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In this session, we explore the figure of the intellectual, the belletrist who rose from a position of suspicion and ridicule to become, through the written word, a force capable of defending democracy and shaping our collective moral consciousness. Along the way, we'll consider a curious paradox: how well-written fiction in an imaginary book can profoundly shape our perception of reality, and, with it, our judgment and decisions as individuals and as a society. Turning from fiction to fact, one historical and canonical case study will help us examine how critical thinking and the courageous intervention of intellectuals helped a society confront its own prejudices, biases, conspiracies, and fallacies, and in doing so, helped save its democracy and uphold its universal values. We will then turn to the evolution of relentless technology, from the Belle Époque to today, to ask what has changed in the power and influence of the 'man of letters' vis-à-vis the technologies we've developed, and what risks we now face, more than ever, as cracks in our democracies widen through a consciousness increasingly compromised by shady influencers. This talk is the second in a three-part series examining how new technologies, cultural intermediaries, and information systems shape our beliefs in subtle but consequential ways. Each talk stands on its own and requires no prior attendance. This session will be led by Eyal. Bring wine/beer/drinks/food/snacks/whatever to share. **Our events fill up very quickly. To avoid missing out on future events, join the WhatsApp group via this link:** [https://tally.so/r/w4G5L5](https://tally.so/r/w4G5L5) Press the buzzer marked Semi sotano 2 to be let in. It's down the stairs, first door on the right. Image: *Zola, Insulted* by Henry de Groux 1898, oil on canvas.

¿La filosofía puede transformar nuestra forma de ver la vida? Hace más de dos mil años, Platón propuso realizar un viaje a través de dos lenguajes que conforman nuestra vida interior: el mito y el logos. Y creemos que ideó un método que el tiempo demostró ser válido para toda época y lugar. A través de las ideas del gran filósofo, y con ejemplos prácticos de la vida cotidiana, exploraremos como la combinación del poder simbólico del mito con la fuerza racional del logos puede ayudarnos a superar con claridad los retos y dificultades del día a día. Ven y descubre también como mito y logos son herramientas indispensables para alimentar nuestros sueños más profundidad y para favorecer la elevación de la conciencia. Te esperamos el viernes, 19 de junio a las 20:00 h. Charla impartida por: Giosef Quaglia 🎟️ Actividad gratuita. ⚠️ Sé responsable con tu inscripción. Si no puedes asistir, por favor, cancela tu plaza para dar lugar a otra persona. Si tienes alguna pregunta puedes contactarnos al móvil: 686 22 62 84. \*\*\* Para garantizar el buen funcionamiento de la actividad y evitar interrupciones, se ruega puntualidad. No se permitirá la entrada pasados los primeros 10 minutos de la actividad. Gracias por la comprensión.

These yellow petals you see all over the city--where do they come from, and what are they?! And have you noticed that the purple Jacarandas are shedding their final flowers? Let's connect with the spring before we fully embrace the summer. All weekend, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, at 2pm, 4pm, and 6pm (yes, all three times, all three days!), come out to walk around the park and learn how to identify some of the flowers that surround us. We will learn identification processes, a little bit of history about how the plants got here, and how they affect the local ecosystems. The classes are in English and are pay-what-you-can with a 5-10euro suggestion! Pick the time that works best for you and your friends to have a nerdy date, a pre-dinner activity, or a post-siesta lesson, and spend some time outdoors learning something new in a cute, accessible way. I will have little workbooks! DM for the exact meeting spot at the park. Then bring your questions, your curiosities, and your small bills, and let's stop to smell (and learn about!) the flowers together. Find us at Parc Guineueta at one of our weekend class times! Friday June 19, 2pm, 4pm, 6pm Saturday June 20, 2pm, 4pm, 6pm Sunday June 21, 2pm, 4pm, 6pm And follow us at [@localize.intl](http://@localize.intl) on IG for more xx

**¡Descubrí lo que es navegar al atardecer! 🌅⛵** El cielo encendido y el corazón lleno❤️. Así es como volvemos de la clase. Solo durante los meses de primavera y verano, cuando el sol nos regala sus mejores colores al final del día, salimos a navegar en clases prácticas de vela. Aprendés. Maniobrás. Disfrutás. Todo en un entorno relajado, con buena onda y entre quienes quieren aprender en serio pero sin rigidez. 📍 Salimos desde el Port Olímpic (Barcelona) sábados y domingos de 18 a 20 h. 👨🏻‍🏫 Las clases son prácticas 100%, con un máximo de 4 alumnos por salida. Así todos participan, rotan puestos, hacen y deshacen maniobras. Acá no venís a mirar: venís a navegar. ⏳ Esta experiencia es **por tiempo limitado**: a partir de septiembre, el cambio de hora nos obliga a cambiar los planes... así que si te tienta la idea de aprender con el mar dorado por el sol, este es tu momento. *** **🎟 Precios:** Clase suelta: 39 € Pack de 5 clases **(14% OFF)**: 175 € *** **¿Es tu primera vez en un velero? ¡No pasa nada! Todos arrancamos ahí.** ¿Ya hiciste el PER pero no volviste a tocar un timón? Este es el plan ideal para volver al ruedo. *** 💡 **Importante traer**: * Agua, abrigo cortaviento, calzado antideslizante. * Medicación si te mareás fácil. * Ganas de pasarla bien y aprender posta. *** 📸 Al participar, aceptás que podamos sacar fotos o vídeos durante la actividad para nuestras redes. Si preferís no aparecer, solo avisá antes de embarcar. *** **Reservá tu plaza. Que no se te pase el verano sin navegar.** Nos vemos en el puerto. 🙋🏼‍♂️🙋‍♀️⚓

**Aquesta activitat té un aforament limitat i les places s'assignen a través del sistema d'inscripció de Meetup. Les places obtingudes es reservaran fins al dia de la trobada al moment en què el grup hagi seleccionat el tema de debat. Si arribeu més tard d'aquell moment, la vostra plaça podrà ser cedida a una altra persona.** Hola i benvinguts al nostre proper Meetup de filosofia de Sòcrates Cafè! Vols una comprensió més profunda de tu mateix i del món? Valores el diàleg profund, honest i respectuós? Si és així, aquesta trobada serà molt interessant per a tu. Es tracta d'una reunió bilingüe; on podrem intervenir tant en català com en espanyol. **ON ENS TROBEM?** Café de l'Opera (NOMES 3 ABRIL!) **QUAN ENS TROBEM** Els divendres de 19:15 a 20:45 Si us plau, arribeu a temps. Començarem puntualment **QUANTES PERSONES ENS REUNIM** Es proposen sessions amb aforaments diversos, de manera que el nombre d'assistents pot variar cada setmana **QUÈ PASSA A LES REUNIONS** A cada reunió tenim una discussió utilitzant el mètode socràtic:[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socratic_metho](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socratic_method)d. Fem, responem i discutim preguntes i idees per estimular el pensament crític i ampliar les nostres perspectives amb alguns conceptes i pensaments en els quals mai hem pensat. L'objectiu principal d'aquestes trobades és enriquir-nos amb les perspectives dels altres, i no convèncer els altres sobre les nostres perspectives. Les reunions són sobre les nostres pròpies filosofies de la vida i no necessàriament el que els grans filòsofs i acadèmics han dit o escrit. No és un club de debat ni una plataforma per fer proselitisme. En canvi, posem èmfasi en qüestionar, tenir una mentalitat oberta i desafiar les nostres pròpies suposicions mentre escoltem i respectem les opinions compartides per altres persones. Una reunió de Sòcrates Cafè es considera un èxit quan els participants surten de la discussió amb moltes més preguntes de les que tenien al principi **QUINS TEMES ES DISCUTEIXEN A LES REUNIONS** Els participants suggereixen temes al principi de cada reunió. Després votem i triem el tema més popular per discutir-lo. No és necessària una formació acadèmica en filosofia; només es requereix entusiasme per intercanviar idees i punts de vista. Alguns exemples de temes escollits a reunions anteriors \- Per quins ideals val la pena morir \- Per què mai estem satisfets \- Per què els éssers humans estem informats que la societat va malament i els líders també estan ben informats\, i no obstant això les coses continuen igual \- És necessària la identitat \- Quin és el preu ètic i l'avarícia \- Què és la postveritat \- Com és possible que les persones a les societats democràtiques estiguin tan obsessionades pel poder? \(Desig de ser diferent\, millor\, més fort que els altres\)\- Què és l'amistat **QUI POT PARTICIPAR EN AQUEST MEETUP** Qualsevol persona és més que benvinguda a unir-se a les nostres trobades. Aquests events reuneixen persones de diferents orígens i cultures, tot i que no és obligatori tenir formació filosòfica. Els nostres participants habituals són persones que tenen desig d'una comprensió més profunda de si mateixos i del món. Persones que valoren el diàleg profund, honest i respectuós

When I moved to Barcelona, I worked long hours and somehow still couldn't find people to actually practice Spanish with. ​I tried courses. I tried Duolingo and Babbel. They all felt the same: awkward exercises about topics I didn't care about, completely disconnected from my real life. ​So I figured out my own method. It worked. I learned Spanish in 4 months, and I'm now accelerating my French, not in a classroom but by integrating the language into my daily life. ​That's exactly what I'm sharing in this free 1-hour session. ​**What you'll walk away with:** * ​Why traditional methods get you stuck at the intermediate level * ​The one thing that actually moves the needle (it's not more tutoring) * ​Daily practices you can start tomorrow - built around your life, not a textbook ​**Who's this for:** * ​You've been learning a language but got stuck somewhere between A2 and B2 * ​You want to actually use the language, not spend years chasing perfection * ​You're open to rethinking how you learn ​**Logistics:** We'll meet at Sandwichez to have a Coffee all together and talk about our language experience.

Buenas! (English below) Cada día aparecen formas nuevas de aprender español, (y otros idiomas) apps nuevas, métodos de gramática, IA, videos de profes explicando cosas, y están todas genial. Si te ayudan a entender más y a hablar mejor están genial. El plan de este grupo es mejorar tu español con juegos, actividades reales y ejercicios para hablar más. Con la excusa de los juegos y las actividades corregimos la mayoría de errores: Palabras difíciles, confundir pasados, preposiciones, verbos que significan muchas cosas, ser y estar en pasado, frases con dos verbos o mas, subjuntivo, expresiones coloquiales, y también los errores "culturales”: ¿De que forma usamos los españoles el idioma en diferentes situaciones? La gente que participa es (casi siempre) muy simpática, y normalmente deja reviews muy positivas de las clases. Si te cuadra el plan ven a practicar tu español y hablamos de comida, de viajes, de trabajo, de cultura, de Internet, de temas locales, de noticias y de muchas más cosas. Para participar hay una contribución de solo 10€ por persona/ clase de 2 horas (materiales incluidos, bebidas no incluidas) o de 30€ por 4 clases. Vente y hablamos. Rafa. \-\-\-\- Hi! Every day there are new ways to learn Spanish, (or any language) new apps, grammar methods, AI, teachers explaining things on videos, and they are all great. If they help you to understand more and to speak better, they are great. The main plan in this group is to improve your Spanish with games, real activities and exercises to speak more. All the games and activities are a good excuse to correct the most difficult/ frequent mistakes: Difficult words, confusing past tenses, prepositions, verbs that mean many things, ser and estar in the past, sentences with two or more verbs, subjuntive, colloquial expressions, and also “cultural" mistakes: How we, Spanish people, use the language in different situations? People participating are (almost always) very nice, and usually leave very positive reviews of the classes. If the plan fits you, come to practice your Spanish and we'll talk about food, travel, work, culture, Internet, local issues, business, news and many more things. There is a contribution to participate of only €10 per person/2-hour class (materials included, drinks not included) or €30 for 4 classes. Let´s talk. Rafa.

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**Whats App Group** [https://chat.whatsapp.com/IrcxSnwUDuMEqmzJ4yr5pn](https://chat.whatsapp.com/IrcxSnwUDuMEqmzJ4yr5pn) **New Season Flash Sale 10 Spots Open:** * **Once the host is confirmed, we will notify you of the event start date** via email. * **The limited pass remains discounted and refundable any time** until the specific date is finalized * You’ll receive the QR code and details via email. **Detail** * Welcome to beach volleyball Learn and Play Beginners Event. We have volleyball events in multiple cities. Small group 20 spots each time. All the equipment is prepared. This event is for come to meet new friends, improve your Volleyball skill and have fun. * We will **learn basic skills** **and practice drills** with our Host in the first hour. * Then we’ll **play on the court** in the second hour. **Book Early Bird Pass or Apply Host** [https://www.extremelyshy.com/barcelona](https://www.extremelyshy.com/barcelona) **One Time Drop In $10 Early Bird/$13.99 Regular** * Every Sunday (No Events in Holiday or Raining)**Once the host is confirmed, we will notify you of the event start date via email.** * Time: 11AM-1PM * Location: Barceloneta Beach * Openings: 20 spots **12 Weeks Pass Early Bird $49, Regular $79** * Every Sunday (No Events in Holiday or Raining) **Once the host is confirmed, we will notify you of the event start date via email.** * Time: 11AM-1PM * Location: Barceloneta Beach * Openings: 20 spots **Host: Reply the email after apply to confirm. Paid by Extremely Shy for your Effort.** * We prepare equipment for you to setup. Scan QR code to check them in. * Share your experience to our people in the first hour. * Have fun with them in the second hour. **Liability** * The organizer and any/all assistant organizers and other attendees are in no way responsible and liable for your personal safety and health state, before, during, and at any time after this event. * You acknowledge you are solely responsible for your health, safety, and well-being before, during, and at any time after the event as stated previously. * All attendees shall forever hold harmless the organizers and other attendees and unconditionally waive any liabilities resulting from attending and/or participating in this event.

**Join us at the Badalona Sailing Club for a hands-on sailing and navigation experience designed for both beginners and more experienced sailors.** Each meetup lasts around **2 hours** and combines practical boat handling with real navigation at sea. Together, we’ll discover the basics of sailing through simple maneuvers, sail handling, and wind awareness — learning naturally as we exchange, ask questions, and enjoy a relaxed sail along the coast. Beyond the technical aspects, this experience is also about **being at sea**. As we sail, you’ll enjoy a beautiful perspective of **Barcelona from the water**, learn how to observe the marine environment — and with a bit of luck, **dolphins sometimes join us**. These meetups are guided by **Jean**, a pr**ofessional skipper and sailing instructor**, who focuses on sharing knowledge in a relaxed, safe, and supportive atmosphere. **Prices:** **\- 35 euros for the first session** **\- 20 euros for following session** Whether you’re stepping on a sailboat for the first time or looking to refine your skills, this meetup offers a meaningful and engaging way to learn, sail, and connect.

**Scientific Paper Reading Club: What**: PRAGMA: Revolut Foundation Model https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.08649 **Summary**: We'll discuss a paper about a new kind of foundation model for banking. Instead of building separate models for fraud detection, credit scoring, customer engagement, and dozens of other tasks, the authors train a single model that learns a general representation of a person's financial behavior and reuse it everywhere. **Meeting Details:** 🗣 **Presenter:** Maksim Ostroukhov 💬 **Language of the meeting:** English 🎟 **Entrance donation:** 10 eur 📍 **Location:** Maui coworking (Note: For some reason, Meetup maps sometimes wrongly point to other addresses. Here is the exact address: [https://maps.app.goo.gl/fjx9t4zG8GnEmXLr9?g_st=ac](https://www.google.com/url?sa=E&q=https%3A%2F%2Fmaps.app.goo.gl%2Ffjx9t4zG8GnEmXLr9%3Fg_st%3Dac) ) Looking forward to a great discussion this Saturday!

**¡Descubrí lo que es navegar al atardecer! 🌅⛵** El cielo encendido y el corazón lleno❤️. Así es como volvemos de la clase. Solo durante los meses de primavera y verano, cuando el sol nos regala sus mejores colores al final del día, salimos a navegar en clases prácticas de vela. Aprendés. Maniobrás. Disfrutás. Todo en un entorno relajado, con buena onda y entre quienes quieren aprender en serio pero sin rigidez. 📍 Salimos desde el Port Olímpic (Barcelona) sábados y domingos de 18 a 20 h. 👨🏻‍🏫 Las clases son prácticas 100%, con un máximo de 4 alumnos por salida. Así todos participan, rotan puestos, hacen y deshacen maniobras. Acá no venís a mirar: venís a navegar. ⏳ Esta experiencia es **por tiempo limitado**: a partir de septiembre, el cambio de hora nos obliga a cambiar los planes... así que si te tienta la idea de aprender con el mar dorado por el sol, este es tu momento. *** **🎟 Precios:** Clase suelta: 39 € Pack de 5 clases **(10% OFF)**: 175 € *** **¿Es tu primera vez en un velero? ¡No pasa nada! Todos arrancamos ahí.** ¿Ya hiciste el PER pero no volviste a tocar un timón? Este es el plan ideal para volver al ruedo. *** 💡 **Importante traer**: * Agua, abrigo cortaviento, calzado antideslizante. * Medicación si te mareás fácil. * Ganas de pasarla bien y aprender posta. *** 📸 Al participar, aceptás que podamos sacar fotos o vídeos durante la actividad para nuestras redes. Si preferís no aparecer, solo avisá antes de embarcar. *** **Reservá tu plaza. Que no se te pase el verano sin navegar.** Nos vemos en el puerto. 🙋🏼‍♂️🙋‍♀️⚓

We are bringing Microsoft Build sessions to Columbus Ohio! The Central Ohio Azure Meetup and Central Ohio .NET Developer's Group (CONDG) are coming together to bring some of the labs and breakouts from Microsoft Build to your backyard. In this free, 1 day event, you are going to Build stuff with us! And yes, there will be free food. Please RSVP via [Microsoft Build //localhost:columbus | Microsoft Reactor](https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/reactor/events/27247/).

Welcome to Drunken Philosophy, a casual, curious, social discussion club. Come grab a drink and a seat at The Oracle. **Optional topic for this meetup: Where is everybody?** In 1950 the physicist Enrico Fermi was talking about aliens over lunch and asked a question that still has not gone away: if the universe is so vast and so old, and even a fraction of those billions of stars have planets, where is everyone? By the numbers the galaxy should be crowded with civilizations. Instead we look up and hear silence. That gap between "they should be everywhere" and "we see no one" is the Fermi Paradox. One of the most unsettling answers is the idea of a **Great Filter**: somewhere on the road from dead chemistry to a galaxy-spanning civilization, there is at least one step that is almost impossible to get past. Maybe the filter is behind us. Maybe life starting at all, or simple cells becoming complex, or intelligence ever evolving, is the freak accident, and we already cleared the hard part. Or maybe the filter is ahead of us, and advanced civilizations reliably wipe themselves out before they spread. Here is the part that messes with people. If we ever found life somewhere else, even pond scum on Mars, most people would call it the greatest discovery in history. But it might be the worst possible news. It would mean life is common, the early steps are easy, and the hard step is still in front of us. So the eerie silence overhead might actually be the best sign we could ask for. **Questions to wrestle with:** * Is it better to be alone? Would you rather we find alien life and learn we are not special, or find nothing and quietly improve our odds of surviving? * Where do you bet the filter sits, behind us or ahead of us, and why? * If it is ahead of us, what is it? Nuclear war, climate collapse, AI, something we cannot even picture yet? And can we do anything about a filter we cannot see coming? * Two principles pull opposite ways here. The principle of mediocrity (the Copernican principle, Sagan's "no privileged place in the universe") says we are ordinary, so what happened on Earth probably happened everywhere, which makes the silence scream louder. The anthropic principle says of course we find ourselves somewhere life was possible, since we could not observe anything else, so our being here may say almost nothing about how common life is. Which lens do you trust, and does the silence still demand an answer once you account for observer selection? * And if we did confirm life out there and had to accept we are not special, what would that do to belief in a higher power, and would shedding (or keeping) that belief help or hurt our odds of pulling together as one species? * Does any of this change how you live, or how humanity should be spending its time and money right now? As always the prompt is optional. Come for the conversation, stay for the drinks, and bring your own questions.

5:45-7:45 in Conference Room B, Library lower level. Bring your yarn projects, meet new friends. If you plan to attend, please RSVP yes. If you can’t attend, please change your RSVP to no. This helps anyone who is waitlisted and it allows me to have an accurate count of attendees as our space is quite limited. Plenty of parking in the lot, in the overflow lot across the street, and on the street. See you there!

Most people still use AI like a search box: type one question, get one answer, repeat. But the next step is AI agents: systems that can take a goal, break it into steps, use tools, remember context, and produce useful work for a human to review. In this beginner-friendly session, we’ll demystify what AI agents actually are — without hype or jargon. We’ll walk through practical examples of how agents can help with research, planning, writing, coding, operations, and personal productivity. We’ll cover: * What makes an AI “agent” instead of just a chatbot * How agents break tasks into steps * Where agents are genuinely useful today * Where they fail, hallucinate, or need human review * How to design simple AI workflows for your own work * A live demo of an AI agent-style workflow from start to finish No coding experience required. This is for anyone who wants to understand where AI tools are going and how to use them more effectively right now. LOGISTICS AND PARKING: The talk starts at 7:00 PM. The first half hour is reserved for everyone to get set up and mingle. Free pizza and drinks! The cheapest parking option is to find street parking, which will only cost you a few bucks. Otherwise, park in the nearby veteran's museum lot for $8. It's highly recommended you avoid the nearby $15 garage parking.

If you enjoy knitting, crocheting, working with yarn, this is the group for you. Meet new friends, bring your projects, learn from others.
We will be there all day feel free to join or pop in for a little.

**Improving Office in Franklinton** Physical location: Improving Office 330 Rush Alley Suite #150 Columbus, OH 43215 Schedule: 6:00 p.m.: Socialize, eat, and drink. Improving will be providing pizza and beverages. 6:30 to 8:00 pm. Main meeting and presentation(s). Topic: This month Chris Pazsint will be talking about Agentic Coding. How does one use CLI Based Agents, and Agentic IDEs such as Cursor, Kiro, Antigravity? How to include agentic coding plugins for IDEs you already love such as Visual Studio Code. We meet on the last Monday of each Month. Presentations are given by members and friends of this group. If you would like to do a presentation (small or large) on a python topic, please contact Central OH Python at centralohpython@gmail.com