “Rooms in the First House.” These stylized, intricately composed self-portraits and interiors, some of which Tendler first debuted on Instagram, were recently exhibited at a Brooklyn art fair where they sold out quickly, some fetching prices in the mid-six figures."
https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a38727685/anna-marie-tendler-profile/
Harper's BAZAAR
Anna Marie Tendler Turns the Lens on Herself
What happens when the good-natured wife from a famous stand-up routine gets divorced, embraces her art, and goes viral on TikTok?
Ci siamo completamente dimenticati la figura fondamentale di Karl Jasper, l’ultimo e il più importante dei filosofi esistenzialisti. E soprattutto, quello che ci ha spiegato che l’incertezza deve essere compresa, non sconfitta.
Money quote: “Jaspers is one of the very few existentialist thinkers who did not seek to master, tame or conquer the unknowable and finite condition of human life. Instead, he tried to cultivate a relationship to this essential quality of life and engage it on its own terms. He repeatedly insisted that ‘I do not accomplish my freedom. I did not make myself. I do not exist by my own means.’ Rather, I depend on the freedom of others and the complex makings of a fragile world. Only because our lives are contingent and vulnerable can we experience love, freedom and purpose as something meaningful. The attempt to prove love or catch the ephemeral presence of beauty would likely take away the experience.”
https://psyche.co/ideas/to-karl-jaspers-uncertainty-is-not-to-be-overcome-but-understood
Money quote: “Jaspers is one of the very few existentialist thinkers who did not seek to master, tame or conquer the unknowable and finite condition of human life. Instead, he tried to cultivate a relationship to this essential quality of life and engage it on its own terms. He repeatedly insisted that ‘I do not accomplish my freedom. I did not make myself. I do not exist by my own means.’ Rather, I depend on the freedom of others and the complex makings of a fragile world. Only because our lives are contingent and vulnerable can we experience love, freedom and purpose as something meaningful. The attempt to prove love or catch the ephemeral presence of beauty would likely take away the experience.”
https://psyche.co/ideas/to-karl-jaspers-uncertainty-is-not-to-be-overcome-but-understood
Psyche
To Karl Jaspers, uncertainty is not to be overcome but understood
The existentialist Karl Jaspers believed uncertainty ungirds human existence: better to recognise this than rage against it
Alcuni fisici sono convinti che ci stiamo avvicinando sempre più a una grande teoria unificata del tutto: una visione che permea il nostro tempo e che vorremmo che desse senso a quello che altrimenti non riusciamo a capire e quindi a concepire.
Money quote: “What’s so interesting about the principle of equivalence, from our point of view, is that it could just as easily be called the _principle of mass unification_. What led Einstein to general relativity were thoughts of unifying disparate objects (these masses are ‘more alike than you think’), which in the old theory had no reason to be connected to each other. Newton unified planetary orbits and apple falls; Maxwell unified electricity and magnetism; and Einstein unified inertial mass and gravitational mass.”
https://aeon.co/essays/how-physics-at-the-roots-of-reality-point-to-a-grand-unified-theory
Money quote: “What’s so interesting about the principle of equivalence, from our point of view, is that it could just as easily be called the _principle of mass unification_. What led Einstein to general relativity were thoughts of unifying disparate objects (these masses are ‘more alike than you think’), which in the old theory had no reason to be connected to each other. Newton unified planetary orbits and apple falls; Maxwell unified electricity and magnetism; and Einstein unified inertial mass and gravitational mass.”
https://aeon.co/essays/how-physics-at-the-roots-of-reality-point-to-a-grand-unified-theory
Aeon
The unified Universe
Physics displays an uncanny alignment at its very deepest levels. Is a grand theory of everything finally within reach?
Ci siamo inventati una cosa che non esisteva in natura: i rifiuti. E questo sta caratterizzando la nostra esistenza e il segno che lasciamo nel cosmo. Ammetterlo vuol dire reimmaginare come pensiamo e cosa progettiamo.
Money quote: “This is where the naming of ages becomes useful. The Anthropocene, or the age of human-driven planetary change, helps to evoke the new geological layer we are forming, a new planetary crust composed of our fossil-fuel residues, bottle tops and cigarette butts. Could we imagine any more literal entanglement of nature and waste? Some prefer a more political definition, the Capitalocene, which points the finger at a specific economic system: capitalism. But to say that we live in a Waste Age is to acknowledge both its geological and economic dimensions. It is to acknowledge that culture produces not just architecture and ingenious devices, but also a million plastic bags a minute. It is to acknowledge that growth is entirely dependent on the relentless and ruthlessly efficient generation of waste.”
https://aeon.co/essays/ours-is-the-waste-age-thats-the-key-to-tranforming-the-future
Money quote: “This is where the naming of ages becomes useful. The Anthropocene, or the age of human-driven planetary change, helps to evoke the new geological layer we are forming, a new planetary crust composed of our fossil-fuel residues, bottle tops and cigarette butts. Could we imagine any more literal entanglement of nature and waste? Some prefer a more political definition, the Capitalocene, which points the finger at a specific economic system: capitalism. But to say that we live in a Waste Age is to acknowledge both its geological and economic dimensions. It is to acknowledge that culture produces not just architecture and ingenious devices, but also a million plastic bags a minute. It is to acknowledge that growth is entirely dependent on the relentless and ruthlessly efficient generation of waste.”
https://aeon.co/essays/ours-is-the-waste-age-thats-the-key-to-tranforming-the-future
aeon.co
Ours is the Waste Age: that’s the key to tranforming the future | Aeon Essays
Recognising that waste is central, not peripheral, to everything we design, make and do is key to transforming the future
Adesso anche i cavallucci marini, quelli di "un partner è per sempre" si separano. Ma in che mondo viviamo?
Money quote: "To delve into the intricacies of seahorse interpersonal relationships, Zhang and his colleagues placed male and female lined seahorses in a tank. After they had mated, the male was moved to another tank for four days and replaced by another male, which formed a new pairing with the female. The process was repeated with one last male for good measure, before all four seahorses were placed in the same tank to observe which male the female would choose. The team repeated the experiment with 24 different mating pairs in total.
In almost all cases, females showed no clear preference for their original partner."
https://hakaimagazine.com/news/female-seahorse-we-were-on-a-break/
Money quote: "To delve into the intricacies of seahorse interpersonal relationships, Zhang and his colleagues placed male and female lined seahorses in a tank. After they had mated, the male was moved to another tank for four days and replaced by another male, which formed a new pairing with the female. The process was repeated with one last male for good measure, before all four seahorses were placed in the same tank to observe which male the female would choose. The team repeated the experiment with 24 different mating pairs in total.
In almost all cases, females showed no clear preference for their original partner."
https://hakaimagazine.com/news/female-seahorse-we-were-on-a-break/
Hakai Magazine
Female Seahorse: “We Were on a Break!” | Hakai Magazine
Seahorses’ famous pair bonds aren’t as strong as you think.
Alexa sta diventando sempre più intelligente. Ma non "così" intelligente da sbagliarla per una persona
Money quote: "“Ci sono tre aspetti centrali – dice Prem Natarajan – che non vanno fraintesi: per Alexa e le AI in generale io parlo di epoca del “self” delle AI. Questo vuol dire “self awarness, self learning e self reasoning”. Attenzione, non sto parlando di AI vive o altre ingenuità che si leggono sui giornali in questo periodo: saranno problemi di ricerca per i nostri figli, certo non per questa generazione”. Il riferimento è alla vicenda dell’ingegnere Blake Lemoine di Google che ha dichiarato che l’AI su cui lavora ha una “sensibilità emotiva” ed è sostanzialmente una persona. "
https://www.italian.tech/2022/06/23/news/alexa_parla_con_la_voce_della_nonna_morta-355161985/
Money quote: "“Ci sono tre aspetti centrali – dice Prem Natarajan – che non vanno fraintesi: per Alexa e le AI in generale io parlo di epoca del “self” delle AI. Questo vuol dire “self awarness, self learning e self reasoning”. Attenzione, non sto parlando di AI vive o altre ingenuità che si leggono sui giornali in questo periodo: saranno problemi di ricerca per i nostri figli, certo non per questa generazione”. Il riferimento è alla vicenda dell’ingegnere Blake Lemoine di Google che ha dichiarato che l’AI su cui lavora ha una “sensibilità emotiva” ed è sostanzialmente una persona. "
https://www.italian.tech/2022/06/23/news/alexa_parla_con_la_voce_della_nonna_morta-355161985/
Italian Tech
Prem Natarajan, l'uomo che ha fatto parlare Alexa: "Non è viva, ma ci aiuta come se lo fosse"
L’assistente di Amazon andrà nello Spazio e potrà imparare in un minuto a riprodurre la voce di chiunque, anche di chi non c'è p…
Ipotetici e paradossali punti di vista sul web3
Money quote: "I’ve recently been exploring the themes around web3 to see if there’s a “there” there, and Graeber’s book has been on my mind again. One of the most apparently successful examples of web3 that people point to, aside from art NFTs, is so-called play-to-earn games. The most successful of these is Axie Infinity, a trade-and-battle game reminiscent of Pokemon."
https://paulbutler.org/2021/play-to-earn-and-bullshit-jobs/
Money quote: "I’ve recently been exploring the themes around web3 to see if there’s a “there” there, and Graeber’s book has been on my mind again. One of the most apparently successful examples of web3 that people point to, aside from art NFTs, is so-called play-to-earn games. The most successful of these is Axie Infinity, a trade-and-battle game reminiscent of Pokemon."
https://paulbutler.org/2021/play-to-earn-and-bullshit-jobs/
paulbutler.org
“Play-to-earn” and Bullshit Jobs
Come potremmo definirlo? Crepuscolare? Postpandemico? (semmai la pandemia finirà?) Ecco, l'idea che il viaggio in quanto tale sia finito - intendiamo qui un certo tipo di viaggiare, non quello dei minions lavorativi - si accasa con quella che il mondo sia diventato un po' meno ospitale. Se da un lato forse è l'inizio della fine di un certo tipo di prepotenza umana nei confronti del mondo, dall'altro ci saranno canzoni, poesie, romanzi e film che celebreranno quest'epoca e il suo crepuscolare.
Money quote: "I guess it was inevitable, as the pandemic dragged on, that many of us would be plunged into nostalgia for the journeys we took in the past. For while it may be glib to bemoan a lack of adventure in a period of global bereavement and anxiety, the drastic contraction of international movement is likely to be one of COVID-19’s most momentous cultural and economic ramifications. The old way it was practised, at vast scale, and across increasingly porous borders, has begun to look like it might be a terminal casualty. At the time of writing, there are only memories, and the work of reorienting ourselves to a more inert and less hospitable world."
https://aeon.co/essays/a-dispatch-from-the-end-of-travels-brief-troubled-golden-age
Money quote: "I guess it was inevitable, as the pandemic dragged on, that many of us would be plunged into nostalgia for the journeys we took in the past. For while it may be glib to bemoan a lack of adventure in a period of global bereavement and anxiety, the drastic contraction of international movement is likely to be one of COVID-19’s most momentous cultural and economic ramifications. The old way it was practised, at vast scale, and across increasingly porous borders, has begun to look like it might be a terminal casualty. At the time of writing, there are only memories, and the work of reorienting ourselves to a more inert and less hospitable world."
https://aeon.co/essays/a-dispatch-from-the-end-of-travels-brief-troubled-golden-age
Aeon
The end of travel
Driven by the need for a storied life, I relished the opportunity for endless travel. Is that a moment in time, now over?
La storia della più grande hacker degli anni Ottanta e della sua grande verità: le storie migliori sono quelle che non conosceremo mai.
Money quote: "One day she asks me, “You know why nobody knows who I am?”
No, I say, thinking back to a year previous — before the plague, before our phone calls, before I finally found Susan, when her name still meant nothing to me.
“Because I never got caught,” she says. “All the best hackers, all the best phreakers in the world, we don’t know who they are because they never got arrested. And they never went to prison. This is why you don’t know who the best ones in the world are. This is the truth. Think about it.”"
https://www.theverge.com/c/22889425/susy-thunder-headley-hackers-phone-phreakers-claire-evans
Money quote: "One day she asks me, “You know why nobody knows who I am?”
No, I say, thinking back to a year previous — before the plague, before our phone calls, before I finally found Susan, when her name still meant nothing to me.
“Because I never got caught,” she says. “All the best hackers, all the best phreakers in the world, we don’t know who they are because they never got arrested. And they never went to prison. This is why you don’t know who the best ones in the world are. This is the truth. Think about it.”"
https://www.theverge.com/c/22889425/susy-thunder-headley-hackers-phone-phreakers-claire-evans
The Verge
She was a notorious hacker in the ’80s — then she disappeared
Claire Evans searches for Susy Thunder.
Forwarded from Scrivere zen
Che fare se ci si sente sopraffatti dal lavoro? 🐝 https://www.forbes.com/sites/hannahart/2022/06/02/passion-and-greed-the-perils-of-modern-work-and-how-to-reclaim-love-and-leisure/
Forbes
Passion And Greed: The Perils Of Modern Work And How To Reclaim Love And Leisure
Even if you are passionate about your work, it won't love you back, and the most lucrative jobs are greedy for your time and energy. How to set limits to fight burnout and inequity and reclaim balance.
Dal punto di vista di un figlio maschio, cosa c'è di peggio del "discorso" fatto dai propri genitori a proposito del sesso? Beh, fare una app di educazione sessuale assieme alla propria madre, probabilmente. Ma tant'è.
Money quote: "The concept is the brainchild of entrepreneur Chloe Macintosh – best known as the co-founder of furnishing company Made.com – but the biggest influence on its content have actually been her two teenage sons, Felix, 16, and Elliott, 14."
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/first-time-sex-kit-losing-virginity-help_uk_6229cbaee4b0d1329e80b47d
Money quote: "The concept is the brainchild of entrepreneur Chloe Macintosh – best known as the co-founder of furnishing company Made.com – but the biggest influence on its content have actually been her two teenage sons, Felix, 16, and Elliott, 14."
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/first-time-sex-kit-losing-virginity-help_uk_6229cbaee4b0d1329e80b47d
HuffPost UK
This Mum And Her Teenage Son Created A 'First Time Sex Starter Kit'
It's designed for teens thinking about losing their virginity and isn't afraid to focus on pleasure.
Per quando la mamma mi chiede: “Antonio, cosa sei andato a fare a Las Vegas?”
https://video.repubblica.it/tecnologia/dossier/intelligenza-artificiale/alexa-portami-sulla-luna/419453/420388
https://video.repubblica.it/tecnologia/dossier/intelligenza-artificiale/alexa-portami-sulla-luna/419453/420388
Repubblica TV - Repubblica
Alexa, portami sulla Luna
Alla convention di Las Vegas re:Mars l'azienda ha mostrato quel che vuole fare con l'intelligenza artificiale e il suo piano per fare soldi con il business dello spazio. Leggi Prem Natarajan, l'uomo che ha fatto parlare Alexa: 'Non è viva, ma ci aiuta come…
Come in tutte le storie, questa è solo la punta dell'iceberg e a conoscere i partecipanti emergerebbe una narrazione sicuramente diversa. Ma l'idea che un vedovo venga fatto condannare per abbandono di rifiuti dall'ex suocero perché ha piantato dei fiori sulla tomba della moglie è veramente triste. E lo hanno pure arrestato.
Money quote: "An Alabama man who planted flowers on the gravesite of his fiancee and was arrested at the direction of the woman's disapproving father was found guilty of littering this week."
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Man-arrested-for-leaving-flowers-on-fiancee-s-17235271.php
Money quote: "An Alabama man who planted flowers on the gravesite of his fiancee and was arrested at the direction of the woman's disapproving father was found guilty of littering this week."
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Man-arrested-for-leaving-flowers-on-fiancee-s-17235271.php
SFGATE
Man arrested for littering for leaving flowers on fiancee's grave
An Alabama man who planted flowers on the gravesite of his fiancee and was arrested at...
Tex nella trappola di Mefisto - continuo a raccontare l'epopea di Tex contro Mefisto su Fumettologica
https://fumettologica.it/2022/06/tex-739-mefisto-bonelli/
https://fumettologica.it/2022/06/tex-739-mefisto-bonelli/
Fumettologica
Tex nella trappola di Mefisto
Cosa succede su Tex 739, secondo capitolo della storia che vede il ritorno di Mefisto, il più pericoloso nemico del ranger di Bonelli.
Sorpresa! È tornata Tilde! Il podcast mio e di Riccardo ricomincia con questa puntata XL prima dell'estate.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tilde/id1543929965?i=1000568072053
E poi ci risentiamo dopo il grande caldo. Buon ascolto!
https://tilde.show/podcast-19/
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tilde/id1543929965?i=1000568072053
E poi ci risentiamo dopo il grande caldo. Buon ascolto!
https://tilde.show/podcast-19/
Apple Podcasts
tilde: Dove eravamo rimasti? on Apple Podcasts
Show tilde, Ep Dove eravamo rimasti? - Jun 28, 2022
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Forwarded from Riccardo
🥳 SORPRESA! TILDE 19 È IN ONDA!
Dove eravamo rimasti?
"Una super puntata XL dove abbiamo parlato un po' di tutto: dal documentario sui Beatles, che è piaciuto parecchio a Riccardo, alla nuova postazione di lavoro di Antonio passando per un bel po' di libri, intelligenze artificiali, viaggi, M2 e tanto altro."
Potete ascoltare il podcast da Spotify, Google Podcast, Apple Podcast, Amazon Music oppure dal sito: tilde.show.
- tilde ~ su Spotify
- tilde ~ su Apple Podcast
- tilde ~ su Google Podcast
Attenzione: ci serve il vostro aiuto per riportare tilde~ in classifica. Potete lasciare una recensione sulla vostra app di ascolto? A buon rendere!
Dove eravamo rimasti?
"Una super puntata XL dove abbiamo parlato un po' di tutto: dal documentario sui Beatles, che è piaciuto parecchio a Riccardo, alla nuova postazione di lavoro di Antonio passando per un bel po' di libri, intelligenze artificiali, viaggi, M2 e tanto altro."
Potete ascoltare il podcast da Spotify, Google Podcast, Apple Podcast, Amazon Music oppure dal sito: tilde.show.
- tilde ~ su Spotify
- tilde ~ su Apple Podcast
- tilde ~ su Google Podcast
Attenzione: ci serve il vostro aiuto per riportare tilde~ in classifica. Potete lasciare una recensione sulla vostra app di ascolto? A buon rendere!
Dopo il covid adesso a milioni di americani viene chiesto di restare dentro casa per via delle ondate di caldo terrificante che si stanno abbattendo in questi giorni sul Paese. Secondo me il momento di cercare un posto fuori mano e fresco dove vivere è arrivato.
Money quote: "More than 100 million Americans are being warned to stay indoors if possible as high temperatures and humidity settle in over states stretching through parts of the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes and east to the Carolinas.
The National Weather Service Prediction Center in College Park, Maryland, said Monday 107.5 million people will be affected by combination of heat advisories, excessive heat warnings and excessive heat watches through Wednesday."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/excessive-heat-rolls-east-bakes-213740252.html
Money quote: "More than 100 million Americans are being warned to stay indoors if possible as high temperatures and humidity settle in over states stretching through parts of the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes and east to the Carolinas.
The National Weather Service Prediction Center in College Park, Maryland, said Monday 107.5 million people will be affected by combination of heat advisories, excessive heat warnings and excessive heat watches through Wednesday."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/excessive-heat-rolls-east-bakes-213740252.html
Yahoo
Excessive heat rolls east, bakes much of central, eastern US
The National Weather Service Prediction Center in College Park, Maryland, said Monday 107.5 million people will be affected by combination of heat advisories, excessive heat warnings and excessive heat watches through Wednesday. The heat wave, which set several…
Per i cultori della materia: in quel viaggio c'ero anch'io (e ogni tanto mi si vede pure...)
Forwarded from Manuel Agostini
MAI VOLARE IN BUSINESS CLASS - British Airways Club World recensione
https://youtu.be/S6kGUmkYSEY
https://youtu.be/S6kGUmkYSEY
YouTube
MAI VOLARE IN BUSINESS CLASS - British Airways Club World recensione
Scopri Yuxme gratis per sempre: https://bit.ly/3niL8xO
La mia recensione della business class British Airways
Il mio canale Telegram: https://news.1rj.ru/str/pAGOmenooffertetech
Seguimi su Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/manuel_agostini
Seguimi su TikTok: ht…
La mia recensione della business class British Airways
Il mio canale Telegram: https://news.1rj.ru/str/pAGOmenooffertetech
Seguimi su Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/manuel_agostini
Seguimi su TikTok: ht…
Montemagno down, 20 to go! (ma già Montemagno down è tanta roba! Grazie anche da parte mia)