[nonostantement #37] - italians by bruno barbey / santa claus on a bike / apocalisse annunciata

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The Italians by Bruno Barbey - Magnum Photos

• Facebook fake review factories uncovered by Which? investigation
  "The consumer group said two large Facebook groups – Amazon Deals Group and Amazon UK Reviewers – were behind the unscrupulous practice, along with smaller groups. Together they may have up to 87,000 members potentially engaged in writing fake reviews."

• Apple under fire for allegations of controversial business practices
  "The National goes undercover to investigate some of Apple's controversial business practices including allegations of overpriced repair charges and the battery/slowdown scandal."

• Studio Masters with Goldie: the music innovator
  "In Redbull's London studio we meet up with one of the UK's true innovators within music, Goldie, to talk about sound, the art of collaborations, and listening closely when you're mixing."

• Santa Claus follows Hit and Run on France​
  "A man dressed as Santa Claus witnessed a hit and run on the streets of Paris, and he immediately started chasing the woman that didn't want to stop until the police arrived and arrested her."

• The Italians In 1960s: 50 Rarely Seen Photographs Capture Everyday Life In Italy After The War
  "In the early 1960's, internationally acclaimed photographer Bruno Barbey crisscrossed Italy from North to South attempting to capture the spirit of the Nation. Unpublished until now, these images appear here "as if from a long sleep", imbued with the mythology of the place."

• (In Italian) - Il problema dell’Italia con il pop
  "«Bisogna mescolare l’alto e il basso». È un errore, tecnicamente. I prodotti culturali non sono “alti” o “bassi”: sono “larghi” o “stretti”, sono intrattenimenti per le masse o per pochi selezionati che hanno gli strumenti per decrittarli. Ma chiunque abbia frequentato anche solo per 49 minuti uno psicanalista sa che gli errori sono rivelatori, e quindi “alto” e “basso” è perfetto, dice di noi che consideriamo rilevante e prezioso ciò che innalza e conduce a iddio onnipotente, e basso ciò che fa ridere, che è triviale e corporeo e conduce all’inferno e persino, facciamoci il segno della croce, vende e fa soldi."

• 'Do Not Track,' the Privacy Tool Used by Millions of People, Doesn't Do Anything
  "'Do Not Track' is like spray-on sunscreen, a product that makes you feel safe while doing little to actually protect you."

• Postcards From Big Brother: The Curious Propaganda of a Brutal Soviet Era​
  "These Cold War-era monuments are epic in scale, towering over the Soviet landscape; their angular, avant-garde forms convey movement, as if hurtling toward brighter future through Communism."

• Brandweer PRIO 1 Gebouwbrand, Rotterdam
  What is like being inside a firetruck in Rotterdam?

• (In Italian) Cronaca di un'apocalisse annunciata
  "La verità è che la sfida del riscaldamento globale era già persa fin dall’inizio. Non perché non potessimo gestirlo meglio - potevamo - ma perché non siamo nati per questo. Noi Homo sapiens non siamo fatti, semplicemente, per gestire questo problema."

• New York City Goes an Entire Weekend With No Shootings for the First Time in Decades
  "New York City went a whole weekend without any shootings for the first time in decades, the New York Police Department said Monday."

• L'intervista a Marco Bizzarri e Massimo Bottura
  "Il problema è non perdersi nelle narrazioni inutili, quelle che antepongono la pedanteria all’emozione. Il problema, come le ho detto al principio, è smettere di sognare. Mi ci vede a descrivere le proprietà e la provenienza del Parmigiano che uso alla Francescana? Ma che cazzo me ne frega? Ma secondo lei, in un locale come il mio, non le viene dato il meglio del meglio?"

• The scarecrow master of Shikoku, Japan
  "On Shikoku, the smallest and least visited of Japan’s four main islands, one woman has had a mind-spinning response to a common crisis."

• Where Is My Mind? [8 Bit Tribute to Pixies (and Fight Club!)] - 8 Bit Universe​
  "8 Bit version of Where Is My Mind?, a tribute to Pixies (and Fight Club!)"

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