72 hours. 7 teams. 7 new preprints. 🚀 The 2026 Complexity 72h Workshop brought researchers together in London to tackle complex systems questions, and produce a paper in just three days. All seven preprints are already on arXiv: tinyurl.com/v9xtrva6 Congrats to all participants and the NetSI team! 💯
Trump Launches $88 Billion Fund For Anyone Who Has Ever Been Rejected By Woman
Trump Launches $88 Billion Fund For Anyone Who Has Ever Been Rejected By Woman
WASHINGTON—Declaring the money long overdue compensation for some of the nation’s most persecuted individuals, President Donald Trump announced an $88 billion fund Tuesday specifically appropriated to...
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#NetSci2026 invited speaker Diego Garlaschelli discusses differences between canonical and microcanonical ensembles in network inference problems @netscisociety.bsky.social @netsciconf.bsky.social
NetSci 2026 is officially underway! Network thinkers from around the world have gathered for a week of great science, collaboration, and discovery. Today and tomorrow feature Satellite Sessions, a School Talk, and satellite posters—where ideas connect and new partnerships begin.
News, rumors, opinions, misinformation, polarization, collective attention: can we understand their dynamics using the tools of statistical physics? Our new Physics Reports review brings together theory, models, and empirical evidence from across the field: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The physics of news, rumors, and opinions
The boundaries between physical and social networks have narrowed with the advent of the Internet and its pervasive platforms. This has given rise to …
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Still on the fence about NetSci? 👀 We’ve lined up an incredible group of speakers across complex systems, AI, biology, and more. Fresh ideas, deep dives, and new connections await. This is your sign—register now 😉 www.netsci2026.com/registration Huge thanks to our speakers, with more to come!
I wrote about the time Jesse Jackson brought the movement to Sesame Street. [giftie] www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/a...
When Jesse Jackson Came to ‘Sesame Street’: ‘I Am! Somebody!’
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Jesse Jackson, whose impassioned oratory and vision of a “rainbow coalition” of the poor and forgotten made him the nation’s most influential Black figure in the years between the civil rights crusades of Martin Luther King Jr. and the election of Barack Obama, died Tuesday at 84. nyti.ms/4bZdMPa
New (competition funded) PhD opportunity with me, @iaciac.bsky.social and @dralgernon.bsky.social www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Higher-order networks and animal communication. Suited to someone keen on network science theory/computational modeling and keen to adapt this to ecology & evolution.
Impact of behavioral heterogeneity on epidemic outcome and its mapping into effective network topologies arxiv.org/abs/2601.21743
Impact of behavioral heterogeneity on epidemic outcome and its mapping into effective network topologies
Human behavior plays a critical role in shaping epidemic trajectories. During health crises, people respond in diverse ways in terms of self-protection and adherence to recommended measures, largely r...
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I like the recommendation "Avoid overly broad funding calls." For decades I have recommended that the Portuguese funding agency stops "calls in all domains". But it is 2026 and we are still going through these expensive motions that likely pass the Szilard point... www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Point of no returns: researchers are crossing a threshold in the fight for funding
With so little money to go round, the costs of competing for grants can exceed what the grants are worth. When that happens, nobody wins.
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Will you have a Masters degree by May'26? Apply today and join ISI Foundation in Turin, Italy! This is a GREAT opportunity for a "pre-doc" where you get hands-on experience leading a research project, in collaboration with humanitarian and other partners. 👇
ISI Foundation@isi.it · 9mo ago⏳ Final days to apply! @isi.it in collaboration with Fondazione CRT, offers 10 one-year applied research scholarships in data science & AI, focused on public health, humanitarian response, urban development, and sustainability. 📅 Deadline: February 2nd, 2026
📢 New preprint out! “Polarization and echo chambers in Reddit’s political discourse” 👉 arxiv.org/abs/2510.27467 Reddit is often seen as a healthier space for political debate — but is it really? 🤔 🧵 1/4
Daniele Cirulli, Antonio Desiderio, Giulio Cimini, Fabio Saracco: Polarization and echo chambers in Reddit's political discourse https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.27467 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2510.27467 https://arxiv.org/html/2510.27467
arXiv alert! 📄🚨 A review paper about the physics of news, rumors, and opinions arxiv.org/abs/2510.15053 w @manlius.bsky.social @sarawalk.bsky.social Guido Cadarelli et al.
The Physics of News, Rumors, and Opinions
The boundaries between physical and social networks have narrowed with the advent of the Internet and its pervasive platforms. This has given rise to a complex adaptive information ecosystem where ind...
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The CSS Senior Award at CCS2025 goes to Guido Caldarelli (Director, CNR-ISC; Professor of Theoretical Physics, Ca’ Foscari Venice) following his keynote “Networks: a Compass in Complex Systems congratulations! 🏅 #CCS2025
🚀 Ready for BeSafe? Our satellite workshop @css-conference.bsky.social kicks off this afternoon in Room 14! We’re excited to host Eugenio Valdano, @chpoletto.bsky.social, @matteocinelli.bsky.social, and @kyriakikalimeri.bsky.social as our invited speakers. 1/2 🧵
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BeSAFE: Behavioral and Social Aspects in Fighting Epidemics
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Exponential random graphs have long been null models distinguishing real patterns versus random effects in networks. But what about hypergraphs, where more than two nodes can interact at once? @sarawalk.bsky.social and team show an equivalent for hypergraphs exists with solid analytical grounding.
Entropy-based models to randomise real-world hypergraphs - Communications Physics
This work extends entropy-based models to hypergraphs, a popular alternative for describing polyadic interactions. After studying the asymptotic behaviour of thresholds generalising the percolation…
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Just a quick update: 🚀 we’re pleased to announce that @chpoletto.bsky.social has joined as our final invited speaker! @css-conference.bsky.social @frapierri.bsky.social @akacaycepollard.bsky.social @fabmazza.bsky.social
Fabio Saracco@sarawalk.bsky.social · last yr.Call for Abstracts – BeSAFE Satellite Workshop @ CCS 2025, Siena We are pleased to invite submissions of original abstracts to the BeSAFE satellite workshop of CCS2025 @css-conference.bsky.social, taking place in Siena (code-project.it/besafe/). 🧵 1/4
📢 Only a few days left! The deadline to submit your abstract to the BeSafe Satellite Workshop @css-conference.bsky.social is Sunday, June 15. Don’t miss the chance to be part of our workshop! 👉 Details & submission: www.code-project.it/besafe/
BeSAFE
BeSAFE: Behavioral and Social Aspects in Fighting Epidemics
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Fabio Saracco@sarawalk.bsky.social · last yr.Call for Abstracts – BeSAFE Satellite Workshop @ CCS 2025, Siena We are pleased to invite submissions of original abstracts to the BeSAFE satellite workshop of CCS2025 @css-conference.bsky.social, taking place in Siena (code-project.it/besafe/). 🧵 1/4
Two quick updates from the BeSAFE satellite workshop @css-conference.bsky.social! First, 🚨 we’re excited to announce our second invited speaker: Matteo Cinelli! Second, 📆 deadline extended! You now have until Friday, June 15 to submit your abstract. Stay tuned for the next speakers! 🤩
Fabio Saracco@sarawalk.bsky.social · last yr.Call for Abstracts – BeSAFE Satellite Workshop @ CCS 2025, Siena We are pleased to invite submissions of original abstracts to the BeSAFE satellite workshop of CCS2025 @css-conference.bsky.social, taking place in Siena (code-project.it/besafe/). 🧵 1/4
🚨 We're thrilled to announce the first invited speaker of the satellite workshop BeSAFE: Eugenio Valdano! Don't miss the chance to join us – abstract submissions close this Friday, May 30! Visit: www.code-project.it/besafe/ @cref-enrico-fermi.bsky.social @css-conference.bsky.social
BeSAFE
BeSAFE: Behavioral and Social Aspects of Fighting Epidemics
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Fabio Saracco@sarawalk.bsky.social · last yr.Call for Abstracts – BeSAFE Satellite Workshop @ CCS 2025, Siena We are pleased to invite submissions of original abstracts to the BeSAFE satellite workshop of CCS2025 @css-conference.bsky.social, taking place in Siena (code-project.it/besafe/). 🧵 1/4
Call for Abstracts – BeSAFE Satellite Workshop @ CCS 2025, Siena We are pleased to invite submissions of original abstracts to the BeSAFE satellite workshop of CCS2025 @css-conference.bsky.social, taking place in Siena (code-project.it/besafe/). 🧵 1/4
NEW: Trump appointees running USAID have just fired about 400 employees who help deliver urgent humanitarian aid in disaster and war zones around the world. This raises more doubts about whether Rubio supports lifesaving aid. Our @nytimes.com story: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...
U.S.A.I.D. Appointees Fire Hundreds Working on Urgent Humanitarian Aid
The firings added to doubts about whether Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the agency’s acting head, supports lifesaving humanitarian assistance, as he has said he does.
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