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Fitantanana tsy mahomby, fahantrana ary fiovan’ny toetrandro no antony mampikorontana ny jono any akaikin’i Toliara, izay iankinan’ny fiainan’ny mponina. Mitodika any amin’ny natiora ny mpikaroka mba hitady vahaolana.Benji Jones (Vox)
The humble plant that could save the world — or destroy it | Clean energy expansion could destroy this crucial climate solution.
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The AWS Outage Bricked People’s $2,700 Smartbeds
The AWS Outage Bricked People’s $2,700 Smartbeds
Sleepers snoozing in Eight Sleep smartbeds had a bad night on Monday when a major outage of Amazon Web Services (AWS) caused their beds to malfunction. Some were left with the bed’s heat blasting, others were left in a sitting position and unable to recline. One woman said her bed went haywire and she had to unplug it from the wall.At around 3 a.m. ET on Monday morning the US-EAST-1 AWS cluster went down and screwed up internet connected services across the planet. Customers for the banks Lloyds and Halifax couldn’t access their accounts. United Airlines check-ins stopped functioning. And people who rest in Eight Sleep beds awoke to find their mattresses had turned against them.
An Eight Sleep bed is a smart bed that starts at $2,700. Users provide their own mattress and Eight Sleep sells them a mattress cover and a “Pod” that acts as the brain of the system. If customers want to spend a few thousand more, they can get a base that adjusts the position of the mattress, provides biometric sleeping data, and heats and cools the sleeper. Customers must also subscribe to a service for Eight Sleep, which ranges from $17 to $33 a month.
Eight Sleep runs on the cloud and when the servers go down or the customer’s internet goes out it bricks the bed. There’s no offline mode. Customers have complained about the lack of an offline mode for a while, but the AWS outage focused their rage.
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“So apparently, when my internet goes down, my bed decides to go on strike too. A quick outage, and boom—no change in sleep position available, not even with manual taps,” one customer on r/eightsleep said. “Maybe consider giving people a grace period before their $5,000 bed locks them into the world’s most ergonomic sitting position. AWS attack or Internet down for a few hours should not brick my bed.”“Cloud only is unacceptable,” said another. “It’s 2025 there is no reason an internet or AWS server outage should impact your entire customer base's sleep—especially given the price tag of your product. Need EightSleep’s product team to opine here, your customer base demands it!”
“My pod is at +5 and I am sweating cuz I can’t turn it down or off,” said one comment.
Eight Sleep CEO Matteo Franceschetti apologized for the restless night in a statement posted to X. “The AWS outage has impacted some of our users since last night, disrupting their sleep. That is not the experience we want to provide and I want to apologize for it,” he said. He added that the company was restoring the bed’s features as AWS came back online and promised to outage-proof the Pods.
“Mine is still not working—it went super haywire and still seems to be turning on and off randomly with the inability to stop or control it. I had to unplug it,” ESPN host Victoria Arlen said on X, replying to Franceschetti. “I tried to get it going again and it’s still uncontrollable with the system turning on and off.”
Would be great if my bed wasn’t stuck in an inclined position due to an AWS outage. Cmon now
— Brandon (@Brandon25774008) October 21, 2025
“Would be great if my bed wasn’t stuck in an inclined position due to an AWS outage. Cmon now,” @Brandon25774008 said on X.The truth is that so long as Eight Sleep beds have to communicate with a server to function, they’re always in danger of dying. That point of failure means the beds could go out at any time leaving the people who paid $5,000 for a fancy bed with little recourse. And, of course, no company lasts forever.
“When ES eventually goes bust, our pods will be bricked,” one Redditor said. “The fact that the pods cannot be controlled when you don’t have the internet is diabolical. I wish I knew this before purchasing. This basically means in the possibly near future, all of our pods will be bricked […] ES need to get their heads out of their ass and for once do a pro customer change and introduce an ‘offline’ mode where we can connect to the pod directly and at the very least change the temperature. It has wifi, it can make its own SSID, just make it work ES.”
Pro-active ES users have already found one solution: jailbreak the Pod. The ES sub is—at a minimum—$200 a year, the Pod uploads multiple GBs of telemetry data to ES servers every month, and when the internet goes down the bed dies. If you must own a $5,000 bed that heats and cools you dynamically, shouldn’t you take full control of it?
There’s an active Discord and a Github for a group of Eight Sleep snoozers who’ve decided to do just that. According to the GitHub, the jailbreak “allows complete control of device WITHOUT requiring internet access. If you lose internet, your pod WILL NOT turn off, it will continue working!”
Data centers are vulnerable. Server clusters go down. As long as there is a single point of failure and your device is commuting back to a network out of your control, it’s a risk. We have allowed tech companies to mediate the most basic functions of our lives, from cooking to travel to sleep. The AWS and ES outage is a stark reminder that we should do what we can to limit the control these tech companies have over our lives.
“I’m continuously horrified that I inextricably linked my sleep and therefore health to a cloud provider’s reliability,” one person said in the comments on Reddit.
Food Delivery Robots Are Feeding Camera Footage to the LAPD, Internal Emails Show
Serve Robotics, which delivers food for Uber Eats, provided footage filmed by at least one of its robots to the LAPD as evidence in a criminal case. The emails show the robots, which are a constant sight in the city, can be used for surveillance.Jason Koebler (404 Media)
Climate disasters in first half of 2025 costliest ever on record, research shows | LA wildfires and storms this year cost $101bn, new study by non-profit resurrecting work axed by Trump says
Climate disasters in first half of 2025 costliest ever on record, research shows
LA wildfires and storms this year cost $101bn, new study by non-profit resurrecting work axed by Trump saysAndrew Witherspoon (The Guardian)
Hundreds of public figures, including Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and Virgin’s Richard Branson urge AI ‘superintelligence’ ban
Hundreds of public figures, including Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and Virgin's Richard Branson urge AI ‘superintelligence’ ban
A group of prominent figures, including artificial intelligence heavyweights, has lead a call to end efforts to create ‘superintelligence.'Dylan Butts (CNBC)
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US and Qatar issue energy and trade threats to EU over climate rules | Fossil fuel exporters claim investment and security of supply will be imperilled
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Bari Weiss Gets To Work ‘Fixing’ CBS ‘Bias’ — By Making It More Biased
For more than fifty years the U.S. right wing has embraced a neat trick: by claiming that literally anything in factual opposition to their beliefs is “biased” and therefore must be discarded as unreliable, they’ve bullied U.S. media into becoming a feckless mess terrified of accusations of “liberal bias.”Of course, if you ask the actual media academics who study U.S. media bias, they’ll quickly tell you that the U.S. media generally veers toward center-right corporatism because we’ve let it consolidate at the hands of center-right billionaires. The obvious result is a hot feckless mess that lacks the courage to speak truth to power, something that became obvious to even the most obtuse with the rise of U.S. authoritarianism.
Still, this idea that the U.S. media is “too woke” and “has a liberal bias” is central to the generational Republican mission of creating a press that only exists to make affluent Conservatives happy.
Bari Weiss Gets To Work ‘Fixing’ CBS ‘Bias’ — By Making It More Biased
For more than fifty years the U.S. right wing has embraced a neat trick: by claiming that literally anything in factual opposition to their beliefs is “biased” and therefore must be dis…Techdirt
Amazon Allegedly Replaced 40% of AWS DevOps With AI Days Before Crash
Amazon Allegedly Replaced 40% of AWS DevOps Workers With AI Days Before Crash
Should we not rely on one service to support everything?80 Level Editorial Team (80lv)
New Linux kernel patch lets you cancel hibernation mid-process
RFC proposes power-button interrupt – and highlights wider problems with sleep states
New Linux kernel patch lets you cancel hibernation mid-process
: RFC proposes power-button interrupt – and highlights wider problems with sleep statesLiam Proven (The Register)
Democratic senator protests Trump’s ‘grave threats’ in marathon overnight floor speech | CNN Politics
“I’ve come to the Senate floor tonight to ring the alarm bells. We’re in the most perilous moment, the biggest threat to our republic since the Civil War. President Trump is shredding our Constitution,” Merkley said in his opening remarks.The Democratic senator pointed to the Trump administration’s previous halting of research grants for universities in its battle over campus oversight as well as the recent indictments of several of the president’s political opponents as well as his push to deploy National Guard troops to Portland.
“President Trump wants us to believe that Portland, Oregon, in my home state, is full of chaos and riots. Because if he can say to the American people that there are riots, he can say there’s a rebellion. And if there’s a rebellion, he can use that to strengthen his authoritarian grip on our nation,” Merkley said.
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The Internet's Biggest Annoyance: Why Cookie Laws Should Target Browsers, Not Websites
Click. Ugh. Another one.You know the drill. You land on a new website, eager to read an article or check a product price, and before the page even finishes loading, it appears: the dreaded cookie banner. A pop-up, a slide-in, a full-screen overlay demanding you "Accept All," "Manage Preferences," or navigate a labyrinth of toggles designed by a corporate lawyer.
The Internet's Biggest Annoyance: Why Cookie Laws Should Target Browsers, Not Websites | NEDNEX
Save and Share: Click. Ugh. Another one. You know the drill. You land on a new website, eager to read an article or check a product price, and before the page even finishes loading, it appears: the dreaded cookie banner.NEDNEX
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Keir Starmer backs call for Prince Andrew to be hauled in front of MPs to give evidence
When the prime minister was asked whether Prince Andrew should give evidence to a select committee inquiry, he said: ‘I certainly support that’
Watchdog report says American e-waste is causing a 'hidden tsunami' in Southeast Asia
A report by an environmental group says millions of tons of discarded U.S. electronics are being shipped overseas each month — much of it to Southeast Asian countries not prepared to safely handle hazardous waste.
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'It Must Stop': New Yorkers Protest After Violent ICE Raid on Canal Street Sparks Chaos
"Once again, the Trump administration chooses authoritarian theatrics that create fear, not safety," said NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani.
Tesla Recalls Almost 13,000 Vehicles Due to Battery Pack Defect: TDS
Some Teslas could suddenly lose drive power, according to the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Fortnite, rumor: in arrivo un crossover con I Simpson e una mappa completa di Springfield
Stando a indiscrezioni emerse dai più recenti datamine, Fortnite potrebbe lanciare una mini-stagione dedicata a I Simpson, con una mappa di Springfield realizzata in cel-shading e suddivisa in aree che riproducono i luoghi simbolo della serie animata. Al momento non ci sono conferme ufficiali da parte di Epic Games; si tratta di rumor da considerare con la dovuta cautela.
TUTTI I DETTAGLI: Fortnite, rumor: in arrivo un crossover con I Simpson e una mappa completa di Springfield
Fortnite x I Simpson: rumor sulla mappa di Springfield e stagione dedicata
Rumor: in Fortnite potrebbe arrivare una mini-stagione dedicata a I Simpson, con mappa completa di Springfield. Cosa dicono i leak.Redazione (Atom Heart Magazine)
TSMC's new 2nm chip will reportedly cost 50% more — get ready for more expensive laptops and phones
AMD, Apple, Nvidia and others may have to raise prices yet again
US ‘Night Stalkers’ seen in Caribbean as fears of regime change rise in Venezuela
Elite helicopter unit’s part in military deployment comes as Donald Trump ramps up pressure on Nicolás Maduro
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Cutting Emissions, the Roundabout Way, in New Hampshire
Despite its small stature, the city of Keene, has become an example of the safety and climate benefits of swapping traffic lights
Cutting Emissions, the Roundabout Way, in New Hampshire
Despite its small stature, the city of Keene, has become an example of the safety and climate benefits of swapping traffic lights
Putin Oversees Russian Nuclear Forces Exercise with Missile Launches
Russia's president Vladimir Putin has on Wednesday overseen an exercise with the country's strategic nuclear forces
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YouTube will help you quit watching Shorts
The limits can be ignored, so show some self-control.
YouTube will help you quit watching Shorts
YouTube users on mobile can now set a customizable daily limit that restricts how long they can scroll Shorts feeds.Jess Weatherbed (The Verge)
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Israeli forces raid village in southern Syria, carry out excavation works
Israeli army forces raided a village in the Quneitra countryside in southern Syria on Wednesday and carried out excavation works in the area, according to local media, Anadolu reports.
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On eve of EU summit over 2,000 scientists call for 90-95% emissions cut
The EU is debating its 2040 climate targets — amid calls from scientists and officials to treat emissions cuts as an economic opportunity rather than a burden. But disagreements among key member states — not least France and Germany — have delayed a decision.
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On eve of EU summit over 2,000 scientists call for 90-95% emissions cut
The EU is debating its 2040 climate targets — amid calls from scientists and officials to treat emissions cuts as an economic opportunity rather than a burden.EUobserver
Massive Ford recall affects 1.4 million ‘older’ vehicles in US as automaker warns of dangerous issue
Ford said it was aware of 12,500 warranty claims tied to camera issues as well as five accidents
Ukraine Seeks to Purchase Over 100 Gripen Jets
Ukraine wants to buy 100 to 150 Jas Gripen E
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Australia tells AI chatbot companies to detail child protection steps
SYDNEY - Australia has ordered four artificial-intelligence chatbot companies to explain their measures to protect children from exposure to sexual or self-harm material, as its internet regulator beefs up safety measures on the AI frontier.
Australia tells AI chatbot companies to detail child protection steps
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Meta is reportedly downsizing its legacy AI research team
Meta is still hiring for its team tasked with achieving superintelligence, according to a report from Axios.
Apple and Google may be forced to change App Stores in UK
The Competition and Markets Authority says the tech giant dominate the smartphone market.
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[Announcement] The Third Edict Race Event Winners
After a nail-biting finish in weeks one and two and a trailblazing performance in week three, we're finally able to crown the overall winner. We saw various unique builds from different classes in this final race and if you missed it live, check out the VoD below.
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- MERCENARY - wholenewsociety#6221 (2h 30m 38s)
Top Placement of Each Class
- MERCENARY - wholenewsociety#6221 (2h 30m 38s)
- WARRIOR - Angormus#4067 (2h 39m 1s)
- SORCERESS - threeknife#0224 (2h 46m 38s)
- MONK - BINBIN#7387 (2h 50m 14s)
- RANGER - Kiom#6602 (2h 50m 53s)
- WITCH - 全斗焕#0671 (2h 50m 14s)
- HUNTRESS - Bunkka1337#6633 (2h 53m 31s)
First Race Winners
- MERCENARY - GuyThatDies#7619 (2h 43m 1s)
- WARRIOR - Angormus#4067 (2h 46m 26s)
- SORCERESS - lightspeedcake#7715 (3h 16m 43s)
- MONK - Sarge2#0184 (4h 4m 55s)
- RANGER - Kiom#6602 (3h 33m 44s)
- WITCH - ChacalrjBR#1179 (3h 47m 35s)
- HUNTRESS - Forefinger404#3422 (3h 28m 40s)
Second Race Winners
- MERCENARY - wholenewsociety#6221 (2h 36m 1s)
- WARRIOR - Angormus#4067 (2h 39m 1s)
- SORCERESS - threeknife#0224 (2h 46m 38s)
- MONK - Sarge2#0184 (3h 3m 59s)
- RANGER - Kiom#6602 (2h 55m 29s)
- WITCH - Jezie#4328 (3h 20m 42s)
- HUNTRESS - Bunkka1337#6633 (2h 53m 31s)
Third Race Winners
- MERCENARY - wholenewsociety#6221 (2h 30m 38s)
- WARRIOR - Angormus#4067 (2h 53m)
- SORCERESS - threeknife#0224 (3h 39m)
- MONK - BINBIN#7387 (2h 50m 14s)
- RANGER - Kiom#6602 (2h 50m 53s)
- WITCH - 全斗焕#0671 (2h 52m 40s)
- HUNTRESS - Bunkka1337#6633 (3h 7m 10s)
Early Access Announcements - The Third Edict Race Event Winners - Forum - Path of Exile
Path of Exile is a free online-only action RPG under development by Grinding Gear Games in New Zealand.Path of Exile
Israeli forces kill Palestinian in Gaza despite ongoing ceasefire
A Palestinian man was shot and killed by Israeli forces in the Tuffah neighbourhood, despite the ceasefire that officially began on 10 October, a medical source at al-Ahli Hospital said.
Israeli forces have continued operations across parts of Gaza, with dozens of casualties reported in recent days.
Electron-based desktop GUI for DeepSeek-OCR
GitHub - ihatecsv/deepseek-ocr-client
Contribute to ihatecsv/deepseek-ocr-client development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
AWS crash causes $2,000 Smart Beds to overheat and get stuck upright
AWS crash causes $2,000 Smart Beds to overheat and get stuck upright
The AWS outage caused chaos for owners of Eight Sleep’s Pod3 mattresses as they had no offline mode and were stuck at high temperatures.Calum Patterson (Dexerto)
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My Car Is Becoming a Brick
Sounds like hell on wheels is going to become common.
For most of its short life, my Tesla Model 3 has aged beautifully. Since I bought the car, in 2019, it has received a number of new features simply by updating its software. My navigation system no longer just directs me to EV chargers along my route—it also shows me, in real time, how many plugs are free. With the push of a button, I can activate “Car Wash Mode,” and the Tesla will put itself in neutral and disable the windshield wipers. Some updates are more helpful than others: Thanks to Elon Musk and his middle-school humor, I can now play an updated array of fart sounds when an unsuspecting passenger sits down.But Musk is already starting to leave my car behind. In July, Tesla rolled out a version of Musk’s AI assistant, Grok, to its vehicles. Even as a chatbot skeptic, I could see the usefulness of asking my car for information without having to fumble with my phone. Alas, at present Grok runs only on Teslas made in the past few years, which have a more advanced processor to power their infotainment system. My sedan is simply too old.
Cars used to be entirely mechanical objects. With hard work and expertise, basically any old vehicle could be restored and operated: On YouTube, you can watch a man drive a 1931 Alvis to McDonald’s. But the car itself was stuck in time. If the automaker added a feature to the following year’s model, you just didn’t get it. Things have changed. My Model 3 has few dials or buttons; nearly every feature is routed through the giant central touch screen. It’s not just Tesla: Many new cars—and especially electric cars—are now stuffed with software, receiving over-the-air updates to fix bugs, tweak performance, or add new functionality.
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Un viaggio nelle fiabe del bosco U-magico con Amalia Scalise e Gianni il Gufo
Indice dei contenuti
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- Chi è Gianni il gufo? Ti sei ispirata a qualcuno in particolare?
- Dove nascono le tue fiabe?
- 3. Il bosco U-magico è un luogo in particolare a te caro?
- Ultima domanda nei racconti brevi hai inserito tanti avvenimenti e tante lezioni importanti che dovremo tutti tenere a mente: la generosità, l’amicizia, l’aiuto reciproco, l’ascolto attivo e non passivo e molte altre cose, quale è la tua speranza nei confronti dei piccoli lettori? Cosa speri che imparino leggendo Gianni il gufo?
- Conclusione
Gianni il gufo
e i racconti del bosco U-magico
Amalia Scalise
Racconti per bambini
Book Sprint Edizioni
05/05/2025
14 x 21 x 0.13 cm
122 pp
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“Gianni il gufo e i racconti del Bosco U-magico. Un’estate indimenticabile” è un romanzo ambientato in una piccola comunità, creata dalla fantasia dell’autrice e abitata da animali di diverse specie, che vivono insieme in perfetta armonia. Il libro si suddivide in brevi episodi, permettendo al lettore di conoscere gli amici di Gianni, protagonista principale, che, con la sua saggezza, riesce a venire in soccorso di tutti coloro che gli chiedono aiuto, per risolvere piccoli e grandi problemi quotidiani. Nella comunità gli abitanti svolgono la loro vita come se fossero esseri umani, da qui deriva il nome U-magico. Ogni racconto si conclude positivamente lasciando a chi legge uno spunto di riflessione su diverse tematiche, alcune delle quali relative all’educazione civica, dal rispetto e tutela dell’ambiente all’importanza dell’amicizia e della solidarietà, dal ruolo degli anziani nella società al rapporto tra genitori e figli, dai pericoli nell’utilizzo scorretto della rete e dei social all’accettazione della sconfitta.
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Amalia Scalise e i suoi racconti: quando la fiaba incontra l’educazione
Un libro che incanta grandi e piccoli
I Racconti di Amalia Scalise sono stati una vera sorpresa. Fin da quando ho avuto il libro tra le mani, sono rimasta affascinata dalla copertina vivace e dalle illustrazioni colorate che trasmettono allegria e poesia.
Ma è solo leggendo le pagine che ho compreso la vera magia: questo è un libro che ogni bambino dovrebbe poter leggere — e che ogni adulto dovrebbe raccontargli.
Da educatrice e laureata in arte, ho trovato tra queste pagine preziosi insegnamenti di vita, presentati con semplicità e dolcezza. Gianni, il gufo saggio, e il Bosco U-magico non sono solo personaggi e luoghi immaginari: sono metafore di una comunità solidale, dove la gentilezza, la gratitudine e l’amicizia sono la vera magia.
Fiabe e mente dei bambini: cosa dice la scienza sul potere dei racconti
Introduzione
Le fiabe non sono solo ricordi d’infanzia o storie per addormentarsi. Dietro quel “C’era una volta” si nasconde un potente strumento educativo: un linguaggio che aiuta i bambini a sviluppare linguaggio, empatia e fiducia nel mondo. La psicologia e le neuroscienze confermano che raccontare storie ai più piccoli è un atto che nutre la mente e calma le emozioni.
Un viaggio antico quanto l’uomo
Le fiabe affondano le loro radici in tempi remoti, quando la parola era l’unico mezzo per tramandare saggezza e valori. Prima che venissero scritte, erano raccontate attorno al fuoco, nei villaggi e nelle famiglie, come strumenti di coesione sociale e di educazione morale. Nel XVII secolo Charles Perrault trasformò quei racconti popolari in capolavori letterari come Cenerentola e Cappuccetto Rosso. Più tardi, i Fratelli Grimm e Hans Christian Andersen ne consolidarono il valore educativo e simbolico. Nel Novecento, Gianni Rodari ne rinnovò lo spirito, portando la fiaba nel mondo moderno come palestra per la fantasia e per la libertà di pensiero.
Come le fiabe aiutano il cervello a crescere
Le ricerche neuroscientifiche mostrano che ascoltare o leggere fiabe attiva simultaneamente le aree del cervello legate al linguaggio, alla memoria e alle emozioni. Ogni racconto diventa una palestra mentale dove il bambino impara a:
• costruire nessi logici e sequenze temporali;
• comprendere la relazione tra causa ed effetto;
• ampliare il vocabolario e sviluppare l’immaginazione.
Il linguaggio simbolico delle fiabe consente inoltre di affrontare temi complessi — paura, giustizia, perdita, speranza — in modo accessibile e rassicurante.
Il potere psicologico dei racconti
Le fiabe sono il primo “specchio dell’anima”. In esse, draghi, streghe e mostri rappresentano le paure interiori che il bambino impara a riconoscere e superare. Seguendo l’eroe o l’eroina nel loro viaggio, i piccoli lettori apprendono che le difficoltà si possono affrontare e che la crescita passa attraverso il coraggio e la fiducia. Ogni lieto fine diventa così una conquista simbolica: la prova che anche il dolore può trasformarsi in forza.
Un’eredità da preservare
In un’epoca dominata dalla tecnologia, le fiabe continuano a essere uno degli strumenti più efficaci per costruire empatia, pensiero critico e identità. Leggere o raccontare una storia a un bambino significa offrirgli un modello di mondo, un rifugio emotivo e una bussola morale. Per questo, educatori e psicologi raccomandano di mantenere viva la narrazione orale, accanto ai libri illustrati e agli strumenti digitali.
Il libro in sè
Il piccolo, ma grande libro di fiabe e racconti di Amalia Scalise ha vinto il concorso letterario di Canti di…versi di San Pietro Magisano Calabria. Quando l’autrice mi ha comunicato la notizia non ne sono per niente rimasta sorpresa, ero certa che questo piccolo tesoro sarebbe stato notato. Leggendo questi racconti ho trovato molti spunti, Gianni ci insegna a guardare oltre, a non dare per scontato alcune cose, a non cadere nella disperazione davanti a piccoli errori, a comprendere che anche quando sembra che tutto stia andando storto, in realtà, bisogna guardare ciò che è accaduto di positivo e qualcosa, anche piccolino verrà sempre a galla.
Amicizia, Gratitudine, lealtà, comprensione sono solo alcuni dei dettami che si possono incontrare nel Bosco U-magico dove, la vera magia è l’amicizia.
Conosciamo L’autrice
Ho posto quattro domandine all’autrice che, ho il piacere di condividere con voi
Chi è Gianni il gufo? Ti sei ispirata a qualcuno in particolare?
Nel mio libro, Gianni incarna la figura paterna che tutti dovrebbero avere:
presente, solida, rassicurante. Nella mia vita ho avuto un legame profondo con
i miei genitori e la fortuna di avere accanto uno zio che è stato per me come un
secondo padre. Questo mi ha permesso di percepire la presenza maschile come
qualcosa di protettivo e confortante.
Al contrario, il rapporto con i nonni è stato quasi assente: quelli paterni
vivevano troppo lontano, mentre quelli materni sono venuti a mancare quando
ero ancora molto piccola. È da questo vuoto che nasce Nonna Gilda, un
personaggio che nel libro rappresenta la nonna ideale, così come l’ho sempre
immaginata e come avrei voluto che fosse, se avessi avuto la possibilità di
conoscerla davvero.
Dove nascono le tue fiabe?
Credo che le mie favole nascano dal legame profondo con mia madre,
un’artista capace di trasformare la realtà attraverso la pittura, le parole e
l’immaginazione. Da bambina ascoltavo le storie che inventava per me,
viaggiando con lei in mondi incantati dove diventavo l’eroina di mille
avventure. È da quell’ascolto e da quella meraviglia che è nato il mio amore
per la narrazione. Scrivere favole, oggi, è il mio modo di raccogliere la sua
eredità invisibile e continuare a dialogare con lei.
3. Il bosco U-magico è un luogo in particolare a te caro?
Sì, i boschi mi sono profondamente cari. Varcarne la soglia è come entrare in
un tempo sospeso, dove tutto parla un linguaggio antico e silenzioso. Tra gli
alberi avverto un legame primordiale con la terra, un senso di mistero e di
incanto che invita all’ascolto. È un luogo di pace e di protezione, dove il
mondo sembra ritrovare la propria armonia e anch’io, per un momento, con
esso.
Si dice che i bambini nascano sotto i cavoli, ma la mia cicogna deve
essersi smarrita per strada, attratta dal profumo di muschio, e sono finita
sotto una piantina di fragoline di bosco.
Ultima domanda nei racconti brevi hai inserito tanti avvenimenti e tante lezioni
importanti che dovremo tutti tenere a mente: la generosità, l’amicizia, l’aiuto
reciproco, l’ascolto attivo e non passivo e molte altre cose, quale è la tua
speranza nei confronti dei piccoli lettori? Cosa speri che imparino leggendo
Gianni il gufo?
Le mie favole nascono anche dal mio essere insegnante, un ruolo che sento di
portare con me ben oltre le mura della scuola. Attraverso queste storie desidero
accompagnare i giovani lettori in piccole riflessioni sulla vita quotidiana,
invitandoli a guardare il mondo con curiosità e sensibilità. Più che trasmettere
nozioni, mi interessa coltivare uno sguardo attento, capace di empatia e di
ascolto. Il messaggio che mi sta più a cuore è che i veri eroi non sono quelli dei
racconti epici, ma coloro che, nella vita di ogni giorno, sanno vivere in armonia
e tendere la mano agli altri.
Conclusione
In un mondo sempre più veloce, dove l’attenzione si frammenta tra schermi e notifiche, le fiabe restano un’oasi di silenzio e significato. Raccontarle a un bambino significa donargli tempo, ascolto e immaginazione: tre strumenti che nessun algoritmo potrà mai sostituire. Ogni storia, anche la più semplice, insegna che le difficoltà si affrontano, che il bene può vincere e che dentro ciascuno di noi vive un eroe in attesa di scoprirsi. Perché, in fondo, le fiabe non servono solo ai bambini: ricordano agli adulti come si fa a sperare.
Sono fortemente convinta che questo libro sia un tesoro imperdibile, il mio augurio e che possa anche essere preso in considerazione dalle scolaresche.
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Un viaggio nelle fiabe del bosco U-magico con Amalia Scalise e Gianni il Gufo
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