Albanian police used water cannon and tear gas in Tirana as anti-government protests over university conditions and corruption turned violent. #Albania #Protests #Corruption

Albanian police used water cannon and tear gas in Tirana as anti-government protests over university conditions and corruption turned violent. #Albania #Protests #Corruption

Kathleen Krüger, the first woman as sports director at HSV, extended the contract of coach Merlin Polzin in a crisis situation, leading to a surprising winning streak for the team and raising questions about feminist principles in the male-dominated world of football. #HSV #KathleenKrüger #FrauenimFußball (translated)
According to the study, modern school lessons should teach not only scientific facts but also their backgrounds, so that students can think critically and trust scientific knowledge in a post-truth era. #haridus #loodusteadus #meediakirjaoskus (translated)

Researchers at MIT left an artificial intelligence alone on a virtual island, where it built a temple and conducted rituals, raising questions about the learning abilities of machines through play. #tehisaru #virtuaalsus #eksperiment (translated)

RADIO ARC 101:“EDICOLE, “RAZZE IN ESTINZIONE” COME I BAR: SOLDI PERSI E SPERANZE DA STANFORD” by NANDO SILVESTRI SOURCE: https://radioarc.it/edicole-razze-in-estinzione-come-i-bar-soldi-persi-e-speranze-da-stanford/ Le edicole sono un altro scrigno di umanità e conoscenza per molti versi simili ai bar, almeno per quanto concerne l’infausto epilogo che riguarda molte di esse. L’odore di carta stampata, di cartoncini colorati, copertine variopinte, buste a sorpresa e cellophane, era una melassa olfattiva che un tempo inebriava grandi e piccini e rappresentava, al contempo un’ ambita meta di passeggiate e pause giornaliere. Passare per l’edicola significava attingere alla conoscenza, allo svago, alla cultura, alla fantasia e alla creatività. Tutte prerogative perse a causa dei surrogati informi e amorfi diffusi dal web. E’ questo il motivo principale della chiusura cunulata e ricorrente di moltissime edicole italiane: in economia si parla di comparto a caduta della domanda. Ma non chiude solo un’edicola, chiude un pezzo di economia locale e nazionale. Da 35000 edicole nel 2005 a circa 20000 nel 2024: -43%. Con loro se ne va un fatturato diretto di oltre 400 milioni l’anno, ma il vero buco è l’indotto che non si calcola mai. Ogni edicola media in un paese generava distribuzione per 15000€/anno di margini per distributori locali, corrieri, tipografie. Inoltre, il cliente che comprava il giornale prendeva il caffè, il biglietto del pullman, la schedina. Write on Medium Si deve pensare che senza edicola, il cinema di paese perde il suo unico punto promo fisico, senza parlare delle perdite in materia di pubblicità. Quando chiude, non perde solo l’edicolante. Perde il bar, perde l’autista, perde il tipografo. In Irpinia negli ultimi 5 anni Avellino ha perso 6 edicole, Ariano Irpino 3, Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi 2. La perdita totale in Irpinia ammonta a circa il 22% di punti vendita. Tutto ciò significa che molte delle chiusure succitate hanno sottratto ai bar irpini diverse decine di clienti danneggiando lavoratori, distributori e fornitori. Sono posti di lavoro che non fanno notizia, ma esistono. Un altro duro colpo inferto all’economia locale e nazionale in nome di un finto progresso che favorisce quasi sempre gli affari dei faccendieri e dei soliti noti. Tuttavia, ciò che accade in Puglia, a pochi chilometri dall’Irpinia, apre scenari di rinnovamento basati proprio sulla riconversione delle edicole dismesse. Si tratta di prospettive talmente uniche ed innovative da aver suscitato l’interesse di tutto il mondo, in special modo dell’Università di Stanford. Si tratta di notizie di enorme portata che pochi notiziari hanno divulgato in nome di una perenne prelazione delle tecnologie sprezzanti di buonsenso, tradizioni e arte. A San Severo (Foggia), a 40 km dall’Alta Irpinia un’edicola abbandonata da 6 anni in via Matteo Tondi è diventata il 27 marzo 2026 il Teatro-Edicola Foyer’97: 6 sedie, 4mq, idea di Francesco Gavino. Gli apprezzati spettacoli di 10/15 minuti hanno incuriosito l’università di Stanford. La sua rivista accademica Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR), ha scelto il Teatro Edicola di San Severo come caso di studio internazionale con il reportage “The Six-Seat Revolution”. Perché Stanford ci guarda? Perché ha capito che quei 4 mq possono tornare a generare indotto. Difatti, 60 spettatori in un pomeriggio possono diventare 60 caffè al bar vicino. Con un biglietto simbolico di 5€ si parla di micro economia culturale. Senza contare l’indotto di turisti e giornalisti che arrivano e frequentano B&B e ristoranti. È il modello che serve all’Irpinia: non lasciare il buco, ma riconvertirlo virtuosamente. Ogni edicola chiusa può diventare info-point, micro-cine, box servizi. Altrimenti continuiamo a contare solo le saracinesche abbassate, senza contare i soldi che non girano più.

RADIO ARC 101:“NEWSSTANDS, ‘ENDANGERED SPECIES’ LIKE CAFÉS: MONEY LOST AND HOPES FROM STANFORD” by NANDO SILVESTRI SOURCE: https://radioarc.it/edicole-razze-in-estinzione-come-i-bar-soldi-persi-e-speranze-da-stanford/ Newsstands are another repository of humanity and knowledge, in many respects similar to cafés, at least as far as the unfortunate fate that has befallen many of them is concerned. The smell of printed paper, coloured card, variegated covers, surprise packets and cellophane was an olfactory molasses that once intoxicated young and old alike and represented, at the same time, a sought-after destination for daily walks and pauses. Stopping by the newsstand meant drawing upon knowledge, entertainment, culture, imagination and creativity. All prerogatives lost on account of the shapeless and amorphous surrogates disseminated by the web. This is the principal reason for the cumulative and recurring closure of a great many Italian newsstands: in economics, one speaks of a sector in demand collapse. But it is not merely a newsstand that closes; a piece of the local and national economy closes with it. From 35,000 newsstands in 2005 to about 20,000 in 2024: -43%. With them goes direct turnover of over €400 million per year, but the real hole is the indirect economy that is never calculated. Each average newsstand in a small town generated distribution worth €15,000 per year in margins for local distributors, couriers, and printers. Moreover, the customer who bought the newspaper would have a coffee, buy a bus ticket, place a bet. Download the Medium App One must consider that without a newsstand, the village cinema loses its only physical promotional outlet, not to mention the losses in terms of advertising. When it closes, it is not only the newsagent who loses. The café loses, the driver loses, the printer loses. In Irpinia, over the last five years, Avellino has lost six newsstands, Ariano Irpino three, Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi two. The total loss in Irpinia amounts to about 22% of outlets. All this means that many of the closures mentioned above have deprived Irpinian cafés of several dozen customers, harming workers, distributors and suppliers. These are jobs that do not make the news, but they exist. Another hard blow inflicted upon the local and national economy in the name of a false progress that almost always favours the business of fixers and the usual suspects. However, what is happening in Puglia, a few kilometres from Irpinia, opens up scenarios of renewal based precisely upon the reconversion of disused newsstands. These are prospects so unique and innovative as to have aroused interest worldwide, especially at Stanford University. This is news of enormous significance that few news programmes have disseminated, in the name of a perennial pre-emption by technologies contemptuous of common sense, tradition and art. In San Severo, 40 km from Upper Irpinia, a newsstand abandoned for six years in Via Matteo Tondi became, on 27 March 2026, the Teatro-Edicola Foyer’97: six chairs, four square metres, an idea by Francesco Gavino. The well-received 10- to 15-minute shows have piqued the curiosity of Stanford University. Its academic journal, the Stanford Social Innovation Review [SSIR], has chosen the Teatro Edicola in San Severo as an international case study with the reportage “The Six-Seat Revolution”. Why is Stanford watching us? Because it has realised that those four square metres can once again generate indirect economic activity. Indeed, 60 spectators in an afternoon can become 60 coffees at the neighbouring café. With a symbolic ticket price of €5, we are talking about a cultural micro-economy. Not to mention the indirect income from tourists and journalists who arrive and frequent B&Bs and restaurants. It is the model Irpinia needs: not to leave the void, but to reconvert it virtuously. Every closed newsstand can become an information point, a micro-cinema, a service hub. Otherwise we shall continue to count only the lowered shutters, without counting the money that no longer circulates.

The profile from the tennis card reported that the match between Maja Chwalińska and Katarzyna Kawa has been postponed. According to the entry from the Wuhan Open champion, after consulting with her team, she withdrew from the WTA 500 tournament in Ningbo due to issues with her left thigh. Her spot in the main draw was taken by Daria Snigur, who had previously retired in the final round of qualifying against Kawa due to dizziness. The profile indicated that this would be Snigur's third direct encounter with Kawa in three weeks and the second in just a few hours. The author of the entry added that the tennis player would benefit from some recovery after an intense week and time to celebrate her success. #zkortu #WTA #tenis #NingboOpen (translated)
Sem Steijn criticizes the family image of Feyenoord and discusses the vulnerabilities of the team, while Willem van Hanegem points out the golden opportunity Feyenoord has to become national champion now that PSV is in trouble. #Feyenoord #PSV #Eredivisie (translated)

Liliana Priestly said she wanted them to send a car for Guillermo and a woman she referred to disparagingly to get in together, and that she wished to see Guillermo leave. She added that the message was meant for Pimpi. #LaGranjaGala #TeamDisfuncional https://t.co/FDYFtZv0rr #LaGranjaGala #RealityShow #TeamDisfuncional (translated)
The abortion machine in Warsaw, installed by the Abortion Dream Team and the organization Women Help Women, is causing controversy and social divides in the debate on reproductive rights and access to pharmaceutical abortion. #aborcja #prawakobiet #Warszawa (translated)
Fuel prices are rising, which has led to an increase in thefts at Latvian gas stations, especially in Riga, where the police report that fuel thefts are committed daily, usually causing damages of 100-150 euros. #kütusevargus #Läti #tanklad (translated)

A new study reveals that cigarette smoke affects male fertility, causing genetic changes in the testes and disrupting biological processes related to reproduction. #sigaretisuits #viljakus #teadusuuringud (translated)

112-year-old Kirsten Schwalbe became the oldest person in Denmark's history, while revealing her past connections to the Nazi Party, claiming she did not know which organization she was joining. #Taani #natsism #112aastane (translated)

Liliana Priestly wrote that her Pimpi preferred that Julio stay for their children and noted that she left happy. She also referred disparagingly to some women and said they would pay for it. The post included the hashtags #LaGranjaGala and #TeamDisfuncional. #LaGranjaGala #TeamDisfuncional https://t.co/TVe4cp4Cqc #LaGranjaGala #TeamDisfuncional #Pimpi (translated)
A team from the Institut de Duve (UCLouvain) and Oxford has shown in mice that chemotherapy can enhance the effect of therapeutic vaccines against cancer, raising new hope for the treatment of this disease. #VaccinsContreLeCancer #Chimiothérapie #Immunothérapie (translated)
Liliana Priestly celebrated that a friend of Kevyn told Ferka that "the baby" had buried him. She added that Ferka did not watch the program and asked when she had buried him, since, according to her, it was not the same. #LaGranjaGala #TeamDisfuncional #Drama #Televisión #Espectáculos (translated)
In the Bundesliga, the coach is facing dismissal while the team is experiencing a difficult downturn, and nothing can be ruled out. (translated)
SC Magdeburg has agreed to collaborate with the German national player Aron Seesing starting in the summer of 2028, indicating an impending overhaul of the team. #Handball #SCMagdeburg #Transfernews (translated)
In the airstrike, among other things, the medical center in the Desnjansky district was hit. Another building was hit in the Dniprovsky district," said Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko. #Venemaa #Ukraina #sõda (translated)
"We see results on the front, Ukrainian forces have regained more territory this autumn than Russian forces have taken, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his evening video address on Sunday, as reported by the Kyiv Independent." #Ukraina #Zelenskõi #Venemaa (translated)