A differenza dei cento migliori libri di sempre con la Ferrante al top della categoria, questa lista dei 75 migliori libri di fantascienza fatta da Esquire non ha sorprese italiofone. Ma non per questo non va sfogliata per cercare spunti di lettura.
Money quote: "Sci-fi brings out the best in our imaginations and evokes a sense of wonder, but it also inspires a spirit of questioning. Through the enduring themes of sci-fi, we can examine the zeitgeist's cultural context and ethical questions. Our favorite works in the genre make good on this promise, meditating on everything from identity to oppression to morality. As the Nobel Prize-winning novelist Doris Lessing said, "Science fiction is some of the best social fiction of our time.""
https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/g39358054/best-sci-fi-books/
Money quote: "Sci-fi brings out the best in our imaginations and evokes a sense of wonder, but it also inspires a spirit of questioning. Through the enduring themes of sci-fi, we can examine the zeitgeist's cultural context and ethical questions. Our favorite works in the genre make good on this promise, meditating on everything from identity to oppression to morality. As the Nobel Prize-winning novelist Doris Lessing said, "Science fiction is some of the best social fiction of our time.""
https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/g39358054/best-sci-fi-books/
Esquire
The 75 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time
See if your favorites made our expanded list.
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Prendo la notizia da un sito australiano, quindi è letta con il punto di vista di quel Paese. Ma il punto risuona perfettamente anche da noi: mentre traccheggiamo e pensiamo a quanto sia bello il ritorno al nucleare (sarebbe un disastro), la Cina sta mettendo fuori una potenza enorme tutta fatta con il solare.
Money quote: "New figures show the pace of its clean energy transition is roughly the equivalent of installing five large-scale nuclear power plants worth of renewables every week."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2024-07-16/chinas-renewable-energy-boom-breaks-records/104086640
Money quote: "New figures show the pace of its clean energy transition is roughly the equivalent of installing five large-scale nuclear power plants worth of renewables every week."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2024-07-16/chinas-renewable-energy-boom-breaks-records/104086640
www.abc.net.au
'Winning the race': How China plans to meet its 2030 renewables target by the end of this month
While Australia debates the merits of going nuclear and frustration grows over the slower-than-needed switch to solar and wind power, China's renewables rollout is breaking all the records.
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A quanto pare il concetto di menopausa è stato inventato dai francesi. Si potrebbe fare una battuta dicendo "oh, how appropriate" ma in realtà questo articolo è davvero molto interessante per gli spunti e le prospettive che apre.
Money quote: "The concept of menopause did not come from women themselves but rather from medical men for whom it served as a useful and generative case-example. It was a tool for biomedical reformulations of treatment practices and for the conceptual separation of morbidity from mortality; it was a teaching device for male medical students learning the new mechanistic approach to women's health; it was a weapon with which to fight other doctors, medical faculties and rival health traditions, as well as a pathway for new medical disciplines such as hygiene, psychiatry, gynaecological surgery and emergent endocrinology -- to expand patient markets, develop theoretical precepts and refine clinical skills."
https://psyche.co/ideas/menopause-was-a-french-invention-at-a-time-of-revolution
Money quote: "The concept of menopause did not come from women themselves but rather from medical men for whom it served as a useful and generative case-example. It was a tool for biomedical reformulations of treatment practices and for the conceptual separation of morbidity from mortality; it was a teaching device for male medical students learning the new mechanistic approach to women's health; it was a weapon with which to fight other doctors, medical faculties and rival health traditions, as well as a pathway for new medical disciplines such as hygiene, psychiatry, gynaecological surgery and emergent endocrinology -- to expand patient markets, develop theoretical precepts and refine clinical skills."
https://psyche.co/ideas/menopause-was-a-french-invention-at-a-time-of-revolution
Psyche
Menopause was a French invention at a time of revolution
French doctors of the 1800s had a vested interest in pathologising women’s ageing, as do many commercial entities today
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Agosto no stop. Mostly Weekly non si ferma e va dritta come un Frecciarossa senza freni attraverso l'estate, fra giardini romani a Manhattan e pensieri stupendi di Gianbattista Vico.
https://antoniodini.com/weekly/283/
https://antoniodini.com/weekly/283/
Mostly Here
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Un giardino romano nel cuore di New York
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È un po’ un sermone della domenica, però Alberto Puliafito, il fondatore di Slow News, dice cose molto sensate sull’Olimpiade in corso e in generale su questo "evento" non sempre sportivo.
Money quote: "È difficile spiegare ai bambini il doppio standard occidentale -- perché la bandiera di Israele c'è, con quello che fanno a Gaza? Perché la bandiera russa non c'è?
È difficile spiegare ai bambini che, sì, abbiamo tante libertà ma a che prezzo per noi e per gli altri. Perché sono così pochi, gli atleti del Congo?
È difficile spiegare ai bambini che ci sono persone che pensano solo alla vittoria, a essere di più, meglio. Perché quello ha detto che i secondi non vengono ricordati?
Ma la cosa più difficile è rendersi conto che loro, tutto sommato, sono già immuni dal pensiero dominante se non glie l'hai inculcato. E che non hai bisogno di spiegare troppo."
https://www.slow-news.com/sport/decolonizzare-le-olimpiadi
Money quote: "È difficile spiegare ai bambini il doppio standard occidentale -- perché la bandiera di Israele c'è, con quello che fanno a Gaza? Perché la bandiera russa non c'è?
È difficile spiegare ai bambini che, sì, abbiamo tante libertà ma a che prezzo per noi e per gli altri. Perché sono così pochi, gli atleti del Congo?
È difficile spiegare ai bambini che ci sono persone che pensano solo alla vittoria, a essere di più, meglio. Perché quello ha detto che i secondi non vengono ricordati?
Ma la cosa più difficile è rendersi conto che loro, tutto sommato, sono già immuni dal pensiero dominante se non glie l'hai inculcato. E che non hai bisogno di spiegare troppo."
https://www.slow-news.com/sport/decolonizzare-le-olimpiadi
Slow News. Il primo progetto italiano di slow journalism.
Decolonizzare le Olimpiadi - Slow News
Come possiamo approfittare di un evento sportivo mondiale per provare ad aggiustare le cose
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A me come attore Fred Dryer non era dispiaciuto: personaggio da piccolo schermo, certo, e di "genere" (azione poliziesco) ma bravo e con un gran fisico. Che poi avesse non solo un passato ma proprio un record con la NFL che ancora dura è notevole.
Money quote: "So rare is it for players to record safeties that Dryer's two in that game were the only two of his career -- and that still ties him for the most safeties in a single season. (Jared Allen, Doug English, and Ted Hendricks share the record for most safeties in a career, with four apiece.)"
https://www.sbnation.com/2018/6/29/17483638/fred-dryer-actor-hunter-cheers-sam-malone-nfl-record-safeties-game
Money quote: "So rare is it for players to record safeties that Dryer's two in that game were the only two of his career -- and that still ties him for the most safeties in a single season. (Jared Allen, Doug English, and Ted Hendricks share the record for most safeties in a career, with four apiece.)"
https://www.sbnation.com/2018/6/29/17483638/fred-dryer-actor-hunter-cheers-sam-malone-nfl-record-safeties-game
SBNation.com
Fred Dryer holds the NFL record for most safeties in a game — and, oh yeah, he was almost Sam Malone on ‘Cheers’
Dryer’s place in the NFL record books might be the least interesting thing about him.
Assumereste quest'uomo come parte del vostro team di cybersicurezza da remoto? Forse, ma se poi scopriste che viene in realtà dalla Corea del Nord? Ah, i problemi del lavoro a distanza.
Money quote: "The subject has demonstrated a high level of sophistication in creating a believable cover identity, exploiting weaknesses in the hiring and background check processes, and attempting to establish a foothold within the organization's systems.
This is a well-organized, state-sponsored, large criminal ring with extensive resources. The case highlights the critical need for more robust vetting processes, continuous security monitoring, and improved coordination between HR, IT, and security teams in protecting against advanced persistent threats. Left is the original stock picture. Right is the AI fake submitted to HR.
https://blog.knowbe4.com/how-a-north-korean-fake-it-worker-tried-to-infiltrate-us
Money quote: "The subject has demonstrated a high level of sophistication in creating a believable cover identity, exploiting weaknesses in the hiring and background check processes, and attempting to establish a foothold within the organization's systems.
This is a well-organized, state-sponsored, large criminal ring with extensive resources. The case highlights the critical need for more robust vetting processes, continuous security monitoring, and improved coordination between HR, IT, and security teams in protecting against advanced persistent threats. Left is the original stock picture. Right is the AI fake submitted to HR.
https://blog.knowbe4.com/how-a-north-korean-fake-it-worker-tried-to-infiltrate-us
Knowbe4
How a North Korean Fake IT Worker Tried to Infiltrate Us
L'amore che James Hetfield, il frontman dei Metallica, ha per Brian May, il chitarrista dei Queen, è qualcosa che non si può dire.
Money quote: "“Queen fue una gran inspiración en mis primeros años como guitarrista, especialmente Brian May. Solo con mirar a Brian May, en un momento del show durante ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’, fue como mirar un sueño de rock and roll. Yo estaba justo ahí, justo en la mesa de sonido mirándolo. Saltó al medio, justo antes de su solo, había humo, una luz detrás de él. Su pelo blanco, ya sabes, este gran aura blanco que lo rodeaba”."
https://indiehoy.com/noticias/james-hetfield-de-metallica-cuenta-como-conocio-a-brian-may/
Money quote: "“Queen fue una gran inspiración en mis primeros años como guitarrista, especialmente Brian May. Solo con mirar a Brian May, en un momento del show durante ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’, fue como mirar un sueño de rock and roll. Yo estaba justo ahí, justo en la mesa de sonido mirándolo. Saltó al medio, justo antes de su solo, había humo, una luz detrás de él. Su pelo blanco, ya sabes, este gran aura blanco que lo rodeaba”."
https://indiehoy.com/noticias/james-hetfield-de-metallica-cuenta-como-conocio-a-brian-may/
Indie Hoy
James Hetfield de Metallica cuenta cómo conoció a Brian May
En 2017 Hetfield contó en el canal de YouTube de Metallica que pudo conocer al guitarrista de Queen y relató que la situación se dio luego de un show en el cual se había quedado completamente impactado con el desempeño del artista. Enterate de todo acá. James…
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"Borderlands" è un gran pasticcio - la mia recensione mica tanto positiva scritta per Fumettologica
https://fumettologica.it/2024/08/borderlands-film-recensione/
https://fumettologica.it/2024/08/borderlands-film-recensione/
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Lo so che l'ho già citata da qualche parte, ma è veramente affascinante: la più ricca collezione online di moschettoni.
Money quote: This page allows you to browse themed exhibits, as well as view carabiners by catagory.
By their very nature and purpose, carabiners are designed to be handled - one of the reasons I enjoy collecting them. While not as fun or educational as directly handling these items, I hope these virtual exhibits provide an opportunity to explore various aspects of carabiner design and use."
https://www.carabinercollection.com/exhibits.html
Money quote: This page allows you to browse themed exhibits, as well as view carabiners by catagory.
By their very nature and purpose, carabiners are designed to be handled - one of the reasons I enjoy collecting them. While not as fun or educational as directly handling these items, I hope these virtual exhibits provide an opportunity to explore various aspects of carabiner design and use."
https://www.carabinercollection.com/exhibits.html
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Questo mi fa semplicemente uscire di testa: un cristallo che se ci guardi attraverso trasforma tutto a pixel art. Ovviamente made in Japan.
Money quote: "The wearable Pixel Mirror, developed by Hakusi Katei aka Monoli, a Japanese material designer and Ph.D. in engineering, is a crystal that reduces the resolution of what’s behind it – regardless of distance and movement – leaving you with a pixel art of what you are looking at."
https://www.yankodesign.com/2024/07/04/this-crystal-fragment-turns-everything-you-see-into-8-bit-pixel-art-and-its-fascinating/
Money quote: "The wearable Pixel Mirror, developed by Hakusi Katei aka Monoli, a Japanese material designer and Ph.D. in engineering, is a crystal that reduces the resolution of what’s behind it – regardless of distance and movement – leaving you with a pixel art of what you are looking at."
https://www.yankodesign.com/2024/07/04/this-crystal-fragment-turns-everything-you-see-into-8-bit-pixel-art-and-its-fascinating/
Yanko Design
This Crystal Fragment turns everything you see into 8-bit Pixel Art, and it’s FASCINATING
There is no denying that modern graphic resolutions have reached unachievable heights. Yet, there are many with an emotional connect to pixelated style: an art form that rekindles memories of early computers and video game graphics. If you’re one of them…
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Rimane uno dei più grandi miti del fumetto quotidiano mondiale. Sia le daily strip che le sunday pages. Bill Watterson nella introduzione alla raccolta delle tavole domenicali fatta nel 2001 spiegava molte cose. Una più interessante dell'altra.
Money quote: "In short, the Sunday page offered unique opportunities, and I deliberately tried to come up with ideas that could take advantage of them.
I usually wrote the Sunday strips separately from the dailies. For the daily strips, I tried to write an entire month's worth of ideas before inking any of them. This allowed a long period for editing and rewriting. I was less able to do this for the Sunday strips because the Sundays need to be drawn weeks further in advance and because the strips took so much longer to draw. If at all possible, however, I would try to keep two or three Sunday ideas ahead of the deadlines. I always wanted to reserve the option of abandoning an idea that didn't stand up to a few weeks of scrutiny."
http://timhulsizer.com/cwords/cintro.html
Money quote: "In short, the Sunday page offered unique opportunities, and I deliberately tried to come up with ideas that could take advantage of them.
I usually wrote the Sunday strips separately from the dailies. For the daily strips, I tried to write an entire month's worth of ideas before inking any of them. This allowed a long period for editing and rewriting. I was less able to do this for the Sunday strips because the Sundays need to be drawn weeks further in advance and because the strips took so much longer to draw. If at all possible, however, I would try to keep two or three Sunday ideas ahead of the deadlines. I always wanted to reserve the option of abandoning an idea that didn't stand up to a few weeks of scrutiny."
http://timhulsizer.com/cwords/cintro.html
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Lettura della domenica
Il problema dell'attenzione sta diventato veramente grave per Millennials e Gen Z. Ma non c'è soluzione, se non forse qualche pratica faticosa che crei attrito e rimetta i neuroni in fila. Ad esempio, un "diario di lavoro".
Money quote: "Like everyone, I sometimes struggle to maintain focus. This was particularly true when I was a manager switching context all day long, this is also true as a dev working on three antagonistic projects, including one that’s very consultory in nature, and working with processes that sometimes take hours to complete."
https://fev.al/posts/work-journal/
Il problema dell'attenzione sta diventato veramente grave per Millennials e Gen Z. Ma non c'è soluzione, se non forse qualche pratica faticosa che crei attrito e rimetta i neuroni in fila. Ad esempio, un "diario di lavoro".
Money quote: "Like everyone, I sometimes struggle to maintain focus. This was particularly true when I was a manager switching context all day long, this is also true as a dev working on three antagonistic projects, including one that’s very consultory in nature, and working with processes that sometimes take hours to complete."
https://fev.al/posts/work-journal/
fev.al
Use A Work Journal To Recover Focus Faster And Clarify Your Thoughts
You’re working on the most complex problem in computer science: fixing permissions on a deployment pipeline. It’s been 4 days you started on that simple task...
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Lunedì Linux - Linux Monday
Se vi siete mai chiesti come fare a leggere gli ebook "per bene" su macchine con Linux, ecco, non chiedetevelo più: c'è Foliate.
Money quote: "Read e-books in style. Open EPUB, Mobipocket, Kindle, FB2, CBZ, and PDF files. Read in paginated or scrolled mode. Adjust the font, spacing, margins, and color scheme. Window controls hide automatically to minimize distraction.
Navigate with ease. Turn the page with 1:1 touchpad and touchscreen gestures. View the table of contents, or use the find in book feature in the sidebar. Find your way through the book with the reading progress slider and navigation history."
https://johnfactotum.github.io/foliate/
Se vi siete mai chiesti come fare a leggere gli ebook "per bene" su macchine con Linux, ecco, non chiedetevelo più: c'è Foliate.
Money quote: "Read e-books in style. Open EPUB, Mobipocket, Kindle, FB2, CBZ, and PDF files. Read in paginated or scrolled mode. Adjust the font, spacing, margins, and color scheme. Window controls hide automatically to minimize distraction.
Navigate with ease. Turn the page with 1:1 touchpad and touchscreen gestures. View the table of contents, or use the find in book feature in the sidebar. Find your way through the book with the reading progress slider and navigation history."
https://johnfactotum.github.io/foliate/
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Trovo che Reddit sia forse l'unica community molto ampia che ha senso frequentare, oggigiorno. Ma il suo ceo è un vero animale. Come la cosa che ha venduto tutti i conteniti a Google, per esempio. E solo a lei. Se altri li vogliono, devono pagare anche loro.
Money quote: "If you use Bing, DuckDuckGo, Mojeek, Qwant or any other alternative search engine that doesn’t rely on Google’s indexing and search Reddit by using “site:reddit.com,” you will not see any results from the last week. DuckDuckGo is currently turning up seven links when searching Reddit, but provides no data on where the links go or why, instead only saying that “We would like to show you a denoscription here but the site won't allow us.” Older results will still show up, but these search engines are no longer able to “crawl” Reddit, meaning that Google is the only search engine that will turn up results from Reddit going forward. Searching for Reddit still works on Kagi, an independent, paid search engine that buys part of its search index from Google."
https://www.404media.co/google-is-the-only-search-engine-that-works-on-reddit-now-thanks-to-ai-deal/
Money quote: "If you use Bing, DuckDuckGo, Mojeek, Qwant or any other alternative search engine that doesn’t rely on Google’s indexing and search Reddit by using “site:reddit.com,” you will not see any results from the last week. DuckDuckGo is currently turning up seven links when searching Reddit, but provides no data on where the links go or why, instead only saying that “We would like to show you a denoscription here but the site won't allow us.” Older results will still show up, but these search engines are no longer able to “crawl” Reddit, meaning that Google is the only search engine that will turn up results from Reddit going forward. Searching for Reddit still works on Kagi, an independent, paid search engine that buys part of its search index from Google."
https://www.404media.co/google-is-the-only-search-engine-that-works-on-reddit-now-thanks-to-ai-deal/
404 Media
Google Is the Only Search Engine That Works on Reddit Now Thanks to AI Deal
DuckDuckGo, Bing, Mojeek, and other search engines are not returning full Reddit results any more.
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Nove libri di fantascienza da leggere questa estate 2024 - i miei consigli per la lettura su Fumettologica
https://fumettologica.it/2024/08/libri-di-fantascienza-da-leggere-estate-2024/
https://fumettologica.it/2024/08/libri-di-fantascienza-da-leggere-estate-2024/
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Siamo destinati alla estinzione. E probabilmente ce lo meritiamo. Perlomeno, i negazionisti del caldo e del colpo di sole sicuramente si. Che brutta gente.
Money quote: "Si generas callo solar puedes recibir el sol sin problemas como todos los animales de la tierra. No hay un solo animal al que el sol le haga daño y ninguno utiliza protector solar. El sol no causa cáncer, nunca lo ha causado y nunca lo causará"
https://elpais.com/smoda/bienestar/2024-08-13/el-callo-solar-no-existe-los-peligros-de-la-tendencia-viral-que-invita-a-tomar-el-sol-sin-proteccion.html
Money quote: "Si generas callo solar puedes recibir el sol sin problemas como todos los animales de la tierra. No hay un solo animal al que el sol le haga daño y ninguno utiliza protector solar. El sol no causa cáncer, nunca lo ha causado y nunca lo causará"
https://elpais.com/smoda/bienestar/2024-08-13/el-callo-solar-no-existe-los-peligros-de-la-tendencia-viral-que-invita-a-tomar-el-sol-sin-proteccion.html
El País
El callo solar no existe: los peligros de la tendencia viral que invita a tomar el sol sin protección
Una nueva tendencia negacionista anima a tomar el sol de manera progresiva y sin protección para que la piel genere resistencia de forma natural. ¿El objetivo? Obtener el nivel máximo de bronceado sin riesgos. Expertos aclaran el fenómeno.
In effetti quasi dimenticavo di diverlo. C'era chi temeva che Mostly Weekly andasse in vacanza, ad agosto. Ma no, è sempre qui con voi. Domenica scorsa abbiamo parlato di identità e filtri, per esempio. E molte altre cose. Se volete, potete abbonarvi, tanto la mia newsletter è gratuita.
https://antoniodini.com/weekly/284/
https://antoniodini.com/weekly/284/
Mostly Here
~284
Archiviamoci sì, ma in luogo di mare
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Ci sono quelli che gestiscono le loro famiglie come se fossero aziende: software, criteri e logiche di funzionamento: da Slack ai calendari su Google. Sembra folle a chi ha un'età, ma invece potrebbe avere molto, molto senso. Una sorta di "consumerization" al contrario: una "enterprisation"?
Money quote: "Priti, 46, says that she and her husband communicate about all home logistics through the project-management tool Trello. Stevie, 37, and her husband, Shawn, use Discord to talk about anything family-related: They have a channel for chores, grocery lists, each child’s medical info, date-night ideas, and even family values (also an intriguing one named #rats). Nedra uses OurFamilyWizard for messaging, shared expenses, updates, and tracking custodial days across two households, while other co-parents told me they are helped by Maia, Splitwise, and Skylight."
https://www.romper.com/life/marriage-slack-asana-trello
Money quote: "Priti, 46, says that she and her husband communicate about all home logistics through the project-management tool Trello. Stevie, 37, and her husband, Shawn, use Discord to talk about anything family-related: They have a channel for chores, grocery lists, each child’s medical info, date-night ideas, and even family values (also an intriguing one named #rats). Nedra uses OurFamilyWizard for messaging, shared expenses, updates, and tracking custodial days across two households, while other co-parents told me they are helped by Maia, Splitwise, and Skylight."
https://www.romper.com/life/marriage-slack-asana-trello
Romper
The Couples Who Run Their Families Like A Corporation
Are Slack and a shared Google calendar the secret to managing the mental load of parenting?
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"Alien: Romulus", la mia recensione di un film che secondo me lascia una traccia. Di sangue sul muro, direi.
Lo spiego meglio (anzi, lo spiego bene) su Fumettologica
https://fumettologica.it/2024/08/alien-romulus-recensione-film/
Lo spiego meglio (anzi, lo spiego bene) su Fumettologica
https://fumettologica.it/2024/08/alien-romulus-recensione-film/
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