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Ah, tech addiction…


The biggest shock came early, with the realization that I finally have the energy to enjoy mundane things. Tasks like cleaning the house, or doing the dishes, are no longer so terrible. It’s difficult to overstate how much of my energy was wasted by simply using these devices – and how much wife approval factor this project has. And it’s been only a few weeks of this soft detox.

I even took a long, warm bath. I haven’t had one in some 20 years!

A few more things, lack of phone borough me


I am going through a similar mobile phone detox. I used to use two mobile phones for the longest time. I think I rationalized to myself that I need to be able to stay on top of the updates on iOS and Android to do my job properly. For the last year, I’ve shifted to enterprise software. I am using this moment to also reduce my own dependency on my phone.

I’ve combined this shift with:

  • moving back to a proper camera for taking pictures and videos
  • shifting to using more paper and pen
  • not using my phone for the first hour since waking up

I am also trying to make some additional changes including “calling” people more often than texting. These are all habits that came naturally to me and I am working particularly hard to change some of these.

I also realized that I really didn’t understand dopaminergic systems properly. The reason why I am able to stick and even write this post without giving in to watching yet another youtube video / scroll through instagram is two, maybe three fold:

  • My store of will power doesn’t get depleted first thing in the morning as I have to use it all / most to take my face away from the phone
  • Some of these other things are harder but also release more dopamine when I am able to do them
  • Once you realize how vacuous the phone hits are, you also start to enjoy to do the harder things that end up releasing more dopamine to your system

I am ever more convinced that this is one of the most insidious things our kids are going to face. I am mostly doing this myself to gain clarity, conviction and practice on how to do this so that I can make sure that i can help my son when he needs it.

#addiction #dopaminergicSystems #habits #mobile #neuroscience #phone #tech



I developer di Google hanno presentato il nuovo rendering grafico di Chrome con Skia Graphite soluzione che rende più performante il browser targato BigG. #Google #Browser

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Good afternoon. It's 1PM, Thursday, 10th July. The headlines: The #UK and #France discuss a migrant pact at a summit, while Macron and Starmer hold talks at Downing Street. In the US, HIV patients could be at risk from USAID budget reductions. Search operations persist following a Houthi strike in the Red Sea. Kyiv braces for a potential large-scale Russian offensive. #Trump dispatches fresh correspondence to trade allies. #BBC #News

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L'immagine è in bianco e nero e mostra una porta di ferro con barre verticali, ornate con motivi floreali, che si apre su un'area che sembra essere un giardino o un cortile. La porta è chiusa con una catena e un lucchetto, suggerendo un'area privata o protetta. All'interno, attraverso le barre, si vede un vecchio televisore a tubo catodico, che contrasta con l'ambiente circostante. La pietra del muro e del pavimento è visibile, con segni di usura e ruggine, indicando un'antichità e un abbandono. La luce crea ombre che accentuano la texture delle barre e del muro, conferendo un'atmosfera di mistero e decadenza.

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🌾Doñana, a punto de ser declarada Patrimonio en Peligro por la Unesco.

El organismo internacional insta al Estado español a tomar medidas para la recuperación del acuífero del Parque Nacional.
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🎮 Arriva REDMAGIC Astra - prestazioni da console, offerta di lancio imperdibile! Non perdere l'occasione! #REDMAGICAstra #offertalancio

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Lisei accusa i giudici di "sabotaggio" alle mire deporatrici della Meloni gayburg.com/2025/07/lisei-accu…


(Schmale, holprige Steige, Dickicht, Olivenhaine. Vorsichtige Schritte durch unübersichtliches Gelände, wenig Karte, mäßig funktionierender Orientierungssinn. Schmetterlinge und Zikaden in den Bäumen, irgendwann hat man sich an den allgegenwärtigen Klang gewöhnt. Mittagshitze. Immer noch unterwegs.)

Blick über das Grün auf einen blauen See und dessen Ufer.

📷 southbound

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@Mika 🙈😊 Ich bin ja auch nicht so extrem deutlich...😁


Belarus, Türkiye map out plans to promote inter-parliamentary contacts eng.belta.by/politics/view/bel…


"The IDF will not manage the facility's bustling life, but will "only provide security from a distance," Katz said. Still, it would be good to know how many soldiers will be needed to "secure from a distance" a besieged city of hundreds of thousands of desperate people.

We have already seen what "security from a distance" means when the IDF conducted a polite dialogue with thousands of hungry Gazans who were walking toward aid distribution points, leaving hundreds of them dead. What would happen if those 600,000 vacationers in Camp Israel decided one day to breach the barbed wire fences and advance on the "security guards"?

Here's the main thing: Rafah will change the face of the IDF, turning it into the guard corps of the world's biggest concentration camp. Hundreds of soldiers, perhaps thousands, will spend their days as jailers from a distance, tensely watching hundreds of thousands of children, women and older people, day and night, week after week, year after year.

One can already imagine the heroic stories they will tell about their "meaningful service" on fence patrol, and what kind of citizens they will be after such service."

haaretz.com/opinion/2025-07-09…

#Israel #Palestine #Gaza #ConcentrationCamp #IDF #HumanRights #EthnicCleansing



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Raffigurazione eseguita "a secco" di sant'Anna dell'VIII o forse IX secolo, rivenuta tra le rovine della cattedrale di Faras, oggi in Sudan e allora parte del regno nubiano della Makuria. L'opera fu trovata nella navata nord dell'edificio dall'archeologo polacco Kazimierz Michałowski ed è consertavata presso il Museo nazionale di Varsavia.



Chilled dino ranching game Paleo Pines is crowdfunding for a big free update gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/chil…

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Trump calls Bolsonaro’s prosecution a ‘witch hunt’ and tries to strong-arm Brazil with tariff hikes. President Lula fires back: Brazil won’t bow to threats or emperors — not in the 19th century, not in 2025. Sovereignty, respect, and the people come first.

time.com/7301498/trump-brazil-… #press

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Save 70% on Epic Percussion 2 for Kontakt by Eva Instruments rekkerd.org/epic-percussion-2-…

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Europe is slowly ditching Microsoft: why it's happening yy why it could fail.
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If you fancy visiting a land of ancient temples to mysterious gods, surrounded by trackless desert, read on. #travel #history cromwell-intl.com/travel/egypt…


Mi rendo conto che ho più facilità a condividere attimi di vita quando sono in viaggio, cosa che accadeva estremamente di frequente fino a circa 6 anni fa.

Vorrei che poteste sentire il profumo di questi pomodorini dal gambo asciugato al sole, con quei piccioli a stella così poetici. Odorano di terra bruciata, brulla, rossa. Come quella di nonno, quando i pomodorini li coltivava ancora.

Amo le piccole cose.



Galaxy Z Fold 7: Samsung elimina il supporto alla S Pen
#Design #Durabilità #Foldable #GalaxyZFold7 #SPen #Samsung #SmartphonePieghevoli #TechNews #UTG

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💥 38 Grad im Schatten und die Nachrichten sagen: „Trink genug Wasser“

Aber wo bleibt der Aufschrei zur Klimakrise? 🌍🔥
Statt nur individuelle Tipps gegen Hitze brauchen wir endlich Berichterstattung, die Ursachen benennt: Erderwärmung, verfehlte Klimapolitik, fehlende strukturelle Lösungen. Die Hitze ist kein „Wetterphänomen“. Sie ist Symptom einer Krise, die längst da ist.

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Addio a Mondadori, quanto vale Renzi come autore. Le copie vendute e i veleni su Berlusconi Jr
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Meloni, sostegno a Kiev, importante cooperazione su Difesa - Ultima ora - Ansa.it
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Meloni, gli Usa alla call dei Volenterosi segnale di unità - Ultima ora - Ansa.it
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Finito 🌿💦
Ahora a esperar que seque bien para barnizar, que será la semana que viene (o la otra).

Toca hacer brainstorming para lo siguiente 🤕

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A coordinated triple drone strike hit FSB-linked facilities in Luhansk region on July 8. Seven “Krylo”-type drones targeted buildings in Svatove, Bilovodsk, and Starobilsk within a 10-minute window. All three structures were destroyed. Two FSB staff were injured in Bilovodsk, two more are still unaccounted for.


Sabato 12 luglio ore 17 a #FestOlina 2025, Putignano #Pisa. La #guerra di ultima generazione. Con Antonio Mazzeo e Stefano Orsi. Coordina Clara Statello


Dear Media,

The story is that he’s a fascist, not that he’s ignorant.

Thank you. frontrange.co/@apnewsbot/11482…

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Well exactly. I didn't know until now that the official language of Liberia is English, so I was ignorant of that fact (though I'm not the POTUS, and meeting a fellow world leader in an official capacity.) But I'm pretty sure I wouldn't do that condescending racist BS thing of praising the guy's English like it's some kind of shock to me that an African man might speak good English.
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to be fair in many african countries the official language and the language one speaks at home are different.


Meloni accoglie i leader, l'abbraccio con Zelensky - Ultima ora - Ansa.it
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A senior official in the Hamas movement, Taher Al-Nounou, has confirmed that the group has agreed to release 10 Israeli captives currently held in Gaza in order to guarantee the delivery of humanitarian aid and bring an end to the ongoing war on the Strip.

In remarks made to the press on Wednesday, Al-Nounou said that Hamas is showing a high degree of flexibility during the current negotiations taking place in Doha.

middleeastmonitor.com/20250710…

🕎 🇵🇸 ☮️
#Gaza #Palestine
#Press #News



Zelensky, serve piano Marshall per ricostruzione Ucraina - Ultima ora - Ansa.it
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Taiwan's army has displayed the fire power of its first U.S.-sourced M1A2T Abrams tanks on the second day of annual military exercises designed to test the island's resilience in a conflict with China. japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/… #asiapacific #politics #taiwan #us #defense #china



Costa, 'Mosca paghi per la ricostruzione dell'Ucraina' - Ultima ora - Ansa.it
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Fünf Jahre lang erhob Frankreich keine Steuern auf Überstunden. Das Ergebnis: Niemand arbeitete mehr als vorher, nur wurde mehr getrickst.
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Yesterday we had earthworm cocoons, today I bring you springtail spermatophores!

Springtails, like many other soil invertebrates, reproduce by a male leaving these structures (a blob of sperm-rich fluid on a stalk), which the female will sniff out, collect and use to fertilise her eggs. Very romantic!

#SoilBiodiversity #SoilEcology #Entomology #Macrophotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Collembola #Soil



Massenüberwachung: Anwaltverein warnt vor verschärften Chatkontrolle-Plänen


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