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Raffaele Simone, philosopher: 'Unlike Paris, Rome is losing its greenery and becoming a scorching expanse of travertine'

As Rome's iconic stone pines collapse from neglect, exposing the city to punishing heat, the linguist laments the absence of any environmental policy in urban planning.

Raffaele Simone, philosopher: 'Unlike Paris, Rome is losing its greenery and becoming a scorching expanse of travertine'

We haven't written up this one. Le Monde English has the full story — the link below goes straight to it.

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U.S. nears Hormuz deal, aiming for Wednesday announcement

U.S. nears Hormuz deal, aiming for Wednesday announcement

The U.S., Iran and Oman are closing in on an interim agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, with the U.S. aiming for a Wednesday announcement, according to two regional sources and a U.S. official. Why it matters: The deal, which has been under negotiations for several weeks, is aimed at resuming the ceasefire between the U.S.

Styling plain text that survives copy-paste: a Unicode primer (and the tools I use)

The problem: there is no "bold" in a bio Here's a scenario you've probably hit: you want to emphasize something in an Instagram bio, a Discord nickname, a Slack message, or a plain-text README — and there's no formatting toolbar. No bold, no italic, no superscript button. The reason is simple: these fields store plain text .

  • Unicode enables stylized characters for plain text formatting
  • Code points preserve stylized characters across platforms
  • LiteralKit tool provides honest, efficient Unicode conversions

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