Martina Pugliese
@martinapugliese.bsky.social
Data scientist since it was uncool, Physics PhD (complex systems). AI & Tech (4good). Language and mostly culture tidbits. 🇮🇹 in 🏴 (Edinburgh). Posts in ITA/EN.
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https://martinapugliese.github.io
Here for original thoughts.
https://martinapugliese.github.io
The Ablaut, the vowel shift from the present tense to the past, is a thing of proto-Indoeuropean. It remains in German/English (not sure if in all Germanics) - e.g. drink-drank-drunk/trink-trank-getrunken; romance languages abandoned it for suffixation - e.g. Italian dormo-dormii-dormito
#language
#language
November 22, 2025 at 11:03 AM
The Ablaut, the vowel shift from the present tense to the past, is a thing of proto-Indoeuropean. It remains in German/English (not sure if in all Germanics) - e.g. drink-drank-drunk/trink-trank-getrunken; romance languages abandoned it for suffixation - e.g. Italian dormo-dormii-dormito
#language
#language
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A week today, I'll be shining a light on local shops and makers.
I hope you'll join me for a virtual Bluesky party/shopping night/blether.
#EdinburghHour
I hope you'll join me for a virtual Bluesky party/shopping night/blether.
#EdinburghHour
PLEASE SHARE:
On Black Friday, I want to draw attention away from the big chains and towards local Edinburgh independent retailers, makers and markets.
Please join me from
7 pm - 8 pm on Friday 28 November
to share some ideas for Christmas gifting.
We'll use the hashtag #EdinburghHour
On Black Friday, I want to draw attention away from the big chains and towards local Edinburgh independent retailers, makers and markets.
Please join me from
7 pm - 8 pm on Friday 28 November
to share some ideas for Christmas gifting.
We'll use the hashtag #EdinburghHour
November 21, 2025 at 7:54 AM
A week today, I'll be shining a light on local shops and makers.
I hope you'll join me for a virtual Bluesky party/shopping night/blether.
#EdinburghHour
I hope you'll join me for a virtual Bluesky party/shopping night/blether.
#EdinburghHour
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November 20, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Yet another example of self-declared do-gooders that are really just profiting while oppressing others
This is a really interesting article about a horrifying distortion of sign language happening in the UK, and which its creators are now trying to export to other countries and their sign languages
Learn actual sign languages from Deaf people, not from hearing people making their own weird versions!
Learn actual sign languages from Deaf people, not from hearing people making their own weird versions!
I will not fight with people on Threads about Makaton. I will not fight with people on Threads about Makaton. I will not thebaffler.com/outbursts/si...
November 20, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Yet another example of self-declared do-gooders that are really just profiting while oppressing others
Wow that's great, didn't know such a thing existed in the US - more of this everywhere please
New Mexico's free universal child care program is a model for the nation.
www.krqe.com/news/new-mex...
www.krqe.com/news/new-mex...
November 17, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Wow that's great, didn't know such a thing existed in the US - more of this everywhere please
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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🌍 42.5m refugees
Over 70% of them are hosted by low- and middle-income countries.
🇬🇧 548k refugees
= 0.78% of the UK population.
It is not refugees who tear our country apart, it is the mainstreaming of far right policies. And that’s a risk to all of us.
My letter to my MP.
#asylum #Mahmood
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Over 70% of them are hosted by low- and middle-income countries.
🇬🇧 548k refugees
= 0.78% of the UK population.
It is not refugees who tear our country apart, it is the mainstreaming of far right policies. And that’s a risk to all of us.
My letter to my MP.
#asylum #Mahmood
🧵
![Dear [my MP’s name],
As the Home Secretary prepares to announce sweeping changes to the UK’s asylum system, I see it as both my duty as a citizen and responsibility as a migration expert to do all I can to urge policymakers to oppose the proposals—not only for what they will do to refugees, though that is the first concern, but also for what they will mean for all of us and the future society we live in.
That is why I am writing to you as my MP. This letter explains why I consider the need to oppose the Home Secretary’s proposals urgent and, at the most fundamental level, in the national and your constituents’ interest.
I was born in Germany, a country whose history taught me how quickly societies can go down dark paths; how quickly our leaders can fail in the choices they make. But the history of the displacement of people that the Nazi regime was responsible for also shaped my understanding of why refugee movements occur—and why our response to any of them can never compromise what are, and must always be, universal human rights.
Which is why what is happening in the UK now is so deeply alarming.
A manufactured crisis
As of June 2025, there were 42.5 million refugees globally. Over 70% of them are hosted by low- and middle-income countries; most of them immediate neighbours. Overall, five countries—Colombia, Germany, Türkiye, Iran and Uganda—host a third of the total number of refugees; Germany is the main host in the EU, hosting 2.7 million.
The UK hosts 548,000 refugees; that is 0.78% of the UK population. About 110,000 people are in receipt of asylum support; that is 0.15% of the UK population.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bru4h6s37w4hfmwhetu7veye/bafkreidmewc5timbx7nh57qyq7lm7gmhvclzidmloqhwgckpnegnddoicq@jpeg)
November 16, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Bonnington based charity the Compass Therapy Centre are having an open afternoon this Thursday, particularly for people with neurological conditions.
1 in 6 people in the UK have a neurological condition, so really pleased to see such a proactive response in our community.
1 in 6 people in the UK have a neurological condition, so really pleased to see such a proactive response in our community.
November 16, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Bonnington based charity the Compass Therapy Centre are having an open afternoon this Thursday, particularly for people with neurological conditions.
1 in 6 people in the UK have a neurological condition, so really pleased to see such a proactive response in our community.
1 in 6 people in the UK have a neurological condition, so really pleased to see such a proactive response in our community.
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Bad news in from South Georgia - the population of breeding female elephant seals has nearly halved following a bird flu outbreak on the sub-Antarctic island.
Here's what we know so far...
📸 Connor Bamford
Here's what we know so far...
📸 Connor Bamford
November 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Bad news in from South Georgia - the population of breeding female elephant seals has nearly halved following a bird flu outbreak on the sub-Antarctic island.
Here's what we know so far...
📸 Connor Bamford
Here's what we know so far...
📸 Connor Bamford
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I find that I retain information better when I read it rather than listen to it. Anyone else?
Maybe this is why Elon Musk can’t tell the difference between The Odyssey and The Iliad.
Maybe this is why Elon Musk can’t tell the difference between The Odyssey and The Iliad.
*maximum alpha at 1.25x speed* continuously lives on in my head, unfortunately.
November 11, 2025 at 10:38 AM
I find that I retain information better when I read it rather than listen to it. Anyone else?
Maybe this is why Elon Musk can’t tell the difference between The Odyssey and The Iliad.
Maybe this is why Elon Musk can’t tell the difference between The Odyssey and The Iliad.
A lot of people complain of the sycophancy of LLMs. But really, you can use it to your advantage when researching a topic/learning. Challenge the bot to challenge yourself, to see whether you really understood something. Push and question. Then always be skeptical and read the sources.
November 9, 2025 at 11:56 AM
A lot of people complain of the sycophancy of LLMs. But really, you can use it to your advantage when researching a topic/learning. Challenge the bot to challenge yourself, to see whether you really understood something. Push and question. Then always be skeptical and read the sources.
The Italian #Airbnb market is concentrating: bigger hosts (usually agencies) are eating up more properties. Rome is an exception. Post in English
bernomone.github.io/citybreaking... and in Italian bernomone.github.io/citybreaking...
#data #overtourism
bernomone.github.io/citybreaking... and in Italian bernomone.github.io/citybreaking...
#data #overtourism
November 9, 2025 at 10:55 AM
The Italian #Airbnb market is concentrating: bigger hosts (usually agencies) are eating up more properties. Rome is an exception. Post in English
bernomone.github.io/citybreaking... and in Italian bernomone.github.io/citybreaking...
#data #overtourism
bernomone.github.io/citybreaking... and in Italian bernomone.github.io/citybreaking...
#data #overtourism
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36 years ago today, the Berlin Wall fell and the world changed overnight.
This moment marked an important milestone in EU history, paving the way for democratic change and future EU enlargement.
A lasting symbol of hope, unity and the power of freedom.
#mauerfall
This moment marked an important milestone in EU history, paving the way for democratic change and future EU enlargement.
A lasting symbol of hope, unity and the power of freedom.
#mauerfall
November 9, 2025 at 9:30 AM
36 years ago today, the Berlin Wall fell and the world changed overnight.
This moment marked an important milestone in EU history, paving the way for democratic change and future EU enlargement.
A lasting symbol of hope, unity and the power of freedom.
#mauerfall
This moment marked an important milestone in EU history, paving the way for democratic change and future EU enlargement.
A lasting symbol of hope, unity and the power of freedom.
#mauerfall
A movie you've seen more than 7 times with a gif
November 4, 2025 at 8:05 AM
A movie you've seen more than 7 times with a gif
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La bellezza del silenzio (e del clavicembalo temperato) ❤️
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open.substack.com/pub/astutill...
ISTRUZIONI PER TROVARE POSTI SILENZIOSI
A me piace il progresso. Non sono uno di quelli che dice “ah, come si stava bene nel paleolitico, quando eravamo a contatto con la natura e le controversie venivano risolte in modo semplice e spontane...
open.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:42 AM
La bellezza del silenzio (e del clavicembalo temperato) ❤️
open.substack.com/pub/astutill...
open.substack.com/pub/astutill...
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Sudan is in a famine, and people are dying from it. The Khartoum Aid Kitchen initiative feeds the hungry, about 1250+ people daily, in the greater Khartoum area.
They are at 93%
Update below:
gofund.me/bbbc084c
They are at 93%
Update below:
gofund.me/bbbc084c
Donate to Fight Hunger in Sudan: The Khartoum Kitchen appeal, organized by Mustafa Ibrahim
The War in Sudan has created the World’s largest Humanitarian cris… Mustafa Ibrahim needs your support for Fight Hunger in Sudan: The Khartoum Kitchen appeal
gofund.me
October 20, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Sudan is in a famine, and people are dying from it. The Khartoum Aid Kitchen initiative feeds the hungry, about 1250+ people daily, in the greater Khartoum area.
They are at 93%
Update below:
gofund.me/bbbc084c
They are at 93%
Update below:
gofund.me/bbbc084c
*A really efficient totalitarian state would be one in which the all-powerful executive of political bosses and their army of managers control a population of slaves who do not have to be coerced, because they love their servitude.*
That's A Huxley in the 1946 preface to "Brave New World"
That's A Huxley in the 1946 preface to "Brave New World"
November 1, 2025 at 10:56 AM
*A really efficient totalitarian state would be one in which the all-powerful executive of political bosses and their army of managers control a population of slaves who do not have to be coerced, because they love their servitude.*
That's A Huxley in the 1946 preface to "Brave New World"
That's A Huxley in the 1946 preface to "Brave New World"
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F. Scott Fitzgerald: In my book I invented Gatsby lifestyle as a cautionary tale
The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby
The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby
November 1, 2025 at 4:48 AM
F. Scott Fitzgerald: In my book I invented Gatsby lifestyle as a cautionary tale
The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby
The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby
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Please donate if you can, like, share, spread the word. Let's get this closed!
Good news, we have 30% for the drone, bad news, we need to get whole amount by the end of this week else all the schedule requests going to be delayed a lot and guys are waiting😭
Really need your €3, I know we can do it
Really need your €3, I know we can do it
Are you ready?🙂
56th brigade needs a pickup and Matrice 4T👉👈
send.monobank.ua/jar/3Zuzxk994D
PayPal [email protected]
56th brigade needs a pickup and Matrice 4T👉👈
send.monobank.ua/jar/3Zuzxk994D
PayPal [email protected]
October 29, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Please donate if you can, like, share, spread the word. Let's get this closed!
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This @royalsociety.org report has not received nearly the attention it deserves.
Key finding: "most current approaches to economic assessments of impacts of #climate change do not reflect the severity of consequences that are suggested by the latest physical climate science & evidence on impacts" 😬
Key finding: "most current approaches to economic assessments of impacts of #climate change do not reflect the severity of consequences that are suggested by the latest physical climate science & evidence on impacts" 😬
Climate change economics: Summary report | Royal Society
A summary report on a Royal Society climate change economics conference.
royalsociety.org
October 27, 2025 at 7:20 AM
This @royalsociety.org report has not received nearly the attention it deserves.
Key finding: "most current approaches to economic assessments of impacts of #climate change do not reflect the severity of consequences that are suggested by the latest physical climate science & evidence on impacts" 😬
Key finding: "most current approaches to economic assessments of impacts of #climate change do not reflect the severity of consequences that are suggested by the latest physical climate science & evidence on impacts" 😬
Parlando di iperturismo, a Bologna l'ospite maggiore ha il ~4% delle proprietà Airbnb, a Milano quasi l'80% degli ospiti ne hanno invece uno solo. Quanto sono diseguali le città italiane riguardo le proprietà Airbnb? Qualche dato bernomone.github.io/citybreaking...
Chi ha più Airbnb nelle città italiane?
Esploriamo la distribuzione di Airbnb per ospite per varie città
bernomone.github.io
October 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Parlando di iperturismo, a Bologna l'ospite maggiore ha il ~4% delle proprietà Airbnb, a Milano quasi l'80% degli ospiti ne hanno invece uno solo. Quanto sono diseguali le città italiane riguardo le proprietà Airbnb? Qualche dato bernomone.github.io/citybreaking...
In Bologna, the top Airbnb host has almost 4% of the listings. Is it a rich-gets-richer mechanism? Yeh, pretty sure it is. Some #data bernomone.github.io/citybreaking...
Who owns the most Airbnbs in Italian cities?
Exploring the distribution of Airbnb properties per host across various cities
bernomone.github.io
October 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
In Bologna, the top Airbnb host has almost 4% of the listings. Is it a rich-gets-richer mechanism? Yeh, pretty sure it is. Some #data bernomone.github.io/citybreaking...
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there is an æsthetics in all things
October 22, 2025 at 8:47 AM
there is an æsthetics in all things
AWS outage and a quake in Scotland 😮
October 21, 2025 at 7:16 AM
AWS outage and a quake in Scotland 😮
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AWS incident is why decentralization is more important than ever.
Too much power. Too much concentration risk for humanity.
Decentralize everything.
Everything everything.
Everything.
Too much power. Too much concentration risk for humanity.
Decentralize everything.
Everything everything.
Everything.
October 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
AWS incident is why decentralization is more important than ever.
Too much power. Too much concentration risk for humanity.
Decentralize everything.
Everything everything.
Everything.
Too much power. Too much concentration risk for humanity.
Decentralize everything.
Everything everything.
Everything.