Andrea Matranga
@andreamatranga.bsky.social
Economic Historian at Università di Torino. I aspire to a Plinian mind. From Palermo, Sicily.
Substack: https://andreamatranga.substack.com
Substack: https://andreamatranga.substack.com
AS I SAID IN MY LAST EMAIL,... @sarahebond.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 9:26 AM
AS I SAID IN MY LAST EMAIL,... @sarahebond.bsky.social
One of the super convenient things of chatgpt is doing batch file format conversions in python wihtout having to know any of the relevant libraries.
November 13, 2025 at 12:18 PM
One of the super convenient things of chatgpt is doing batch file format conversions in python wihtout having to know any of the relevant libraries.
Also Vidal walked so that Landa could run
November 13, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Also Vidal walked so that Landa could run
One of the strongest female lead characters of all time
November 13, 2025 at 8:51 AM
One of the strongest female lead characters of all time
I remember walking around our old neighborhood in Orange, seeing all the houses, many of them still owned by their original buyers, long since paid off, and thinking what a waste. Who allowed them to pay off their home. They should be generating interest payments, going to me.
November 13, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I remember walking around our old neighborhood in Orange, seeing all the houses, many of them still owned by their original buyers, long since paid off, and thinking what a waste. Who allowed them to pay off their home. They should be generating interest payments, going to me.
When Jupiter's Red Spot storm finally ends
November 13, 2025 at 1:20 AM
When Jupiter's Red Spot storm finally ends
Future archaeologists will be able to date concrete structures from the tree rings from the formwork
November 11, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Future archaeologists will be able to date concrete structures from the tree rings from the formwork
Basically, in this picture of the 16000 cars at doger stadium, thirty of them will end up killng someone (about the amount in the area circled in t red
November 7, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Basically, in this picture of the 16000 cars at doger stadium, thirty of them will end up killng someone (about the amount in the area circled in t red
Bluesky couldn't stop me, you can't stop me
November 6, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Bluesky couldn't stop me, you can't stop me
It was later revealed that the researchers fabricated the study
November 6, 2025 at 11:53 AM
It was later revealed that the researchers fabricated the study
gna.cultura.gov.it/mappa.html The geoportale nazionale per l'archologia has something very cool: NEGATIVE finds, i.e. areas that were investigated (usually for road construction etc), and where nothing was found (read dotted border here)
November 5, 2025 at 12:07 AM
gna.cultura.gov.it/mappa.html The geoportale nazionale per l'archologia has something very cool: NEGATIVE finds, i.e. areas that were investigated (usually for road construction etc), and where nothing was found (read dotted border here)
Finally! Was getting sick of extensive form Slack
November 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Finally! Was getting sick of extensive form Slack
This is Scala dei Turchi (Turk's Staircase" in Sicily. Really cool place. Guess what caused the regular alternation of layers?
Milankovitch Cycles which I used in the neolithic paper. This is like Slum Dog Millionaire where all the random trivia he learned at various points helped him win
Milankovitch Cycles which I used in the neolithic paper. This is like Slum Dog Millionaire where all the random trivia he learned at various points helped him win
November 3, 2025 at 5:51 PM
This is Scala dei Turchi (Turk's Staircase" in Sicily. Really cool place. Guess what caused the regular alternation of layers?
Milankovitch Cycles which I used in the neolithic paper. This is like Slum Dog Millionaire where all the random trivia he learned at various points helped him win
Milankovitch Cycles which I used in the neolithic paper. This is like Slum Dog Millionaire where all the random trivia he learned at various points helped him win
If we just could have megafauna hunted a little less
November 2, 2025 at 9:05 PM
If we just could have megafauna hunted a little less
I accdientally made a Roman Aqueduct builder game
November 2, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I accdientally made a Roman Aqueduct builder game
I don't understand what the big deal is. That's how we all dress in Europe, unless we are farmers AND are currently plowing a field by hand for some reason
October 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I don't understand what the big deal is. That's how we all dress in Europe, unless we are farmers AND are currently plowing a field by hand for some reason
I see your schoolbus conversion and raise you mating a crashed russian helicopter with a truck chassis.
October 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I see your schoolbus conversion and raise you mating a crashed russian helicopter with a truck chassis.
Check this out andreamatranga.github.io/spiralnotes/
October 23, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Check this out andreamatranga.github.io/spiralnotes/
What a glorious day
October 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM
What a glorious day
We had to convert the color image to black and white for publication and I am quite happy with the result
October 20, 2025 at 12:12 PM
We had to convert the color image to black and white for publication and I am quite happy with the result