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marcoparravano.bsky.social
Dad, husband, cyclist, meme addicted, data enthusiast.
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Leave the world behind.

World Wonders What Trump Has On United States That’s Forcing Nation To Keep Him In Power theonion.com/world-w...

Paul Curry, an amateur magician in New York City, was the first to discover that a square can be cut into a few pieces and the pieces rearranged to make a square of the same size that has a hole in it! There are many versions of the Curry paradox, but this one is the simplest.

Italy's Giorgia Meloni was set to address a meeting of US conservatives Saturday despite opposition demands she cancel after firebrand Steve Bannon used an apparent Nazi salute at the event.

How many π digits do we need: 3.1415 ➡️ design the finest engines 3.1415926535 ➡️ obtain the circumference of the Earth within a fraction of an inch 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028842 ➡️ measure the radius of the universe to an accuracy equal to the size of a hydrogen atom

If I put them off long enough they go away right?

Since 2010, the training computation of notable AI systems has doubled every six months

Justice is coming... eventually. ⚖️ #MartinLutherKingDay2025

Nuclear Fission was first achieved by Enrico Fermi in 1934 by accident, it took 2 German chemists 4 years to realize he had split the atom

Price of a pint of Guinness to rise again from next month, as vintners warn ‘many pubs will not survive’ www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...

Not lost on me that it's nonprofit tech, app.watchduty.org, showing up & actually working in the midst of the LA fires (donate to them!) Meanwhile platforms fail to surface key news, vital info is paywalled... As I've been saying, we need a new tech paradigm, yesterday!

Going down. In a good way. #bike #gravel #snow #winter

Marriage logic map

One day on Venus lasts 5,832 hours. The same as one Monday on Earth.

Boss: Can everyone turn their cameras on for this call please. Me:

You could only dream of going this hard in 1989

Feels like RHCP tonight ... open.spotify.com/track/10Nmj3...

Interviewer: which state do you live in? Me: constant fear

AI is going to exacerbate Climate Change and damage our health. Of course the Tech Bros don’t care, but do you? And they are scraping art and output from all of us in the creative industries for free so they can make billions… www.caltech.edu/about/news/a...

TikTok’s “whole algorithm is built around the massification of videos…Addictiveness also has consequences in terms of incentivizing people to generate more and more [of a carbon] footprint on an individual basis.” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

It costs around $50 million every year to ensure Signal is robust and available all over the world for anyone whenever they need it. And as a nonprofit, that money comes from all of you; the people who believe that we all deserve a place to speak freely. signal.org/donate/

Top 10 productivity tips: 1. Time-block your calendar 2. Avoid Multitasking 3. Plan for tomorrow 4. Don’t waste time on emails 5. Isolate yourself from distractions 6. Understand your priorities 7. Set goals daily 8. Don’t postpone 5-minute tasks 9. Say No 10. Eat healthy and drink water

To the guy who invented the number zero, THANKS FOR NOTHING!

Freedom is not going wherever you want. Freedom is going somewhere without knowing where that is when you leave. #gravel #gravellife

Around the world, 10 cows, 47 pigs, and 2,400 chickens get killed for meat every second

Which type of cancer kills the most men in each country?

Spent only few hours in #Galway last summer. But it felt like a part of me was already there from a previous life. I miss #Ireland so much. open.spotify.com/track/1JkPyp...

📢NEW: 'Open' AI systems aren't open. The vague term, combined w frothy AI hype is (mis)shaping policy & practice, assuming 'open source' AI democratizes access & addresses power concentration. It doesn't. @smw.bsky.social, @davidthewid.bsky.social & I correct the record👇 nature.com/articles/s41...

We all are.

Sometimes, the most important news is when something *isn’t* happening: Since the last plane crash by a US airline, they have transported passengers for more than two *light-years*

Is it too early for "Hans Gruber is coming to town"? 🎄🎅🏻⛄🌆🚨🔫🚁💰 #DieHard #ChristmasMovie #YippeeKiYay

The UN projects that Africa’s population will double by 2070

I've been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet A pawn and a king I've been up and down and over and out And I know one thing Each time I find myself Flat on my face I pick myself up and get Back in the race open.spotify.com/track/4FmCUA...

Being fortyfour...ish.

#neverlookback #gravel #Arpino #Lazio #Italy

Never lose heart or give up doing what you love. This is the first review I ever got for The Office. t.co/pA85m6dHl7

Never ever thought about it. So far. I love my life but I need to listen to this now and then to remind me of the option. open.spotify.com/track/4k0M38...

First look at Guillermo del Toro's ‘FRANKENSTEIN’ Starring Oscar Isaac as Dr. Frankenstein and Jacob Elordi as Frankenstein’s monster. Releasing on Netflix in 2025. (Source: www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...)

After 9/11 airport security was obviously enhanced everywhere. Now every airport has its own protocol again making it possible to take off from one place with your carry-over and (almost) get arrested when at destination.

Is there a name for when you want to buy an accessory for your phone and it's only available for #iPhone and not for #Android? #Technoracism maybe?

That's how I feel today.