Nicola Lacetera
@nicolacetera.bsky.social
Professor at the Università di Bologna and the University of Toronto (on leave).
Dad of 2 girls, husband of 1.
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Dad of 2 girls, husband of 1.
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Dear @ezraklein.bsky.social: Charlie Kirk advocated for forcing 12-year olds to watch the public execution of Trump's governmental opponents, maybe by guillotine www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
Opinion | Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way
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September 11, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Dear @ezraklein.bsky.social: Charlie Kirk advocated for forcing 12-year olds to watch the public execution of Trump's governmental opponents, maybe by guillotine www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
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‘You need solidarity and consistency’: Pedro Sánchez on the EU, Trump and fighting the far right
‘You need solidarity and consistency’: Pedro Sánchez on the EU, Trump and fighting the far right
Spanish PM insists ‘migration is an opportunity’ and is not afraid to discuss what he considers Europe’s recent failures
www.theguardian.com
September 3, 2025 at 4:23 AM
‘You need solidarity and consistency’: Pedro Sánchez on the EU, Trump and fighting the far right
Not my style to show off my donations.
But this is worth an exception. Consider donating too.
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But this is worth an exception. Consider donating too.
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Global Sumud Flotilla - Global
As the genocide in Gaza gets worse by the day and the governments and institutions fail the Palestinian people, the free people of the world are trying their best to maintain solidarity and to create ...
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August 31, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Not my style to show off my donations.
But this is worth an exception. Consider donating too.
Global Sumud Flotilla - Global chuffed.org/project/1388...
But this is worth an exception. Consider donating too.
Global Sumud Flotilla - Global chuffed.org/project/1388...
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"anybody who thinks LLMs are a direct route to the sort of AGI that could fundamentally transform society for the good is kidding themselves"
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When billion-dollar AIs break down over puzzles a child can do, it's time to rethink the hype | Gary Marcus
The tech world is reeling from a paper that shows the powers of a new generation of AI have been wildly oversold, says cognitive scientist Gary Marcus
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June 11, 2025 at 6:26 AM
"anybody who thinks LLMs are a direct route to the sort of AGI that could fundamentally transform society for the good is kidding themselves"
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Qui la locandina dell'evento:
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June 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Qui la locandina dell'evento:
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Oggi 10/6 prima presentazione del mio libro "A Fuoco" per @feltrinellied e mi sento come al primo giorno di scuola.
🙏@ElaGiampaoli di spiegare il perchè del viaggio lento raccontato nel libro.
Ne parlo con @emacampiglio & @MariaBigoni1 h18:00 @Unibo.
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🙏@ElaGiampaoli di spiegare il perchè del viaggio lento raccontato nel libro.
Ne parlo con @emacampiglio & @MariaBigoni1 h18:00 @Unibo.
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Ricercatore licenziato perché non voleva volare: la storia di Gianluca Grimalda in un libro
Lo studioso del cambiamento climatico tornò a casa da Papua Nuova Guinea senza prendere aerei impiegando due mesi. Troppo per i suoi datori di lavoro che lo ca…
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June 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Oggi 10/6 prima presentazione del mio libro "A Fuoco" per @feltrinellied e mi sento come al primo giorno di scuola.
🙏@ElaGiampaoli di spiegare il perchè del viaggio lento raccontato nel libro.
Ne parlo con @emacampiglio & @MariaBigoni1 h18:00 @Unibo.
bologna.repubblica.i...
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🙏@ElaGiampaoli di spiegare il perchè del viaggio lento raccontato nel libro.
Ne parlo con @emacampiglio & @MariaBigoni1 h18:00 @Unibo.
bologna.repubblica.i...
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Un tentativo di spiegare l'erraticità di Trump, fra psicogeriatria e teaoria dei giochi. E soprattutto il desiderio di un'Europa (e un mondo) con una visione diametralmente opposta alla sua.
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April 11, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Un tentativo di spiegare l'erraticità di Trump, fra psicogeriatria e teaoria dei giochi. E soprattutto il desiderio di un'Europa (e un mondo) con una visione diametralmente opposta alla sua.
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"A.I. is a parasite. [..] its most compelling use case is starving the host — fewer teachers, fewer degrees, fewer workers, fewer healthy information environments."
Anti AI piece in the New York Times and another in CNN from the excellent @amorrow.bsky.social. Something is changing.
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March 31, 2025 at 9:15 PM
"A.I. is a parasite. [..] its most compelling use case is starving the host — fewer teachers, fewer degrees, fewer workers, fewer healthy information environments."
Parasite in chief.
The Tesla Secret That Exposes Elon Musk’s Whole Game newrepublic.com/article/1929... via @newrepublic.com
The Tesla Secret That Exposes Elon Musk’s Whole Game newrepublic.com/article/1929... via @newrepublic.com
The Tesla Secret That Exposes Elon Musk’s Whole Game
The car company’s big business in regulatory credits shows Musk’s mantra has always been “Government handouts for me, not for thee.”
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March 31, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Parasite in chief.
The Tesla Secret That Exposes Elon Musk’s Whole Game newrepublic.com/article/1929... via @newrepublic.com
The Tesla Secret That Exposes Elon Musk’s Whole Game newrepublic.com/article/1929... via @newrepublic.com
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To reiterate: We are hiring the following: 1) Prof (Chair) in Applied Micro, 2) Reader/Senior Lecture (Assoc Professor) in Applied Econ, 3) 4 Lecturers (Asst Professors), any field.
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March 31, 2025 at 6:47 AM
To reiterate: We are hiring the following: 1) Prof (Chair) in Applied Micro, 2) Reader/Senior Lecture (Assoc Professor) in Applied Econ, 3) 4 Lecturers (Asst Professors), any field.
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I’m actually quite radical on this. Most middle-class people have no idea what it’s like not to be able to get dental care, but it absolutely ruins people’s lives (and leads to other diseases).
Of course policy details can be disputed, but: basic dental coverage should absolutely be covered.
Of course policy details can be disputed, but: basic dental coverage should absolutely be covered.
The Liberals worked with the NDP to bring in national dental care and pharmacare plans. As a retiree on a fixed income, these two plans will help ensure I remain healthy. I can’t afford the high costs of dental work and prescription drugs with no employer benefits.
Do not vote Conservative.
Do not vote Conservative.
Pierre Poilievre denounced the NDP's national dental care plan as "socialistic."
He told Jordan Peterson he would "fiercely resist" our socialist policies.
But his numbers are tanking.
Now he says he will support dental care.
You can't trust MAGA-MINI Pierre.
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He told Jordan Peterson he would "fiercely resist" our socialist policies.
But his numbers are tanking.
Now he says he will support dental care.
You can't trust MAGA-MINI Pierre.
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March 29, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I’m actually quite radical on this. Most middle-class people have no idea what it’s like not to be able to get dental care, but it absolutely ruins people’s lives (and leads to other diseases).
Of course policy details can be disputed, but: basic dental coverage should absolutely be covered.
Of course policy details can be disputed, but: basic dental coverage should absolutely be covered.
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The more I study and visit so-called Global South countries, the more I learn about their problems related to the carbon economy and climate disasters, the more I am convinced that they represent the future, not the past, of the Global North.
March 29, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The more I study and visit so-called Global South countries, the more I learn about their problems related to the carbon economy and climate disasters, the more I am convinced that they represent the future, not the past, of the Global North.
This
Maria Ressa @mariaressa.bsky.social just blew my mind.
Insightful, frightening, and inspiring interview w/Jon Stewart
Deep dive - democracy-toppling pre-designed overtake/mass mind-control executed by avaricious social media techbros and authoritarian extremists.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsHo...
Insightful, frightening, and inspiring interview w/Jon Stewart
Deep dive - democracy-toppling pre-designed overtake/mass mind-control executed by avaricious social media techbros and authoritarian extremists.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsHo...
March 29, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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This is important. More than 700 Harvard faculty, with diverse views, have now signed a letter urging the university administration to "publicly condemn attacks on universities," "legally contest and refuse to comply with unlawful demands that threaten academic freedom" and +
March 28, 2025 at 9:32 PM
This is important. More than 700 Harvard faculty, with diverse views, have now signed a letter urging the university administration to "publicly condemn attacks on universities," "legally contest and refuse to comply with unlawful demands that threaten academic freedom" and +
Technocracy is coming to the USA.
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Scoop: State Dept. to use AI to revoke visas of foreign students who appear "pro-Hamas"
The effort includes AI-assisted reviews of tens of thousands of student visa holders' social media accounts and marks a dramatic escalation in the U.S. government's policing of foreign nationals' cond...
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March 28, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Technocracy is coming to the USA.
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Each time I see the word abundance used, I know the theses are going to be between naive and ... boringly centrist.
This book is no exeption.
This book is no exeption.
Complicated with a Friday at home for low morale, I read Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson. While interesting and partly agreeable, K&T's proposal is likely to be a progressive version of Reagan's trickle down economics.
March 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Each time I see the word abundance used, I know the theses are going to be between naive and ... boringly centrist.
This book is no exeption.
This book is no exeption.
"The reason you should care about this is not that it could happen to you but that it's already happening to others. It is happening to people who, we claim, have rights just because we are human. It is happening to me, personally."
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Opinion | There’s a Name for What Trump Is Doing to Trans People: Denationalizing
The message is that we are a threat to the nation. The subtext is that we are not of this nation.
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March 18, 2025 at 6:30 AM
"The reason you should care about this is not that it could happen to you but that it's already happening to others. It is happening to people who, we claim, have rights just because we are human. It is happening to me, personally."
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/o...
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Well then it's over. Shit happens.
OpenAI urges Trump: Either settle AI copyright debate or lose AI race to China
OpenAI declares AI race “over” if training on copyrighted works isn’t fair use
National security hinges on unfettered access to AI training data, OpenAI says.
arstechnica.com
March 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Well then it's over. Shit happens.
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OpenAI urges Trump: Either settle AI copyright debate or lose AI race to China
OpenAI declares AI race “over” if training on copyrighted works isn’t fair use
National security hinges on unfettered access to AI training data, OpenAI says.
arstechnica.com
March 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
OpenAI urges Trump: Either settle AI copyright debate or lose AI race to China
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A Columbia University student left the country after having a student visa cancelled and a second student was arrested for overstaying an expired visa, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Both students had participated in pro-Palestine protests.
One Columbia student leaves country, another arrested as DHS targets protesters
The State Department is exercising a seldom-used power to remove legal immigrants connected to protests.
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March 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
A Columbia University student left the country after having a student visa cancelled and a second student was arrested for overstaying an expired visa, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Both students had participated in pro-Palestine protests.
March 10, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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Today we published this page in @larepubblica.bsky.social and @mm-ilmanifesto-bot.bsky.social saying no to ethnic cleansing in Gaza and in the West Bank. Jews in Italy count only 30.000 community members, plus an imprecise number who "identify as"...
February 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Today we published this page in @larepubblica.bsky.social and @mm-ilmanifesto-bot.bsky.social saying no to ethnic cleansing in Gaza and in the West Bank. Jews in Italy count only 30.000 community members, plus an imprecise number who "identify as"...
Vale sempre la pena di pensare a qualcosa di nuovo e migliore. Senza questo desiderio, si rischia di non essere nemmeno capaci di considerare la possibilità del peggio, e di scorgerne i segni.
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February 21, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Vale sempre la pena di pensare a qualcosa di nuovo e migliore. Senza questo desiderio, si rischia di non essere nemmeno capaci di considerare la possibilità del peggio, e di scorgerne i segni.
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Trump-Musk, il caos coordinato e pianificato: i prodromi di un colpo di Stato - Valigia Blu
Le prime mosse della nuova amministrazione Trump evidenziano un attacco sistematico alla burocrazia federale e alle istituzioni democratiche. Trump sta cercando di centralizzare il potere attraverso o...
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February 5, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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