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Michael Cuffaro @cuffaromichael.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
@stephanhartmann.bsky.social and I are happy to announce that our book, Open Systems: Physics, Metaphysics, and Methodology (global.oup.com/academic/pro...), is finally published. Written for scholars and students in philosophy and physics, as well as anyone interested in the foundations of science.
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Michael Cuffaro @cuffaromichael.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
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Amazon employees are "tokenmaxxing" due to pressure to use AI tools
Workers are using an internal AI tool to automate non-essential tasks.
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Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Future generations will point to the moment when AI tried its best to warn us about the goblins, but we refused to listen. arstechnica.com/ai/2026/04/o...
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OpenAI Codex system prompt includes explicit directive to "never talk about goblins"
Directions also include system instructions to act like "you have a vivid inner life."
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Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy @lmu-mcmp.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Now available online: Stephan Hartmann's Black Hole Initiative talk at Harvard University, "The Open Systems View". www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0Na...
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BHI Colloquium Talks | 02.09.2026 | Stephan Hartmann (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)
YouTube video by Black Hole Initiative
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Wayne Myrvold @wmyrvold.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Applications now open! Join me, Valia Allori, Andrea Di Biagio, Federico Laudisa, and Alyssa Ney in Urbino in June for the XXIX International Summer School in Philosophy of Physics: History and Philosophy of the Wave Function. Application deadline March 29. sites.google.com/campus.uniur...
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XXIX Urbino International Summer School in Philosophy of Physics
The Inter-University Center for Philosophy and Foundations of Physics, the University of Urbino "Carlo Bo", Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, and the Italian Society for Logic and Philosophy of...
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Michael Cuffaro @cuffaromichael.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
arstechnica.com/ai/2026/02/s...
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Sixteen Claude AI agents working together created a new C compiler
The $20,000 experiment compiled a Linux kernel but needed deep human management.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 04/02/2026
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So yeah, I vibe-coded a log colorizer—and I feel good about it
Some semi-unhinged musings on where LLMs fit into my life—and how I'll keep using them.
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 30/01/2026
Our Digital Hate and Harms Team has just released a new microsite to document and share information about symbols used by hate groups from around the world. monitoring-glossary.bellingcat.com
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Bellingcat Monitoring Glossary
Bellingcat Monitoring Glossary
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Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy @lmu-mcmp.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Happy holidays from the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy at @lmumuenchen.bsky.social!
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Stephan Hartmann @stephanhartmann.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Great news from the MCMP: Tom Sterkenburg has received the Karl-Heinz Hoffmann Award from the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. A terrific and well-deserved recognition of his work on induction, statistics, and machine learning! badw.de/en/die-akade...
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Stephan Hartmann @stephanhartmann.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Excited to share that our edited volume "Open Systems: Physics, Metaphysics, and Methodology" (with Michael Cuffaro) is coming out soon with OUP. Details here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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Michael Cuffaro @cuffaromichael.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
My co-edited volume, with @stephanhartmann.bsky.social, on Open Systems: Physics, Metaphysics, and Methodology, is available for pre-order: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Was looking into what Cognitive Scientists mean by ‘domain-general’ cognition, and then hit upon this. This is definitely NOT how we use that term. Tip: read the last sentence to understand what went wrong here. Sigh.
Domain-General Cognitive Ability
In subject area: Psychology
Domain-general cognitive abilities refer to cognitive skills that are not unique to humans but are present across various primate species and potentially other mammals and birds, indicating a general factor underlying cognitive performance that correlates with brain size and is associated with selective attention and working memory capacity.
AI generated definition based on: Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2012
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Michael Cuffaro @cuffaromichael.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
arstechnica.com/ai/2025/07/s...
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Study finds AI tools made open source software developers 19 percent slower
Coders spent more time prompting and reviewing AI generations than they saved on coding.
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Liverpool FC News @lfcnews.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
#TheGuardian #LFC
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‘Football has lost a champion’: tributes paid to Diogo Jota after death aged 28
Cristiano Ronaldo led the tributes from across the football world to Diogo Jota after the Liverpool and Portugal forward was killed in a car accident
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Alex Panetta @alexpanetta.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Happy Canada Day from my home the next couple of years — Ankara, Turkey! Here I bid farewell to the U.S. With some reflections on the country as I experienced it in 12 years as a foreign correspondent. (And reflections on life covering you-know-who) www.cbc.ca/news/world/u...
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ANALYSIS | Stepping off the Trump treadmill: A CBC correspondent bids farewell to Washington | CBC News
Alexander Panetta, CBC's outgoing correspondent in Washington, D.C., writes that he stopped seeing the U.S. as a two-dimensional entity on a screen as it became the surroundings of his life.
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Michael Cuffaro @cuffaromichael.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
A review by Emily Conover of the new book on Women in the History of Quantum Physics (Beyond Knabenphysik) is out: www.sciencenews.org/article/the-...
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The unsung women of quantum physics get their due
The new book, Women in the History of Quantum Physics, spotlights the oft-forgotten contributions of women scientists in the field.
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The HOPOS Journal @hoposjournal.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Over the next week we'll be attending two philosophy of physics conferences @rotmanphilosophy.bsky.social: Empiricism and the Methodology of Modern Physics The Logic, Mathematics &Physics Graduate Conference. #philsky #philphysics To register/attend remotely: www.rotman.uwo.ca/event/2025-a...
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2025 Annual Philosophy of Physics Conferences - The Rotman Institute of Philosophy
Empiricism and the Methodology of Modern Physics REGISTRATION LINK ZOOM LINK May 25-26 The structure of theories and how they represent the natural world, through introducing basic principles and...
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Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy @lmu-mcmp.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Just released by the Institute of Art and Ideas (@iai.tv): Stephan Hartmann (of @lmumuenchen.bsky.social) on why "A theory of everything will never work at all scales" "Reality is fundamentally different at different sizes."
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A theory of everything will never work at all scales | Stephan Hartmann
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Alex Panetta @alexpanetta.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Elon Musk’s apparent power play at the Copyright Office completely backfired Ripping off content to train AI wasn’t going to fly with either MAGA populists or MAGA media. www.theverge.com/politics/666...
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Elon Musk’s apparent power play at the Copyright Office completely backfired
Trump fired the head of the Copyright Office over the weekend.
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Wayne Myrvold @wmyrvold.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Friends, Romans, countrymen! I'm giving a talk this week at Università Roma Tre on scientific realism. Come by if you're in Rome; it's also online. “No only to anti-realism”: Some skeptical thoughts on scientific realism. Thurs, May 15, 2025, 11 am CEST Location in first comment.
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Join our Cloud HD Video Meeting
Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise cloud communications.
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Jim Baggott @jimbaggott.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
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No, Schrödinger’s cat is not alive and dead at the same time | Aeon Essays
The weird paradox of Schrödinger’s cat has found a lasting popularity. What does it mean for the future of quantum physics?
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 09/05/2025
Latest: How a deepfake video infiltrated Indian media coverage of the escalating India and Pakistan conflict… www.bellingcat.com/news/rest-of...
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India-Pakistan Conflict: How a Deepfake Video Made it Mainstream - bellingcat
A manipulated video falsely claiming to show a General in the Pakistani army stating two of its fighter jets had been shot down was picked up and spread by Indian media outlets.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 06/05/2025
⚡️ Hegseth reportedly ordered Ukraine aid pause without Trump's knowledge. The suspension affected 11 shipments of artillery shells and weapons from Dover Air Force Base and a U.S. base in the United Arab Emirates.
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Hegseth reportedly ordered Ukraine aid pause without Trump's knowledge
The suspension reportedly affected 11 shipments of artillery shells and weapons from Dover Air Force Base and a U.S. base in the United Arab Emirates.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 02/05/2025
Liverpool 5-1 win over Tottenham triggers seismic tremors at Anfield
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Liverpool 5-1 win over Tottenham triggers seismic tremors at Anfield
Earth scientists record real seismic activity in 60,415-strong crowd’s response to goals scored during game Labelling a win as “seismic” has become a lazy and overused term. But not in the case of Liverpool FC’s title-clinching win over Tottenham Hotspur when scientists recorded genuine Earth-shaking seismic activity triggered by celebrations at Anfield. Researchers from the University of Liverpool’s department of Earth, ocean and environmental sciences were on site on Sunday to measure ground movement from the crowd throughout the match when the home team won 5–1 and claimed the Premier League title for the 2024-25 season. Continue reading...
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Huw Price @huwprice.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Fascinating piece, much of it based on the work of Elise Crull and Guido Bacciagaluppi #philsci #philsky #hps
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 20/04/2025
Harborough FC ‘surprised’ as 100 Spanish fans turn up to watch game
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Harborough FC ‘surprised’ as 100 Spanish fans turn up to watch game
Fans are subscribers to YouTube channel focused on English football whose founder wants to strengthen links with club
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 20/04/2025
⚡️ Fox News labels Kyiv a Russian city, Ukraine calls for 'apology and investigation.' The error reportedly remained on screen for 20 minutes.
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Fox News labels Kyiv a Russian city, Ukraine calls for 'apology and investigation'
"If this was a mistake rather than a deliberate political statement, there should be an apology and an investigation into who made the mistake," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi wrote on X...
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 10/04/2025
The Kyiv Independent spoke with Donald Trump's "spiritual advisor," Pastor Mark Burns, to find out more about his visit and why he's now urging everyone to "throw politics out the window" and back Ukraine.
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'Supporting Ukraine is America first' — Trump's spiritual advisor, Pastor Mark Burns
When U.S. President Donald Trump paused military aid to Ukraine last month, the man described as his "spiritual advisor," Pastor Mark Burns, backed the decision. This week, Burns is urging him to sen...
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Michael Cuffaro @cuffaromichael.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
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Stephan Hartmann @stephanhartmann.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Roman Frigg and I have revised our entry on Models in Science for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. It is now online. plato.stanford.edu/entries/mode...
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Models in Science (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
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After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com · 01/04/2025
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Alex Panetta @alexpanetta.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Whoa. The US’s annual list of trade complaints is out. And here’s a new one for Canada: Quebec’s language law, Bill 96. The US had already begun complaining about it, and now it’s officially on its target list. ustr.gov/sites/defaul...
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Edouard Machery @edouardmachery.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Sam Fletcher this Tuesday. live streamed on YouTube at www.youtube.com/channel/UCrR... or you can join with Zoom at pitt.zoom.us/j/95178246353 #philsci
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The Onion @theonion.com · 26/03/2025
Report: Anti-Science Attitude Strongest Among Those Who Believe Turtle Has Little Apartment Inside Shell theonion.com/report-...
Report: Anti-Science Attitude Strongest Among Those Who Believe Turtle Has Little Apartment Inside Shell
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Yann Benétreau-Dupin @yannbd.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Here is what my new colleagues and I have been up to recently: we are launching a new journal! It is now up and running and welcoming your submissions.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 20/03/2025
The chatbot imitated the deceased teen's personality, referenced some of his favorite pop culture interests, and even offered a two-way call feature with his cloned voice, lawyers say.
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Mom horrified by Character.AI chatbots posing as son who died by suicide
Character.AI takes down bots bearing likeness of boy at center of lawsuit.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 19/03/2025
Article on Jackie Robinson’s military career removed from defense department website
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Article on Jackie Robinson’s military career removed from defense department website
* Baseball legend served in US Army in second world war * Similar moves have been made in attack on DEI An article history detailing Jackie Robinson’s military career has seemingly been taken down on the Department of Defense’s website as an apparent…
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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
#philsci
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Michael Cuffaro @cuffaromichael.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Stephan's and my Editorial Introduction (motivating the topic and summarising each contribution) to our special issue of Entropy on Information-Theoretic Concepts in Physics is out. With the possible exception of my own it is a really nice collection of articles: www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/27...
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Information-Theoretic Concepts in Physics
The concepts of computation and information are becoming increasingly important, both in everyday life and in the sciences [...]
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Michael Cuffaro @cuffaromichael.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
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McDavid snaps overtime winner as Canada trumps United States in 4 Nations Face-Off final | CBC Sports
Connor McDavid scored at 8:18 of overtime as Canada defeated the United States 3-2 in a riveting 4 Nations Face-Off final Thursday.
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Alex Panetta @alexpanetta.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
A Quebec shipping giant is looking at moving its headquarters to the United States
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 19/02/2025
⚡️ Zelensky's trust rating increases to 57%, survey shows, contradicting Trump's claims. The poll, carried out between Feb. 4 and 9, was published shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump alleged that Zelensky holds a "4% approval rating" without providing a source to back his claim.
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Zelensky's trust rating increases to 57%, survey shows, contradicting Trump's claims
The poll, carried out between Feb. 4 and 9, was published shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump alleged that Zelensky holds a "4% approval rating" without providing a source to back his claim.
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Dank History Memes @dankhistorymemes.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 18/02/2025
‘Europe challenges Trump-Putin axis’: what the papers say about Paris summit on Ukraine
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‘Europe challenges Trump-Putin axis’: what the papers say about Paris summit on Ukraine
European headlines reflect the response to the diplomatic shockwaves sent by the US and splits among leaders on defence spending and how the war in Ukraine should end
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 18/02/2025
Here’s what five European experts think about the results of the Paris summit and what Europe should do next to support Ukraine.
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Ukraine summit in Paris exposes divisions, lack of coherent plan, experts say
The emergency Ukraine summit held in Paris by European leaders on Feb. 17 exposed divisions between European countries, highlighting how they have so far failed to agree on a coherent plan for support...
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Helen De Cruz @helendecruz.net · 07/02/2025
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/baby... now is a good time to watch Babylon 5. I was struck by its consistent anti-fascist message.
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Babylon 5 and Antifascism - Uncanny Magazine
In the annals of science fiction television, plenty of shows stand out as classics. Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek and its spinoffs presented an optimistic vision for the future in the 1960s, Ronald D. ...
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Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy @lmu-mcmp.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Job-opening at LMU Munich: Assistant Professor in Metaphysics (fixed-term). Please help us spread the word. Further details at: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/b...
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 23/01/2025
⚡️ Trump's national security adviser Waltz starts purging NSC, including aides working with Ukraine. During a telephone call on Jan. 22, NSC employees, known as aides or detailees, were told that they were to leave the office immediately.
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Trump's national security adviser Waltz starts purging NSC, including aides working with Ukraine
During a telephone call on Jan. 22, NSC employees, known as aides or detailees, were told that they were to leave the office immediately.
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