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A place being better by some metrics doesn't mean it's better by all. It depends on which parameters matter most to you. Imagine the overall desperation someone must feel when even…

Didn't know about this. Thanks! Although, as paradoxically expected, in order to use it you need an active IG account. Which is... the main problem. I was also advised to write to …

This is useful info and POV. Thanks so much for the pointers. Everything is exhausting right now, including using basic tools that became de facto behemoths of communications. I ha…

I understand the sentiment. In principle, I agree with conscious use of these tools. In this specific case, however, it wasn't for general browsing. After living overseas for more …

My Instagram account was disabled after my spouse (we are parting ways) filed a copyright claim over a 6-year-old photo of my dog. I have since spoken with him, and he has formally…

While Americans can mean "from the US", the term "statunitensi" is how people from the US are commonly called in Italy. And in other countries. The two things are not mutually excl…

Many Italian newspapers (example: IlPost) and, I suspect, many non-US media, report this as “the second American Pope, the first from the USA.” Which, I think, is fair, as South an…

George Carlin on the ridiculousness of euphemistic language: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o25I2fzFGoY

Right. Paraphrasing, any sufficiently popular art piece is indistinguishable from marketing.

I like optimists.