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- Italian public spending data: a review
The Italian government recently announced a new portal containing data on public spending: http://soldipubblici.gov.it. This is obviously great news; the website is still in beta though so in what follows I’d like to put forward a few (hopefully constructive) comments and desires for how it could/should be developed further. Incidentally, I recently ran into Ian […]
- Working toward meritocracy in Italy
It’s no news that thousands of italian researchers left their home-country in order to be able to carry on doing what they like; the news though is that now we’re got also a scientific study shedding some light on the phenomena. It’s been done by the Via Academy, an association dedicated to the creation of […]
- Il Fatto Quotidiano online is available
Il Fatto Quotidiano, practically the only newspaper in italy which is not subsidized by the state through the political parties, is now running online with a new and constantly improving website. Needless to say, it’s good news for the (poor) freedom of press in Italy. Here’re some international articles mentioning ‘il Fatto’ when it initially […]
- The anti-internet saga continues
Now Italy’s government is trying to bog down internet providers by making them responsible for the (supposedly) illicit contents published on the web. In short, a dictatorship-worthy blackmailing proposal. Some say that Italy’s ruling class is just struggling to keep pace with the Internet revolution. “Italy’s political culture is far removed from new technology,” says […]
- Links 4/1/10
Links on miscellaneous topics from the last week or so: Crowdsourced document analysis and MP expenses DjangoCon 2009 videos online Node.js , an easy way to build scalable network programs. Enter a URL, set some headers, view the response, then share it with others. Perfect for demoing and debugging APIs: hurl.it djangopeople.net opensourced on GitHub! […]
- Echoing freedom’s requests
From the latest post on Beppe Grillo’s blog: We are living through an unequalable historical phase. The worst of the Italian State. Berlusconi is the worst President of the Council of the last 150 years. Napolitano is the worst President of the Republic (a true “outsider” that makes one miss even Giovanni Leone who was […]
- Satire you won’t be able to listen to in Italy
I couldn’t help passing this on (from BBC’s Mock of the Week):
- Freedom of Press: is that asking too much?
An interesting study recently issued by the Freedom House (a non profit organization inspired by the ideals of democracy and freedom) positions Italy and another couple of unlucky countries at the bottom of the ladder. Well, kind of – we could say half-way up the ladder – but still quite alarmingly. New Study: Global Press […]
- Spread the word: the italian circus goes to the EU
I think I’ll start using this mostly technical blog to help in spreading the word about the incredible political situation in italy. What I’m talking about? You can probably catch up on the latest from corrupted Italy by reading Beppe Grillo’s blog….. it’s good for a laugh too, if you dont feel like talking about […]
- Vaffanculo Day
You dear reader may not know what that means: it’s the “fuck off” day – organized by Beppe Grillo and other thousands of italians to say stop to the moral decaying of our state. It’s on tomorrow in all the major italian squares, and various world ones. If I were there, I would definitely join […]
Parerga und Paralipomena / At the core of all well-founded belief lies belief that is unfounded – Wittgenstein
