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Daniel Prindii @danielprindii.com · 25/09/2026

No Sopranos or The Expanse? Or Sons of Anarchy? Or Babylon Berlin? Pfff

Daniel Prindii @danielprindii.com · 22/09/2026

Secondbrain is taken by all those digital systems made in #obsidian, #Evernote and similar. I propose a new name: brain 1.1 and brain 1.2. #Taxonomy

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Francesca Tinti @francescatinti.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

At long last, my article on Languages, Identities and Communication in the Age of Bede has come out in the EHR. And it is open access! academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...

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Languages, Identities and Communication in the Age of Bede*

Abstract. This article seeks to address the underexplored role of language as a marker of identity in the early medieval period by focusing on England in t

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Daniel Prindii @danielprindii.com · 16/09/2026

For our latest edition of the Questionnaire we have Mia Pantoja, a multifaceted artist and a Customer Success Specialist at EmailOctopus. From Mia’s recommendations: bookshops in Poland and United Kingdom, books by Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga and Cormac McCarthy and a Spike Lee film. 1/2

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Mia Pantoja (EmailOctopus) answers The Questionnaire | Miscellanea

Miscellanea is the newsletter for the independent thinker, at the intersection of digital content, knowledge management and culture. In this Questionnaire edition, we have Mia, an artist and a custome...

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Daniel Prindii @danielprindii.com · 09/09/2026

In my latest newsletter edition, I write about how I take notes while reading and how I mix analogue and digital to organise my ideas into a searchable archive. Plus reading recommendations from Rosenfeld Media, a Star Trek cookware, and 1/2

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How to take notes while reading | Miscellanea

Miscellanea is the newsletter for the independent thinker, at the intersection of digital content, knowledge management and culture. In this edition, we have In this edition, we have note taking ideas...

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Daniel Prindii @danielprindii.com · 01/09/2026

My latest newsletter edition is about using the LATCH framework to organise data and information. Richard Saul Wurman, creator of the framework, wrote in the book Information Anxiety: 1/3

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Daniel Prindii @danielprindii.com · 25/08/2026

When AI-generated content, or the way conscientious companies put it - AI-assisted content is becoming common, how do you keep track of what was human-made or human-checked? 1/4

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Lex Roman @lexroman.com · 24/08/2026

Set up a new alert on Airtable because it's come to my attention not enough small business owners are taking this buyout seriously. Taking a "wait and see" approach when we know what's going to happen (based on what we know about Bending Spoons)

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Italica 102.4 includes a special focus section on author Italo Calvino. Along with one in Italian on his work's semantics, articles explore his short story collection "The Cosmicomics" + a Kleinian interpretation of his novel "Il visconte dimezzato" scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/ital/iss...

Cover of Italica, Volume 102, Number 4, Winter 2025.
Journal of the American Association of Teachers of Italian.
Blue background with lighter blue silhouette of the country of Italy.

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Daniel Prindii @danielprindii.com · 17/08/2026

In this week's newsletter, Lucas, creator of the Analog Reader app, answers the Questionnaire. The Analogue Reader is a tool that transforms your saved articles into a newspaper-layout PDF that you can print or read on an e-reader. 1/2

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Daniel Prindii @danielprindii.com · 03/08/2026

For the first edition of the Questionnaire, Lex Roman shares their favourite bookshops, how they take notes, why they miss Super8 filming, and what they are currently reading. @lexroman.com is a writer and publisher of “Revenue breaker”, a small business media supported by its subscribers. 1/2

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Lex Roman answers The Questionnaire | Miscellanea

Miscellanea is the newsletter for the independent thinker, at the intersection of digital content, information management and culture. In this edition, we have two Odyssey reviews and Lex Roman answer...

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Lori Emerson @loriemerson.net · 31/07/2026

Flusser says that “Culture is a device for inheriting acquired information” and he too would appreciate that three generations of squirrels have managed to pass on to each other that they can chew a hole in my screen window and safely head over to the nut container for a little snack—-

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Daniel Prindii @danielprindii.com · 31/07/2026

What do a bookshop, a Super 8 film-making story, and a book about Google have in common? All are stories and recommendations from the first interview in the Miscellanea newsletter. Going live Monday. Subscribe here: miscellanea.danielpr... 1/2

Historical painting by ean Baptiste Joseph Wicar, called Virgil Reading the "Aeneid" to Augustus, Octavia, and Livia. It has speach bubbles applied, one with the message "What news to you have?" and the other: " A new Miscellanea edition drops Monday"

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Daniel Prindii @danielprindii.com · 29/07/2026

We should ask ourselves: what do we want from a social platform? In this newsletter edition and its accompanying blog article, I discuss platforms' openness, values, ease of use, and community. I looked at Mastodon, Eurosky, eYou, Monnett and others. miscellanea.danielprindii.com/archive/euro...

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On new European social media platforms, reading and Chat Control | Miscellanea

Miscellanea is the newsletter for the independent thinker, at the intersection of digital content, information management and culture. In this edition, I discuss new social media platforms, how to fig...

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Daniel Prindii @danielprindii.com · 17/07/2026

Trompe-l'œil in a codex produced in Padua or Venice containing St. Jerome's translation of the Chronicon of Eusebius of Caesarea c. 1480 source: Geneva, Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 49, ff. 10r, 11r, and 13r #art #medieval #books #codex

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Daniel Prindii @danielprindii.com · 10/07/2026

In the next week’s edition of Miscellanea, I write about European social platforms, reading (are we still reading properly?) and how to make sure that mass scanning of private messages (chat control 2.0) will not be implemented. Subscribe 👇 miscellanea.danielpr... 1/2

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Miscellanea is a bi-weekly newsletter at the intersection of content strategy, tech, and culture and how they influence each other.

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Daniel Prindii @danielprindii.com · 10/07/2026

New real estate promo: "This lovely house is 5 min from a data center and no public transportation in sight". Facepalm

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Open Book Collective @openbookcollective.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

The Netherlands' new open access strategy specifically name-checks 'scaling small' & puts community-driven publishing at its core - the very ethos the OBC was built on. Fantastic to see scholar-led values embedded into national policy! #OpenAccess #OAPolicy #ScalingSmall

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When 'scaling small' becomes national policy

The Netherlands' new open access strategy echoes the principles the Open Book Collective was built on - 'scaling small' and community-led publishing

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Daniel Prindii @danielprindii.com · 09/07/2026

"Watching videos is a more passive form of engagement than reading. Hutton recently collected brain images of children, all 3 to 5 years old, as they took in stories in different formats. 1/6

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Daniel Prindii @danielprindii.com · 08/07/2026

Ouch. This is a proper journalistic question.

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Daniel Prindii @danielprindii.com · 07/07/2026

A Pew Research Center analysis shows that “a quarter of all webpages that existed at one point between 2013 and 2023 are no longer accessible, as of October 2023”. 1/2

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Daniel Prindii @danielprindii.com · 06/07/2026

What will we do if LinkedIn, Instagram, Substack, Linktree or other social platforms disappear tomorrow? We'll go to our personal websites if we have them. I wrote in my newsletter about six reasons why a personal website is important. Have a read below 👇

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Why you should have a personal website | Miscellanea

Welcome to Miscellanea- a biweekly newsletter at the intersection of content strategy, tech, and culture and how they influence each other. In this edition, I discuss the importance of personal websites, plus book recommendations and a LOTR explainer.

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Daniel Prindii @danielprindii.com · 02/07/2026

Screen garden is closing. From their article: "Speaking personally, the rise of LLM integration in the Obsidian community also poisoned the well. I have zero interest in allowing a bag of weights to think for me. 1/3

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Daniel Prindii @danielprindii.com · 23/06/2026

The Miscellanea newsletter got a shout-out in DeveloPassion's Newsletter. Sebastien’s community space around obsidian, knowledge management and systems is a great place to hang out. And his Obsidian plugins are always thought through. Links below:

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DeveloPassion's Newsletter #213 - TypedMark and the Emergence of Typed Markdown Systems

A newsletter discussing AI, Knowledge Work, Knowledge Management Systems, Zen Productivity, Personal Organization, and everything in between!

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Daniel Prindii @danielprindii.com · 22/06/2026

Larry, the Chief Mouser, still holds the fort.

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Mickaël Wilmart @mickaelwilmart.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Carlo Ginzburg est mort, annonce la presse italienne. Immense historien, il a su construire une oeuvre originale entre micro-histoire et anthropologie historique qui a considérablement renouvelé la discipline. www.repubblica.it/cultura/2026...

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Carlo Ginzburg è morto, addio al grande storico italiano

Aveva 87 anni. Era famoso in tutto il mondo per le sue ricerche sulla stregoneria e le credenze popolari

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Daniel Prindii @danielprindii.com · 17/06/2026

The nostalgia over blogs, forums, and the early internet, which you find on mainstream platforms (check Threads to see the performative posts), is in fact nostalgia for a culture of participation that worked. 1/3

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Michael J. Taylor @drmichaeljtaylor.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Fashy Tech Bros: Back in Roman times, men were men. Just conquering the world with the boys, no time for woke feminist soi boi bullshit. Actual Roman who fought Hannibal: I'd like to share my recipe for poppyseed cheeseballs with you (Cato Agr. 79)

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Daniel Prindii @danielprindii.com · 11/06/2026

"I asked ChatGPT" is the new " I saw it on Facebook". #internet #ai #technology #sarcasm

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Daniel Prindii @danielprindii.com · 25/05/2026

The concept of third spaces was coined by sociologist Ray Oldenburg in the 1970s. In his view, a third space is a social gathering environment different from the first space, the home, where private life happens, and the second space, the workplace, where professional life takes place. 1/3

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Daniel Prindii @danielprindii.com · 22/05/2026

I’ll just leave this here: “Technology only makes sense if it improves lives, respects our planet, and strengthens our collective autonomy.” — Boris Siegenthaler, founder of Infomaniak #internet #technology

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Daniel Prindii @danielprindii.com · 20/05/2026

Today, I received an email from Infomaniak, telling me that the newly created Infomaniak Foundation holds the majority of voting rights over the Infomaniak business. The foundation is a Swiss public-interest entity and has nine fundamental principles: - Independence - digital sovereignty 1/2

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Daniel Prindii @danielprindii.com · 15/05/2026

And you get shade for parked cars, and will consume less energy to cool when used again.

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Daniel Prindii @danielprindii.com · 15/05/2026

“A man like Dawkins being fooled by the marketing and mimicry of AI may be surprising, but it is not entirely unexpected. In fact, back in 2020, computer scientist Timnit Gebru anticipated exactly such a scenario. 1/3

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Daniel Prindii @danielprindii.com · 13/05/2026

In the next edition of my newsletter, I’ll write about third spaces: what they are, their importance, and how to find the balance between online and offline communities. Subscribe to get the next edition: danielprindii.com/ne... Goes live on Monday. #newsletter #technology #internet #community

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Daniel Prindii @danielprindii.com · 11/05/2026

“Three researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, Harry Jiang, Jordan Taylor, and William Agnew, surveyed nearly 400 professional visual artists about how generative AI has changed their working lives, income, opportunities, and outlook, and compiled the results into a paper they presented at 1/4

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Daniel Prindii @danielprindii.com · 06/05/2026

A “new” phrase is floating around in recent online discussions. It’s about “liquid content”, and it has nothing to do with physics. 1/5

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Daniel Prindii @danielprindii.com · 30/04/2026

More booksmaxxing, less looksmaxxing. #books

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Daniel Prindii @danielprindii.com · 24/04/2026

What happens when publishing platforms start blurring the lines between platform effects, brand, and email tool? And how can you run an independent newsletter with current website newsletter platforms? 1/2

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Daniel Prindii @danielprindii.com · 21/04/2026

Euromaxxing A great visual by The European Correspondent showing people’s attachment to Europe, region, or country. #europe #politics #news #euromaxxing

A Europe map showing the residents' attachment to the region, country or Europe.

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Daniel Prindii @danielprindii.com · 18/04/2026

Schrodinger's Strait of Hormuz is a more accurate name. #politics #news #iran #USPolitics

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Daniel Prindii @danielprindii.com · 15/04/2026

You don't need AI for a cappuccino, ffs.

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Daniel Prindii @danielprindii.com · 30/03/2026

In my latest newsletter edition I write about digital ghost towns, how we lose our shared digital culture with every link that’s dying, and how social acceleration is changing our perception of space and time. #Newsletter #Technology #blog danielprindii.com/blog/miscell...

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Miscellanea no 5: On digital ghost towns, social acceleration and our collective knowledge | Daniel Prindii

Welcome to Miscellanea- a biweekly newsletter at the intersection of art, tech, and culture and how they influence each other.

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