{"id":2,"date":"2023-12-09T22:37:35","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T21:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thalassa.one\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-01-09T16:19:34","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T15:19:34","slug":"en-about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/thalassa.one\/?page_id=2","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2\" class=\"elementor elementor-2\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-522365f1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"522365f1\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-283b7462 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"283b7462\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 05-08-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:media-text {\"mediaId\":158,\"mediaLink\":\"http:\/\/thalassa.one\/?attachment_id=158\",\"mediaType\":\"image\",\"mediaWidth\":40} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns: 40% auto;\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-158 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/thalassa.one\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ToscaBallerini-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thalassa.one\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ToscaBallerini-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/thalassa.one\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ToscaBallerini-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/thalassa.one\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ToscaBallerini.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\"><!-- wp:paragraph {\"placeholder\":\"Content\u2026\"} -->\n<p><strong>Tosca Ballerini<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph {\"placeholder\":\"Content\u2026\"} -->\n<p>I&#8217;m a research scientist and journalist. 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