mfioretti
Aspiring polymath, Tech Writer available for hire. See https://mfioretti.com for details
Joined Nov 2022
My daily #onthisday Almanac, today from 2006 to 2023:
dangerous #russia bloggers, #Vatican worries, depressing myths about workers & consumers and much more at:
https://stop.zona-m.net/2024/09/on-this-day-september-5/
#serendipity rules!
This may seem the craziest thing I've ever written. But is still much saner, and simpler, than the life we live today:
on life, work, mental #health, #money, (no) #BigTech, and everything else
https://mfioretti.substack.com/p/there-is-only-one-thing-that-really
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Many parents just aren't well versed enough in nutrition, cooking, or financial literacy. My family has adhd & are all basically terrible with money. I couldn't learn anything about finances from her. I'd have loved to have the opportunity to learn it. Also, 401ks, IRAs, stocks & bonds, etc.
We have to break the cycle somewhere. This is a great way to do it.
Life skills workshops (#nutrition, #cooking, financial literacy) to help students transition to independent living
Sure, much of this stuff belongs to #parenting, NOT schools
But why aren't such courses mandatory in EVERY university?
#onthisday, 2009 to 2023:
defending web links
stupid attacks to #Syria
#permaculture fails
screens are bad
breaking up #facebook
Dugin's theories
drowning in #plastic
RSS IS STILL GREAT
Peak Car
Social Mobility Illusion
all this and more at https://stop.zona-m.net/2024/09/on-this-day-september-4/
"The task that generative A.I. has been most successful at is lowering our expectations, both of the things we read and of ourselves when we write anything for others to read."
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/why-ai-isnt-going-to-make-art
Four years ago, I was
"depressed, not because I do not have full time work anymore, but exactly because I still (must) have it."
How many of you feel the same for the same reasons, today?
See "Let’s talk adults and purpose now" in https://stop.zona-m.net/2020/05/italylockdown-is-over.-lack-of-meaning-continues/
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Recently, it was revealed that the Florida Department of Protection was working on plans to develop several state parks. This drew criticism, as many see the land as needing to be protected, especially as several parks were slated for golf courses, sometime we don't lack here.
Now, the Whistleblower has been fired and is speaking out, saying he couldn't help this plan and needed to speak out.
Of aging, pensions, "experience" lost, and "innovation"
a hugely important, urgent theme:
https://stop.zona-m.net/2019/09/a-spectre-is-haunting-italy-the-spectre-of-quota-100/
Said in 2017:
"All fossil-fuel vehicles will vanish in 8 years in twin ‘death spiral’ for big oil and big autos, says study that’s shocking the industries"
Today's #onthisday almanac, because #serendipity and memory matter A LOT.
Selected links on interesting things in this day, from 2005 to 2023 (*):
proof n. 999999999999....
that #google sucks, #duckduckgo is much better:
https://mfioretti.substack.com/p/google-sucks-snow-white-is-woke-in
from my daily almanac (*)
"we know #pensions were underwater before the #covid19 crash. The situation is worse now" (in 2021...)
https://stop.zona-m.net/2021/09/pandemics-pension-funds-and-cheap-money/
(*) https://stop.zona-m.net/2024/09/on-this-day-september-2/
just read online, so, SO true:
"If human intelligence caught up with artificial intelligence, I'd have more clients."
also one more reason to have #UBI, and not because "AI is coming", see https://mfioretti.substack.com/p/ubi-ai-and-reality-always-in-the
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@feloneouscat @mfioretti Was anyone on the floor with her? I work in an office space where you can be on the 3rd floor and no one would know you're there because so many offices are now empty due to remote work. It's a tragedy all the way around.
My new #onthisday almanac service, because #serendipity and memory matter.
A LOT.
interesting things that happened on this day, from 2008 to 2023 (*), from #iraq to #brexit
I'm never gonna answer a job offer from Wells Fargo as long as I'm alive.
which is exactly the point here.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/29/arizona-wells-fargo-worker-death
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Bannon is itching to start meddling: https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/steve-bannon-asks-trump-appointed-judge-to-get-him-out-of-prison-by-reinstating-bail-or-via-supervised-release-citing-recent-developments-and-significant-events/
it's bad enough his release date is before the election.
13 years ago, #onthisday, I published what may be one of the first comprehensive #opendata reports in Italy, if not internationally. I dare say most of the conclusions are still relevant:
Open Data, Open Society:
https://stop.zona-m.net/2011/09/part-2-of-the-open-data-open-society-report-is-now-available-online/
mfioretti
Aspiring polymath, Tech Writer available for hire. See https://mfioretti.com for details
Joined Nov 2022