Federica Massagrande
@fed-m.bsky.social
Former archaeologist, current tech PM, bird site escapee.
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I'm seriously starting to question the credibility of the FIFA Peace Prize.
January 3, 2026 at 7:51 AM
I'm seriously starting to question the credibility of the FIFA Peace Prize.
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It’s Amazon Prime Day!
Meanwhile, most small creators aren’t offering discounts, but DO pay their fair share of taxes and spend their money on food, not sub-orbital flights for millionaires.
Your choice.
My shop is here, feel free to drop yours below.
www.dragonsofwales.etsy.com
Meanwhile, most small creators aren’t offering discounts, but DO pay their fair share of taxes and spend their money on food, not sub-orbital flights for millionaires.
Your choice.
My shop is here, feel free to drop yours below.
www.dragonsofwales.etsy.com
www.dragonsofwales.etsy.com
July 8, 2025 at 6:41 AM
It’s Amazon Prime Day!
Meanwhile, most small creators aren’t offering discounts, but DO pay their fair share of taxes and spend their money on food, not sub-orbital flights for millionaires.
Your choice.
My shop is here, feel free to drop yours below.
www.dragonsofwales.etsy.com
Meanwhile, most small creators aren’t offering discounts, but DO pay their fair share of taxes and spend their money on food, not sub-orbital flights for millionaires.
Your choice.
My shop is here, feel free to drop yours below.
www.dragonsofwales.etsy.com
What is common knowledge in your field but shocks outsiders?
A lot of of the IT in financial institutions consists of enterprise solutions built on top of mainframes in place since the 1960s, that are difficult to phase out and replace due to most people with the relevant skills having retired.
A lot of of the IT in financial institutions consists of enterprise solutions built on top of mainframes in place since the 1960s, that are difficult to phase out and replace due to most people with the relevant skills having retired.
What is common knowledge in your field but shocks outsiders?
The vast majority of software products contain known vulnerabilities, waiting for threat actors to exploit them.
Also: almost all proprietary software depends on open-source components (many of which people maintain as a hobby).
The vast majority of software products contain known vulnerabilities, waiting for threat actors to exploit them.
Also: almost all proprietary software depends on open-source components (many of which people maintain as a hobby).
What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?
Most decisions in EU or international minister / prime minister meetings are pre-negotiated, with only little actual negotiations taking place at a Council meeting.
Most decisions in EU or international minister / prime minister meetings are pre-negotiated, with only little actual negotiations taking place at a Council meeting.
June 17, 2025 at 10:33 AM
What is common knowledge in your field but shocks outsiders?
A lot of of the IT in financial institutions consists of enterprise solutions built on top of mainframes in place since the 1960s, that are difficult to phase out and replace due to most people with the relevant skills having retired.
A lot of of the IT in financial institutions consists of enterprise solutions built on top of mainframes in place since the 1960s, that are difficult to phase out and replace due to most people with the relevant skills having retired.
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Yes. And this article does not even mention that the same referendum includes ballots on the protection of vulnerable workers/compensation for illegitimate firing.
If you call yourself progressive and want to vote on these things, this may be the vote in a generation
If you call yourself progressive and want to vote on these things, this may be the vote in a generation
Really interesting article in the @financialtimes.com about the Italian nationality referendum.
It has profound implications for its rapidly ageing society, where nearly a quarter of the population is over 65 and just 12 per cent below the age of 14.
www.ft.com/content/401e...
It has profound implications for its rapidly ageing society, where nearly a quarter of the population is over 65 and just 12 per cent below the age of 14.
www.ft.com/content/401e...
Italy’s vote on who gets to be Italian
Voters will decide whether or not to slash residency requirements for citizenship, against the government’s wishes
www.ft.com
June 5, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Yes. And this article does not even mention that the same referendum includes ballots on the protection of vulnerable workers/compensation for illegitimate firing.
If you call yourself progressive and want to vote on these things, this may be the vote in a generation
If you call yourself progressive and want to vote on these things, this may be the vote in a generation
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I wouldn't have thought it was possible, but Elon Musk has managed to make drugs not cool.
May 30, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I wouldn't have thought it was possible, but Elon Musk has managed to make drugs not cool.
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Makes total sense that he'd think people who'd worked for the Nazis were his type of American.
May 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Makes total sense that he'd think people who'd worked for the Nazis were his type of American.
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"Good old American know-how, as provided by good old Americans like Dr Wernher von Braun."
- Tom Lehrer
- Tom Lehrer
May 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
"Good old American know-how, as provided by good old Americans like Dr Wernher von Braun."
- Tom Lehrer
- Tom Lehrer
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It's probably just a coincidence that 'Escape from Alcatraz' aired multiple times on a local South Florida station just as our TV-obsessed president was staying at Mar-a-Lago and suddenly decided that the prison needed to be reopened.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Trump announced Alcatraz reopening hours after ‘Escape from Alcatraz’ aired on PBS
The 1979 film starring Clint Eastwood about the daring 1962 escape attempt aired on the local PBS channel just six hours before the president made his demand that the prison be reopened
www.independent.co.uk
May 5, 2025 at 7:12 PM
It's probably just a coincidence that 'Escape from Alcatraz' aired multiple times on a local South Florida station just as our TV-obsessed president was staying at Mar-a-Lago and suddenly decided that the prison needed to be reopened.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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The US plan to weaken Ukraine and push them to bow down to Russia has run into the intertwined problems of the Ukrainians not wanting to, the Russians giving them no reason to, and the Europeans having resources.
⚡️ Trump officials 'fed up' with Europe's efforts to strengthen Ukraine, Economist reports.
Some Pentagon officials have even questioned an unspecified ally about why it continues sending military aid to Ukraine, the Economist reported.
Some Pentagon officials have even questioned an unspecified ally about why it continues sending military aid to Ukraine, the Economist reported.
Trump officials 'fed up' with Europe's efforts to strengthen Ukraine, Economist reports
The Trump administration officials are dissatisfied with European countries' ongoing support for Ukraine, underscoring the growing rift between Washington and Europe, the Economist reported on April 1...
kyivindependent.com
April 17, 2025 at 11:37 AM
The US plan to weaken Ukraine and push them to bow down to Russia has run into the intertwined problems of the Ukrainians not wanting to, the Russians giving them no reason to, and the Europeans having resources.
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In questo momento, l’Europa –con tutti i suoi limiti e contraddizioni – è il principale baluardo della democrazia. È ovvio che Trump e Putin la considerino un nemico pericoloso.
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April 15, 2025 at 9:36 AM
In questo momento, l’Europa –con tutti i suoi limiti e contraddizioni – è il principale baluardo della democrazia. È ovvio che Trump e Putin la considerino un nemico pericoloso.
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Import Chinese battery: 145% tariff
Import Chinese battery inside Chinese laptop: 20% tariff
Import Chinese battery inside Vietnamese laptop: 0% tariff
Fuckin brilliant. A+ work here team. I am so glad there are such smart people working on our trade policy.
Import Chinese battery inside Chinese laptop: 20% tariff
Import Chinese battery inside Vietnamese laptop: 0% tariff
Fuckin brilliant. A+ work here team. I am so glad there are such smart people working on our trade policy.
April 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Import Chinese battery: 145% tariff
Import Chinese battery inside Chinese laptop: 20% tariff
Import Chinese battery inside Vietnamese laptop: 0% tariff
Fuckin brilliant. A+ work here team. I am so glad there are such smart people working on our trade policy.
Import Chinese battery inside Chinese laptop: 20% tariff
Import Chinese battery inside Vietnamese laptop: 0% tariff
Fuckin brilliant. A+ work here team. I am so glad there are such smart people working on our trade policy.
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This is Donald Trump’s Liz Truss moment.
Now let's stand firm with our allies and make him drop his reckless tariffs altogether.
Now let's stand firm with our allies and make him drop his reckless tariffs altogether.
April 9, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This is Donald Trump’s Liz Truss moment.
Now let's stand firm with our allies and make him drop his reckless tariffs altogether.
Now let's stand firm with our allies and make him drop his reckless tariffs altogether.
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🔴‘Everyone Hates Elon’ Protesters Invite Londoners to Smash Up Tesla in Protest Stunt
Participants can “safely and legally smash up a Tesla to vent their rage at Elon Musk, the far-right and billionaires”, as anti-Tesla protests spread across the UK
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/09/e...
Participants can “safely and legally smash up a Tesla to vent their rage at Elon Musk, the far-right and billionaires”, as anti-Tesla protests spread across the UK
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/09/e...
'Everyone Hates Elon' Protesters Invite Londoners to Smash Up Tesla in Protest Stunt
Participants can "safely and legally smash up a Tesla to vent their rage at Elon Musk, the far-right and billionaires”, as anti-Tesla protests spread across the UK
bylinetimes.com
April 9, 2025 at 10:20 AM
🔴‘Everyone Hates Elon’ Protesters Invite Londoners to Smash Up Tesla in Protest Stunt
Participants can “safely and legally smash up a Tesla to vent their rage at Elon Musk, the far-right and billionaires”, as anti-Tesla protests spread across the UK
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/09/e...
Participants can “safely and legally smash up a Tesla to vent their rage at Elon Musk, the far-right and billionaires”, as anti-Tesla protests spread across the UK
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/09/e...
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🚨 5th operator wants to rival Eurostar! 🚨
And this one is SERIOUS
And has TRAINS ALREADY BEING BUILT
Trenitalia 🇮🇹
#CrossChannelRail
www.fsitaliane.it/content/fsit...
And this one is SERIOUS
And has TRAINS ALREADY BEING BUILT
Trenitalia 🇮🇹
#CrossChannelRail
www.fsitaliane.it/content/fsit...
Gruppo FS: piano per lanciare un nuovo collegamento Alta Velocità Londra - Parigi
Roma, 8 aprile 2025
www.fsitaliane.it
April 8, 2025 at 11:18 AM
🚨 5th operator wants to rival Eurostar! 🚨
And this one is SERIOUS
And has TRAINS ALREADY BEING BUILT
Trenitalia 🇮🇹
#CrossChannelRail
www.fsitaliane.it/content/fsit...
And this one is SERIOUS
And has TRAINS ALREADY BEING BUILT
Trenitalia 🇮🇹
#CrossChannelRail
www.fsitaliane.it/content/fsit...
I am not a political expert, but I do feel that there certainly is a lot of screwing happening right now.
Lutnick: "The army of millions and millions of human beings screwing in little screws to make iPhones -- that kind of thing is going to come to America."
April 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I am not a political expert, but I do feel that there certainly is a lot of screwing happening right now.
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I'd add to this excellent @dsmitheconomics.bsky.social piece that the way to hit Trump where it hurts (psychologically/politically) isn't a tariff war we can't win, but showing we/other advanced economies can globalise *without* the US.
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
Starmer must defy Trump by hugging other tariff victims closer
Britain doesn’t deserve to be on the end of Donald Trump’s taxes, but the solution may be to form an economic coalition of the willing and focus on what we’re good at
www.thetimes.com
April 6, 2025 at 7:25 AM
I'd add to this excellent @dsmitheconomics.bsky.social piece that the way to hit Trump where it hurts (psychologically/politically) isn't a tariff war we can't win, but showing we/other advanced economies can globalise *without* the US.
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
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“Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
~The Diary of Anne Frank
~The Diary of Anne Frank
April 5, 2025 at 10:36 AM
“Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
~The Diary of Anne Frank
~The Diary of Anne Frank
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Reposting this because there is way too much misinformation out there. US customers: purchases from UK Etsy sellers under $800 value, are NOT subject to the new tariffs. Nothing has changed. The price you paid last week is the same this week. Please pass this around. Livelihoods depend on facts.
It’s a crazy world when an artist has to write about tariffs, but here we are. Happily, it’s good news. As sales to the US account for the vast majority of my income, it’s hugely important for me to get this message out there, and I’d be very grateful if you could all share far and wide. Thank you.
April 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Reposting this because there is way too much misinformation out there. US customers: purchases from UK Etsy sellers under $800 value, are NOT subject to the new tariffs. Nothing has changed. The price you paid last week is the same this week. Please pass this around. Livelihoods depend on facts.
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In sum, the US is fucked. Geopolitical suicide and economic self-immolation, both at the same time.
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April 4, 2025 at 12:14 PM
In sum, the US is fucked. Geopolitical suicide and economic self-immolation, both at the same time.
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UK: Brexit is the biggest act of economic self harm any country will ever perform
USA: Hold my beer...
USA: Hold my beer...
April 4, 2025 at 12:43 PM
UK: Brexit is the biggest act of economic self harm any country will ever perform
USA: Hold my beer...
USA: Hold my beer...
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America just did a Brexit.
April 3, 2025 at 12:45 PM
America just did a Brexit.
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We've now ended up with non-tariff barriers on our biggest trading partner and tariffs from our second biggest trading partner. I'm not sure 'benefit' is the word I'd use to describe that outcome.
Yup. It feels cruel to deny deluded Brexiters their tiny sliver of a ‘win’ but, on the other hand, fuck ‘em. Weakening a country *before* an attack like this is an act of obvious treachery. We would, by any measure, be better off *in* the the EU *with* the 20% basic tariff rate.
And the 25% on car parts from, inter alia, the UK is still in place, right? Or not?
April 3, 2025 at 12:42 PM
We've now ended up with non-tariff barriers on our biggest trading partner and tariffs from our second biggest trading partner. I'm not sure 'benefit' is the word I'd use to describe that outcome.