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Ricardo J. Salvador

@cadwego.bsky.social
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Free-living, aerobic, cursorial heterotroph. Running fixes everything: your diet, health, and attitude. Marathons, books, music, coffee, computers, justice. “O Tierra del Sol, suspiro por verte.”

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Ricardo J. Salvador @cadwego.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Here. Here is the healing you need right now. Aquí está la curación que necesitas en este preciso momento.
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Carlos Santana - Curación (Sunlight on Water) (Video)
YouTube video by SantanaVEVO
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Ricardo J. Salvador @cadwego.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
“Yo creo que a los escritores siempre les gustaría llegar a todo el mundo o por lo menos a los lectores que fueran capaces de leer sin perjuicios el libro, dejarse convencer, o no, pero digamos uno aspira a tener lectores que sean inteligentes, intuitivos, creativos, es lo que le gustaría más, ¿no?”
economist.com
Mario Vargas Llosa: in Spanish
The edited transcript of a conversation with the renowned Peruvian writer
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Ricardo J. Salvador @cadwego.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
“Researchers found that 13% of mild dementia cases could be avoided if all middle-aged adults exercised at least once or twice a week. While we have known about the benefits of physical activity for physical health, newer research is pointing to the positive effects on our minds.”
theguardian.com
Good news at last: just a little exercise can reduce the risk of dementia | Devi Sridhar
A recent study shows the benefit of being a middle-aged ‘weekend warrior’ who only exercises once or twice a week, writes Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburg...
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Ricardo J. Salvador @cadwego.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
One wonders just what “context” could explain, much less justify, “overseeing the exploitation and trafficking of girls, adolescents and women.” ‘Opus Dei has categorically denied the accusations and says they have been taken “completely out of context”.’
theguardian.com
‘I became like a slave’: why 43 women are suing the secretive Opus Dei Catholic group in Argentina
Lured by promises of an education but allegedly trapped in servitude and self-mortification, the former members are suing the ultra-conservative organisation over their ‘exploitation and abuse’
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Ricardo J. Salvador @cadwego.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Iowa is ground zero for fertilizer-intensive industrial monocropping. The maps and graphs included here show that also makes the state ground zero for nitrate contamination of surface waters, and all the human and social ills that come with that.
desmoinesregister.com
Citizen volunteers help keep tabs on potentially dangerous nitrate levels in Iowa's water
Anyone can join an all-volunteer effort that keep track of how much nitrate and nitrite are getting into Iowa's water
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Ricardo J. Salvador @cadwego.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Or, a smart watch and a dedicated sports watch. 😬 “…a lot of people have both a smartwatch and a classic watch.”
nytimes.com
What Does My Smart Watch Say About Me?
When it comes to watches, they can tell you more than just the time, our critic says. Find out what yours is saying — whether it’s smart or analog.
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Ricardo J. Salvador @cadwego.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Assisted suicide is legal in Oregon. The state’s annual survey finds that the main reasons for the decision among the terminally ill are: Losing autonomy: 89% Being less able to engage in activities that make life enjoyable: 88% Loss of dignity: 64% Feeling like a burden to their family: 42%
nytimes.com
Opinion | There’s a Lesson to Learn From Daniel Kahneman’s Death
If we are to live well, we need to be able to ask when a life is complete.
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Mike Melton @mikemelton.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Resplendent Quetzal #CostaRica #birds #nature 🌿
Stunning jewel-toned bird perched on a lichen-covered branch, showcasing brilliant emerald green plumage with hints of burgundy. Its striking blue-green crest stands tall above an alert black eye and bright orange-yellow beak. The elegant long tail feathers cascade downward, displaying layers of iridescent green with dark tips. Soft moss and delicate tropical foliage surround this magnificent creature, creating a serene natural setting that highlights its extraordinary colors.
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Ricardo J. Salvador @cadwego.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
You’ve got to admire committed folks like this.
nytimes.com
I Hate Running. I Trick My Brain Into Doing It Anyway. (Published 2024)
When your mind hates running even more than your body does, you have to strategize.
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Ricardo J. Salvador @cadwego.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Après avoir vu une récente interview avec ce gentil monsieur, je me suis demandé s'il y aurait une présentation en direct de son magnifique album "Tchokola". J'ai trouvé ce concert à Varsovie, où se distingue la pièce "Mouna Bowa". Quelle magnificence!
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Jean Luc Ponty - In Concert
YouTube video by Maximiliano Marin
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Ricardo J. Salvador @cadwego.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
In addition to the incomprehensible beauty and artistry, this is every bit like an elite athletic performance. 🙌🏽
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BACH - BRANDENBURG CONCERTO NO.3 (ALLEGRO) - ORGAN ARR. JONATHAN SCOTT
YouTube video by scottbrothersduo
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Ricardo J. Salvador @cadwego.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
“Designed by Steve Wozniak, the computers are sold wholesale by “Steven” Jobs. To finance them, Wozniak sells his HP-65 calculator, Jobs his VW van. Looking back, the Apple-1 seems quaint compared to the supercomputers we carry in our pockets today. But in 1976, its launch was a pivotal moment.”
cultofmac.com
Today in Apple history: Apple-1 starts a revolution
On April 11, 1976, Apple released its first computer, the Apple-1. With only 200 made, these remain the rarest Apple computers ever.
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Ricardo J. Salvador @cadwego.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
What scientists do. ‘Dr. Le Pichon initially defended the notions of a static Earth, but he came to realize that they were incorrect. He returned from the laboratory one day and told his wife, “The conclusions of my thesis are false.”’
nytimes.com
Xavier Le Pichon, Who Modeled Movement of Earth’s Crust, Dies at 87
With a computer rendering, he helped scientists understand that the earth, with its shifting tectonic plates, is “an extraordinary living being” that is “continuously changing.”
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Ricardo J. Salvador @cadwego.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
What!? “Farmers generally resist government handouts, but Mr. Ragland of the American Soybean Association said federal relief might be necessary in this case.”
nytimes.com
Trump’s Tariff Fight With China Poses New Threat to US Farmers
Soybean producers warn that farms could go under as the Trump administration hits China with new tariffs of 145 percent.
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Ricardo J. Salvador @cadwego.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
“As Alan Turing proved mathematically nearly a century ago, no approach guarantees the correctness of any sufficiently complex program.” Effectively hammered home for me by in 1979 by Hofstadter’s delicious “Gödel, Escher, Bach.” You can have a perfect system, or a complex system, but not both.
economist.com
To keep on top of AI, focus on the points where it touches the outside world, writes Martin Chavez
The Alphabet director suggests drawing inspiration from the way financial markets and railways are policed
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Ricardo J. Salvador @cadwego.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
3: “You will be surprised how helpful a bad training session is. You made the effort, your body hit a challenge and had to learn to work with your mind to battle through.” 5: “Be disciplined, in life and in training. There are no shortcuts, do the work wholeheartedly. Only then can you succeed.” 🙌🏽
us.coros.com
Eliud Kipchoge’s Top 5 Tips for Mastering the Long Run
Learn from the greatest marathoner of all time and apply his key principles to your own marathon training.
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Ricardo J. Salvador @cadwego.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
‘“Universities should draw a clear line: even if it means losing government funding, what they teach and research is for them to decide. “The free university”, said Dwight Eisenhower in his farewell presidential address in 1961, has been “the fountainhead of free ideas and scientific discovery”.’
economist.com
The campus counter-revolution
Donald Trump’s plan to remake universities threatens America’s prosperity and freedom
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Ricardo J. Salvador @cadwego.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
“[Public funding of universities] has contributed to almost every technological leap that has boosted output, from the internet to mRNA vaccines and GLP-1 agonists to artificial intelligence. It is this compact—not bringing car factories back to the rust belt—that is the key to U.S. prosperity.”
economist.com
The campus counter-revolution
Donald Trump’s plan to remake universities threatens America’s prosperity and freedom
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Ricardo J. Salvador @cadwego.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
A farmer’s daughter supports despairing farmers via innovative therapies based on insight about their emotional ties to the land. I’m deeply sympathetic. And… I wish a fraction of this consideration were extended to the First Peoples for whom land loss was also about much more than just the land.
theguardian.com
Farmers face one of the highest rates of suicide. This social worker believes the solution is buried in their land
After seeing the farmer mental health crisis up close, Kaila Anderson developed new treatment techniques based on growers’ deep connection to the land
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Ricardo J. Salvador @cadwego.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
“Heirloom seed keepers attempt to preserve the past, while plant breeders control genetic resources to commodify the seed. Neither camp is particularly focused on how to expand biodiversity into the future, as if biodiversity and seed varieties are fixed and finite things.”
theguardian.com
I don’t want to die with a freezer full of seeds. It’s time to rethink biodiversity and preservation | Chris Smith
Preservation can be a trap because seeds need to be saved – and also grown
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Ricardo J. Salvador @cadwego.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
After critiquing the author, who invokes a new global food philosophy embodying “holism, circularity, pluralism and equitability,’ the reviewer grants: “Mr. Baggini’s book is valuable as a truly sweeping survey of the world’s food system…pointing to the ethical and environmental challenges we face.”
wsj.com
‘How the World Eats’ and ‘Lustful Appetites’ Review: Global Hunger
Keeping everyone on Earth fed is a problem that technology alone may not be able to solve.
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Ricardo J. Salvador @cadwego.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Put aside the specific subject matter of this piece. Author Ed Hardy captures so much about the ethos of our era in that last clause. “It could be argued that a company with Apple’s huge resources could accomplish this under ordinary circumstances. What we have now are not ordinary circumstances.”
cultofmac.com
Why an all-American iPhone is impossible
Sorry to burst your bubble, but four huge obstacles mean an American-made iPhone simply isn’t in the cards.
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Ricardo J. Salvador @cadwego.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
In “The End of Agriculture in the American Portfolio” (1998) economist Steven Blank predicted that diminishing US comparative advantage in agriculture pointed to eventually offshoring the protected sector. If this report proves true, there goes the major market promotion agency for US agribusiness.
fox5dc.com
USDA to close down DC headquarters, lay off thousands of workers: report
There are new reports that the U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to dismantle its headquarters in D.C. and lay off thousands more workers.
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Ricardo J. Salvador @cadwego.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
“Here are three reasons for shorter U.S. lifespans: 1. Avoidable causes of death (firearms, alcohol, and suicide) 2. High rates of cardiovascular death 3. A weaker social state.”
fortune.com
Even the wealthiest Americans are suffering from shorter lifespans than those in Europe. A new study cites 3 major reasons
“There's something systemic that's happening that affects every American.”
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Ricardo J. Salvador @cadwego.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
“Casa Bonita – affectionately called the Disneyland of Mexican restaurants…” In sure that’s prolly meant to be a compliment, but there is so much going wrong here…
denverpost.com
Casa Bonita opens summer reservations to strong demand
Casa Bonita opened reservations for the summer on Monday, and it appears the Lakewood Mexican restaurant remains one of the most coveted tables in town.
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Ricardo J. Salvador @cadwego.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
When economists see that “the market is ripe” to promote their textbooks on basic principles of economics. Featuring colorful supply/demand curves! “Why Do Domestic Prices Rise With Tariffs?” marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevo...
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Ricardo J. Salvador @cadwego.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Sublime. Adjective. 1. elevated or lofty in thought, language. 2. Impressing the mind with a sense of grandeur or power; inspiring awe, veneration.
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Bach - Oboe Concerto in F major BWV 1053r - Black | Netherlands Bach Society
YouTube video by Netherlands Bach Society
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Ricardo J. Salvador @cadwego.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
The New York Times—in an effort to lighten the mood I assume—has given us this masterpiece of comedy. Wherein the apologist makes clear that the economy is not really about exchange, but about tribute. This would better have been titled: “When you’re bested at your own game, the gloves come off.”
nytimes.com
Opinion | ‘Liberation Day’ Was Messy, but Trump’s Tariffs Can Still Work
It’s a matter of timing and communication.
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Ricardo J. Salvador @cadwego.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
“The problem is that investment is driven by profit, not price, and operating solar and wind farms remains marginal business, dependent everywhere on the state’s financial support. An alternative to providing surrogate green profits through subsidies: take energy out of the private sector’s hands.”
books.apple.com
‎The Price is Wrong
‎Politics & Current Events · 2024
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Ricardo J. Salvador @cadwego.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Spot all the ways this 24 February 2025 view is already hopelessly dated. “The Gulf of Mexico will be a hub of negative emissions technologies. It’s no coincidence that the “Clean Energy Marshall Plan” specifies geothermal, hydrogen, carbon capture, nuclear—areas in which the USA has an advantage.”
dissentmagazine.org
Market Failure - Dissent Magazine
A discussion between Brett Christophers and Adam Tooze, moderated by Kate Aronoff, about the climate crisis and the limits of capitalism.
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Ricardo J. Salvador @cadwego.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Begging pardon… what? This reporter needs to get out more 😉. “Dr. @marionnestle.bsky.social is not a name on the level of the chef Alice Waters or the food writer Michael Pollan.”
nytimes.com
The Nutritionist Marion Nestle Meets Her Moment, At 88
After five decades in the field of nutrition, Dr. Marion Nestle thought she had seen it all. Then came “Make America Healthy Again.”
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Ricardo J. Salvador @cadwego.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
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Ricardo J. Salvador @cadwego.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
“She became the first American woman to break 50 minutes for 10 miles, averaged 4:59 per mile, and set a handful of pending records. Her time was a world record for a women’s-only race. And she broke the American 15K and 10 mile records as well. Between prize money and bonuses, she earned $30,000.”
open.substack.com
Fast Women: Taylor Roe breaks world and American records
Grand Slam Track is off to a promising start.
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Ricardo J. Salvador @cadwego.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
‘The opportunity for price gouging or other forms of manipulation are high, per Errol Schweizer @grocerynerd.bsky.social, a veteran of the grocery industry who publishes The Checkout Grocery Update, a newsletter. “Consumers won’t know if things are priced correctly or they are getting ripped off.”’
nytimes.com
Grocery Shoppers Will Feel the Tariffs First in the Produce Aisle
Higher prices could also be coming soon for seafood, sugar and coffee. But it may be a while before importers and retailers can gauge the effects of the new fees.
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Ricardo J. Salvador @cadwego.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
In his honor, and for the joy of it, have a listen to “Je pense à toi” (I think of you) from the album “Sou ni tilé.” 🙌🏽
theguardian.com
Amadou Bagayoko of music duo Amadou & Mariam dies aged 70
Malian singer and guitarist, who sold millions of albums with his wife, Mariam Doumbia, had been ill for a while, say family
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Ricardo J. Salvador @cadwego.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
“It’s tricky because you’ve gotta hold the regular time-you can’t listen to him. And he told me that: ‘Don’t listen to me. Just play the vamp, and I’ll do what I do and I’ll get back to you.’ And he always does it, man!” Can attest. 🙌🏽
jazztimes.com
Dennis Chambers: The Return of Rhythm - JazzTimes
The master drummer rebuilds and reignites
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Ricardo J. Salvador @cadwego.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Mimi Fox and band, featuring the one and only Dennis Chambers. 🙌🏽 #BluesAlleyJazz
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Ricardo J. Salvador @cadwego.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
“If consumers are willing to pay for [regenerative] products, farmers would be willing to produce them. But consumers basically say, “anyone but me.” They put the government forward [as the party that should pay], which is interesting, because the government money is actually the people’s money.”
agfundernews.com
Consumers should help pay for regen ag, say ag industry professionals. Consumers tend to disagree
When it comes to why regen ag matters and who pays for it, ag professionals and consumers generally sit on opposite ends of the spectrum.
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Ricardo J. Salvador @cadwego.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Good medicine. 💕🙌🏽
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Alfredo Rodríguez Trio: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
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Ricardo J. Salvador @cadwego.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Surprise! “The diet highlights the intake of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, legumes and healthy fats, including omega-3s and polyunsaturated fats (like corn, soybean, and sunflower oil). It’s also lower in red meat, processed meat, sugar-sweetened beverages, sodium and refined grains.“
eatingwell.com
Want to Be Healthy at 70? This Is the Diet to Follow, New Study Suggests
Want to age healthfully? Learn which eating patterns increase your odds of living independently with a high quality of life as you age, per this study.
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Ricardo J. Salvador @cadwego.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
“With such a wide range of vital tasks to perform, it is hardly surprising that faulty mitochondria cause or contribute to many diseases. If a technique to transplant healthy ones could be made to work, its potential would be enormous.”
economist.com
Mitochondria transplants could cure diseases and lengthen lives
A technique that may create a new field of medicine
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Ricardo J. Salvador @cadwego.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
“In 1967 Bryan Magee, a British philosopher and author, dared to ask: “Does anyone seriously believe that Beatles music will be an unthinkingly accepted part of daily life all over the world in the 2000s?” The question now seems daft.”
economist.com
Is there anything left to learn about The Beatles?
The famous band has been amply covered. But analysing one friendship offers new insights
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Ricardo J. Salvador @cadwego.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
“London’s first coffee house opened in 1652. Coffee houses quickly took off. It wasn’t about the coffee, described as a “syrup of soot and the essence of old shoes”, but the atmosphere. Anyone could go to read the newspapers and debate the issues of the day. They were known as penny universities.”
theguardian.com
‘We introduced avocado to the high street!’ How Pret conquered London – and began eyeing the rest of the world
The sandwich chain now has 274 branches in the capital. How did it grow so huge – and can anything stop it getting even bigger?
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Ricardo J. Salvador @cadwego.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
“The core business of the insurance industry is risk management. We are fast approaching temperature levels where the math breaks down: premiums required exceed what people or companies can pay. Entire regions are becoming uninsurable. No insurance means other financial services become unavailable.”
theguardian.com
Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns top insurer
Action urgently needed to save the conditions under which markets – and civilisation itself – can operate, says senior Allianz figure
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Ricardo J. Salvador @cadwego.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
“Roosting in their millions in the oyamel fir trees, the monarchs are like a single, fluttering being. When they stir all at once—lifting from branches that sag under their weight—it is like being in a waking dream. Fortunate observers are able to witness one of the most gorgeous sights in nature.”
theguardian.com
More than beautiful: the beloved monarch butterfly is one of the world’s great migrators
The hardy travellers can fly for 3,000 miles from the north-east US and Canada to roost in their millions in Mexico
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Ricardo J. Salvador @cadwego.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
‘Argerich has waded into politics, speaking in support of a Russian pianist and critic of President Putin who died last year in prison, and paying tribute to an Israeli pianist being held in Gaza. She said she felt it was important to speak out because “these are very dangerous days for the world.”’
nytimes.com
Martha Argerich, the Elusive, Enigmatic ‘Goddess’ of the Piano
At 83, the Argentine-Swiss pianist is at the peak of her powers. But she doesn’t want to talk about it.
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Ricardo J. Salvador @cadwego.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
“Coral polyps are invertebrates, protecting themselves by building tiny cups of limestone. Millions of years before our first cities and pyramids, corals were expressing their architectural impulses. The Great Barrier Reef spans 344,400 sq km, redirecting ocean currents and deflecting tsunamis.”
theguardian.com
‘The ultimate circular economy’: how coral holobionts conjure magnificence from nothing
These creatures evolved over millenia to create nature’s finest circular economy, but are now struggling to survive
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Ricardo J. Salvador @cadwego.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
“During the kaleidoscopic first half of the concert the two women asserted themselves as the quartet’s engines of emotional intensity and a newly lustrous, rich sound.”
nytimes.com
Review: A Kronos Quartet Glow Up: New Players, Newly Lustrous Sound
The venerable quartet returned to Zankel Hall with a typically eclectic program and a newfound emotional intensity.
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Ricardo J. Salvador @cadwego.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
“A politics of A.I. has yet to materialize. Society is utterly absorbed in the crises centered on Donald Trump; not with the technological transformation that’s about to engulf us. If we don’t tend to it, people creating the technology will be single-handedly in charge of how it changes our lives.”
newyorker.com
Are We Taking A.I. Seriously Enough?
There’s no longer any scenario in which A.I. fades into irrelevance. We urgently need voices from outside the industry to help shape its future.
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Ricardo J. Salvador @cadwego.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
“Iowa farmer Seth Watkins thinks taxpayers should expect growers who get billions of dollars in federal support will provide environmental benefits such as preserving wetlands. But Iowa landowner Jim Conlan says in a lawsuit that the federal requirement is unconstitutional.”
desmoinesregister.com
Iowa landowner's lawsuit taking aim at longstanding wetlands rule could have sweeping effect
Federal suit over Iowa land looks to strike down one of the few conservation requirements farmers must meet to qualify for federal support.
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