I grandi classici della fantascienza da leggere: i libri fondamentali come è fondamentale la mia lista per Fumettologica
https://fumettologica.it/2026/01/classici-fantascienza-da-leggere/
https://fumettologica.it/2026/01/classici-fantascienza-da-leggere/
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La storia di una piccola città western ormai abbandonata e della sua maledizione.
Money quote: "Aquí es donde la historia se convierte en leyenda: lo que nadie sabía es que ese acto −ese pequeño saqueo, ese “ya que estamos”− fue, al parecer, el equivalente espiritual a abrir la caja de Pandora con una palanca oxidada. Y el castigo no iba a llegar de inmediato, porque las maldiciones, como los mejores platos de cocina lenta, se cocinan a fuego muy, muy bajo."
https://elpais.com/icon-design/2025-10-07/quien-se-lleve-algo-de-aqui-sufrira-innumerables-desgracias-la-maldicion-de-bodie-el-pueblo-fantasma-mas-famoso-de-california.html
Money quote: "Aquí es donde la historia se convierte en leyenda: lo que nadie sabía es que ese acto −ese pequeño saqueo, ese “ya que estamos”− fue, al parecer, el equivalente espiritual a abrir la caja de Pandora con una palanca oxidada. Y el castigo no iba a llegar de inmediato, porque las maldiciones, como los mejores platos de cocina lenta, se cocinan a fuego muy, muy bajo."
https://elpais.com/icon-design/2025-10-07/quien-se-lleve-algo-de-aqui-sufrira-innumerables-desgracias-la-maldicion-de-bodie-el-pueblo-fantasma-mas-famoso-de-california.html
El País
Quien se lleve algo de aquí sufrirá innumerables desgracias: la maldición de Bodie, el pueblo fantasma más famoso de California…
Visitar este remoto lugar del valle de Willow Creekes es como colarse en un sueño detenido en sepia. Todo está ahí: las casas, los objetos, las estufas a medio consumir, las cartas sin abrir... Y la advertencia sigue siendo la misma: no toques nada
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L’AI come nuova forma di egemonia culturale gramsciana, le pillole miracolose che fanno marketing e i pulsanti che ritornano. Ecco a voi Mostly Weekly 360
https://antoniodini.com/weekly/360/
https://antoniodini.com/weekly/360/
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Letture per la domenica
Come domenica scorsa, torniamo a parlare del colore delle statue classiche e di cosa questo comporta.
Infatti, è vero che la bellezza è eterna eccetera eccetera. Però è anche vero che il gusto cambia. Eccome se cambia. E se aggiungiamo il colore, si scopre che i nostri assunti relativi alle razze degli antichi (e alla supposta supremazia dei "bianchi") sono molto, molto soggettive.
Money quote: "In the early nineteen-eighties, Vinzenz Brinkmann had a similar epiphany while pursuing a master’s degree in classics and archeology from Ludwig Maximilian University, in Munich. As part of an effort to determine what kinds of tool marks could be found on Greek marble sculpture, he devised a special lamp that shines obliquely on an object, highlighting its surface relief. When he began scrutinizing sculptures with the lamp, he told me, he “quite immediately understood” that, while there was little sign of tool marks on the statues, there was significant evidence of polychromy—all-over color. He, too, was taken aback by the knowledge that a fundamental aspect of Greek statuary “had been so excluded” from study. He said, “It started as an obsession for me that has never ended.”"
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/10/29/the-myth-of-whiteness-in-classical-sculpture
archivio: https://archive.is/qTreQ
Come domenica scorsa, torniamo a parlare del colore delle statue classiche e di cosa questo comporta.
Infatti, è vero che la bellezza è eterna eccetera eccetera. Però è anche vero che il gusto cambia. Eccome se cambia. E se aggiungiamo il colore, si scopre che i nostri assunti relativi alle razze degli antichi (e alla supposta supremazia dei "bianchi") sono molto, molto soggettive.
Money quote: "In the early nineteen-eighties, Vinzenz Brinkmann had a similar epiphany while pursuing a master’s degree in classics and archeology from Ludwig Maximilian University, in Munich. As part of an effort to determine what kinds of tool marks could be found on Greek marble sculpture, he devised a special lamp that shines obliquely on an object, highlighting its surface relief. When he began scrutinizing sculptures with the lamp, he told me, he “quite immediately understood” that, while there was little sign of tool marks on the statues, there was significant evidence of polychromy—all-over color. He, too, was taken aback by the knowledge that a fundamental aspect of Greek statuary “had been so excluded” from study. He said, “It started as an obsession for me that has never ended.”"
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/10/29/the-myth-of-whiteness-in-classical-sculpture
archivio: https://archive.is/qTreQ
The New Yorker
The Myth of Whiteness in Classical Sculpture
For centuries, Westerners have been engaged in an act of collective blindness.
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Il registro elettronico è una buona idea o no? Alla scoperta di una delle più grandi trasformazioni di fatto della scuola italiana.
Money quote: "Il registro elettronico, introdotto nel 2012 per promuovere trasparenza e semplificazione, è ormai la principale interfaccia tra scuola e famiglia. Ogni gesto della vita scolastica – assenze, ritardi, note, voti, comunicazioni –è registrato. L'intenzione originaria era chiara: rendere le informazioni facilmente accessibili in un unico luogo, garantire un flusso comunicativo costante tra docenti e famiglie, favorire la collaborazione e offrire agli studenti un servizio digitale che accompagni l'intero percorso scolastico, assicurando trasparenza, continuità e monitoraggio dei progressi individuali. Nobili intenti, che però hanno prodotto, all’atto pratico, non pochi problemi."
https://www.rivistailmulino.it/a/come-il-registro-elettronico-sta-cambiando-la-scuola
Money quote: "Il registro elettronico, introdotto nel 2012 per promuovere trasparenza e semplificazione, è ormai la principale interfaccia tra scuola e famiglia. Ogni gesto della vita scolastica – assenze, ritardi, note, voti, comunicazioni –è registrato. L'intenzione originaria era chiara: rendere le informazioni facilmente accessibili in un unico luogo, garantire un flusso comunicativo costante tra docenti e famiglie, favorire la collaborazione e offrire agli studenti un servizio digitale che accompagni l'intero percorso scolastico, assicurando trasparenza, continuità e monitoraggio dei progressi individuali. Nobili intenti, che però hanno prodotto, all’atto pratico, non pochi problemi."
https://www.rivistailmulino.it/a/come-il-registro-elettronico-sta-cambiando-la-scuola
www.rivistailmulino.it
Come il registro elettronico sta cambiando la scuola
Il registro elettronico, introdotto nel 2012 per promuovere trasparenza e semplificazione, genera nella pratica diversi problemi di natura organizzativa, educativa, tecnica
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La storia, fantastica, della Nakagin Capsule Tower di Tokyo che ora, purtroppo, non c’è più, come la sua promessa di un’altra vita, un altro futuro. O no?
Money quote: "Launched to critical acclaim, the Nakagin tower’s 140 capsules quickly sold out, and became highly sought after by well-heeled salarymen looking for a place to crash when they missed the last train home. Never intended to be full-time housing, the pods came stuffed with mod cons: en suite bathroom, foldout desk, telephone and Sony colour TV. But, 50 years on, after a prolonged lack of maintenance and repairs, and disagreements among owners about its future, the asbestos-riddled building was finally disassembled in 2022. The creaking steel capsules of Kurokawa’s space-age fantasy were unbolted and removed from the lift and stair towers, pod by pod."
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/jul/07/pod-living-nakagin-capsule-tower-tokyo-architectural-marvel-penthouse
Money quote: "Launched to critical acclaim, the Nakagin tower’s 140 capsules quickly sold out, and became highly sought after by well-heeled salarymen looking for a place to crash when they missed the last train home. Never intended to be full-time housing, the pods came stuffed with mod cons: en suite bathroom, foldout desk, telephone and Sony colour TV. But, 50 years on, after a prolonged lack of maintenance and repairs, and disagreements among owners about its future, the asbestos-riddled building was finally disassembled in 2022. The creaking steel capsules of Kurokawa’s space-age fantasy were unbolted and removed from the lift and stair towers, pod by pod."
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/jul/07/pod-living-nakagin-capsule-tower-tokyo-architectural-marvel-penthouse
the Guardian
‘As thrilling as driving a sports car’: the Tokyo capsule tower that gave pod-living penthouse chic
They had portholes, cutting edge mod cons – and the ultra luxurious models even came with a free calculator. As Japan’s beloved Nakagin Capsule Tower resurfaces, we celebrate an architectural marvel
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Il ritorno delle fotocamere compatte, le punta e clicca digitali. Tra tutte le cose che potevano tornare, proprio quelle
Money quote: "In this age of social media, trends and demands can turn on a dime. So, virtually out of nowhere, we’ve seen the return of the fixed-lens compact camera.
This category was a staple of photography at many levels for a very long time… and then along came the smartphone. A very profitable market sector was decimated in a very short time, but let’s be honest: the main attraction of having a camera in your mobile phone was purely convenience. Why carry two gadgets when you could do what’s needed with one?"
https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/cameras/compact-cameras/caught-off-guard-camera-makers-scramble-to-make-compacts-great-again
Money quote: "In this age of social media, trends and demands can turn on a dime. So, virtually out of nowhere, we’ve seen the return of the fixed-lens compact camera.
This category was a staple of photography at many levels for a very long time… and then along came the smartphone. A very profitable market sector was decimated in a very short time, but let’s be honest: the main attraction of having a camera in your mobile phone was purely convenience. Why carry two gadgets when you could do what’s needed with one?"
https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/cameras/compact-cameras/caught-off-guard-camera-makers-scramble-to-make-compacts-great-again
Digital Camera World
Caught off guard: Camera makers scramble to make compacts great again
Everyone knows that old compact cameras are in hot demand. So when are manufacturers going to make modern versions?
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Avete presente il jet-lag? Quella cosa che tocca a chi prende l’aereo e va un po’ di fusi orari un po’ più in là? Be’, non è che sia proprio chiarissimo come e perché c’è.
Money quote: "In 1980, NASA (in collaboration with the FAA, and at the request of Congress) established a program to further study the problem. The NASA Ames Fatigue/Jet Lag Program set out "to collect systematic, scientific information on fatigue, sleep, circadian rhythms, and performance in flight operations." Researchers determined that if the average biological clock were allowed to run at its natural rhythm, "the average internal biological clock would actually have a cycle slightly longer than our 24 hr. day, about 25 hr…. Therefore, when traveling westward, the circadian day is lengthened (or delayed) and promotes adjustment to the new time zone. Conversely, when flying eastward, the circadian day is shortened (or advanced), contrary to the natural tendencies of the internal clock.""
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/when-did-the-term-jet-lag-come-into-use-71638/
Money quote: "In 1980, NASA (in collaboration with the FAA, and at the request of Congress) established a program to further study the problem. The NASA Ames Fatigue/Jet Lag Program set out "to collect systematic, scientific information on fatigue, sleep, circadian rhythms, and performance in flight operations." Researchers determined that if the average biological clock were allowed to run at its natural rhythm, "the average internal biological clock would actually have a cycle slightly longer than our 24 hr. day, about 25 hr…. Therefore, when traveling westward, the circadian day is lengthened (or delayed) and promotes adjustment to the new time zone. Conversely, when flying eastward, the circadian day is shortened (or advanced), contrary to the natural tendencies of the internal clock.""
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/when-did-the-term-jet-lag-come-into-use-71638/
Smithsonian Magazine
When did the term “jet lag” come into use?
And has anybody found a cure?
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C’è gente che non riesce a visualizzare le immagini nella propria mente. E spesso lo scopre tardi, perché è anche difficile capirlo, di essere diversi in questo modo
Money quote: "One morning in 1997, when he was thirty-five, he was sitting at breakfast, paging through the newspaper. He started to read an article by a columnist he admired, Michael Bywater. Time was an illusion, Bywater wrote, because you could roll it backward and relive it: "You choose a memory, focus on it, let the rest of the mind go blank, and wait." Bywater described particular memories of his own, not only the sight but the sound and feel of them--"the special *weight* of girls in autumn . . . when they lean against you as you walk along." For some reason, these sentences revealed all at once to Nick what in the whole course of his life he had not realized: that it was possible to see pictures in your mind and use those pictures to reëxperience your past."
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/11/03/some-people-cant-see-mental-images-the-consequences-are-profound
archivio: https://archive.is/GAj9f
Money quote: "One morning in 1997, when he was thirty-five, he was sitting at breakfast, paging through the newspaper. He started to read an article by a columnist he admired, Michael Bywater. Time was an illusion, Bywater wrote, because you could roll it backward and relive it: "You choose a memory, focus on it, let the rest of the mind go blank, and wait." Bywater described particular memories of his own, not only the sight but the sound and feel of them--"the special *weight* of girls in autumn . . . when they lean against you as you walk along." For some reason, these sentences revealed all at once to Nick what in the whole course of his life he had not realized: that it was possible to see pictures in your mind and use those pictures to reëxperience your past."
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/11/03/some-people-cant-see-mental-images-the-consequences-are-profound
archivio: https://archive.is/GAj9f
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Il 361 è uno di quei numeri di Mostly Weekly che fanno esattamente quello che promettono: non spiegano il mondo, non lo semplificano, ma offrono appigli per non farsi travolgere.
Adesso è online
https://antoniodini.com/weekly/361/
Adesso è online
https://antoniodini.com/weekly/361/
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(meta)letture per la domenica
Posso dire che lo invidio? Non perché è più giovane di me, ma perché può provare l’emozione di leggere per la prima volta uno dei miei libri preferiti
Money quote: "I have a confession: Until I started working at The Verge in 2016, I’d never heard of Neuromancer.
I was, of course, familiar with many of Neuromancer’s themes: Cyberpunk and cyberspace, computer hacking, corporate espionage, cybernetic enhancements, virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and near-future worlds populated with leather jacket-wearing murderous street punks. I just didn’t know how many of these modern science fiction tropes first appeared or became prominent in the pages of William Gibson’s book.
I recently decided to read it for the first time. "
https://mbh4h.substack.com/p/neuromancer-2025-review-william-gibson
Posso dire che lo invidio? Non perché è più giovane di me, ma perché può provare l’emozione di leggere per la prima volta uno dei miei libri preferiti
Money quote: "I have a confession: Until I started working at The Verge in 2016, I’d never heard of Neuromancer.
I was, of course, familiar with many of Neuromancer’s themes: Cyberpunk and cyberspace, computer hacking, corporate espionage, cybernetic enhancements, virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and near-future worlds populated with leather jacket-wearing murderous street punks. I just didn’t know how many of these modern science fiction tropes first appeared or became prominent in the pages of William Gibson’s book.
I recently decided to read it for the first time. "
https://mbh4h.substack.com/p/neuromancer-2025-review-william-gibson
Substack
Reading Neuromancer for the very first time in 2025
So many sci-fi movies, anime, and video games owe a massive debt of gratitude to William Gibson's seminal 1984 novel.
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Un articolo molto godibile sul presente (e il futuro) dei podcast nel nostro Paese.
Money quote: "Da una manciata d’anni, quando alcuni grandi gruppi (Audible, cioè Amazon; ChoraMedia; One Podcast, del gruppo Gedi; RayPlaysound) hanno preso le redini produttive della stragrande maggioranza dei podcast a larga diffusione in Italia, molti hanno avuto uno sviluppo diverso da quello che pareva il loro dna: sono diventati la televisione generalista delle persone sotto i cinquant’anni che rifiutano di guardare la televisione generalista, o almeno credono di farlo."
https://www.rivistailmulino.it/a/i-podcast-sono-diventati-tristi
Money quote: "Da una manciata d’anni, quando alcuni grandi gruppi (Audible, cioè Amazon; ChoraMedia; One Podcast, del gruppo Gedi; RayPlaysound) hanno preso le redini produttive della stragrande maggioranza dei podcast a larga diffusione in Italia, molti hanno avuto uno sviluppo diverso da quello che pareva il loro dna: sono diventati la televisione generalista delle persone sotto i cinquant’anni che rifiutano di guardare la televisione generalista, o almeno credono di farlo."
https://www.rivistailmulino.it/a/i-podcast-sono-diventati-tristi
www.rivistailmulino.it
I podcast sono diventati tristi
I podcast italiani sono diventati la nuova televisione generalista, perdendo la loro originaria spontaneità per replicare format commerciali, logiche promozionali e dinamiche omologate
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La Cina ha decisamente scelto il solare e non il nucleare. Chissà perché.
Money quote: "Last year China installed more than half of all wind and solar added globally. In May alone, it added enough renewable energy to power Poland, installing solar panels at a rate of roughly 100 every second.
The massive buildout is happening across the country, from crowded eastern cities increasingly topped by rooftop solar panels to remote western deserts where colossal wind farms sprawl across the landscape."
https://e360.yale.edu/digest/china-renewable-photo-essay
https://www.greenpeace.org/international/story/79654/powering-change-a-visual-journey-into-chinas-green-transition/
L’autore delle foto è Chu Weimin: https://www.instagram.com/thomaschuphoto/
Money quote: "Last year China installed more than half of all wind and solar added globally. In May alone, it added enough renewable energy to power Poland, installing solar panels at a rate of roughly 100 every second.
The massive buildout is happening across the country, from crowded eastern cities increasingly topped by rooftop solar panels to remote western deserts where colossal wind farms sprawl across the landscape."
https://e360.yale.edu/digest/china-renewable-photo-essay
https://www.greenpeace.org/international/story/79654/powering-change-a-visual-journey-into-chinas-green-transition/
L’autore delle foto è Chu Weimin: https://www.instagram.com/thomaschuphoto/
Yale Environment 360
Photos Capture the Breathtaking Scale of China’s Wind and Solar Buildout
Last year China installed more than half of all wind and solar added globally. In May alone, it added enough renewable energy to power Poland, installing solar panels at a rate of roughly 100 every second.
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Ammetto di non aver mai letto il "Conte di Montecristo" di Alexandre Dumas. Era uno dei miei propositi del 2025 ma è scivolato nel 2026. Però quest'anno lo faccio fuori, promesso.
Money quote: "Il romanzo fu pubblicato nel 1844. Edmondo Dantès, marinaio, prigioniero, misteriosamente ricco, mette a soqquadro l'alta società parigina. Imprigionato a Marsiglia nel 1815, il giorno delle nozze, con la falsa accusa di bonapartismo, rimane rinchiuso per 14 anni nel castello di If, vittima della rivalità in amore di Fernando e in affari di Danglars, odiato anche dal magistrato Villefort. Questi i tre nemici su cui, dopo l'evasione, cadrà la terribile vendetta di Dantès. Il romanzo associa, senza la preoccupazione di una trama logica e ragionata, le più incredibili avventure con l'aiuto anche di uno stile agile e incalzante. Questa nuova edizione contiene uno scritto di André Maurois."
https://www.anobii.com/it/books/il-conte-di-montecristo/9788804480464/01673c713b8613f306
Money quote: "Il romanzo fu pubblicato nel 1844. Edmondo Dantès, marinaio, prigioniero, misteriosamente ricco, mette a soqquadro l'alta società parigina. Imprigionato a Marsiglia nel 1815, il giorno delle nozze, con la falsa accusa di bonapartismo, rimane rinchiuso per 14 anni nel castello di If, vittima della rivalità in amore di Fernando e in affari di Danglars, odiato anche dal magistrato Villefort. Questi i tre nemici su cui, dopo l'evasione, cadrà la terribile vendetta di Dantès. Il romanzo associa, senza la preoccupazione di una trama logica e ragionata, le più incredibili avventure con l'aiuto anche di uno stile agile e incalzante. Questa nuova edizione contiene uno scritto di André Maurois."
https://www.anobii.com/it/books/il-conte-di-montecristo/9788804480464/01673c713b8613f306
Anobii
Il conte di Montecristo di Alexandre Dumas, Mondadori, Copertina rigida
Scopri la trama e le recensioni presenti su Anobii di Il conte di Montecristo di Alexandre Dumas pubblicato da Mondadori in formato Copertina rigida.
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Wikipedia ha appena compiuto 25 anni. Lo avrete letto: se ne parla un po’ da tutte le parti. L’esperienza organizzata dagli stessi creatori di Wikipedia è interessante, anche per l’aspetto caratteristico "low tech".
Money quote: "Wikipedia is an encyclopedia--it provides educational material to everyone. The twist is that volunteer editors write it all.
Those volunteers fact check the information and cite trustworthy sources, and are committed to documenting information from a neutral point of view.
Wikipedia seeks to inform, not persuade. In 2025, Wikipedia is there for all the people looking to expand their knowledge about a rapidly changing world. It has 65 million articles across over 300 languages, updated by nearly 250,000 volunteer editors, all of which are viewed nearly 15 billion times per month. That's nearing two views per month for every human on the planet."
https://wikipedia25.org/en/twenty-five-years-of-wikipedia
Altre info qui:
https://techdale.it/dentro-wikipedia-come-funziona-davvero-la-macchina-del-sapere/
Money quote: "Wikipedia is an encyclopedia--it provides educational material to everyone. The twist is that volunteer editors write it all.
Those volunteers fact check the information and cite trustworthy sources, and are committed to documenting information from a neutral point of view.
Wikipedia seeks to inform, not persuade. In 2025, Wikipedia is there for all the people looking to expand their knowledge about a rapidly changing world. It has 65 million articles across over 300 languages, updated by nearly 250,000 volunteer editors, all of which are viewed nearly 15 billion times per month. That's nearing two views per month for every human on the planet."
https://wikipedia25.org/en/twenty-five-years-of-wikipedia
Altre info qui:
https://techdale.it/dentro-wikipedia-come-funziona-davvero-la-macchina-del-sapere/
TechDale
Dentro Wikipedia: come funziona la macchina del sapere in 25 punti
A venticinque anni dalla nascita, Wikipedia è molto più di un sito: è una comunità globale, un campo di battaglia culturale e una colonna portante dell’AI contemporanea. Ecco cosa la definisce oggi
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Il viaggio interstellare è fantasia, non fantascienza - perlomeno, è quello che spiego su Fumettologica
https://fumettologica.it/2026/02/viaggio-interstellare-fantasia-fantascienza/
https://fumettologica.it/2026/02/viaggio-interstellare-fantasia-fantascienza/
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Sotto i mari c’è un groviglio di cavi che sta oltretutto crescendo. È un tema interessante, e lo è altrettanto anche quello della sua rappresentazione con le mappe. Spaghetti underwater?
Money quote: "There's been lots of conversation about the recent boom in submarine cable construction. This flurry of activity becomes clearer when our annual map is viewed over time.
Today, we're putting several years' worth of maps back-to-back to visualize an evolving undersea network. (And to reminisce about some of our favorite designs, if I'm being honest.) Give each map a click for a larger interactive view."
https://blog.telegeography.com/submarine-cables-over-time-through-the-years
Money quote: "There's been lots of conversation about the recent boom in submarine cable construction. This flurry of activity becomes clearer when our annual map is viewed over time.
Today, we're putting several years' worth of maps back-to-back to visualize an evolving undersea network. (And to reminisce about some of our favorite designs, if I'm being honest.) Give each map a click for a larger interactive view."
https://blog.telegeography.com/submarine-cables-over-time-through-the-years
Telegeography
The Submarine Cable Boom as Told by a Decade of TeleGeography Maps
Explore over ten years of cable maps to visualize an evolving undersea network.
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Il Codice fiorentino (1577) è un'enciclopedia illustrata del Messico precolombiano. È considerata la fonte più affidabile di informazioni sulla cultura Mexica, sull'Impero azteco e sulla conquista del Messico. L'intero codice è online e ricercabile. Ottima risorsa!
Money quote: "The Digital Florentine Codex gives access to a singular manunoscript created by Franciscan friar Bernardino de Sahagún and a group of Nahua elders, authors, and artists. Written in parallel columns of Nahuatl and Spanish texts and hand painted with nearly 2,500 images, the encyclopedic codex is widely regarded as the most reliable source of information about Mexica culture, the Aztec Empire, and the conquest of Mexico. Upon completion in 1577 at the Imperial Colegio de la Santa Cruz in Tlatelolco (today Mexico City), the manunoscript was sent to Europe where it entered the Medici family's library in Florence--thus, the Florentine Codex. This digital edition unlocks the manunoscript's content by making the texts and images searchable."
https://florentinecodex.getty.edu
Money quote: "The Digital Florentine Codex gives access to a singular manunoscript created by Franciscan friar Bernardino de Sahagún and a group of Nahua elders, authors, and artists. Written in parallel columns of Nahuatl and Spanish texts and hand painted with nearly 2,500 images, the encyclopedic codex is widely regarded as the most reliable source of information about Mexica culture, the Aztec Empire, and the conquest of Mexico. Upon completion in 1577 at the Imperial Colegio de la Santa Cruz in Tlatelolco (today Mexico City), the manunoscript was sent to Europe where it entered the Medici family's library in Florence--thus, the Florentine Codex. This digital edition unlocks the manunoscript's content by making the texts and images searchable."
https://florentinecodex.getty.edu
florentinecodex.getty.edu
Digital Florentine Codex
The Getty Research Institute provides global access to the Florentine Codex, considered the most important manunoscript of early colonial Mexico
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I chatbot stanno cambiando il nostro modo di parlare, le pecore gay fanno lana tutto l'anno e i paperback stanno andando in soffitta. Insomma, Mostly Weekly 362 è online
https://antoniodini.com/weekly/362/
https://antoniodini.com/weekly/362/
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Lettura per la domenica
Ah, il pragmatismo anglosassone. Ad esempio: dopo aver perso il suo lavoro di copywriter a favore dell’AI, Brian Groh, che vive a Lawrenceburg, Indiana, per sbarcare il lunario si è rivolto al lavoro sugli alberi (cioè fa il boscaiolo). Nonostante gli piacesse il nuovo lavoro, ha affrontato sfide fisiche (ma va) e l'incombente minaccia dell’AI che potrebbe sostituire anche il suo nuovo lavoro (eh sì). Groh però sa scrivere anche senza bisogno dell’AI e mette giù questo pippone in cui evidenzia il problema più ampio dell'AI che fa saltare i posti di lavoro tradizionali e la necessità di una preparazione sociale per un futuro con meno opportunità di lavoro tradizionali. Insomma, buongiorno stellina e benvenuta nel 2026.
Money quote: "Maybe I should have seen it coming. I had hired a woman in the Philippines to do trannoscription work, but once A.I. proved just as capable, I began using the trannoscriptionist less often, then not at all. When my own work was being replaced, though, I felt shocked and ashamed. I was like a factory worker who had watched manufacturing jobs disappear for years yet, after decades on a production line, still couldn't believe that he, too, was being let go."
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/opinion/artificial-intelligence-jobs.html
archivio: https://archive.is/M8J7R
Ah, il pragmatismo anglosassone. Ad esempio: dopo aver perso il suo lavoro di copywriter a favore dell’AI, Brian Groh, che vive a Lawrenceburg, Indiana, per sbarcare il lunario si è rivolto al lavoro sugli alberi (cioè fa il boscaiolo). Nonostante gli piacesse il nuovo lavoro, ha affrontato sfide fisiche (ma va) e l'incombente minaccia dell’AI che potrebbe sostituire anche il suo nuovo lavoro (eh sì). Groh però sa scrivere anche senza bisogno dell’AI e mette giù questo pippone in cui evidenzia il problema più ampio dell'AI che fa saltare i posti di lavoro tradizionali e la necessità di una preparazione sociale per un futuro con meno opportunità di lavoro tradizionali. Insomma, buongiorno stellina e benvenuta nel 2026.
Money quote: "Maybe I should have seen it coming. I had hired a woman in the Philippines to do trannoscription work, but once A.I. proved just as capable, I began using the trannoscriptionist less often, then not at all. When my own work was being replaced, though, I felt shocked and ashamed. I was like a factory worker who had watched manufacturing jobs disappear for years yet, after decades on a production line, still couldn't believe that he, too, was being let go."
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/opinion/artificial-intelligence-jobs.html
archivio: https://archive.is/M8J7R
NY Times
Opinion | When A.I. Took My Job, I Bought a Chain Saw
I was now facing the same reality my working-class neighbors knew well: the world had changed, my work had all but disappeared, and still, the bills wouldn’t stop coming.
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Perché i paywall hanno senso (e bisognerebbe smettere di lamentarsi). Più qualche consiglio su come aggirarli
Money quote: "Hi there, I would like to talk about paywalls. Today I had a rather large article drop in Slate and there was a soft paywall. A lot of people commented upset about that paywall Let's talk about: a) how to get around paywalls b) why you shouldn't be mad about them"
https://bsky.app/profile/laurajedeed.bsky.social/post/3mcdwspcms223
Money quote: "Hi there, I would like to talk about paywalls. Today I had a rather large article drop in Slate and there was a soft paywall. A lot of people commented upset about that paywall Let's talk about: a) how to get around paywalls b) why you shouldn't be mad about them"
https://bsky.app/profile/laurajedeed.bsky.social/post/3mcdwspcms223
Bluesky Social
Laura Jedeed (@laurajedeed.bsky.social)
Hi there, I would like to talk about paywalls
Today I had a rather large article drop in Slate and there was a soft paywall. A lot of people commented upset about that paywall
Let's talk about:
a) how to get around paywalls
b) why you shouldn't be mad…
Today I had a rather large article drop in Slate and there was a soft paywall. A lot of people commented upset about that paywall
Let's talk about:
a) how to get around paywalls
b) why you shouldn't be mad…
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