Things I write in English
Google’s decision to impose a KYC framework on developers is making a certain impression online. In practical terms, this means that Google is progressively requiring that anyone distributing Android apps — not only on the Google Play Store, but increasingly outside it as well — must be verifiably identified, with a legal name, address, real contact details, and in many cases official documents or corporate data.
On April 25th — Italy’s Liberation Day, commemorating the end of Fascism and Nazi occupation — the usual clash surrounding the so-called Jewish…
Today, purely by chance, I noticed that mastodon.social has blocked me. It’s quite interesting, because after looking around online I found, essentially, the supposed “reasons” for this action, and honestly I’ve been laughing about it all morning, precisely because the whole thing borders on the grotesque.
The clash between the Pope and Donald Trump has brought about, on the part of the left, a wave of sympathy for the Pope, who is seen by some as the only “global political party” capable of mounting a real opposition to Trump, rather than merely commenting on his moves.
I have always had a tendency to move not a single finger toward solving a problem until I have grasped its nature, and—above all—until I am certain I understood the mechanism I was about to meddle with. For this reason I regard the idea of “move fast, break things” with deep suspicion: it is not a matter of taste, but the fact that, in most cases, it sounds like a winking version of sloppiness.
In Italy, there has just been an investigation that found a kind of high-end escort network circulating through Milan’s nightlife, employed mainly by sportsmen, footballers, and other millionaires passing through.