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Patricio F. Ortiz

@pfortiz

Astronomer, software engineer and writer interested in the personal and social effects of the Internet and Web technologies on children.

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The first two copies of my new book arrived yesterday :-)

It's available as eBook and print-on-demand on Amazon.whatever

08.03.2026 20:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Book  "Our Children on the Web"

Book "Our Children on the Web"

My son and I just published this book via amazon publishing.

We feel it was necessary to put all the information needed by parents, educators and legislators in one place to take of our children in an environment that doesn't even feel safe for us.

We hope you find it useful.

02.03.2026 21:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Rats!! I'm screwed! I refuse to use social media!

10.12.2025 21:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Se acerca la Navidad, y si eres padre o madre o si tienes parientes o amigos que lo sean, nuestro libro "Los niΓ±os y la Web, desafΓ­os de criar y educar en un mundo adicto a las pantallas" esta disponible en los Amazon de casi todo el mundo. Protejamos a niΓ±os y jovenes. EstΓ‘ en manos nuestras.

10.12.2025 21:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sorry Madz to spoil this pic for not being real
See how out of focus the far away trees are?QM
The Moon is much farther away, so it is impossible that it would be so sharp in an image captured by a real camera Plus why would the Moon have a uniform pinkish tone QM

13.04.2025 10:35 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hi Iris I will be very thankful if you could email me a copy of this paper It is really frustrating not to be able to access this kind of literature No wonder it remains unseen by most
email pfortiz at protonmail dot com I will explain later why this is so important to me

05.04.2025 21:18 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Fascinating subject, thanks Iris for reposting. Do you know how to get a copy of the paper without having to pay fifty USD for it qm

05.04.2025 20:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Astronomy is for everyone to enjoy. Pic of the partial solar eclipse, projected effortlessly on my dining room. From Sheffield, UK

29.03.2025 11:25 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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For those of you who speak Spanish, our special offer for our book "Los niΓ±os y la red" in Kindle format is on until Monday in amazon(.)com

28.03.2025 21:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Finalmente!! Hasta el 31 de Marzo, la ediciΓ³n Kindle de Los niΓ±os y la Web estΓ‘ en oferta en amazon . com.

SΓ© "un padre o una madre digital responsable" Usa este libro para informarte y que tus hijos disfruten de la Web en forma segura.

MΓ‘s informaciΓ³n en: sites.google.com/view/kidsand...

24.03.2025 21:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The same applies to movies 🀣🀣

03.01.2025 12:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Un resumen ilustrado del gΓ©nesis de nuestro libro.

Disponible en Amazon y mΓ‘s informaciΓ³n acΓ‘:
sites.google.com/view/kidsand...

29.12.2024 16:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Enough, we're leaving. One of the thousands of species in your planet ruined everything.

22.12.2024 14:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Please don't feed this image to an AI system!! It misses key features!!

21.12.2024 16:50 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Se acerca Navidad. Te sugerimos la opciΓ³n de regalarle un libro como "Los niΓ±os y la Web, desafΓ­os de criar y educar en un mundo adicto a las pantallas" a quienes tengan hijos, para que decidan a quΓ© edad le darΓ‘n acceso a un aparato inteligente.

MΓ‘s info en sites.google.com/view/kidsand...

20.12.2024 16:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

When the aim is to maximise profits, then the following happens:

* having lots of people ill is profitable (healthy people are not)
* war is profitable (peace is bad business)

We need to make protecting the environment profitable... somehow. Any ideas?

18.12.2024 20:10 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Run an experiment… add the caption β€œI hate foxes, I’d kill them all” and see what the algorithms do. They promote negative content as it triggers visceral responses, engagement in other words.

15.12.2024 16:55 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A great analogy to illustrate β€œyour perception of your husband/wife/partner/loved-one” 😊

14.12.2024 12:33 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sad, but I also think it's true.

11.12.2024 21:58 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Estoy muy feliz de contaros que anoche Sebastian fue entrevistado por Carolina Perez Stephens, una persona que ha hecho un gran esfuerzo en educar sobre los riesgos de introducir demasiada tecnologΓ­a avanzada en la niΓ±ez temprana.

www.instagram.com/reel/DDYBee3...

10.12.2024 21:03 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Beautiful earthshine !!

10.12.2024 03:39 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

#makeKindnessVisible I was paying at the supermarket last night and my umbrella fell to the floor, no big deal, but the lady next in the queue came around and picked it up for me. I couldn't thank her enough. She lit my evening and put a smile in my face.

07.12.2024 12:20 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Well done Australia! :-)

01.12.2024 19:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Β‘Bravo Australia! Si quieres informarte mΓ‘s para proteger mejor a tus hijos e hijas, te sugerimos:

30.11.2024 19:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Aplaudimos de todo corazΓ³n la medida tomada por el parlamento australiano de proteger a los menores de 16 aΓ±os del uso de redes sociales.

Nuestro libro β€œLos niΓ±os y la Web…” plantea la necesidad de proteger a la infancia y a la adolescencia. Disponible en amazon
sites.google.com/view/kidsand...

30.11.2024 16:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The Universe said right away: "You talk the talk, do you walk the walk? When I arrived home, there was an Amazon package for a completely different address. I said, "I'll walk the walk", and took the package to its owner. Perhaps kindness can generate kindness. Food for thought.

27.11.2024 21:57 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Perhaps it's time to change the paradigm and start something like #highlightThePositives or #giveVisibilityToKindness in social networks so we don't get the impression that negative things dominate what we do as humans. The situation may be balanced, but we are not aware.

27.11.2024 21:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I had never seen these guys before, but when they were leaving, one of them smiled and said goodbye. The waitress said that this had happened to her a few times, and I wondered why we don't hear about these things.

27.11.2024 21:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Unexpected kind acts occur in this world, like today. I was having dinner at Zizzi's in Sheffield, and when I asked for my bill, the waitress told me I had to pay nothing. A group of three young men sitting at a table nearby paid the bills for three other tables.

27.11.2024 21:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Catfishing: Department of Education issues warning to parents The warning comes in the wake of Alexander McCartney's conviction for a litany of child sex offences.

This article highlights how relevant the role parents play in protecting their children from online dangers:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

25.11.2024 21:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0