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Pete

@caffetino.bsky.social
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I play with terminologies, ontologies and semantics all day.

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Menotti Minutillo @menotti.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The defining quality of so many tech guys is completely missing the point of nearly every social or leisure activity
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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
"One in nine migratory birds are threatened with extinction and 45% of migratory species such as cuckoos, turtle doves and Arctic terns are in decline." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
One in nine migratory birds threatened with extinction, global report says
Findings on decline of species such as Arctic tern and turtle dove published alongside flyways pledge at Kenya summit
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Chris Kendall @ottocr.at · 21/08/2026
Congratulations to the United States on entering the 2010s
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 19/08/2026
People who don’t know the difference between ‘entomology’ and ‘etymology’ bug us in ways we cannot put into words.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
One of the best job applications ever written came from the hands of Robert Pirosh in 1934. MGM loved it, took him on and in 1949 he won an Oscar for ‘Battleground’.
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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Every six months a writer goes on parental leave, is driven insane by watching 10,000 hours of Paw Patrol, and writes another one of these articles, and they're always great.
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Pete @caffetino.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Well this sums up Bologna for us. Sharp practice everywhere. Charging for toilets during peak season is only the start. The #MarconiExpress is terrible. The family ticket is only available online, the station has no real information about it. It's really a poor introduction/exit to Bologna.
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Pete @caffetino.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Next stop #Bologna! Let's see how hot it is there! Rome and Naples were pretty hot, particularly at night. The old ways aren't working, and folks are trying to get hold of air con but none is available until September! The heat has been quite exhausting at times.
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Sue Nicholls 💚 @suenicholls.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Concerned about being in a minority when it comes to concerns about climate change? Worry no more we are part of a GLOBAL silent majority. We need to mobilise on a mass scale to be heard. Read this excellent report from Climate Majority Report. assets.climatemajorityproject.com/Mobilising%2...
table showing that per centage of people who think their country should act to tackle climate change. Global world average 89% of people.
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Pete @caffetino.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
What's the best way to get from Bologna Centrale to the airport, without taking the ridiculously expensive Marconi Express? Qual è il modo migliore per arrivare da Bologna Centrale all'aeroporto, senza prendere il costosissimo Marconi Express?
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Pete @caffetino.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Buongiorno eh?
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Pete @caffetino.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
What's the best way to get from Bologna Centrale to the airport, without taking the ridiculously expensive Marconi Express? Qual è il modo migliore per arrivare da Bologna Centrale all'aeroporto, senza prendere il costosissimo Marconi Express?
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Rhine falls to record low levels as drought strains Europe's rivers. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Rhine falls to record low levels as drought strains Europe's rivers
Low water levels in the Rhine, Danube and Po have curtailed the transport of goods and reduced electricity output.
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Bumblebees are struggling in UK heatwaves - but you can help them. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
UK's furry bumblebees 'keeling over' in heatwaves
The furry bodies of UK bumblebees are specially adapted for cold weather - making heatwaves a struggle.
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Spirit of the Spooptober Revolution @stoatie.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
People who keep pointing out that golf courses use as much water as data centres as some sort of defence of data centres drastically underestimate the amount we also hate golf.
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Gabriella Nonino @gabriellanonino.com · 18/07/2026
If you have a passion for archaeology and antiquities and not following Nina Willburger, you are definitely missing out.
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
UK heatwave to intensify in second week as wildfires burn across UK. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
bbc.co.uk
UK weather: Heatwave to intensify as it enters into second week
After a brief drop in temperature many areas will see heat and humidity build again this week
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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 13/07/2026
A new study from @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social, the Met Office and @lshtm.bsky.social estimates that more than 2,700 excess deaths occurred in England and Wales during the May and June 2026 heatwaves. Get the details 👇 bit.ly/4w3L1YK
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Leonardo Carella @leonardocarella.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
A nice - if anecdotal - illustration of elite reproduction in ossified social mobility regimes, and of the shift of real power away from elected offices.
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Tony @tony.eurosky.social · 06/07/2026
I think you’ll find we’re squeaking because what FIFA have done is allow you to cheat. That’s right, you’re cheats. This is cheating. You are cheating if you play Balogun, and the world will not forget how happy you were with being front and centre cheats. Grubby little cheats.
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Giorgia Lodi @giorgialodi.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Molto interessante!
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Simon Kuper @simonkuper.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Downing Street lets it be known it doesn't support Trumpian interventions in football: ""These are matters for the world governing body and should stay that way." Of course yellow for Olise was a disgrace
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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
So the UK-US Pharma “deal”/“agreement” is now an “arrangement”, with no sign yet of a formal text. Serious case of anticipative compliance by U.K. Just do what we think US might want. @elstorreele.bsky.social www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Pete @caffetino.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
The morning after the night before. That was an incredible game #ENG - #MEX. I can believe we somehow held on. Norway this Saturday! Can anyone stop Haaland?
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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
How many of the Big Tech promises n renewables and clean energy are going to remain undelivered? Reality is that in grid-constrained parts places there will need to be a choice between datacentres and e.g. housing, because of power availability & grid connection www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
theguardian.com
Revealed: landmark Scottish AI project has no prospect of meeting renewables promise
Exclusive: Government and developers privately acknowledged Lanarkshire datacentre site had power provision ‘issue’
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Antonio Vecoli (@tonyveco on X) @tonyveco.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
🔴⚠️🔥♨️🇵🇹🛰️A new #heatwave has reached the iberian peninsula and started to boost current #wildfires.The #IfVouzela in #Portugal has burned 2420Ha in less than 24hrs and its massive smoke n the ocean shows its strength.⬇️#Sentinel3 📸 on July 3. #IncendioForestal #Climateemergency
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Pete @caffetino.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
We need to bring back flight shaming. Complaining it's too hot then going on a city break by plane? Rein yourself in you muppet. #ClimateChange
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SettantasetteOnFilm 🏴‍☠️ @petrolinivideo.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
A regá questo non vuol dire che "la situazione é grave", vuol dire che "é troppo tardi".
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Pete @caffetino.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Sto morire di caldo
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Hottest June day on record for the UK as temperature reaches 36C. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
bbc.co.uk
UK weather: Hottest June day on record as temperature reaches 36C
A rare red warning for extreme heat is in effect as soaring temperatures continue
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Giulio Betti @giuliofirenze.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Ha sempre fatto caldo un caz.o! Situazione. Dopo una settimana di caldo anomalo su gran parte d’Europa, quella appena iniziata di annuncia ancora peggiore. Attese temperature eccezionali per il periodo, con diversi record storici destinati ad essere cancellati dalle statistiche. 1/7
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Smita Jamdar 🇺🇦 @smitajamdar.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
I am firmly of the view that the country will remain an unstable hot mess until we get rid of 24 hour news which makes everything a circus.
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Gabriella Nonino @gabriellanonino.com · 22/06/2026
Here we are already at 33°C but feels positively fresh compared what France may end up with. 🥵
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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Disgusting behaviour. No one deserves abuse like this, when posting about their own late father, on father's day. People who behave like this should be ashamed of themselves.
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Leonardo Carella @leonardocarella.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
American soft power latest: Today’s front page or an Italian right-wing tabloid reads “Trump is a dickhead”
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Who owns your health data? It should be you. The AI arms race is making matters worse. feature @naturemedicine.bsky.social nature.com/articles/s41...
nature.com
Who owns my health data? - Nature Medicine
The geopolitics driving artificial intelligence superpowers is reshaping biomedical datasets, and who has access to them.
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Zebrafish Rock! 🎃 @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Zebrafish gastrulation colorfully captured by #SPIM. Credit to Dr. Gopi Shah (prev. with @mpi-cbg.de). #PrideMonth 🏳️‍🌈🐟 #ZebrafishZunday 🧪
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Simon Kuper @simonkuper.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Curacao is the smallest country in the World Cup's history, with the oldest coach - Dick Advocaat, 78. The player who stepped on Achilles heels, the phone call from Rinus Michels that he first thought was a spoof, and Putin. Me @financialtimes.com before Curacao-Germany as.ft.com/r/0b6a48f4-0...
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The coach who bonded with Vladimir Putin and took Curaçao to the World Cup
The curious case of Dick Advocaat
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
For medical information, general AI frontier models (Google, OpenAI, Anthropic) outperformed specialized @openevidence.bsky.social and UptoDate AI Assessed by 12 US clinicians, randomized & model blinded w/extensive testing/benchmarks. This was not anticipated nature.com/articles/s41...
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Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Teenage me would not have believed I’d become a pope fan, but here we are. Applauding the humanity
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Simon Kuper @simonkuper.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
How international footballers are the world's best linguists, with stories about Cape Verde, Belgium, Morocco, Mbappé, Lukaku (probably the game's leading linguist) and even Harry Kane and Scott McTominay (less good). Me @financialtimes.com doing all World Cup all the time as.ft.com/r/48d2d858-4...
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The World Cup’s unlikely linguists
As football globalised, many players became polyglots
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Pete @caffetino.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
How digitally sovereign is the UK? sovereigntech.uk Not that much, it turns out #digitalsovereignty
sovereigntech.uk
UK Digital Sovereignty Monitor — Average Score: 24/100
How dependent is UK critical infrastructure on foreign technology? AI scores 6/100. Cloud scores 8/100. Track sovereignty across 11 sectors.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 11/06/2026
WE SHOULD BE EMBARRASSED 🤬 The way the U.S. welcomed the team from Senegal 🇸🇳 vs. The way Mexico welcomed the team from Spain 🇪🇸 #WorldCup
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Trains Trams Tracks @trainstramstracks.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
“Not all of us want new cars. Some of us want trains and buses that come every 5 minutes.” - @myvoicemychoice.bsky.social
MY VOICE MY CHOICE
Not all of us want new cars. Some of us want trains and buses that come every 5 minutes.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DY7laNIgcJ8/
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Chris Kendall @ottocr.at · 11/06/2026
EU PAYMENT SYSTEM WHEN
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Pete @caffetino.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Come on #Mexico! #MEX #RSA #FIFAWorldCup
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