Riccardo
@riccardoiacobucci.com
Energy engineer working in renewable energy
Based in Switzerland / Italy / Japan
Based in Switzerland / Italy / Japan
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Of course it's not legal to murder people suspected of a crime without due trial. It's mind-boggling that this is even a discussion.
Important dissention on the legality of strikes
Top military lawyer raised legal concerns about boat strikes
The lawyer at U.S. Southern Command, which oversees the operations against alleged drug-smuggling boats near Venezuela, disagreed that the strikes are legal and was overruled, according to six sources...
www.nbcnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Of course it's not legal to murder people suspected of a crime without due trial. It's mind-boggling that this is even a discussion.
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I wonder if the United States can learn anything from the last time a major industrialized country decided to isolate itself from the rest of the world?
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
November 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I wonder if the United States can learn anything from the last time a major industrialized country decided to isolate itself from the rest of the world?
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
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This week's column is on Billionaire Brain: the condition which seems to prevent extremely rich people from perceiving the utterly bleeding obvious.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis. But he’s a billionaire, so we can’t | George Monbiot
Money talks – and his essay denouncing ‘near-term emissions goals’ at Cop30 mostly argues the case for letting the ultra-rich off the hook
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:19 AM
This week's column is on Billionaire Brain: the condition which seems to prevent extremely rich people from perceiving the utterly bleeding obvious.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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1. This is a thread on freedom, and how easy it is to lose.
Over the past 2,000 years in Europe, there have been few periods and places of freedom. For much of the time we lived under highly oppressive tyrannies of various kinds, whether small or grand, local or imperial, secular or religious.🧵
Over the past 2,000 years in Europe, there have been few periods and places of freedom. For much of the time we lived under highly oppressive tyrannies of various kinds, whether small or grand, local or imperial, secular or religious.🧵
November 7, 2025 at 6:35 AM
1. This is a thread on freedom, and how easy it is to lose.
Over the past 2,000 years in Europe, there have been few periods and places of freedom. For much of the time we lived under highly oppressive tyrannies of various kinds, whether small or grand, local or imperial, secular or religious.🧵
Over the past 2,000 years in Europe, there have been few periods and places of freedom. For much of the time we lived under highly oppressive tyrannies of various kinds, whether small or grand, local or imperial, secular or religious.🧵
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UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 5: Vito Marcantonio
There are many who dismiss our vision for New York as impossible. To them, I say we need look only to our past for proof of how we can shape the future.
Tomorrow is Election Day. And this is the final Until It's Done of our campaign.
There are many who dismiss our vision for New York as impossible. To them, I say we need look only to our past for proof of how we can shape the future.
Tomorrow is Election Day. And this is the final Until It's Done of our campaign.
November 4, 2025 at 4:14 AM
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 5: Vito Marcantonio
There are many who dismiss our vision for New York as impossible. To them, I say we need look only to our past for proof of how we can shape the future.
Tomorrow is Election Day. And this is the final Until It's Done of our campaign.
There are many who dismiss our vision for New York as impossible. To them, I say we need look only to our past for proof of how we can shape the future.
Tomorrow is Election Day. And this is the final Until It's Done of our campaign.
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The ceasefire continues according to virtually every media outlet. Israel is demolishing entire neighbourhoods in Gaza to make sure Palestinians never go back.
The genocide is ongoing
The genocide is ongoing
Israel razes entire neighbourhoods east of Khan Younis: Report - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-razes-entire-neighbourhoods-east-khan-younis-report
Israel razes entire neighbourhoods east of Khan Younis: Report
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<p data-end="277" data-start="76">Israeli occupation forces are bulldozing large swathes of land east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, destroying what little remains of homes and infrastructure after months of relentless bombardment.</p>
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www.middleeasteye.net
November 1, 2025 at 11:33 PM
The ceasefire continues according to virtually every media outlet. Israel is demolishing entire neighbourhoods in Gaza to make sure Palestinians never go back.
The genocide is ongoing
The genocide is ongoing
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📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.
October 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
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IMHO, LLMs will be an economic negative for years.
They'll do a worse job than humans,
but will still replace humans because they're cheaper for employers,
but really they're costlier, it's just that lots of costs get externalized to society by our horrible energy/tax policies.
Lose-lose-lose.
They'll do a worse job than humans,
but will still replace humans because they're cheaper for employers,
but really they're costlier, it's just that lots of costs get externalized to society by our horrible energy/tax policies.
Lose-lose-lose.
The Real AI Risk is ‘Meh’ Technology That Takes Jobs and Annoys Us All
While AI doomsday scenarios dwell on the risks posed by superintelligent robot overlords, one Nobel-Prize winning economist fears a more mundane possibility.
www.bloomberg.com
October 12, 2025 at 11:29 AM
IMHO, LLMs will be an economic negative for years.
They'll do a worse job than humans,
but will still replace humans because they're cheaper for employers,
but really they're costlier, it's just that lots of costs get externalized to society by our horrible energy/tax policies.
Lose-lose-lose.
They'll do a worse job than humans,
but will still replace humans because they're cheaper for employers,
but really they're costlier, it's just that lots of costs get externalized to society by our horrible energy/tax policies.
Lose-lose-lose.
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Probably doesn’t need saying, but no law was broken. Israel broke international law by abducting people in international waters, people who were seeking to break Israel’s illegal siege, itself part of the genocide
as the global hegemon & Israel's chief enabler, America gets more dedicated humiliation treatments, from Netanyahu bragging abt unconstitutional US laws & censorship to some Israeli who harasses US students with impunity mocking the mother of an American reporter who made a Twitter account for this
October 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Probably doesn’t need saying, but no law was broken. Israel broke international law by abducting people in international waters, people who were seeking to break Israel’s illegal siege, itself part of the genocide
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2/ In 2001, Borsook said tech "libertarianism" reflected an adolescent mindset, with a craving for unchecked independence & resistance to constraint.
She warned that tech libertarians wanted an anti-human world that worked more like a computer. From "Cyberselfish," a book based on her 90s writing:
She warned that tech libertarians wanted an anti-human world that worked more like a computer. From "Cyberselfish," a book based on her 90s writing:
September 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
2/ In 2001, Borsook said tech "libertarianism" reflected an adolescent mindset, with a craving for unchecked independence & resistance to constraint.
She warned that tech libertarians wanted an anti-human world that worked more like a computer. From "Cyberselfish," a book based on her 90s writing:
She warned that tech libertarians wanted an anti-human world that worked more like a computer. From "Cyberselfish," a book based on her 90s writing:
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Windsor Castle Tuesday night. Four of us arrested for 'malicious communications'. Now released.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8V4...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8V4...
Hey Donald, welcome to Windsor Castle
YouTube video by Led By Donkeys
www.youtube.com
September 18, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Windsor Castle Tuesday night. Four of us arrested for 'malicious communications'. Now released.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8V4...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8V4...
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And Italian relatives of mine only learned in their 20s, I’m talking 2010s, that it was neo-Nazis and not anarchists. They lived their whole lives in Italy thinking it was anarchists. Their parents likely still think that.
Thinking about the 1969 Piazza Fontana bombing and how Italy's security services blamed it on anarchists, arrested nearly 100 activists and threw one of them out the 4th floor window of the police station.
The bombing was carried out by a neo-fascist group with ties to the state security services.
The bombing was carried out by a neo-fascist group with ties to the state security services.
September 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
And Italian relatives of mine only learned in their 20s, I’m talking 2010s, that it was neo-Nazis and not anarchists. They lived their whole lives in Italy thinking it was anarchists. Their parents likely still think that.
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I wrote about what I think is a genuinely revealing document of elite depravity and impunity. It is shocking and sickening. But it's also a crucial moment. We're about to see what happens when conspiracy theorists actually get what they asked for but it turns out not to be what they want.
You Really Need to See Epstein’s Birthday Book for Yourself
This time, the conspiracy theorists were right.
www.theatlantic.com
September 10, 2025 at 3:07 AM
I wrote about what I think is a genuinely revealing document of elite depravity and impunity. It is shocking and sickening. But it's also a crucial moment. We're about to see what happens when conspiracy theorists actually get what they asked for but it turns out not to be what they want.
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European security depends on Ukraine, by @anderspucknielsen.dk
European security depends on Ukraine
YouTube video by Anders Puck Nielsen
youtu.be
September 9, 2025 at 12:11 PM
European security depends on Ukraine, by @anderspucknielsen.dk
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More peaceful protesters in London being arrested for holding placards that read “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action”
Under a Labour government, UK 2025
www.instagram.com/reel/DORiNmE...
Under a Labour government, UK 2025
www.instagram.com/reel/DORiNmE...
September 7, 2025 at 5:56 AM
More peaceful protesters in London being arrested for holding placards that read “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action”
Under a Labour government, UK 2025
www.instagram.com/reel/DORiNmE...
Under a Labour government, UK 2025
www.instagram.com/reel/DORiNmE...
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No pretense that US is somehow engaged in an armed conflict that might justify lethal targeting in this manner.
As I told @npr.org this morning, we have a word for premeditated killing outside of armed conflict: murder.
(Also the administration has not substantiated any of its factual claims.)
As I told @npr.org this morning, we have a word for premeditated killing outside of armed conflict: murder.
(Also the administration has not substantiated any of its factual claims.)
Trump: "When I see boats coming in like loaded up the other day with all sorts of drugs -- probably fentanyl mostly -- we're gonna take them out. And if people wants to have fun on the high seas of the low seas they're gonna be in trouble."
September 5, 2025 at 9:56 PM
No pretense that US is somehow engaged in an armed conflict that might justify lethal targeting in this manner.
As I told @npr.org this morning, we have a word for premeditated killing outside of armed conflict: murder.
(Also the administration has not substantiated any of its factual claims.)
As I told @npr.org this morning, we have a word for premeditated killing outside of armed conflict: murder.
(Also the administration has not substantiated any of its factual claims.)
A very hot summer in Kyoto, Japan
September 3, 2025 at 2:37 AM
A very hot summer in Kyoto, Japan
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The Israeli government has adopted the double-strike tactic used by Bashar al-Assad in Syria: target a hospital or heavily populated area, then hit it again when rescue workers, reporters and medics turn up, to kill or maim them too. Hideous war crimes piled one upon another.
August 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The Israeli government has adopted the double-strike tactic used by Bashar al-Assad in Syria: target a hospital or heavily populated area, then hit it again when rescue workers, reporters and medics turn up, to kill or maim them too. Hideous war crimes piled one upon another.
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“It’s a bit of an obscenity that I’m asked so much to speak on this subject because I happen to be Jewish and because I happened, as an infant, to have survived the Holocaust…Why aren’t we listening to the Palestinians?”
Auschwitz-survivor Gabor Maté: Gaza genocide 'the worst thing I've seen in my whole life.'
“It's a bit of an obscenity that I'm asked so much to speak on this subject because I happen to be Jewish and because I happened, as an infant, to have survived the Holocaust…Why aren't we listening t...
therealnews.com
August 12, 2025 at 8:02 PM
“It’s a bit of an obscenity that I’m asked so much to speak on this subject because I happen to be Jewish and because I happened, as an infant, to have survived the Holocaust…Why aren’t we listening to the Palestinians?”
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Citizen-led proposal in Berlin to create the biggest car-free area in the world. This is the area within the S-bahn ring, which is larger than Manhattan. Only 14% of trips in that area are made via car, but 60% of street space is dedicated to them. The economics? Savings largely outweigh costs
Berlin citizens propose the world’s largest car-free zone
The world's largest car-free zone is being planned for Berlin's Ringbahn (Germany). Find out all the details of this environmental friendly project.
www.tomorrow.city
August 11, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Citizen-led proposal in Berlin to create the biggest car-free area in the world. This is the area within the S-bahn ring, which is larger than Manhattan. Only 14% of trips in that area are made via car, but 60% of street space is dedicated to them. The economics? Savings largely outweigh costs
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3. I'm constantly struck by the extent to which people take their freedoms for granted - the freedom of speech, the freedom to vote, workers' rights, weekends, holidays, pensions ... - as if they simply fell out of the sky.
They were achieved at great cost by our political ancestors.
They were achieved at great cost by our political ancestors.
July 29, 2025 at 9:11 AM
3. I'm constantly struck by the extent to which people take their freedoms for granted - the freedom of speech, the freedom to vote, workers' rights, weekends, holidays, pensions ... - as if they simply fell out of the sky.
They were achieved at great cost by our political ancestors.
They were achieved at great cost by our political ancestors.
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If the police arrest me for this, it's a direct attack on the expression of opinion: ie on free speech. But the Terrorism Act is so madly oppressive and loosely framed that I have no idea which side of it I'm on. And I suspect it's the same for them.
July 26, 2025 at 11:53 AM
If the police arrest me for this, it's a direct attack on the expression of opinion: ie on free speech. But the Terrorism Act is so madly oppressive and loosely framed that I have no idea which side of it I'm on. And I suspect it's the same for them.
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“south park is irrelevant” - sent from the white house
July 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
“south park is irrelevant” - sent from the white house
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Holocaust survivor Stephen Kapos on protest ⬇️
The crackdown on our right to protest started with rhetoric- ministers saying peaceful protests are “hate marches”.
Now it’s in policy, expanding police powers to crackdown on our right to speak truth to power.
The crackdown on our right to protest started with rhetoric- ministers saying peaceful protests are “hate marches”.
Now it’s in policy, expanding police powers to crackdown on our right to speak truth to power.
July 25, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Holocaust survivor Stephen Kapos on protest ⬇️
The crackdown on our right to protest started with rhetoric- ministers saying peaceful protests are “hate marches”.
Now it’s in policy, expanding police powers to crackdown on our right to speak truth to power.
The crackdown on our right to protest started with rhetoric- ministers saying peaceful protests are “hate marches”.
Now it’s in policy, expanding police powers to crackdown on our right to speak truth to power.
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Imagine using these resources (energy, money and talent) for something that actually matters. Something chosen by the people, for the people, instead of a vanity poisonous dumpster fire.
Abolish billionaires.
Abolish billionaires.
July 14, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Imagine using these resources (energy, money and talent) for something that actually matters. Something chosen by the people, for the people, instead of a vanity poisonous dumpster fire.
Abolish billionaires.
Abolish billionaires.