Bonus: More sanctions. We are going to reach a point where the countries and people sanctioned by the US is larger than those not. It will actually be an economic boon to be sanctioned.

In part it is already like this. Russia has grown since the sanctions and so did a few country that never applied them.

On the contrary a country like mine (italy) that applied the sanctions against Russia and Iran less than half heartedly (we historically have good relations with both) due to let’s call neighbourhood pressure has suffered from it.

Now, one could argue that our economy was problematic since the 80s, and I hear u, but shooting ourselves in the foot is not helping.

P.s. I hope that what I wrote is not a mess writing in a second language before morning coffee is tough. :)

I have those at home. They are basically indestructible, the ikea ones on the other hand…

Anything written by Gianni Rodari not only for his ideals especially evident in stories like Cipollino but also because they rock.

As a child I loved especially Favole al Telefono (telephone tales) e freccia azzura (blue arrow). But all is books are good really.

So this is episode 2billion of the gardian world beloved series “Italians can’t do X, y or z”. Things that we either know perfectly how to do or we know that would not work for that specific instance because we already tried.

This case fell perfectly in the former, our news do not want to report about heath wave problems and risks not because we deny them (it is kinda hard to deny being roasted) but because they have talked about it. A Lot. And since forever. To the point we have ancient jokes about it. We don’t need to be reminded that water scarcity hits our agriculture or not go out at midday like mad dogs or englishmen. We know. And realistically common people cannot do much, except suffer. But the fact that now there is Mediterranean temperature in the baltic? Well that is actually news, and pretty scary.

Tl; Dr; the guardian reports on parallel italy. Again.

Mmm imo it is more

Follow your path, and let people talk.

It is a very polite way to say: do what you want and let people talk shit if the wish.

Source: I am italian

be italian

travel to vilnius to escape the heat

it is 32 c here

f**k