Mario Ricciardi
@marioricciardi.bsky.social
Professor of Philosophy of Law at the University of Milan, Italy
Claude making a scientific discovery
Carl Zimmer@carlzimmer.com · 7d agoFour days ago, a scientist was surprised by the news that Anthropic discovered new virus genes for making DNA. He says he’s been studying them for years—and feeding his data to Anthropic’s AI as part of his own research. Coincidence? Here’s my story. nyti.ms/3VSWayc
I’m sorry but if there is no Kermit what stops me from murdering people? A genuine internal desire to not harm others? Uh keep dreaming aphibiests
To people who don’t believe that Kermit the Frog is real: What is the basis for your morality? Where does your moral standard come from?
The warning to investors came in a long-awaited listing prospectus circulated in recent days with a small group of partners. The AI start-up in the same document recorded an $8bn operating loss on $4.6bn in revenue last year. ft.trib.al/yy0WPfN
ChatGPT-maker OpenAI canceled the planned launch of a new artificial intelligence model after it was found to take actions beyond the instructions it received and not accurately communicate to human users what it did.
OpenAI cancels new AI launch, citing safety issues
The cancellation of the new release comes days after OpenAI said it stopped training powerful new AI after safety incidents.
washingtonpost.com
Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/kQdKbY1
Trump Moves to Cut Off Student Loans for Tons of Degrees
Under a new rule, if your degree doesn’t make enough money, you won’t be able to get a student loan.
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Firmato da lontano, cruciale anche dal punto di vista della libertà accademica come già visto in US e altrove!
Mario Ricciardi@marioricciardi.bsky.social · 6d agoSegnalo questa petizione, cui aderisco, contro l'adozione di una legge sull'antisemitismo che accoglie la definizione IHRA: www.change.org/p/antisemiti...
Segnalo questa petizione, cui aderisco, contro l'adozione di una legge sull'antisemitismo che accoglie la definizione IHRA: www.change.org/p/antisemiti...
Firma la petizione
Antisemitismo e libertà di espressione: accademici contro il ddl del Governo Meloni
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Breaking News: The Supreme Court ruled the Trump administration can deploy an expansive voter identification tool, allowing states to hunt for ineligible voters. Critics fear using the system could result in the purging valid voters from state rolls. nyti.ms/4he3RHK
Supreme Court Allows Federal Voter Identification Tool Ahead of Midterms
Critics of the Trump administration system to monitor the citizenship status of voters had raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges.
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From Arie M. Dubnov’s book on Isaiah Berlin (2012). I had forgotten that quote from Churchill. He doesn’t mince words on the Stern Gang after they killed his friend Lord Moyne. Worth going back to this book if you are interested in Zionism and Anti-Zionism.
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Politics demands our chancellors take the blame for things they cannot control, writes @willdunn.bsky.social
Everyone is blaming John Healey for the stink in the room
Politics demands our chancellors take the blame for things they cannot control
newstatesman.com
'The change in investigative focus means that Cambridge may never publicly address questions about how it vetted Dr. Arday for a senior teaching job and why it repeatedly downplayed concerns about his work and biography.'
Jo Wolff@jowolff.bsky.social · last wk.
I am not sure I see what the change in focus of part 2 is, though the details of part 1 are clear & part 2 v brief bsky.app/profile/sund...
Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · last wk.Cambridge notice on part one & part two of the review. Text in alt text
as someone who loves Mamdani but loathes the opera this is a complicated policy for me
The guy seems like a Republican with more charisma and a savvy team. I hope that the Democratic electorate finds this totally disqualifying for a run in ‘28.
Newsom has vetoed a bill that would have prohibited future governors from handing over abortion providers, helpers, and patients to red states for criminal prosecution. The bill also barred extraditions involving transgender care.
Newsom vetoes bill that would ban extraditions for abortion and gender-affirming care
California’s pro-repro rights governor rejects a key protection that 18 blue states have enshrined into law.
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Politicians make excuses like "there is no money for the poor" because they do not want to admit how they have been bought. Applies to the UK, to the USA and many more nations.
Awful: Trump's Office of "Remigration" has just been exposed making sordid payments to authoritarian governments to take third-country deportees, leading to serious abuses. Dems tell me they will try to defund the agency if they win power. They should. 1/ New piece: newrepublic.com/article/2157...
Stephen Miller’s MAGA Terror Campaign Exposed by Damning New Leaks
Sordid revelations about the white-nationalist-themed Office of Remigration should galvanize Democrats: If they win power, they must try to shut it down.
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Qualche riflessione fatta ieri rientrando a casa: ilmanifesto.it/lo-smarrimen... @mm-ilmanifesto-bot.bsky.social
Lo smarrimento e i demagoghi | il manifesto
In piazza Fontana c’è un consistente schieramento di forze dell’ordine, affiancate da ragazzi e ragazze di bella presenza che danno indicazioni ai passanti che vorrebbero attraversare piazza Duomo. No...
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Y'days post: How should the government meet its Golden Rule when debt interest increases? mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2026/09/how-... Why it makes more economic sense to raise taxes rather than cut spending in the first intance.
How should the government meet its Golden Rule when debt interest increases?
As you are almost certainly aware, the government is having to pay much more in interest on its debt than it used to do. Here is a chart b...
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NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! To start our new series about what it means to live in a world of ageing populations, David talks to geneticist @adamrutherford.bsky.social about the benefits and pitfalls of increasing longevity. Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
Simon Sebag Montefiore's wildly ambitious history of the region since 1900 is a richly illustrated guide to the law of unintended consequences. How the Middle East boiled over | James Barr engelsbergideas.com/reviews/how-...
How the Middle East boiled over
Simon Sebag Montefiore's wildly ambitious history of the region since 1900 is a richly illustrated guide to the law of unintended consequences.
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Am actually just sat here crying at the fact that this is where we are.
Ci vediamo il 9 ottobre alla festa de @mm-ilmanifesto-bot.bsky.social a Roma: ilmanifesto.it/la-manifesti... Vi aspettiamo per un bicchiere, e una chiacchierata su “Trump dopo Trump”. Io sarò in compagnia di Guido Moltedo.
Trump dopo Trump | la manifestival 2026 | il manifesto
Conversazione davanti a un bicchiere, fuori dagli schemi del talk tradizionale
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