The protestors' demands have become the official position of all 10 Belgian Universities (!); to suspend the Association Agreement with Israel. This is a huge win and shows how protesters are at the intellectual and moral forefront. Free Palestine! vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2025…

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… e insomma, alla fine ho fatto sette brevi lezioni di fisica pure io 😅 Le trovate sul Corriere della Sera 👇 corriere.it/le-lezioni-del…

It was a pleasure to read and review the book "The Battle of the Big Bang" by Niayesh Ashfordi and Phil Harper! rdcu.be/em0U2

As the US ramps up attacks on Burkina Faso's President Ibrahim Traoré and the AES - remember, the biggest threat to the United States is a unified Africa in control of its resources.

Why isn’t BBC News (UK) playing this video? Why isn’t CNN playing it? Why isn’t Sky News playing it? Do your jobs. Your silence is participation.

The Multiverse: a Philosophical Introduction. arxiv.org/abs/2505.23639

A beautiful talk by Carlo Rovelli to celebrate Lee Smolin's 70th birthday, for anyone interested in the origin of Loop Quantum Gravity. pirsa.org/25060030

A short 15’ talk on the discreteness of time, in honor of Lee Smolin. pirsa.org/25060063

What two relativists do at a concert? . . . They check out the M E T R I C 😄

Last week, thanks to Lee Smolin's birthday conference, we shared some good (online) time with Slavoj Žižek (listen to the end, for Lee's remarks and the witty ending) :-D pirsa.org/25060058

I mourn the killing of my Iran colleagues in the current Israeli attacks, and I despise the lack of condemnation in the Western world. If you want peace, build bridges: no killing will ever bring any lasting peace. aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/13…

Il nuovo Rapporto di ICAN ICAN evidenzia come nel 2024 i nove Stati dotati di #armi #nucleari abbianospeso più di 100 miliardi di dollari per i loro arsenali nucleari, con un aumento di circa l’11% rispetto all’anno precedente ⏬

The US spent $56.8 billion on nuclear weapons in 2024, more than all other nuclear-armed countries combined. That's not security. That's a dangerous waste of taxpayer money. #NuclearBan Read the report here: icanw.org/hidden_costs_2…

El silencio, un lujo que no pueden permitirse los científicos. Sus palabras son potentes armas para influir en el curso de los acontecimientos en un mundo que se asoma a la autodestrucción. Encuentro para celebrar los primeros cien años de la teoría cuántica (UNESCO ha

Wow! Who else is feeling starstruck after NSF-DOE Rubin Observatory's first look? Seems like a fitting time to revisit one of #VeraRubin’s most inspiring quotes. We’ve gathered a few more of our favorites here: carnegiescience.edu/news/10-inspir…

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This is not business as usual. My new UN report, From Economy of Occupation to Economy of Genocide, is out today. It shows how corporations have fueled and legitimised the destruction of Palestine. Genocide, it would seem, is profitable. This cannot continue, accountability must