Ettore Costa
@ettorrecos.bsky.social
Historian, Scuola Superiore Meridionale, Napoli. Social Democracy, Western Communism, Socialism and science, Socialist International, Human Rights, Cold War
You know that there is a 1949 Italian comics adapting Dante’s Inferno with Mickey Mouse, Goofy and Donald Duck? In addition to drawings and balloons, it has a long narration in terza rima
November 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
You know that there is a 1949 Italian comics adapting Dante’s Inferno with Mickey Mouse, Goofy and Donald Duck? In addition to drawings and balloons, it has a long narration in terza rima
"Monty" is stealing your job of reinterpreting Dennis' menaceness and, suprisingly, going more political than you!
November 11, 2025 at 10:27 PM
"Monty" is stealing your job of reinterpreting Dennis' menaceness and, suprisingly, going more political than you!
Today’s Mary Worth reminds me of this gem by @zachweinersmith.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Today’s Mary Worth reminds me of this gem by @zachweinersmith.bsky.social
My unwoke position is that Lt. Flap was clearly built on stereotypes, but it was never hurtful and he had equal dignity with other characters, making Beetle Bailey a more successful case of integration than Peanuts. Then they toned down his attributes and used him less, making BB less diverse now
September 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
My unwoke position is that Lt. Flap was clearly built on stereotypes, but it was never hurtful and he had equal dignity with other characters, making Beetle Bailey a more successful case of integration than Peanuts. Then they toned down his attributes and used him less, making BB less diverse now
True, exceptionalism is flattering, comparison is humbling
August 18, 2025 at 11:48 AM
True, exceptionalism is flattering, comparison is humbling
Yes. And when I was at the university in the late 2000s, people of my generation romanticised the caves of Matera as a natural and organic way of living. Just a couple of generations after, they romanticised the misery their grandparents flew without looking back
August 8, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Yes. And when I was at the university in the late 2000s, people of my generation romanticised the caves of Matera as a natural and organic way of living. Just a couple of generations after, they romanticised the misery their grandparents flew without looking back
It's not a representative sample, but reading the detective novels by Seishi Yokomizo published just after the war, a common refrain was "They lied to us, but fortunately we have changed". One novel is all about a soldier who discovers he is no longer supposed to kill himself and thank God for that!
August 8, 2025 at 5:59 PM
It's not a representative sample, but reading the detective novels by Seishi Yokomizo published just after the war, a common refrain was "They lied to us, but fortunately we have changed". One novel is all about a soldier who discovers he is no longer supposed to kill himself and thank God for that!
Tomorrow: Uncle Lumpy interviews George Meany on the labor crisis
August 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Tomorrow: Uncle Lumpy interviews George Meany on the labor crisis
Look out for this MF
August 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Look out for this MF
As @zachweinersmith.bsky.social understood, the problem with AI is that is has not incentive to check whether the answers it delivers are true. Punishment is a good corrective!
July 23, 2025 at 9:40 PM
As @zachweinersmith.bsky.social understood, the problem with AI is that is has not incentive to check whether the answers it delivers are true. Punishment is a good corrective!
Summertime! Time for research... right?
July 14, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Summertime! Time for research... right?
There is only one picture of Beetle’s eyes and Mort Walker published it in one of his books. You could see Beetle’s eyes in college in the 1940s, it was fine to print in the 1980s, but it has to be redacted in the ARMY in 2025!? I blame woke
July 13, 2025 at 4:01 PM
There is only one picture of Beetle’s eyes and Mort Walker published it in one of his books. You could see Beetle’s eyes in college in the 1940s, it was fine to print in the 1980s, but it has to be redacted in the ARMY in 2025!? I blame woke
To bring this monomaniac energy to my grind, I’m sticking this on top of my to-do list
July 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM
To bring this monomaniac energy to my grind, I’m sticking this on top of my to-do list
Wilson understood the role of the Labour Party to lead European socialism, which was part of his role in supporting Nenni in rejecting MLF and rejoining the Socialist International and in his bid to Europe, also seen as a counterweight to Gaullism
July 4, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Wilson understood the role of the Labour Party to lead European socialism, which was part of his role in supporting Nenni in rejecting MLF and rejoining the Socialist International and in his bid to Europe, also seen as a counterweight to Gaullism
Interestingly that quotation shows the Europeanisation of the Labour Partt. It was originally coined by Morgan Phillips, in alliance with Scandinavian socialists in 1950, to reject Guy Mollet’s request to make Marxism a component of the definition of socialism for the Socialist International
July 4, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Interestingly that quotation shows the Europeanisation of the Labour Partt. It was originally coined by Morgan Phillips, in alliance with Scandinavian socialists in 1950, to reject Guy Mollet’s request to make Marxism a component of the definition of socialism for the Socialist International
of all those who did state a preference. The great majority of people don’t write a preference, so it supercharges the transfers to the Catholic Church, which has most of the explicit preferences. They got this system in the renegotiation of the Concordat, it also centralised the power of bishops
June 23, 2025 at 1:11 PM
of all those who did state a preference. The great majority of people don’t write a preference, so it supercharges the transfers to the Catholic Church, which has most of the explicit preferences. They got this system in the renegotiation of the Concordat, it also centralised the power of bishops
Ordinary people have contradictory feelings about state-funded big science, especially in space. It is better to work on them than to convince radical and consistent opponents
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
June 21, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Ordinary people have contradictory feelings about state-funded big science, especially in space. It is better to work on them than to convince radical and consistent opponents
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
I’ll always be grateful to Paul Theroux because he provided me with the perfect example how Britons feared their political-economic decline after Empire because it meant falling to the level of Italians modernlanguagesopen.org/articles/10....
June 9, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I’ll always be grateful to Paul Theroux because he provided me with the perfect example how Britons feared their political-economic decline after Empire because it meant falling to the level of Italians modernlanguagesopen.org/articles/10....
Reject Modernity! (Wilbur’s long-lost bastard brother)
Embrace tradition! (Wilbur’s long-lost bastard son)
Embrace tradition! (Wilbur’s long-lost bastard son)
June 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Reject Modernity! (Wilbur’s long-lost bastard brother)
Embrace tradition! (Wilbur’s long-lost bastard son)
Embrace tradition! (Wilbur’s long-lost bastard son)
