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Marco M.M. had announced that it was time to change the seasonal wardrobe. He had predicted that, in the following 10-15 days, coats, down jackets, and sweaters would be needed again, and he asked readers if they were ready to reorganize their closets. #CambioStagione #Moda #Armadio (translated)

Nutri-Score: one voice was enough to block public health. It's up to us to tip the balance! TO LEARN MORE / https://www.pratiquesensante.com/blog/avis-8/nutri-score-une-voix-a-suffi-pour-bloquer-la-sante-publique-a-nous-de-faire-pencher-la-balance-6284 🎙️🎥 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmi355nX2EM Reaching 500,000 signatures may seem colossal, but the stakes concern 100% of us: our health, our plates, and food transparency. After an absurd rejection by just one vote in the National Assembly, the sense of urgency is here and the momentum is driven by the Academy of Medicine, scientists, and dozens of associations. The only real obstacle would be to believe the goal is unattainable and to refrain from acting: each registered signature and every share beyond your usual networks help to break the passivity to finally impose this crucial debate in the chamber. A petition does not make the law, but our mobilization can help to shift the lines. By a single vote, every support counts! PASS IT ON 6 https://www.pratiquesensante.com/blog/avis-8/nutri-score-une-voix-a-suffi-pour-bloquer-la-sante-publique-a-nous-de-faire-pencher-la-balance-6284 https://www.pratiquesensante.com/blog/avis-8/nutri-score-une-voix-a-suffi-pour-bloquer-la-sante-publique-a-nous-de-faire-pencher-la-balance-6284 (translated)

Three moths ago, after the Open AI/Hugging Face incident, I half-joked that AI firms had solved the conundrum of all profit projections coming nowhere near the colossal sums invested, by pivoting from AI-as-Hero to AI-as-Menace, from which only more AI can give protection. Joke has aged pretty well.

The QG do POP stated that Felipe Neto had remained silent for months before announcing a return that, according to the publication, generated great expectation. It said that, five days before the election, he published a video essentially about himself, despite the moment being, in the page's assessment, one of the most important in the country's history. QG do POP predicted that Neto would try to mitigate damage to his own image with a publication against the far-right. #Política #Eleições2023 #CríticaSocial (translated)

Felipe Neto criticized a person who, according to him, had been silent for months and then announced a return that created the expectation of a statement capable of helping Brazil against terrorism. He said that, five days before the election, the person published a video essentially about themselves, annoying millions of people with a topic that Neto considered extremely important. He also stated that they had been advised not to publish at that moment due to bad timing, but insisted. Neto predicted that the person would still publish something against the far-right to try to mitigate damage to their own image and urged people to reconsider whom they directed their disappointment towards. #PolíticaBrasil #Eleições2023 #Expectativa (translated)

Virna wrote that a case had arisen around a post by a magistrate from Rome regarding the billion denied to magistrates. She reported that the magistrate had defended himself by claiming that his social media profile had been hacked. Virna also mentioned the ironic comment from Mauro Mazza, who stated that the magistrates had asked other magistrates for the right to back pay for an amount they believed they deserved, labeling the situation as a "banana republic." #tg4 #giustizia #politica #hacker (translated)

Marco Setaccioli challenged Marco Travaglio's calculations on European and Russian military spending, stating that Travaglio had indicated 450 billion euros for Europe and 150 for Russia and had argued that Russia had reason to fear Europe, which had invaded it four times in the last 200 years. According to Setaccioli, in the current year Russia would have spent around 17 trillion rubles on defense, equivalent to 181 billion euros, a figure indicated, according to him, by most analysts. He noted that the nominal comparison did not take purchasing power into account: applying indices developed by specialized research centers, Russian spending would rise to 574 billion international dollars, compared to about 700 billion for the entire EU. He added that the EU would have three and a half times the population of Russia and a GDP nine times greater. Setaccioli argued that the Russian federal budget did not show all military costs. He cited studies by economist Craig Kennedy, according to which part of the spending would be financed through subsidized loans and would thus remain on the banks' balance sheets. He also recalled an investigation by Dozhd', which, according to him, had documented pressures on private companies to hire people before signing contracts with the military and to supplement salaries with corporate funds. He added that at least three militias would be linked to Gazprom, which would cover part of the costs. For these reasons, he dismissed as false the claim that Russia spent less than the EU. Historically, Setaccioli criticized Travaglio's reconstruction, according to which the Napoleonic and Nazi invasions, along with interventions in Crimea and support for the Bolsheviks, would justify Russian fears toward Europe. Setaccioli listed Russian troop interventions in Poland in 1939, Finland in 1939-1940, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Romania in 1940, Bulgaria in 1944, Hungary in 1956, Czechoslovakia in 1968, Moldova in 1992, Georgia in 2008, and Ukraine in 2014 and 2022. He stated that there were no Russian regions occupied by European countries, while eight regions—one in Moldova, two in Georgia, and five in Ukraine—would be under Russian control. Finally, Setaccioli accused Travaglio of presenting a selective and misleading reconstruction to make Russia appear not dangerous, portray Europe as a threat, and argue that rearmament was unnecessary and risky. In his view, that reasoning could legitimize a potential Russian attack on Europe and constituted a form of collaborationism. #Russia #Europa #Difesa (translated)

The American biotechnology company Colossal Biosciences announced progress in research on bringing the extinct dodo bird back to life, using artificial intelligence to analyze its DNA and planning to introduce the necessary genetic changes in its closest relative, the nicobar pigeon. #dodo #sztucznainteligencja #nauka (translated)

Colossal Biosciences has launched an artificial intelligence platform called GenoMorph aimed at identifying the genetic modifications needed to attempt to resurrect the dodo, a bird that has been extinct since the 17th century. #Désextinction #IntelligenceArtificielle #Génétique (translated)

A year after the spectacular burglary, the Louvre Museum continues to struggle to improve its security, engaged in a colossal challenge of modernization and substantial expenditure in the face of critical gaps revealed by this incident. #Louvre #SécuritéMusée #Cambriolage (translated)

Sanofi escaped a colossal fine from Brussels for being suspected of disparaging the Fluad flu vaccine in favor of its own product Efluelda, committing to rectify its communications and to cease any negative representation of its competitor. #Sanofi #Vaccin #CommissionEuropéenne (translated)

Certainly – said Valditara – the percentage of foreign students in the schools of Monfalcone and in some areas of Friuli Venezia Giulia is very high, but it is not true that we deport students. This is a colossal fake news, it is not true that we split classes, because it refers to new arrivals during the school year. The principals have told me that there are many new enrollments during the year who do not know our language. “Certainly – said Valditara – the percentage of foreign students in the schools of Monfalcone and in some areas of Friuli Venezia Giulia is very high, but it is not true that we deport students. This is a colossal fake news, it is not true that we split classes, because it refers to new arrivals during the school year. The principals have told me that there are many new enrollments during the year who do not know our language.” #Scuola #Integrazione #AlunniStranieri (translated)

The system developed by Colossal Biosciences scientists enables reliable reconstruction of genomes and the development of synthetic embryos, bringing to life three ancient wolf puppies and opening up possibilities for the restoration of lost genes in endangered species. #geenitehnoloogia #biotehnoloogia #looduskaitse (translated)

Luigi Marattin corrected a mistake made on Piazzapulita, where he referred to UN Security Council Resolution 242 as "282." He argued that the text, adopted after the Six-Day War in June 1967, stipulated two conditions to be met together: the Israeli withdrawal from occupied territories and the recognition of the right to existence and peace of all states in the region, including Israel. Marattin recalled that in 1979 Egypt accepted a land exchange for peace and that Israel returned the Sinai. He added that the Egyptian leader Anwar Sadat was then assassinated. According to Marattin, other Arab states and Hamas, which emerged in the late 1980s, did not recognize Israel's right to exist. He stated that after Israel's unilateral withdrawal from Gaza in 2005, Hamas did not initiate a disarmament and peace process. He linked this position to Arafat's rejection of the Camp David Accords in 2000 and accused Hamas of oppressing Palestinians, launching rockets at civilians in southern Israel, and preparing the attack on October 7, 2023. In conclusion, he urged readers to verify the text of the resolution and accused pro-Palestinian propagandists of spreading falsehoods. #ONU #Pace #MedioOriente (translated)

"It was a colossal failure of the State of Israel, which was created to defend the Jews on our land." Naftali Bennett, a former prime minister who criticized the current government leader Benjamin Netanyahu for not preventing the attack, joined the mourners in Nova. #Hommage #Israël #Hamas (translated)