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Francesca Baldassarri
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Intersectional feminist in Umbria, Italy.
Consultant for artisans and creative professionals.

🗣️IT & EN, Craft, book, music, series.

Sproloqui su tecnologia e artigianato ⤵️
https://www.francescabaldassarri.it/newsletter/

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Dal 13/11 a oggi abbiamo ricevuto 76 donazioni per le famiglie che seguiamo e superato i 1000€.
Grazie a chi ha donato, da noi di Creativ*PerGaza e dalle famiglie.

From Nov 13, we received 76 donations for a grand total of 1000+€. Thanks to the donors from us and the families in Gaza!
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i am disgusted. layla's account has been deleted by bsky.

chuffed.org/project/layla-education, please keep sharing and donating if you're able to
November 28, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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C'erano un sacco di giovani alla manifestazione regionale del 25 novembre a Terni.
Hanno fatto interventi davvero notevoli e hanno usato la schwa senza problemi, non solo in tutti i loro interventi ma pure per cori e slogan.
E fanculo agli pseudo-puristi dell'italiano 👋🏻
November 25, 2025 at 8:15 PM
C'erano un sacco di giovani alla manifestazione regionale del 25 novembre a Terni.
Hanno fatto interventi davvero notevoli e hanno usato la schwa senza problemi, non solo in tutti i loro interventi ma pure per cori e slogan.
E fanculo agli pseudo-puristi dell'italiano 👋🏻
November 25, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Oh wait, this reminds me of something:
"A shirt could be stitched by a Singer machine in an hour, compared to the fifteen hours it would have taken to sew it by hand. But the machine’s arrival did not bring the expected liberation from toil for hand-stitching pieceworkers." [...] >>>
November 24, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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t.me/invictapales...
JOIN US in Italy to Support the Nationwide Strike Against Israel!

Unitevi a Chris Hedges, Francesca Albanese, Yanis Varoufakis, Greta Thunberg questo fine settimana in Italia per dare supporto allo sciopero Nazionale contro Israele
InvictaPalestina.org Channel 🇵🇸
Versione SUB ITA
t.me
November 23, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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“Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health, according to unredacted filings in a lawsuit by U.S. school districts against Meta and other social media platforms.”
Meta buried 'causal' evidence of social media harm, US court filings allege - The Economic Times
Meta reportedly halted internal research into the mental health impacts of Facebook and Instagram after finding causal evidence of harm. Internal documents revealed users reported lower depression and...
m.economictimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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A similar thing is happening on Facebook. An important investigation by The Bureau of Investigative Journalism and the Institute of Strategic Dialogue:
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
How racist AI Facebook posts made one Sri Lankan influencer rich
The content creator made his fortune from racist Facebook groups aimed at Brits; now he’s sharing his formula
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Hey yall not what I wanted to do on my birthday but let it be clear

"Death of the artist" is all well & good but you cannot Seperate the art from the artist when the artist is still alive, a terf & every penny they recieve reinforces their beliefs & is used to actively harm Trans folks!

Let it Go!
'Harry Potter' author J.K. Rowling says 'a ton' of fans are 'still with me' after trans remarks
J.K. Rowling addressed her controversial comments about transgender women on 'The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling' podcast, saying many 'Harry Potter' fans were 'grateful that I'd said what I said,' and ...
share.google
November 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Welcome to the world, Mica – our newest Voi grandson! Mweya led her ex-orphan herd back to the stockades after an eight-month absence, with great pomp and ceremony. The reason for all the fanfare? Mbirikani had given birth to a beautiful little boy!

Read Mica's full debut story: t.co/GWT05guvHR
November 23, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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forest foot
November 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Concept art by Hayao Miyazaki for Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984), dir. Hayao Miyazaki, Topcraft
November 22, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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So cozy and home shapped
November 22, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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I... I cannot watch another movie or Tv series where characters do stupid things just for the plot. I keep yelling "you're a cretin" and it's not nice but even I I've got a limit 🤦🏻‍♀️
November 21, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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"If agreed, the changes would make it easier for tech firms to use personal data to train AI models without asking for consent"

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
European Commission accused of ‘massive rollback’ of digital protections
Proposed changes to AI Act would make it easier for tech firms to use personal data to train models without consent
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Ok, season 2 isn't that great. I had forgotten completely 🤣 I appreciate Cod being the external viewer and speaking out loud what we think when those two get lovey dovey siroupy cheesy🤢, but also: his wife left and went no contact. What did you do to her, Cod???
In bed with the flu and rewatching Pushing daisies.
Such a pity it didn't get out now, with the social network and everything. It would have been a great success. And maybe not axed at S.2. or maybe not 🥲
November 20, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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🚨NEW EPISODE🚨

We don’t often get to cover joyful policy news on this podcast, so this week we’re delighted to be discussing that rare thing: a European country that’s investing serious money in culture.
🇮🇪+💶+🎨+🎭

www.europeanspodcast.com/all-episodes...
How Ireland proved a basic income for artists actually works — The Europeans
We don’t often get to cover joyful policy news on this podcast, so this week we’re delighted to be discussing that rare thing: a European country that’s investing serious money in culture. For three y...
www.europeanspodcast.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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November 19, 2025 at 6:43 AM
In bed with the flu and rewatching Pushing daisies.
Such a pity it didn't get out now, with the social network and everything. It would have been a great success. And maybe not axed at S.2. or maybe not 🥲
November 17, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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It's finally Folktaleweek! I hope to take part in it with one or two illustrations. For now, this is what I've done for today's prompt: Night. 

#folktaleweek #folktaleweek2025
#folktaleweeknight #kidlitart
November 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Questa settimana in newsletter: Il crowdfunding per sostenere l'edizione 2026 di Valigia Blu; il caso del convegno annullato a Torino su Russia e Ucraina e il conflitto tra libertà di parola e tutela degli spazi pubblici dalla propaganda russa; la prigione sotterranea di Israele; la COP30 in Brasile
November 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Non-industry compromised scientists keep saying these models don't become safe, no matter what, but people keep thinking just because the concept of guardrails is mentioned it must work. By definition, it doesn't. This is not something open to discussion, unless you're a paid shill.
"Powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4o model by default...tests repeatedly showed that the AI toy dropped its guardrails the longer a conversation went on, until hitting rock bottom on incredibly disturbing topics."
AI-Powered Stuffed Animal Pulled From Market After Disturbing Interactions With Children
FoloToy says it's suspended sales of its AI-powered teddy bear after researchers found it gave wildly inappropriate and dangerous answers.
futurism.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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Dal 13/11 a oggi abbiamo ricevuto 76 donazioni per le famiglie che seguiamo e superato i 1000€.
Grazie a chi ha donato, da noi di Creativ*PerGaza e dalle famiglie.

From Nov 13, we received 76 donations for a grand total of 1000+€. Thanks to the donors from us and the families in Gaza!
November 16, 2025 at 11:47 AM