Nicoletta Marini-Maio
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Nicoletta Marini-Maio
@nicomarini.bsky.social
Professor of Italian and Film Studies. Feminist. Runner. Born in Italy. Always up for thoughtful conversation.
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You think you know stress?

When I grew up, if you missed a TV show you just missed it.

Forever.
August 19, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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La rete televisiva di destra statunitense Newsmax pagherà 67 milioni di dollari a Dominion Voting System, in una causa per diffamazione legata alle elezioni del 2020
La rete televisiva di destra statunitense Newsmax pagherà 67 milioni di dollari a Dominion Voting System, in una causa per diffamazione legata alle elezioni del 2020
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August 19, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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A massive attack on several humanities units (Arabic Studies, Judaic Studies, Holocaust Studies, Classics, Religion, German & Scandinavian, Russian/East European/Eurasian Studies) *and* tenure now unfolding at the University of Oregon (a blue state!). Closure of units and faculty layoffs threatened.
August 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Raskin: "What we have is the Trump Justice Department organizing itself not around the interests of the survivors -- the people who were victimized by Maxwell and Epstein -- but rather organizing itself around protecting the perpetrators."
August 7, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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Yes, the federal government removed two key sections of the Constitution, one dealing with Due Process and the second dealing with States rights, from a Congressional website.

I helped break this story this morning.

The government claims it's a coding error.
NEWS: Constitution Sections on Due Process and Foreign Gifts Quietly Removed From Government Website
This is a major story that more media sites need to cover.
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August 6, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Il governo ha nominato due medici scettici sui vaccini nel gruppo di esperti sui vaccini
Il governo ha nominato due medici scettici sui vaccini nel gruppo di esperti sui vaccini
Il loro compito è proprio dare pareri scientifici: sulla scelta ci sono già diverse perplessità
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August 6, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Exclusive: The Pentagon’s independent watchdog has received evidence that messages from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Signal account previewing a U.S. bombing campaign in Yemen derived from a classified email labeled “SECRET/NOFORN.”
Hegseth Signal messages came from email classified ‘SECRET,’ watchdog told
The revelation contradicts the Trump administration’s long-standing claims that no classified information was shared by the defense secretary’s account during the “Signalgate” scandal.
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July 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Laura Santi è la nona persona in Italia e la prima in Umbria ad aver ottenuto, dopo un lungo e complesso iter giudiziario civile e penale, il via libera al suicidio assistito. Era affetta da una forma progressiva e avanzata di sclerosi multipla ilpost.link/996GKqZfQ7
Laura Santi è morta dopo aver avuto accesso al suicidio assistito, infine - Il Post
Dopo un lungo e complesso iter giudiziario, civile e penale, per vedersi riconosciuto questo diritto: è la nona persona in Italia e la prima in Umbria
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July 22, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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More than 1,000 protesters marched across the causeway from West Palm Beach toward President Donald Trump’s resort home of Mar-a-Lago on Saturday morning, chanting “USA!” and waving American flags and “No Kings” signs.

Follow live updates:
Live updates: Nationwide protests taking place ahead of Trump military parade for Army’s birthday
Follow the live updates on the nationwide ‘No Kings’ protests and the parade in celebration of the Army’s 250th birthday on President Donald Trump’s birthday.
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June 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Breaking news: California sued the Trump administration over its deployment of 2,000 California National Guard troops to Los Angeles, a move with little precedent that has dramatically increased tensions between the federal government and America’s largest Democratic-led state.
California sues Trump over National Guard deployment to Los Angeles
The state’s governor, Democrat Gavin Newsom, has argued that the deployment is “an illegal act, an immoral act, an unconstitutional act.”
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June 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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I survived Lymphoma- surgery, 3 months of chemotherapy, 21 radiation treatments. That was some 20 years ago! Modern medicine saved my life!
Today is the 38th annual National Cancer Survivors Day

Around the world we come together to acknowledge cancer survivors & to raise awareness of the challenges of cancer survivorship

Are you a survivor?
I celebate your life 🤗
June 1, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Linda McMahon: "Universities should continue to be able to do research as long as they're abiding by the laws and in sync, I think, with the administration and what the administration is trying to accomplish."
May 28, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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NEW: The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.

In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
Under Texas’ Abortion Ban, Where a Woman Lives Can Determine Her Risk of Developing Sepsis
While the rates of dangerous infections spiked across the state after it banned abortion in 2021, women in Houston fared far worse than those in Dallas, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind ana...
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May 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Update: for now, blocked by judge
"A federal judge granted a temporary restraining order preventing migrants from being sent to Libya or any other third country after immigration attorneys filed an emergency motion Wednesday."
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May 8, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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La giornalista ucraina Viktoriia Roshchyna era sparita nel 2023 mentre stava lavorando: il suo corpo è stato restituito dai russi mutilato e irriconoscibile

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L'inchiesta sulla giornalista ucraina torturata e morta in un carcere russo - Il Post
Viktoriia Roshchyna era sparita nel 2023 mentre stava lavorando: il suo corpo è stato restituito dai russi mutilato e irriconoscibile
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April 30, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Thank you Greyhound!
April 29, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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Trump’s appointees often seem to be acting out a made-for-television version of their jobs, @ashleyrparker.bsky.social writes. They “perform near-daily tone poems to a certain type of MAGA masculinity, publicly pantomiming their professional responsibilities.”
Trump’s Cosplay Cabinet
The president’s appointees often appear to be acting out a made-for-television version of their jobs rather than actually doing them.
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April 28, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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In an extraordinary on-air rebuke, one of the top journalists at “60 Minutes” directly criticized the program’s parent company, Paramount, in the final moments of its Sunday night CBS telecast, its first episode since the program’s executive producer, Bill Owens, announced his intention to resign.
‘60 Minutes’ Rebukes Paramount On-Air Over Executive Producer’s Exit
The show’s top producer abruptly said last week he was quitting. “Paramount began to supervise our content in new ways,” the correspondent Scott Pelley told viewers.
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April 28, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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China, Russia and India have dispatched emergency teams and supplies to earthquake-ravaged Myanmar. So have Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam. The U.S., the richest country in the world and once its most generous provider of foreign aid, has sent nothing.
Trump’s U.S.A.I.D. Cuts Hobble Earthquake Response in Myanmar
While China, Russia and other nations have rushed emergency response teams to the devastated country, the U.S., once a leader in foreign aid, has been slow to act.
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March 31, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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There are a lot of reasons not to fuck with indie publishing but I stay in it because in spite of the costs and the struggles and the mistakes making books is one of the coolest things I’ve ever done. I love every book and every author we’ve ever published.
March 23, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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«L’idea di fare una grande manifestazione per l’Europa, incautamente lanciata proprio qui il 10 di febbraio, poi rilanciata in prima pagina su Repubblica, ha provocato un considerevole trambusto» dalla newsletter di Michele Serra:
Peraltro capopopolo - Il Post
«L’idea di fare una grande manifestazione per l’Europa, incautamente lanciata proprio qui il 10 di febbraio, poi rilanciata in prima pagina su Repubblica, ha provocato un considerevole trambusto»
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March 4, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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Nella sua prima visita alla Casa Bianca da quando Trump è tornato alla presidenza degli Stati Uniti, Macron ha provato a far cambiare idea a Trump sull'Ucraina: ha fatto alcune concessioni e al tempo stesso ha smentito le sue affermazioni false

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Macron ha provato a far cambiare idea a Trump sull'Ucraina - Il Post
Durante una visita ufficiale alla Casa Bianca ma senza riuscirci, tra strette di mano molto vigorose e battibecchi
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February 25, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/o...
Opinion | Trump Wants to Destroy All Academia, Not Just the Woke Parts (Gift Article)
The administration’s war on universities defies rational self-interest.
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February 14, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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