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The Yom Kippur War –A Personal Reflection

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myvardi.bsky.social @myvardi.bsky.social · 14d

The Yom Kippur War - A Personal Reflection www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8Wh...

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myvardi.bsky.social @myvardi.bsky.social · 25d

Vannevar Bush’s seminal 1945 report, Science—The Endless Frontier, laid the groundwork, arguing that investment in basic research would lead to new industries, new jobs, and lasting well-being for the American people. The payoff was immense. cacm.acm.org/opinion/keep...

Keeping the Dream Alive: The Power and Promise of Federally Funded Research – Communications of the ACM

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myvardi.bsky.social @myvardi.bsky.social · Sep 10

Moshe Vardi Receives IEEE TCCH Outstanding Leadership Award | Computer Science | Rice University

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myvardi.bsky.social @myvardi.bsky.social · Jan 12

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National Medal of Science For Cynthia Dwork

Programming book reviews, programming tutorials,programming news, C#, Ruby, Python,C, C++, PHP, Visual Basic, Computer book reviews, computer history, programming history, joomla, theory, spreadsheets...

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myvardi.bsky.social @myvardi.bsky.social · Jan 7

Moshe Vardi World Logic Day Lecture: Homo Ratiocinator (Reckoning Human)

In-person and online.

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myvardi.bsky.social @myvardi.bsky.social · Jan 7

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Biden Names 25 Recipients Of National Medals Of Science, Technology

President Biden has announced 14 new recipients of the National Medal of Science and 11 winners of National Medal of Technology & Innovation.

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myvardi.bsky.social @myvardi.bsky.social · Dec 25

I Was Wrong about the Ethics Crisis – Communications of the ACM

Rice students defeat anti-Israel referendums

myvardi.bsky.social @myvardi.bsky.social · Dec 24

Rice students defeat anti-Israel referendums

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The Jewish Herald-Voice - Houston's Jewish Newspaper

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I Was Wrong about the Ethics Crisis – Communications of the ACM

myvardi.bsky.social @myvardi.bsky.social · Dec 22

I now think, however, I was wrong. I think I was right to advocate for laws and regulation to address the adverse impacts of computing, but I now believe we do have an ethics crisis in computing. cacm.acm.org/opinion/i-wa...

I Was Wrong about the Ethics Crisis – Communications of the ACM

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myvardi.bsky.social @myvardi.bsky.social · Dec 20

Niall Ferguson, a Hoover Institution historian, described cyberspace as “cyberia, a dark and lawless realm where malevolent actors range.” cacm.acm.org/opinion/i-wa...

I Was Wrong about the Ethics Crisis – Communications of the ACM

myvardi.bsky.social @myvardi.bsky.social · Dec 19

Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan described Silicon Valley executives as “moral Martians who operate on some weird new postmodern ethical wavelength” cacm.acm.org/opinion/i-wa...

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myvardi.bsky.social @myvardi.bsky.social · Dec 18

I Was Wrong about the Ethics Crisis – Communications of the ACM

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Vicente Ordonez @vicenteor.bsky.social · Dec 14

End of year celebration with the great Moshe Vardi @myvardi.bsky.social is one of the perks of Rice. Hopefully he will be active on Bluesky soon.

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myvardi.bsky.social @myvardi.bsky.social · Dec 14

OpenAI whistleblower found dead in San Francisco apartment

A former OpenAI researcher who raised concerns about the company is dead at 26.

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myvardi.bsky.social @myvardi.bsky.social · Dec 4

We have observed actors tied to Iran’s government posing as activists online, seeking to encourage protests, and even providing financial support to protesters. www.dni.gov/index.php/ne...

Statement from Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines on Recent Iranian Influence Efforts

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US Campus Antisemitism -- How did we get here?

myvardi.bsky.social @myvardi.bsky.social · Dec 3

This talk was given on Oct. 20, 2024, about two weeks before the US presidential election. If you listen carefully, you will hear that I implicitly explained Trump's future win. www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2ki...

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myvardi.bsky.social @myvardi.bsky.social · Nov 30

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myvardi.bsky.social @myvardi.bsky.social · Nov 30

Bottom line: Democrats lost in 2024 because they have abandoned the working and middle classes. Plain and simple. medium.com/@vardi/the-u...

The United State of America, Nov. 6, 2024 — What Happened?

I woke up on Nov. 6, 2024 and found myself in a new USA. In 2016, Donald Trump was elected as US president, but the country did not know…

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myvardi.bsky.social @myvardi.bsky.social · Nov 30

Bluesky Says It Won’t Screw Things Up

The not-a-Twitter-clone is exploding, and its CEO promises to not repeat old social-media mistakes. Her strategy? Massively empower users to decide how the service works.

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myvardi.bsky.social @myvardi.bsky.social · Nov 29

Identity politics is sometimes preoccupied with terminology, but with little progress to show for it.

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The United State of America, Nov. 6, 2024 — What Happened?

I woke up on Nov. 6, 2024 and found myself in a new USA. In 2016, Donald Trump was elected as US president, but the country did not know…

The United State of America, Nov. 6, 2024 — What Happened?

myvardi.bsky.social @myvardi.bsky.social · Nov 27

As the Democrats leaned more into identity politics, the Republicans leaned more into the culture wars. medium.com/@vardi/the-u...

I woke up on Nov. 6, 2024 and found myself in a new USA. In 2016, Donald Trump was elected as US president, but the country did not know…

Lawlessness at Rice — Rice Responds, at Last

myvardi.bsky.social @myvardi.bsky.social · Nov 27

The problem in the spring of 2024 was not with unclear policies. The problem was that Rice was reluctant to actually enforce these policies and apply sanctions to violators. medium.com/@vardi/lawle...

Starting at December 2023, I wrote about the climate of antisemitism and Israelophobia at Rice University. I wrote about what I perceived…

The United State of America, Nov. 6, 2024 — What Happened?

myvardi.bsky.social @myvardi.bsky.social · Nov 25

From 1992, the phrase “social justice” for the Democrats gradually lost its connotation of economic justice, and became more and more focused on racial, ethnic, and sexual justice, and, thus, the Democrats drifted towards identity politics. medium.com/@vardi/the-u...

I woke up on Nov. 6, 2024 and found myself in a new USA. In 2016, Donald Trump was elected as US president, but the country did not know…

Lawlessness at Rice — Rice Responds, at Last

myvardi.bsky.social @myvardi.bsky.social · Nov 25

Summer 2024: Responses to concerns raised — “Expanded Kosher food options in serveries”.
This is nice, but Kosher food does not make Israelis feel safe on the Rice campus.
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Starting at December 2023, I wrote about the climate of antisemitism and Israelophobia at Rice University. I wrote about what I perceived…