97-year-old Japanese Yayoi Kusama, known as the "queen of polka dots," has died. She was creating art until her last days, transforming her hallucinations and mental health issues into unique works that brought her international recognition as a pioneer of the avant-garde. (translated)
Dolly Parton, from a poor farm girl to a global star, has inspired generations of musicians with her powerful lessons on writing from personal experiences, showing vulnerability, maintaining control over your work, and continuing to believe in hope, which makes her a pioneer and role model in the music world. (translated)
Il cordoglio del Presidente @ADeLaurentiis per la scomparsa di Fulvio Lucisano 👇 Caro Fulvio, ero appena all'inizio della mia esperienza professionale nel mondo del cinema e incontrai in te un pioniere di un settore che era in totale cambiamento e trasformazione. Tutto era diventato più difficile. La legge 1213 aveva tarpato le ali al cinema italiano, ma tu, centauro provetto, mi hai subito impressionato con la tua modalità di interpretare l'indipendenza in un mondo di prenditori e in continua trasformazione ed evoluzione. Mi ha colpito subito la tua idea libertaria di autodistrubuire i film da te prodotti e importare una quantità di film americani. La tua Italian International Film, infatti, importava dall'America i film della American International Film. Abbiamo insieme creato delle sale dotate di THX, che ancora sopravvivono in un mondo dominato dalle piattaforme. Abbiamo ricoperto ruoli istituzionali del nostro mondo, realizzando mille battaglie per migliorare l'autonomia del cinema italiano dal dominio di quello americano e creare l'immagine del vero "produttore indipendente". Hai saputo passare il testimone a Federica e Paola, che hanno onorato i tuoi insegnamenti proseguendo i tuoi successi. Spero che in futuro molti nostri colleghi possano trarre ispirazione dalla tua condotta e dalla tua esperienza. Combattere, combattere, combattere: è quello che hai insegnato. Ora è il momento che tu riposi in pace. 𝐀𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐨 𝐃𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐢𝐬 #Cinema #Indipendente #Cultura
Zazwyczaj na Niebezpieczniku informujemy o smutnych sprawach, ale dziś informujemy o sprawie wyjątkowo smutnej. Wczoraj odszedł Paweł "kravietz" Krawczyk, jeden z pionierów polskiego IT security i prawdziwy hacker w dobrym tego słowa znaczeniu. Paweł zawsze chętnie dzielił się wiedzą, inspirował setki osób i swoimi działaniami oraz kodem realnie wpłynął na stan polskiego cyberbezpieczeństwa. Był też mocno zaangażowany w budowę krakowskiej społeczności bezpieczników i aktywnie udzielał się w sieci. Lata temu na stronie https://t.co/011K6Kp69U, ostatnio także na Twitterze i Mastodonie. Pawła możecir pożegnać 21 sierpnia o 13:00 w kaplicy na cmentarzu w Batowicach (ul. Reduta w Krakowie). Pracowałem z Pawłem ramię w ramię przez kilka lat. Przegadaliśmy wiele wieczorów i nocy. Przez ostatnie 20 (!) lat dyskutowalismy o różnych tematach. Jego spojrzenie na wiele kwestii było nieszablonowe i dające do myślenia. Będzie mi Pawle brakować tych skłaniających do poszerzenia horyzontu rozmów. dpd timeout ipsec down Do zobaczenia po drugiej stronie tunelu Kravietz! -- Piotrek #Cyberbezpieczeństwo #ITsecurity #PamiętamyKravietza
Paul R. Williams, an African American architect who designed over 3,000 projects in Los Angeles despite racist barriers and became the first Black person west of the Mississippi to receive an architect's license in 1921, is recognized as a pioneer of African American building, whose contributions to American architecture went unrecognized for a long time. (translated)
Gianpaolo Bellini has passed away at the age of 91, an important physicist from the University of Milan and InfN, known for his pioneering work on neutrinos and for leading the Borexino experiment, which opened new perspectives on the understanding of the Sun and the Earth's interior, helping to establish it as a reference center in astroparticle research. (translated)
Worth seeing, a good historical overview of the emergence of LLM from the experience of a pioneer, explaining important technical breakthroughs. (translated)
prof. Eugeniusz Butruk (89) - 🇵🇱 lekarz gastroenterolog, w latach 1980–2007 kierownik Kliniki Gastroenterologii i Hepatologii CMKP. Pionier kolonoskopii w Polsce (1973), inicjator Programu Badań Przesiewowych w Kierunku Nowotworów Jelita Grubego. https://t.co/xYnc69drHl #medycyna #gastrologia #zdrowie
The article by Daniele Cat Berro discusses how the retreat of glaciers, accelerated by climate change, promotes the colonization of new ecosystems by pioneer plants such as Saxifraga oppositifolia, revealing a rapid process of plant evolution in areas previously covered by ice, but with both positive and negative implications for alpine ecosystems. (translated)
The British music world mourns the death of 69-year-old music producer William Orbit, known as a 'genius and pioneer' behind hits from Madonna and U2, who passed away on July 23, with his family emphasizing his influence and kindness in an emotional tribute. (translated)
Demis Hassabis, the AI pioneer and chief scientist of Alphabet, considers artificial intelligence crucial for solving global scientific problems, but also expresses his deep concerns about the existential risks of his invention and states that we are on the verge of a technological singularity. (translated)
Prof. Michael Belfort from Texas Children’s Hospital performed a pioneering intrauterine operation on 29-year-old Maisie Savage, whose child suffered from congenital evisceration, marking a breakthrough in the treatment of this condition as it allowed for a healthy delivery after 14 weeks post-procedure. (translated)
Eyal Boers, author and director, examines the influence of Jews on the Dutch film industry in his book 'The Jew in Dutch Cinema,' emphasizing that they acted as pioneers in both the early and modern film history of the Netherlands. (translated)
Nirmal Purja, the world-famous Nepalese mountaineer and advocate for the emancipation of Nepalese climbers, recently tragically died in an avalanche during a climb in Pakistan, but his legacy as a record breaker and pioneer in the Himalayan climbing world continues to live on, while he has made significant contributions to the recognition of local climbers who have long been in the shadow of Western mountaineers. (translated)
Shoko Kawata, the first mayor of Yawata in Japan, goes on maternity leave as a pioneer and sets an example against the discrimination of mothers in the patriarchal society by showing that women can be successful both in their careers and in their families. (translated)
72 percent of Germans describe themselves as happy, eight percentage points more than in the previous year. The most important factor contributing to unhappiness: not inequality, but one's own financial situation. Accordingly, we have the interview with Prof. Bruno S. Frey, one of the pioneers of economic research. (translated)
Forscher berichten, dass während einer Klimakrise vor rund 200 Millionen Jahren in Europa massive Brände durch die Ausbreitung von Farne verursacht wurden, die als Pionierpflanzen in entwaldeten und hitzebelasteten Landschaften agierten, was zu einem Teufelskreis aus Feuer und Farnwachstum führte und schließlich zum Massenaussterben am Ende der Trias beitrug. #Klimawandel #Waldbrände #Farne
Gunther von Hagens, der Erfinder der Körperwelten und Pionier der Plastination, ist am 24. Juli 2026 im Alter von 81 Jahren gestorben, nachdem er wegen einer Gehirnblutung in eine Klinik eingeliefert worden war. #GunthervonHagens #Körperwelten #Plastination
Un uomo di 67 anni ha riacquistato la vista dopo cinque anni di cecità grazie a un innovativo trapianto completo del segmento anteriore dell'occhio e della macula da un occhio all'altro, un intervento pionieristico condotto dal professor Michele Reibaldi e dal suo team all'ospedale Molinette, che ha permesso di superare ostacoli considerati insormontabili nella chirurgia oculistica. #TrapiantoOculare #ChirurgiaOculistica #InnovazioneMedica
Un’équipe di medici dell’ospedale Molinette di Torino ha eseguito un pionieristico autotrapianto che ha permesso a una donna di 67 anni, precedentemente cieca, di recuperare la vista dopo cinquemila anni di cecità. #chirurgiaoculistica #trapiantooculare #salute
