72 hours. 7 teams. 7 new preprints. 🚀 The 2026 Complexity 72h Workshop brought researchers together in London to tackle complex systems questions, and produce a paper in just three days. All seven preprints are already on arXiv: tinyurl.com/v9xtrva6 Congrats to all participants and the NetSI team! 💯

Trump Launches $88 Billion Fund For Anyone Who Has Ever Been Rejected By Woman

#NetSci2026 invited speaker Diego Garlaschelli discusses differences between canonical and microcanonical ensembles in network inference problems @netscisociety.bsky.social @netsciconf.bsky.social

NetSci 2026 is officially underway! Network thinkers from around the world have gathered for a week of great science, collaboration, and discovery. Today and tomorrow feature Satellite Sessions, a School Talk, and satellite posters—where ideas connect and new partnerships begin.

News, rumors, opinions, misinformation, polarization, collective attention: can we understand their dynamics using the tools of statistical physics? Our new Physics Reports review brings together theory, models, and empirical evidence from across the field: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Still on the fence about NetSci? 👀 We’ve lined up an incredible group of speakers across complex systems, AI, biology, and more. Fresh ideas, deep dives, and new connections await. This is your sign—register now 😉 www.netsci2026.com/registration Huge thanks to our speakers, with more to come!

I wrote about the time Jesse Jackson brought the movement to Sesame Street. [giftie] www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/a...

Jesse Jackson, whose impassioned oratory and vision of a “rainbow coalition” of the poor and forgotten made him the nation’s most influential Black figure in the years between the civil rights crusades of Martin Luther King Jr. and the election of Barack Obama, died Tuesday at 84. nyti.ms/4bZdMPa

New (competition funded) PhD opportunity with me, @iaciac.bsky.social and @dralgernon.bsky.social www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Higher-order networks and animal communication. Suited to someone keen on network science theory/computational modeling and keen to adapt this to ecology & evolution.

"La teatralità e l'inganno sono strumenti potenti". (Cit.)

Impact of behavioral heterogeneity on epidemic outcome and its mapping into effective network topologies arxiv.org/abs/2601.21743

I like the recommendation "Avoid overly broad funding calls." For decades I have recommended that the Portuguese funding agency stops "calls in all domains". But it is 2026 and we are still going through these expensive motions that likely pass the Szilard point... www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Will you have a Masters degree by May'26? Apply today and join ISI Foundation in Turin, Italy! This is a GREAT opportunity for a "pre-doc" where you get hands-on experience leading a research project, in collaboration with humanitarian and other partners. 👇

📢 New preprint out! “Polarization and echo chambers in Reddit’s political discourse” 👉 arxiv.org/abs/2510.27467 Reddit is often seen as a healthier space for political debate — but is it really? 🤔 🧵 1/4

Daniele Cirulli, Antonio Desiderio, Giulio Cimini, Fabio Saracco: Polarization and echo chambers in Reddit's political discourse https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.27467 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2510.27467 https://arxiv.org/html/2510.27467

arXiv alert! 📄🚨 A review paper about the physics of news, rumors, and opinions arxiv.org/abs/2510.15053 w @manlius.bsky.social @sarawalk.bsky.social Guido Cadarelli et al.

The CSS Senior Award at CCS2025 goes to Guido Caldarelli (Director, CNR-ISC; Professor of Theoretical Physics, Ca’ Foscari Venice) following his keynote “Networks: a Compass in Complex Systems congratulations! 🏅 #CCS2025

Daniele Cirulli studies polarization and echo chamber formation on reddit #CCS2025

Ready to start!

🚀 Ready for BeSafe? Our satellite workshop @css-conference.bsky.social kicks off this afternoon in Room 14! We’re excited to host Eugenio Valdano, @chpoletto.bsky.social, @matteocinelli.bsky.social, and @kyriakikalimeri.bsky.social as our invited speakers. 1/2 🧵

Exponential random graphs have long been null models distinguishing real patterns versus random effects in networks. But what about hypergraphs, where more than two nodes can interact at once? @sarawalk.bsky.social and team show an equivalent for hypergraphs exists with solid analytical grounding.

Just a quick update: 🚀 we’re pleased to announce that @chpoletto.bsky.social has joined as our final invited speaker! @css-conference.bsky.social @frapierri.bsky.social @akacaycepollard.bsky.social @fabmazza.bsky.social

📢 Only a few days left! The deadline to submit your abstract to the BeSafe Satellite Workshop @css-conference.bsky.social is Sunday, June 15. Don’t miss the chance to be part of our workshop! 👉 Details & submission: www.code-project.it/besafe/

News about our Besafe satellite!

Two quick updates from the BeSAFE satellite workshop @css-conference.bsky.social! First, 🚨 we’re excited to announce our second invited speaker: Matteo Cinelli! Second, 📆 deadline extended! You now have until Friday, June 15 to submit your abstract. Stay tuned for the next speakers! 🤩

🚨 We're thrilled to announce the first invited speaker of the satellite workshop BeSAFE: Eugenio Valdano! Don't miss the chance to join us – abstract submissions close this Friday, May 30! Visit: www.code-project.it/besafe/ ‪@cref-enrico-fermi.bsky.social‬ @css-conference.bsky.social

Call for Abstracts – BeSAFE Satellite Workshop @ CCS 2025, Siena We are pleased to invite submissions of original abstracts to the BeSAFE satellite workshop of CCS2025 @css-conference.bsky.social, taking place in Siena (code-project.it/besafe/). 🧵 1/4

NEW: Trump appointees running USAID have just fired about 400 employees who help deliver urgent humanitarian aid in disaster and war zones around the world. This raises more doubts about whether Rubio supports lifesaving aid. Our @nytimes.com story: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...

This makes me think that I need to have all my projects downloaded!

Breaking news: South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared “emergency martial law” on Tuesday evening, accusing the opposition of “antistate” activities for paralyzing the government with impeachment motions.

Ieri 29 donne e minori sono stati portati via dalle milizie libiche durante un'operazione in cui la nave Geo Barents, di Medici Senza Frontiere, stava soccorrendo circa cento persone migranti via @ilpost.it www.ilpost.it/2024/11/29/g...

Since I've been here for a while… here are some useful features on Bluesky that you might not have discovered yet! 🧵

Big thanks to @ric-dicle.bsky.social for an outstanding lesson on unlocking the secrets of human mobility with digital data in our #GeospatialAnalytics course at the University of Pisa. Inspiring and eye-opening! 🌍📊🚶‍♂️ #HumanMobility

Glad to kick off the European Mobility symposium with @lucapappalardo.bsky.social in Pisa! Looking forward to interesting discussions on urban mobility! @connectionslab.bsky.social by @nunetsi.bsky.social more infos ems2024pisa.github.io/europeanmobi...

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European Commission opens formal proceedings against Facebook and Instagram under the Digital Services Act ec.europa.eu/commission/p...