Essendo un fuoriuscito dai social networks mi tocca di ridar vita al blog, che e’ mio e su cui scrivono sporadicamente anche degli amici –donde il punto 4 nel titolo perche’ siamo in 4.
Se un vantaggio il social networking lo poteva avere era la facilita’ di condivisione, ma allo stesso tempo, la facilita’ con cui si puo’ ri-postare produce caos e confusione.
Allora vi propongo un po’ di segnalazioni (non piu’ che giornalmente):
Riflessioni di Massimo Gramellini su La Stampa circa l’affondamento della Costa Concordia. Uno e Due
Ho scoperto ieri grazie al podcast Di tutto un podcast, l’esistenza del movimento Flash mob. Si tratta di un movimento spontaneo, coordinato attraverso i social network, attraverso il quale alcune persone (anche centinaia) si trovano in un posto e danzano su una coreografia per un minuto (quelli piu’ belli).
I ballerini si mescolano alla folla e ad un segnale si mettono a ballare tutti insieme e creano degli effetti tipo questo ottenuto alla stazione di Antwerp. M’urge di partecipare ad uno!
Puntata eccezionale sulla emergenza alluvione in Pakistan. Questa catastrofe naturale e’ stata definita dalle Nazioni Unite come la peggiore catastrofe naturale con cui abbiamo avuto a che fare negli ultimi anni, peggiore dello Tsunami o del terremoto di Haiti. Eppure questo evento ha avuto pochissima risonanza sui media europei e al momento attuale la raccolta fondi per gli aiuti fatica a prendere quota. La nostra amica Marta Bolognani ci racconta di questa alluvione e ci suggerisce alcune ONG cui donare per salvare e aiutare le persone coinvolte (si parla di milioni di persone).
EDHI foundation Donazioni tramite conto bancario: IBAN GB55-LOYD-309986-01466755, SWIFT 309986
I link alla puntata (22 min) in ogg/vorbis o mp3 oppure ascoltatelo online
Marta ha anche scritto a tutti i suoi amici questa lettera:
Dear friends,
I am writing to you as an European who has lived two years in Pakistan and is, like all of you but with a personal twist, horrified at the images that are coming from the areas devastated by the floods (and the areas not devastated by the floods but affected by the destruction of roads and bridges and cannot be reached; the areas that cannot export their fruit and vegetables anymore because of the infrastructure damage; the areas that cannot receive medicines; the areas that in the next months will be affected by the rise of the food prices because nearly three thirds of the harvest has been destroyed).
The UN have confirmed that this disaster is worse than the ‘Tsunami’, or the ‘Haiti’; still, it appears that people are not donating as much money as they have for the other emergencies.
I am appalled by the thought that we can feel more inclined towards helping one population rather than another, but at the same time I can understand a little the reluctance in sending money to a country whose President of the country himself has left the country for Paris and London during the worst days (so far) of the emergency. However, I am now wondering what makes us more likely to support billions of military expenses that include bombing of the Northern regions of Pakistan, and less likely to cooperate with a humanitarian effort.
There are groups closer to the Talibans who are now offering a hand to the people who are left with nothing (and already had next to nothing). In this terrible contingency, what better opportunity to build a bridge of piece and offer money to build bridges, roads, schools, hospitals in Pakistan?
Whatever we think of the ‘war on terror’, we must all agree that Pakistanis deserve as much as any other population, especially as they have been hit by tragedy after tragedy. It is in this historical moment that we can make a difference and change the relation that we have with Pakistan- by helping people to live their lives in peace,
because this is what all human beings want. We must not let them think that the groups close to the Talibans are the only ones willing to help them.
We know how good the work of the International Red Cross, Islamic Relief, Save the Children and many others are. By donating to these capable organizations we will make sure that money will get there and will be used with a long-term vision.
Please help. Pakistanis deserve the dignity of all the other victims of disasters, and if you want circulate this mail to encourage people to donate for the people affected by a disaster worse than anything we have seen on our screens before.
In assoluta controtendenza rispetto alle allarmistiche cassandre per il diffondersi dell’influenza H1N1, Michel Bussien and Erik Sjödin vi propongono INFLU: il collettore di virus influenzali, per accrescere deliberatamente il vostro rischio di contagio. Attenzione: INFLU è sconsigliato a tutti i soggetti a rischio: persone di età superiore ai 65 anni, bambini sotto i 5 anni, donne incinte, e persone con situazioni sanitarie croniche.
Today the LHC circulated two beams simultaneously for the first time, allowing the operators to test the synchronization of the beams and giving the experiments their first chance to look for proton-proton collisions. With just one bunch of particles circulating in each direction, the beams can be made to cross in up to two places in the ring. From early in the afternoon, the beams were made to cross at points 1 and 5, home to the ATLAS and CMS detectors, both of which were on the look out for collisions. Later, beams crossed at points 2 and 8, ALICE and LHCb.
During the last weekend (23-25 October) particles have once again entered the LHC after the one-year break that followed the incident of September 2008.
Friday afternoon a first beam of ions entered the LHC clockwise beam pipe through the TI2 transfer line. The beam was successfully guided through the ALICE detector until point 3 where it was dumped.
During the late evening on Friday, the first beam of protons also entered the LHC clockwise ring and travelled until point 3. In the afternoon of Saturday, protons travelled from the SPS through the TI8 transfer line and the LHCb experiment, until point 7 where they were dumped.
All settings and parameters showed a perfect functioning of the machine, which is preparing for its first circulating beam in the coming weeks.
Non so se v’e’ mai capitato di ascoltare Radio Radicale. Magari sembra una palla mostruosa come radio ma in realta’ svolge un incredibile, forse insostituibile ma sicuramente ineguagliato servizio pubblico da oltre trent’anni trasmettendo, conservando e mettendo a disposizione tutte le sedute del parlamento. Inoltre Radio Radicale trasmette in forma completa e senza mediazioniprocessi, interviste, manifestazioni, conferenze stampa e quant’altro. Ad oggi l’archivio multimediale di Radio Radicale contiene 283.000 registrazioni.
67.364 interviste
15.599 udienze di processi
32.056 convegni e dibattiti
7.716 assemblee
6.745 comizi e manifestazioni
16.030 conferenze stampa
161.100 oratori
5.579 organizzazioni
Più della metà di questo archivio è disponibile e liberamente accessibile in formato multimediale online sul sito www.RadioRadicale.it.
Per esempio, le udienze che abbiamo ascoltato in Siee Giuee Accaso dei processi del G8 di Genova sono registrazioni provenienti da Radio Radicale.
Ma adesso incombe il pericolo dell’eliminazione della funzione pubblica assicurata dal 1976 da Radio Radicale. Se avete voglia e tempo di leggervi questo approfondito link sul ruolo di radio radicale.
Se invece vi fidate di me e/o mettete firme in bianco a casaccio collegatevi direttamente quie non
dimenticatevi di mandarmi un foglio A4 bianco con una vostra firma in calce.
In assoluta controtendenza rispetto alle allarmistiche cassandre per il diffondersi dell’influenza H1N1, Michel Bussien and Erik Sjödin vi propongono 
Today the LHC circulated two beams simultaneously for the first time, allowing the operators to test the synchronization of the beams and giving the experiments their first chance to look for proton-proton collisions. With just one bunch of particles circulating in each direction, the beams can be made to cross in up to two places in the ring. From early in the afternoon, the beams were made to cross at points 1 and 5, home to the ATLAS and CMS detectors, both of which were on the look out for collisions. Later, beams crossed at points 2 and 8, ALICE and LHCb.