Clint Eastwood !!!! ❤️
Aos 96 anos, Clint Eastwood quebrou nossas ilusões sobre envelhecimento. Não ofereceu consolo sobre anos dourados cheios de serenidade. Pintou a verdade: "A luz machuca os olhos. Respirar pode ser um trabalho duro. O teu corpo já não está a cooperar. Cada passo requer estratégia."
Mas o verdadeiro peso da velhice não é físico. É emocional. Ao cruzar os anos 90, seu círculo social diminui. A maioria das pessoas que te conheceram quando eras jovem desapareceram. O telefone parou de tocar. O ritmo dos dias abranda. A pílula mais amarga não é a dor. É a ausência de alguém que queira te ouvir.
Eastwood explicou por que os idosos repetem histórias. Não é para me gabar. É para se ancorar a uma realidade onde eles eram ativos, amados e relevantes. "Você se encontra repetindo histórias, adicionando detalhes, não para convencer ninguém, mas para sentir que você ainda está conectado a algo", disse. "Você tenta transmitir coisas aos jovens, mesmo quando vê o tédio nos olhos deles".
Vivemos em uma cultura que trata a longevidade como um troféu, mas ignora a solidão que a acompanha. Louvamos o rápido e o brilhante. Não deixamos espaço para o ritmo lento dos idosos.
Clint Eastwood é um gigante do cinema, mas suas palavras falam por cada idoso de 90 anos. São bibliotecas vivas da nossa história. Quando os ouvimos, algo mágico acontece. Fechamos o fosso entre gerações. Rugas não são sinais de envelhecimento. São mapas de uma vida plenamente vivida. E é um privilégio ouvir sua viagem.
Una profesora de Stanford lleva 20 años estudiando por qué algunas personas tienen más suerte.
Su conclusión: la suerte no es azar. Es como el viento: hay que ponerle vela.
Si quisiera tener más suerte, haría estas 7 cosas:
1/ Salir de mi zona de confort con micro-riesgos.
Quel plaisir d’assister à un cérémonie d’ouverture des jeux olympiques en Italie, avec profusion de drapeaux italiens, un hymne national repris de manière frissonnante par les foules, des spectacles identitaires mettant à l’honneur l’Histoire, les traditions et les arts italiens !
Comment comparer cette extase vernaculaire avec la nauséeuse ouverture des jeux olympiques de Paris où les schtroumpfs à poils, la glorification des déviances de toutes sortes le disputaient à la reine décapitée et à la sainte scène jouée par des drag-queens ?
La laideur putride woke et antinationale vs la beauté d’une identité nationale assumée et rayonnante.
"Ciao ragazzi, sono Daniele e vi scrivo da Padova. Ho un negozio nella piazza principale della città, Prato della Valle, e tutti i giorni c'è un bimbo cinese (penso sia il figlio di un barista) che non ha un canestro per giocare, ma passa le ore a tirare ad un canestro immaginario. Simula anche azioni di gioco, crossover, penetrazioni, si allena a spezzare meglio il polso. Mi sembra un manifesto straordinario alla passione per il basket".
El día que el príncipe de Mónaco y su hija ignoraron a Senna luego de obtener el primer podio de su carrera en 1984. Bajo una intensa lluvia conduciendo un modesto Toleman-Hart, partió 13º y llegó 2º. Ese joven ignorado de 24 años luego se convertiría en el mejor piloto de la F1.
🚨 Riascoltare questa vicissitudine con #Mediaset che Mike Bongiorno raccontò con dispiacere nel 2009, assume oggi, dopo #falsissimo di Fabrizio Corona, un carattere più chiaro e drammatico.
Pace all’anima di Mike, che morì 4 mesi dopo di infarto.
Nient’altro da aggiungere…
🏙️ 10-year house price growth across major global markets (nominal):
Portugal +226%
Netherlands +121%
USA +92%
Japan +89%
Greece +77%
Canada +76%
Australia +70%
Germany +53%
China +49%
France +27%
Italy +17%
South Korea +12%
Hong Kong −6%
🇮🇹 FROM EUROPE’S “SICK MAN” TO POSTER CHILD: ITALY IS OUTPERFORMING THE REST OF THE EU
For years, Italy was Europe’s caution sign: unstable governments, heavy debt, and slow reforms.
Now it's leading the pack, and the numbers prove it.
Over the past 5 years, Italy’s main stock market index (FTSE MIB) has jumped around 120%, while the rest of Europe’s FTSE Eurofirst 300 only managed about 60%.
Bond markets are also flipping the script.
In 2018, 10-year Italian bonds were considered way riskier than French ones. The gap between them was 1.8 percentage points.
Now, Italy’s bonds are actually cheaper than France’s, meaning investors trust Rome more than Paris.
This is the result of political stability, better governance, and real economic strength finally being recognized.
Giorgia Meloni was attacked early on by the international press, painted as a threat to democracy before even taking office.
But instead of chaos, her government has delivered steady policy, and a clear goal to bring the budget deficit below 3% by 2026.
That could remove Italy from the EU’s “excessive deficit” list and improve its credit rating, a big deal for long-term credibility.
According to the International Monetary Fund, public debt should stay stable around 127% of GDP over the next 5 years.
That’s not low, but it’s manageable, and way better than the crisis levels some expected just a few years ago.
Italian banks, once a huge problem, are now stronger, with better capitalization and fewer bad loans dragging them down.
There’s also a financial reform law on the table that could finally shake up how money moves in Italy.
The plan is to simplify rules, kill off unnecessary bureaucracy, and make it easier for private savings to go into productive investments like stocks, small businesses, and infrastructure.
That’s massive for a country where way too much money is still sitting idle in real estate, state bonds, or bank accounts doing nothing.
Public-private institutions like Cassa Depositi e Prestiti are already stepping up, launching tools to push that cash into the real economy.
The truth is, Italy’s strengths were always there.
It’s still the 8th largest economy in the world and the 3rd in the EU.
It’s the 2nd biggest manufacturer in Europe after Germany, with over €600B in exports every year.
It leads in machinery, automation, luxury goods, food, pharma, and advanced design, thanks to dense networks of flexible, competitive small and mid-sized businesses.
Geography matters too.
Italy is the EU’s front door to the Mediterranean and North Africa, with dozens of ports and airports feeding into global trade routes.
Also, the country is packed with top-tier schools, tax incentives to attract international talent, and a quality of life that’s hard to compete with.
In a time where the world is becoming more unstable and harder to predict, Italy is turning into a rare combo: solid, affordable, and open for business.
This shift should be a wake-up call for Europe.
While the EU talks about falling behind the U.S. and China, one of its oldest members is showing what real action looks like.
Sources: Financial Times
ELON: "EVERYTHING IS A FIGHT BETWEEN EXPANSIONIST AND EXTINCTIONIST PHILOSOPHIES"
"At a fundamental level, you can think of things as a fight between expansionist and extinctionist philosophies.
That's what really matters.
If humans go extinct or civilization collapses, whatever policies we may have are irrelevant.
First and foremost, we must have an expansionist philosophy for civilization and for consciousness.
We must seek to go beyond what we've done in the past, to increase the number of humans.
This is incredibly fundamental.
One way or another, this must happen."
Elon's describing the real divide that cuts across all politics: do you believe humanity's future involves growth, exploration, and expanding consciousness?
Or do you think we've peaked and need to manage decline?
Climate activists saying we need fewer humans, declining birth rates celebrated as progress, degrowth economics—all extinctionist.
Space exploration, pro-natalism, technological acceleration—expansionist.
One philosophy builds civilizations.
The other watches them collapse.
Source: @elonmusk / AchieveSuccess on YT
A 17-year-old just built a mind-controlled prosthetic arm for $300.
Yes, $300.
For something that usually costs $450,000.
Let that hit you.
A teenager, working from home, used AI, cheap materials, and 23,000 lines of code to build a device that reads brain signals without surgery, without implants, and without a $450K price tag.
This is not a feel-good story.
It’s a warning shot.
How can a high school student build something 1,500× cheaper than the industry standard?
What does that say about innovation?
About pricing?
About who gets access to life-changing technology?
Of course, medical prosthetics are expensive for real reasons:
materials, testing, regulation, customization.
But let’s be honest — not all of that justifies a half-million-dollar price.
This story exposes a simple truth:
The future of accessibility won’t come from the system.
It will come from the outsiders who dare to challenge it.
If a 17-year-old can match top-tier prosthetics for a fraction of the cost…
why aren’t these solutions available to the millions who need them?
What do you think — breakthrough moment or the start of a bigger revolution?
#AI #Innovation #Healthcare #Accessibility #FutureOfTech
La signora bionda sorridente che vedete in primo piano, avvolta dai girasoli, si chiama Laura Scolari: è colei che dal 2017 ad oggi, tutti i giorni, per più di tremila mattine, ha posato un girasole giallo all'ingresso del campetto da basket di via Dezza a Milano.
Queste splendide foto sono di pochi minuti fa.
C'era coach Peppe Poeta particolarmente colpito dalla vicenda, c'era la leggenda Sandro Gamba che nonostante i 93 anni ha chiesto a Davide Pessina di accompagnarlo, c'era Pierluigi Marzorati, c'era un fiume di gente, c'erano bambini e ragazzi che tiravano a canestro, c'erano migliaia di girasoli. Un negoziante ha detto che da questa mattina sono passate più di 10.000 persone...
C'era Giorgio Meszley, il padre di Alessandro che a soli 15 anni è stato stroncato da un malore su quel campo nel 2017, e che commosso si è rivolto ai presenti: "Ringraziamo tutti, milanesi ma anche al resto delle persone che in tutta Italia ci sono state vicino. Grazie per aver risposto con positività ad un atto di cattiveria gratuita. A conferma che il nostro mondo è saturo di mancanza di empatia. Avete dimostrato quanto sia importante il valore della comunità. Le brave persone, se unite, possono vincere contro ogni forma di male."
Il popolo del basket è riuscito a donare, anche solo per un attimo, un momento di gioia a due genitori che tentano di sopravvivere alla scomparsa di un figlio.
Siamo fieri ed orgogliosi di far parte di questo popolo.
Che cosa meravigliosa è lo sport? 💙
In questo video del 2011, Berrettini e Cobolli - 15 e 9 anni - sono inseparabili al Lemon Bowl.
14 anni dopo, nel 2025, hanno battuto l'Austria in Davis, regalando la semifinale all'Italia 🎾🇮🇹
Che bellezza🥹
📹 @SpazioTennis
🚨BREAKING: Italy’s birth rate has dropped to a record low of 1.13 children per woman with only 370000 babies born last year the lowest since 1861
Experts warn this decline is getting worse and shows no sign of recovery creating a serious challenge for Italy’s future population.