Stefano Lissi
@nichephoros.bsky.social
PhD candidate at Utrecht University/19th century/ History of Nationalism
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This is why Elon Musk’s X platform was fined by the EU. Elon refused to follow the regulations that every other platform has to adhere to in the EU. This is not a “free speech” issue.
December 8, 2025 at 7:58 AM
This is why Elon Musk’s X platform was fined by the EU. Elon refused to follow the regulations that every other platform has to adhere to in the EU. This is not a “free speech” issue.
Just watched Paul Thomas Anderson's "One Battle after Another" and I was very much impressed by it. Alongside being an excellent piece of cinema, it is one of the few works of fiction (alongside Dostoevskij's "Demons") to fully capture the psychology of revolutionaries and secret societies.
November 12, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Just watched Paul Thomas Anderson's "One Battle after Another" and I was very much impressed by it. Alongside being an excellent piece of cinema, it is one of the few works of fiction (alongside Dostoevskij's "Demons") to fully capture the psychology of revolutionaries and secret societies.
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congrats to everyone for thinking this through before signing very big contracts to put it on every student’s device at the school or university you run
OVER A MILLION USERS
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
November 7, 2025 at 11:24 PM
congrats to everyone for thinking this through before signing very big contracts to put it on every student’s device at the school or university you run
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“genAI” is not just some tool, signed: former programmer who’s been coding since he’s 11. It’s not bc “humanities”.
The express, advertised feature of this product is abusive and fraudulent.
There are many such technologies forbidden. We don’t just resign to allowing forgery of money, do we?
The express, advertised feature of this product is abusive and fraudulent.
There are many such technologies forbidden. We don’t just resign to allowing forgery of money, do we?
There should be an alternative to both the unquestioning enthusiasm for AI in humanities classes and the "this is an analogous course, just use your brains" kind of neo-Luddism.
You can use tools in a toolbox, but you can’t live in it. Let’s remind students that generative AI is just that:a toolbox.
You can use tools in a toolbox, but you can’t live in it. Let’s remind students that generative AI is just that:a toolbox.
August 16, 2025 at 9:58 AM
“genAI” is not just some tool, signed: former programmer who’s been coding since he’s 11. It’s not bc “humanities”.
The express, advertised feature of this product is abusive and fraudulent.
There are many such technologies forbidden. We don’t just resign to allowing forgery of money, do we?
The express, advertised feature of this product is abusive and fraudulent.
There are many such technologies forbidden. We don’t just resign to allowing forgery of money, do we?
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I've had many conversations with students who don't want to use AI, for various reasons, and they are frustrated by their universities' efforts to push AI onto them. Many students are more thoughtful and critical about AI than ed and tech leaders and resist the "everyone is doing it" defense.
you've heard about the college kids who can't do anything without ChatGPT's help—but what about the students who oppose generative A.I. for myriad reasons and refuse to rely on it as a shortcut? well, I found and spoke with a few of them here: slate.com/life/2025/07...
What It’s Like to Be a Student Who Hates ChatGPT
“Everyone is using it”—almost everyone.
slate.com
July 15, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I've had many conversations with students who don't want to use AI, for various reasons, and they are frustrated by their universities' efforts to push AI onto them. Many students are more thoughtful and critical about AI than ed and tech leaders and resist the "everyone is doing it" defense.
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Delighted to chair today's launch of Matt Myers' fantastic THE HALTED MARCH OF THE EUROPEAN LEFT: THE WORKING CLASS IN BRTAIN, FRANCE, AND ITALY, 1968–1989 (OUP), Thursday, 5 June, 5:30pm, Sumeet Valrani Lecture Theatre (CBG.1.01), Central Building, LSE. Please join!
June 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Delighted to chair today's launch of Matt Myers' fantastic THE HALTED MARCH OF THE EUROPEAN LEFT: THE WORKING CLASS IN BRTAIN, FRANCE, AND ITALY, 1968–1989 (OUP), Thursday, 5 June, 5:30pm, Sumeet Valrani Lecture Theatre (CBG.1.01), Central Building, LSE. Please join!
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Critical humanities discourse on AI will be doomed if it does not come up with better metaphors. Corporate AI is not a «cognitive entity» or some «other intelligence». It's a political project and a system of surveillance, extraction & exploitation
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May 17, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Critical humanities discourse on AI will be doomed if it does not come up with better metaphors. Corporate AI is not a «cognitive entity» or some «other intelligence». It's a political project and a system of surveillance, extraction & exploitation
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I wrote about ole Luigi www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
March 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I wrote about ole Luigi www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
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3500 people protesting the right-wing Dutch government's 1.3 billion € budget cuts to higher education. This is an extinction-level event for dutch research, and @Radboud_uni @radboudumc and the HAN are having none of it.
#nijmegen #woinactie #doehetniet
#nijmegen #woinactie #doehetniet
March 13, 2025 at 12:13 PM
3500 people protesting the right-wing Dutch government's 1.3 billion € budget cuts to higher education. This is an extinction-level event for dutch research, and @Radboud_uni @radboudumc and the HAN are having none of it.
#nijmegen #woinactie #doehetniet
#nijmegen #woinactie #doehetniet
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My department at Uppsala university has just announced two open PhD positions: one in history of science and the other in history of ideas. We research, for example, colonial history of science, history of medicine, and intellectual history. Deadline: 8 April
March 4, 2025 at 8:39 PM
My department at Uppsala university has just announced two open PhD positions: one in history of science and the other in history of ideas. We research, for example, colonial history of science, history of medicine, and intellectual history. Deadline: 8 April
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📖 New Book Release! 📖
I am thrilled to announce the publication of my latest book: Police, Crime, and Public Order in Liberal Italy. The National Model and the Case of late 19th-Century Sicily (1861–1914).
📚 More details here: shorturl.at/Lukud
#History #Policing #Crime #Italy #Mafia #BookRelease
I am thrilled to announce the publication of my latest book: Police, Crime, and Public Order in Liberal Italy. The National Model and the Case of late 19th-Century Sicily (1861–1914).
📚 More details here: shorturl.at/Lukud
#History #Policing #Crime #Italy #Mafia #BookRelease
February 21, 2025 at 11:45 AM
📖 New Book Release! 📖
I am thrilled to announce the publication of my latest book: Police, Crime, and Public Order in Liberal Italy. The National Model and the Case of late 19th-Century Sicily (1861–1914).
📚 More details here: shorturl.at/Lukud
#History #Policing #Crime #Italy #Mafia #BookRelease
I am thrilled to announce the publication of my latest book: Police, Crime, and Public Order in Liberal Italy. The National Model and the Case of late 19th-Century Sicily (1861–1914).
📚 More details here: shorturl.at/Lukud
#History #Policing #Crime #Italy #Mafia #BookRelease
What a great pleasure to have partaken to this year's conference of the Consortium of the Revolutionary Era, where I presented a paper on the appropriation of History by Italian and German nationalists in the 1800s. Fantastic keynotes by @beatricedegraaf.bsky.social, Lynn Hunt and Sarah Chambers!
March 3, 2025 at 8:12 PM
What a great pleasure to have partaken to this year's conference of the Consortium of the Revolutionary Era, where I presented a paper on the appropriation of History by Italian and German nationalists in the 1800s. Fantastic keynotes by @beatricedegraaf.bsky.social, Lynn Hunt and Sarah Chambers!
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🔎 Deadly games of espionage! On 24 Feb, Prof. Dr. Nadine Akkerman explores early modern spycraft in SHN’s lecture, uncovering how spies kept secrets and exposed their enemies.
📅 24 Feb 2025 | 📍 Utrecht | ⏰ 17:00
🍷 Free drinks included!
Sign up: forms.gle/Zy1kE5Tjnkjb...
📅 24 Feb 2025 | 📍 Utrecht | ⏰ 17:00
🍷 Free drinks included!
Sign up: forms.gle/Zy1kE5Tjnkjb...
January 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
🔎 Deadly games of espionage! On 24 Feb, Prof. Dr. Nadine Akkerman explores early modern spycraft in SHN’s lecture, uncovering how spies kept secrets and exposed their enemies.
📅 24 Feb 2025 | 📍 Utrecht | ⏰ 17:00
🍷 Free drinks included!
Sign up: forms.gle/Zy1kE5Tjnkjb...
📅 24 Feb 2025 | 📍 Utrecht | ⏰ 17:00
🍷 Free drinks included!
Sign up: forms.gle/Zy1kE5Tjnkjb...