wednesday July 28th 2021

––– Rome, tram 5 / Bologna

Porta Maggiore Square. Silvia's phone call with Valla: Lola's horse's legs won't do. We should try something else, hoping the quality holds up. We hadn't taken public transports in months. The tram is populated yet livable, and - as it always happens on lines 5 and 14, which go from the Eastern outskirts of Prenestina towards the city centre - the population is mixed. Especially at night, public transportation is incredibly crowded, full of migrant people coming back from working in the city centre, extremely tired, mixed with the native residents of the Prenestino, Collatino and Centocelle neighbourhoods.

––– Hong Kong

A 24-year-old man was convicted of inciting secession and terrorism for participating in the HK protest on July 1st. It's the first conviction after the introduction of the national security law imposed by Beijing.