Nuovo ePub. “Storia degli Italiani, Tomo X” di Cesare Cantù

Grazie ai volontari del Progetto Griffo è online (disponibile per il download gratuito) l’ePub: Storia degli Italiani, Tomo X di Cesare Cantù. Il X Tomo della Storia degli Italiani di Cantù, che comprende i capitoli dal CXL al CXLVIII ed il periodo storico dalla metà del XV alla metà del XVI secolo, è nella prima • Read More »







Beethoven. “Sinfonia n° 3”

La Sinfonia n. 3 in mi bemolle maggiore Op. 55 fu composta da Ludwig van Beethoven fra il 1802 e il 1804. Fu eseguita privatamente per la prima volta il 9 giugno 1804 e pubblicamente il 7 aprile 1805 sotto la direzione del compositore. Questa composizione riveste, secondo il parere unanime di critici e musicologi, un ruolo decisivo non solo nella storia della sinfonia stessa, stravolgendone • Read More »




“Hungarischer Tanz n° 20” di Johannes Brahms

Le Danze ungheresi per pianoforte a quattro mani sono state scritte da Johannes Brahms agli inizi della sua carriera musicale (1852). Nella partitura originale le danze venivano qualificate come ungheresi perché in quel tempo il folclore magiaro era del tutto sconosciuto e confuso con la musica zigana che quel popolo nomade aveva diffuso. Le danze ungheresi sono infatti impregnate del ritmo e delle melodie zigane affrancate dal virtuosismo • Read More »


Senate on nonconsensual, sexual deepfakes

US senators have proposed a bill that they say would “criminalize the spread of nonconsensual, sexualized images generated by [so-called] artificial intelligence.” I agree with the goal, but a vagueness hides a dangerous detail in the bill. I support criminalizing the making, publication and republication of nude deepfakes without the subject’s permission. Any deepfake that • Read More »


US UN-resolution on Gaza, Rafah

*US proposes UN [Security Council] resolution calling for temporary ceasefire in Gaza and for Israel not to attack Rafah.* Step by small step, Biden is increasing the pressure on Israel. The small but painful US sanctions on certain Israelis may expand. I think he intends to ramp up the pressure until Israel stops the attacks. • Read More »





“Viaggi in casa” di Xavier de Maistre

Ecco un’altra traduzione delle due opere, qui riunite in un unico volume, di Xavier De Maistre nelle quali l’autore condivide con lettrici e lettori le sue riflessioni anche ironiche sugli effetti dell’isolamento e della solitudine. Clicca sotto per leggere la sinossi a cura di Claudia Pantanetti, Libera Biblioteca PG Terzi APS. Dall’incipit del libro: Oh, • Read More »


“L’osteria” di Silvio D’Arzo

Come in altre opere di D’Arzo, non succede praticamente nulla in questo romanzo, ambientato forse in una Mitteleuropa ottocentesca, ma è un nulla di grande densità e spessore, ricco di meraviglia e di incanto: è un oscillare continuo tra l’essenzialità delle cose e delle persone e il loro aspetto fantastico. Clicca sotto per leggere la • Read More »





Urgent: Single-use plastics

US citizens: call on the US government to stop using single-use plastics. Post Views: 4


AFRICA/SOMALIA – Intesa navale tra Somalia e Turchia per contrastare quella tra Etiopia e il Somaliland?

Mogadiscio – “La Somalia non vuole vedere potenze straniere combattere sul suo territorio”. Così il Presidente somalo Hassan Sheikh Mohamud ha voluto rassicurare che l’accordo militare navale approvato ieri 21 febbraio , tra il suo Paese e la Turchia, non è diretto contro l’Etiopia. Questo Paese il 1° gennaio aveva siglato un’intesa marittima con il • Read More »



Netanyahu’s continuing materializations

*Dozens trapped [inside Nasser hospital without water, food or electricity] after Nasser hospital raid as G7 warns Israel over Rafah offensive.* Post Views: 3


Largest GAZA hospital now in great peril

Israeli attacks have effectively ruined the Nasser hospital, which was the largest hospital that was still functioning in Gaza last week. Israel claims to have arrested “100 suspected HAMAS militants” in the hospital courtyard. This sounds impressive — we are supposed to assume that Israel must have had some specific reason to “suspect” each of • Read More »


Navalny’s dead body

Putin is hiding Navalny’s body, as his mother travels to search for it. The suspicion is that this could involve something more rational than mere corpse fetishism. Navalny’s body could provide evidence of torture or murder. Post Views: 3


Basis of Hunter Biden inquiry revealed

An FBI informant who gave the FBI incriminating testimony about Hunter Biden has been charged criminally with falsifying that testimony. Right-wing billionaires could supply plenty of money to recruit liars to testify against Hunter Biden. Post Views: 4


The corrupter aiming for US, world

If the wrecker gets power next year, this article argues that the American Republic would collapse, followed by the current world order, the US economy, and efforts to curb global heating. Post Views: 4




Last Poems by Laurence Hope (1865 – 1904)

Laurence Hope was the nom de plume of Adela Florence Nicolson, a British poet who wrote verses inspired by India, where she lived. This collection, her third, was originally published in 1905. – Summary by Newgatenovelist Post Views: 6






Global awareness of women’s health

*Global awareness of women’s health being “hijacked by vested interests”* to sell quackery. Rampant unrestrained capitalism does that in every area. Society needs a framework that doesn’t elevate profit above all else. Post Views: 6


Ill-judged tree planting in Africa

*Ill-judged tree planting in Africa threatens ecosystems, scientists warn.* Projects to plant lots of trees have gone awry before. Sometimes the problem is simply that most of the trees die, having been planted in places where those species will not grow. In this case, it seems worse problems threaten. Post Views: 8


Explanations around Netanyahu, HAMAS and the US

Explanations for why Netanyahu clings so tightly to defeating HAMAS militarily even though the war is not going well, and why the US finds it so hard to stop this. The fact that HAMAS is not dead even in occupied northern Gaza may help convince pertinent people that the idea of militarily eliminating HAMAS is • Read More »


Bullshitter mixing up Haley with Pelosi

*[The bullshitter] says mixing [up] Haley with Pelosi and Biden with Obama was tactic, not gaffe.* One advantage of training your supporters not to accept truth from you is that you can get away with bullshit about your bullshit. Post Views: 4


Feasibility of plastic recycling

*Plastic producers have known for 30 years that recycling is not an economically or technically feasible plastic waste management solution. That has not stopped them from promoting it, according to a new report.* This could be the basis for big lawsuits against them. Post Views: 3