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Da Torino a Palermo, da Milano a Genova, Roma e Napoli, il Liberty ha lasciato le sue tracce lungo tutta la penisola, impreziosendo città, piccoli centri e perfino angoli di campagna con palazzi e villini, tra le avvolgenti volute e i decori armoniosi tipici dell’Art Nouveau.
Dall’8 al 14 luglio l’Art Nouveau Week apre le porte dei luoghi del Liberty - spesso inaccessibili al pubblico durante il resto dell’anno - in 70 città italiane, con percorsi tematici, visite guidate, mostre, incontri e conferenze online su temi legati all’architettura, alle arti decorative, alla moda, all’illustrazione e perfino alla cucina. Sono oltre 100 gli itinerari da scoprire nella manifestazione ideata e curata da Andrea Speziali, dal Nord al Sud della penisola, ma anche all’estero, con appuntamenti da Ascona, in Svizzera, a Barcellona, Valencia e Palma di Maiorca in Spagna.
Il programma completo dell’Art Nouveau Week 2025 è consultabile sul sito www.italialiberty.it.

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Lucca Riscossioni e Servizi assume a tempo indeterminato: bando aperto fino al 5 agosto
Occasione di lavoro per i laureati in giurisprudenza. Le domande possono essere presentate tramite raccomandata, pec o a mano

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GUZZLE GUTS. One greedy of liquor.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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#books #literature #dictionaries #history #society #language #slang @histodons





More than 100 injured and hundreds more evacuated as wildfire rages near French city of Marseille
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/07/09/more-than-100-injured-and-hundreds-more-evacuated-as-wildfire-rages-near-french-city-of-ma?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Europe News @europe-news-euronews



Breaking dollar hegemony can break US sanctions capabilities — Rita Matos Coitinho odysee.com/Coitinho_BRICS_2025…



With U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs upending global commerce, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is looking for ways to deepen trade ties with India. japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/… #worldnews #politics #brazil #luizinacioluladasilva #india #narendramodi #brics #trade


- EMERGENCY. WE NEED HELP RIGHT NOW. GOAL IS $0/$800 -

we need emergency donations right now

we just got told that this hotel has, for SOME reason, a '21 day limit', (we've been here longer than that, btw) and that we have to leave today.

but RIGHT NOW we need donations from you guys. we need to go somewhere else right now

we need AS MUCH AS YOU CAN GIVE right now.

GOAL: $0/$800

paypal.me/hazelnutflavorcoffee
#MutualAid #mutualaid #helpfolkslive2025 #emergencymutualaid #begpost #mutualaidrequest #emergencycrowdfunding

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@FediAid@kolektiva.social

in reply to fluffy fox girl

gotten plenty of shares, but still no more donations. as previously stated we are being forced to leave this hotel on the 13th, and as of right now we can't go anywhere else without your help.

please keep helping us.

goal is still at $140/$800!

#MutualAid #mutualaid #helpfolkslive2025 #emergencymutualaid #begpost #emergencycrowdfunding #mutualaidrequest

@edendestroyer@social.chinwag.org @mutualaid@a.gup.pe @FediAid@kolektiva.social



#BBC US will raise tariffs on copper to 50%, Trump says w.st/yuwv
#BBC


I took my camera to a late opening at our local conservation zoo last week.

"Show us all the cool animals, Rob!" I hear you saying.

"Okay," I reply, while uploading photos of a particularly photogenic pigeon I met while leaving the woodland enclosures 🪶

#Photography #MastoArt #Birds #Pigeon

in reply to Rob Haines

Me: "I took my camera to the conservation zoo again."

My friends: *wait in anticipation of cool animal photos*

Me: "You gotta see this crow I met near the cafe. LOOK AT THOSE GLORIOUS TEXTURES! 😍"

I love them.

#Photography #Birds #Crow




Wie Bundeskanzler Merz vor seiner ersten Generaldebatte dasteht

Die Generaldebatte ist der Höhepunkt der Haushaltswoche im Bundestag. Zuerst hat die AfD das Wort, dann redet der Kanzler. Nach der Debatte stellt er sich den Fragen der Abgeordneten. Wie steht Merz da? Von Uli Hauck.

➡️ tagesschau.de/inland/innenpoli…

#Merz #Generaldebatte #Bundestag



The widespread “of course I’m staying on the Sieg Heil guy’s website with the programmed-to-be-pro-Hitler AI chatbot” combined with the government’s “we have to destroy higher education in America to stop antisemitism” is pretty bleak, ngl.
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Dal prossimo 25 settembre all’8 febbraio 2026, al Mudec - Museo delle Culture di Milano, un progetto nato dalla collaborazione con il Kunstmuseum dell’Aia. Novanta opere, tra cui acquerelli, xilografie e litografie, racconteranno l’arte di Maurits Cornelis Escher dalla A alla Z, facendo luce sulle fonti della sua ispirazione e sulla genesi di un linguaggio unico, che ha affascinato generazioni di pubblico e influenzato trasversalmente i creativi del Novecento.
Ideata da Judith Kaldee e curata da Claudio Bartocci, Paolo Branca e Claudio Salsi, M.C. Escher. Tra arte e scienza riporta l’artista olandese a Milano dopo dieci anni di assenza.

arte.it/notizie/italia/tra-art…

#arte #mostra #milano #escher

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Numbers for Masochists

@matematica
Non vi è mai venuta voglia di fattorizzare numeri a mente?

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**SCAM ALERT** There are several sites offering the most beautiful clothes I have ever seen. Celtic Pagan Renaissance Viking whatev layered embroidered just gorgeous. Wait for it....

What you ACTUALLY get is a PICTURE of the dress screen printed on cheap material sacks, they are not even dresses!

Imagine you thought you were adopting a kitten, and you were sent a kitten t shirt. No bueno.

They demand you return to China on your dime. Fuck that! Paypal refunded me.

BOOST spread the word!

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哎呦我去这老东西今天终于还是寿终正寝了吗哈哈哈哈哈哈
in reply to MCUmbrella

The image shows a pair of over-ear headphones being held in a person's hand. The headphones are black with a cushioned headband and ear cups. The ear cups are detached, revealing the internal components, including the speaker and foam padding. The left ear cup has a yellow inner lining, while the right ear cup shows signs of wear and tear, with the foam padding appearing worn and the speaker visible. The background includes a desk with various items, such as a microphone, a computer monitor, a keyboard, and a cup. The desk surface is light-colored, and there are some cables and electronic devices visible. The overall setting suggests a workspace or a home office environment.

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- I can do this to myself. Can't find something in my purse, look everywhere, stop, say out loud: "it's supposed to be in my purse", look again, boom.






Bezos prende un caffè in piazza San Marco e si ritrova solo ottavo uomo più ricco del mondo


Indian Creek Island (Miami) – Brutta sorpresa per il miliardario Jeff Bezos al suo ritorno negli Stati Uniti dopo il tanto discusso matrimonio a Venezia.Non solo il fondatore di Amazon ha dovuto constatare che Trump è ancora presidente degli USA, il che lo costringerà a continuare a fingersi sostenitore del tycoon per palese paraculaggine, ma […]

L'articolo Bezos prende un caffè in piazza San Marco e si ritrova solo ottavo uomo più ricco del mondo proviene da Lercio.






Libero: “Stiamo cercando un modo per dare la colpa del caldo record agli immigrati”


Milano – Dopo giorni di temperature africane che hanno trasformato la Pianura Padana in una gigantesca bistecchiera a cielo aperto, la redazione di Libero si è riunita in seduta straordinaria per individuare un colpevole che non fosse il cambiamento climatico, la CO2 o l’industria dei carburanti fossili. “Ci abbiamo pensato bene” – ha dichiarato un […]

L'articolo Libero: “Stiamo cercando un modo per dare la colpa del caldo record agli immigrati” proviene da Lercio.



Kao the Kangaroo—at first it seems like a mere 2nd tier 3D mascot title. But looks can be deceiving.

The character design feels familiar. Bright colors. Boxing gloves. Animal protagonist with a loose sense of physics. It scans like a knockoff. Something you’d find bundled on a demo disc or misfiled next to Gex.

But it’s not American. Or Japanese. It’s Polish.

The first Kao came out in 2000. PC and Dreamcast. Not exactly prime real estate. PlayStation dominated the scene. Nintendo had its own thing going. Dreamcast was already dying. PC—especially in Eastern Europe—was where Kao found space to breathe.

And in Poland, he didn’t just breathe. He became a mascot.

There’s a different kind of ambition in Kao. It’s not trying to conquer. It’s trying to belong. Made by Tate Multimedia, a Warsaw studio with no real track record, the game feels like it was built with sheer willpower. The camera barely cooperates. The controls lag. The punches only register if you’re hugging the enemy.

But somehow it hangs together.

The levels are uneven. Some feel like filler. Others snap into focus—little moments of rhythm and flow that almost trick you into thinking this game is better than it is. Snowboarding down a mountain. Skipping across platforms. Kao hopping in place, excited you made it.

You can feel the energy behind it. The cheer. The sense that this was built by people who wanted to prove something.

Years later, I found Kao the Kangaroo on GBA. Bargain bin. I bought it without thinking. Played it. Different game entirely. 2D side-scroller. Same kangaroo. Same gloves. Same slightly off feeling that I couldn’t shake.

It wasn’t until I played the original PC version that I understood what I’d stumbled into.

Kao isn’t just another mascot. He’s a national project. Poland’s entry into a genre mostly defined by outside voices. The kangaroo is global, but the heart is regional. There’s no irony. No marketing playbook. Just a cartoon marsupial and some developers trying their best.

Tate kept at it. Round 2 in 2003. Mystery of the Volcano in 2005. A PSP version. A trilogy re-release. Most of it stayed in Europe. Outside Poland, Kao was barely a footnote.

Then Steam brought it back.

Round 2 got re-released in 2019. It sold better than expected. People remembered. Hashtags appeared. #BringKaoBack. Tate paid attention.

And in 2022, Kao came back.

The reboot is smoother. Faster. Cleaner. The awkward edges have been sanded down. Some fans miss the quirks. Others are just glad he’s still around.

So am I.

I’m 43 now. Canadian. Still think about Kao from time to time. The way he punches with too much commitment. The way he skips after a win. The way he keeps showing up—even when nobody asked.

There are plenty of mascot platformers. Most try too hard to be cool. Kao just tries.

That’s why he stuck.



In 20 minutes, the Ensemble Q plays #Ligeti #Dean #Brahms and #Barton in #Brisbane worldconcerthall.com/en/schedu… #wch


Ukraine-Liveblog: ++ Russland meldet Tote nach Drohnenangriff in Kursk ++

Russland hat nach einem ukrainischen Angriff drei Tote in der Region Kursk gemeldet. Die USA erwägen einem Medienbericht zufolge die Lieferung eines weiteren Patriot-Systems.

➡️ tagesschau.de/newsticker/liveb…

#Liveblog #Ukraine



in reply to 𝕂𝕖𝕟𝕥 ℕ𝕒𝕧𝕒𝕝𝕖𝕤𝕚 ☕️

time for this handy-dandy chart!

(depending on which continent you live you might not usually see some of these... I have no Cicada Killers in my garden, e.g.)

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theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/j…

Idea: name big storms after fossil fuel companies and manufacturers of SUVs. The article focuses on Britain, but the idea makes sense globally.



Vallejo police Corporal Colin Eaton was one of six officers who killed Willie McCoy and the ACLU is seeking to decertify him.

A background investigator's report shows he was rejected by three law enforcement agencies before Vallejo hired him.
vallejosun.com/a-cops-backgrou…



Show HN: Jukebox – Free, Open Source Group Playlist with Fair Queueing

Link: jukeboxhq.com/
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…



Look who's back! (I think this is the 3rd or 4th email he's sent, all without giving an actual return email for me to reply). Every time, he uses the same "GLFB" construction...
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We get such friendly fan mail here at @techdirt.com.

in reply to Democracy Matters

He is an expert on bullshit, he would know.
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Every screenshot of macOS 26 looks like a bad macOS GTK theme.

Like, in so many places the apps or toolkit weren’t even changed but the new styling has changed spacing, breaking alignment and making it look super amateur—exactly the same symptoms as applying a GTK stylesheet that tries to “theme” apps that were never designed to be themed.

Screenshots shared by @louie

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in reply to Cassidy James

surely they’ll fix it in one of the 40 point releases coming in the next few months
in reply to Cassidy James

judging software by a developer beta meant only for getting started with app development 😶


Big Beautiful Cover Up: Epstein, ICE and the MAGA War State mintpressnews.com/greg-stoker-…


Is Rand Paul the only American who still cares about freedom?

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in reply to FreedomPatriot

Nah, there’s more, just with a lower profile and fully on board with Rudyard Kipling’s observation that, “A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition.”


Oh, good! Because Republicans are worried that not enough people will die.

GOP Senator vows deeper Medicaid cuts in 'second bite at the apple'
rawstory.com/ron-johnson-26729…

#BigFuglyBill #BBB #Medicare #Medicaid #TrumpDidThis #RepublicansDidThis #GOPKakistocracy #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

in reply to Democracy Matters

and his constituents will reelect him resoundingly... While others stay home - to protest Palestinian genocide (while not even knowing where in the world that is and watching, following & voting every zionist under the sun), both sides are the same (while only ever having voted gop), needing to burn everything down to break up party duopoly (while ensuring single fascist party they previously voted for entrenches more power) or some other bs.


ICYMI: Bash 5.3 has been released with what its developers describe as 'significant' new features

omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/bash-5…

#opensource #bash #gnu

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Very dramatic (and pretty) wall of smoke rising above the hills from the Laguna Fire. (Which, as I typed the previous sentence, I am now informed is 56% contained!) #NewMexico
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Prominent Iraqi cleric: BRICS undermines U.S. hegemony, Iran key to regional resistance en.abna24.com/news/1705620/Pro…




"I would have done it differently!" -The stupidest president in history! Ok, so who IS the president, sir? #Politics


Floral baskets from Korean compatriots organizations abroad #DPRK vok.rep.kp/index.php/detail_co…
#dprk


Bootstrapping a side project into a profitable seven-figure business

Link: projectionlab.com/blog/we-reac…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…



ゴジラ「カラー化」DVD販売で逮捕、著作権切れでも要注意…AI時代の落とし穴║弁護士ドットコム
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"We are ruled and oppressed by eternal powers that be" is the end of the conversation.

"We empower figureheads to represent our ignorance and hatred, without feeling responsible ourselves" is the beginning of the conversation.

#politics #philosophy #socialresponsibility