Rene Volpi
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I'm from Italy and write every day. Being a storyteller by nature, I've entertained (and annoyed) people with my “experiments” since I was a child, showing everyone my primitive drawings, doodles, and poems. Still do! Leave me a comment! :)
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Cat in Danger: People Lose their Minds. Top Story - March 2024.
The people were all looking up and gathering around. By the time I got there, the commotion was in high gear. I asked someone who was already there what was happening. He, in sign language, indicated he was deaf and mute. OK, sorry, I said, in my best sign language version, which is near 0. So, I kept on looking up, but with my poor eyes, I couldn't make out what everybody was so intent on seeing. So I asked someone else. Excuse me… She moved away from me like I was a leprechaun. Oh well, that’s two for two, I thought. I chose to try my luck with this old timer and asked him.
By Rene Volpi 2 years ago in Writers
Love for Sale is a Misnomer
Besides a whole family home, people are lonely. Since the lockdowns from the pandemic, we haven’t been the same. The desperation for company and relationships is discernible. And the pain is real. How can we rebound? The proof is everywhere. Ads for online dating, incels looking for a connection willing to pay for a service that doesn’t exist. And yet, folks keep signing up, hoping for a miracle and being taken advantage of primarily by charlatans or bots. These days, incels talk to fake people without knowing the difference.
By Rene Volpi 2 years ago in Poets
The Kardashian Phenomenon
In early 2007, Hollywood's social radar barely noticed Kim Kardashian—until March of that year, when someone leaked a now-infamous sex tape of her onto the Internet. From there, Ms. Kardashian launched herself into the reality TV stratosphere.
By Rene Volpi 2 years ago in Fiction
Once Upon a Time, People Whistled to Communicate
Once upon a time, someone asked; if we whistle in a forest but are all alone, can anyone hear us? Whistles are interesting actions. They used it back in Paleolithic times to communicate, try to trick animals into being hunted, attract birds, and probably as mating rituals as well. Would the bride-to-be select the most melodic one to pick her suitor? Or would the strongest win the challenge? Some may have made a complete song out of it. I know I would. I will not let myself be beaten. Not whistling anyway. Wrestling is a different story.
By Rene Volpi 2 years ago in Humor
Remember the Eighties? OMG. Where Did Time Go?
Memories. Where do they come from? Chemicals in our brains tell us hazy stories about how things were NOT. It is like dreams---a fragmented pseudo-recollection completely off in comparison. But at least those are dreams. Memories play games with our minds. We romanticise a reality we think we lived, but it's just that, a fantasy tale, not a true-to-form recollection. It feels good to think of them in a brighter light. Who knows how we felt at that moment, but it wasn’t how we remember it today.
By Rene Volpi 2 years ago in Journal
Google AI to Read All of your Private Messages
Google has just unveiled a game-changing AI upgrade for Android. It’s called “Bard”. But it has a darker side. Google’s AI will start to read and analyse your private messages, going back forever. So what does this mean for you? “How do you maintain your privacy, and when does it begin?” Forbes asked.
By Rene Volpi 2 years ago in FYI
