Sat 7 Nov · today

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Mon 9 Nov

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• Alza 1066619256 (Vraždoku book, Vilgain Coenzyme Q10, TEPE Compact Tuft, Jamieson Zinc) · ready in AlzaBox P3 Žižkov, Fibichova 1586/11 (Žižkovská věž) · code 830645 · collect by Sun 8 Nov 23:59 (Europe/Prague)

Strait of Hormuz from orbit (NASA, public domain). Source

• Kyiv hit overnight. Russian ballistic missiles damaged homes and a kindergarten; Northern Bridge closed. Several people were wounded, including a child; reports differ on the count. Kyiv Independent
• Abu Dhabi talks. US-mediated Ukraine–Russia talks remain set for 10–11 Nov.
• Iran diplomacy. Iran is reviewing Qatar-mediated nuclear proposals, with preconditions including lifting the blockade and sanctions. Reports of further military action remain uncertain. AP

Garlasco castle tower (Alessandro Vecchi, CC BY-SA 3.0). Source

• Sempio wants court soon. On Quarto Grado (6 Nov), he said “paura no, tensione sì.” The 3 Nov request for trial is on gup Luigi Riganti’s desk; no hearing date yet. ANSA
• Revision expected. Stasi’s defence is expected to file around 10–20 Nov. Coverage of the prosecution’s “21 indizi” continues; no brand-new court filing since the trial request. Corriere

• Bitwig. Still Studio 6.1.4 (13 Oct); no new release. Bitwig
• Traktor. Still Pro 4.5.1. NI
• Tutorials. No worthwhile new tutorial found in the last 1–2 days.
• Ubuntu tip: restart checks. After a big apt upgrade, run sudo needrestart to see which services hold old libraries; check kernel restart advice before deciding whether to reboot.
• Package: needrestart. sudo apt install needrestart lists what needs restarting after an upgrade.

Update track. Open Update track under Settings → Updates. Pick Stable for fewer surprises, or a faster channel for new features early. This is separate from Check for Updates (the app) and Update Bot’s Computer (the box).

Broad-headed snake (Tnarg_12345, CC BY-SA 3.0). Source

• Broad-headed snake rewilding (Australia): World-first captive-bred release; at least 4 of 6 juveniles survived their first months in the wild after a mid-May drop under artificial rocks (UTS + Aussie Ark). UTS
• Small populations can bounce back: Monash/ZSL study — of 51 bird/mammal species cut below 50 wild individuals with active conservation, 61% recovered to ≥100; without support, 37% went extinct. Monash
• AI bird-flu vaccine: Cambridge/DIOSynVax AI-designed antigens protected mice and ferrets across multiple H5 strains better than a WHO stockpile candidate (Cell Reports Medicine); next step human trials. Euronews

Gerrothorax reconstruction, genus illustration rather than the newly described species (Nobu Tamura, CC BY 3.0). Source

First known fully marine amphibian: Gerrothorax maritimus (about 237 Ma, about 70 cm, armored) lived and hunted on a Triassic seafloor about 30 km from land; bone strontium matches a seawater diet. Modern amphibians can’t live solely in saltwater. Science News

Artemisia Gentileschi, Cleopatra, about 1620, Fondazione Cavallini Sgarbi; image accompanying Sgarbi’s article. Source

Artemisia Gentileschi — Cleopatra (c. 1620). Cleopatra dying after the asp: heavy abandoned nude, red drapery, no courtly elegance. Long misattributed to Guido Cagnacci; later returned to Artemisia. Sgarbi reads it as radical female Caravaggism — body before “essence,” death as physical pain not theatre.

«Una donna e basta, corpo prima che anima, esistenza prima che essenza.» — Vittorio Sgarbi, Il Giornale dell’Arte, 15 Aug 2026 (article)

anagnorisis — in drama/narrative, the moment of critical recognition or discovery (when a character learns a decisive truth about identity, situation, or guilt).

• The novel’s climax is pure anagnorisis: he realises the stranger at the café is his own brother.
• Good thrillers delay anagnorisis until the last reel; bad ones spoil it in the trailer.

• pošta (POSH-tah): post office / mail. Jdu na poštu poslat dopis. (I’m going to the post office to send a letter.)
• balík (BAH-leek): parcel / package. Přišel mi balík z Alzy. (A parcel from Alza arrived for me.)

Luigi Pirandello, 1932 (public domain). Source

Luigi Pirandello — Il fu Mattia Pascal (1904). Mattia fakes his death, invents a new identity, then finds a man without papers can’t love, sue, or even exist. Dry, bitter comedy of the self.

Get it: Amazon.it · Il fu Mattia Pascal, Edimedia 2021, Italian, €6.80 (listed price; may change).

Ostře sledované vlaky (Closely Watched Trains, 1966) — Jiří Menzel. Czech New Wave from Hrabal: shy station apprentice, wartime Bohemia, sex and sabotage on the rails. Oscar-winning, tender and sharp.

Trailer: Village Green Records on YouTube

Where to stream: Czechia: Lepší.TV, Oneplay; free with ads on Prima Plus; rent or buy on Apple TV. Italy: Amazon Prime Video (including with ads); rent or buy on Amazon Video. JustWatch CZ · JustWatch IT

The Renaissance – The Age of Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci (1/2) · DW Documentary (Germany) · English, about 42 minutes

Dense museum-grade walk through High Renaissance art, patronage and engineering from a major European public broadcaster. YouTube