AnnaCupani
@annacup.bsky.social
Scientist. Recovering academic. Works in Research & Biz Innovation in Data & Health. Professional career coach, writing guide, academic mentor (get in touch here or on annacupani.com)
Storyteller, walker and music lover.
Storyteller, walker and music lover.
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AnnaCupani
@annacup.bsky.social
· Apr 11
Episodio 1 – Ultimo viene il corvo
Dietro gli scuri. L’ultimo inverno della Banda Carità · Episode
open.spotify.com
To all my Italian-speaking friends: this is a podcast you want to listen this April.
It retells the last months of WWII in Padova. The Resistance and the key role that its university played in it. The tortures, the silences, the meaning of anti-fascismo for us today
open.spotify.com/episode/2YRQ...
It retells the last months of WWII in Padova. The Resistance and the key role that its university played in it. The tortures, the silences, the meaning of anti-fascismo for us today
open.spotify.com/episode/2YRQ...
Me when I was teaching.
Me when I do coaching.
(also me when my friend's toddler pushes the shape into the right hole and then claps)
Me when I do coaching.
(also me when my friend's toddler pushes the shape into the right hole and then claps)
I challenge anyone to find a drug that feels better than the moment you can see someone's brain just kick into gear.
December 12, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Me when I was teaching.
Me when I do coaching.
(also me when my friend's toddler pushes the shape into the right hole and then claps)
Me when I do coaching.
(also me when my friend's toddler pushes the shape into the right hole and then claps)
What if we just do something good and get a billion more benefits too?
mRNA COVID-19 Vaccination Associated With 25 Percent Lower Risk Of Death From All Causes | IFLScience
www.iflscience.com/enormous-new...
www.iflscience.com/enormous-new...
Enormous New Study Finds COVID-19 mRNA Shots Associated With 25 Percent Lower Risk Of Death From Any Cause
Even supporters of mRNA vaccination against COVID-19 might be surprised at just how much higher death rates are among the unvaccinated.
www.iflscience.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:29 PM
What if we just do something good and get a billion more benefits too?
Reposted by AnnaCupani
Absolutely chilling read (as a disinformation researcher):
The systematic crackdown on disinformation scholars, newsrooms, factcheckers and NGO’s. All in the name of so-called free speech.
By @jamesrball.com @theverge.com
www.theverge.com/features/839...
The systematic crackdown on disinformation scholars, newsrooms, factcheckers and NGO’s. All in the name of so-called free speech.
By @jamesrball.com @theverge.com
www.theverge.com/features/839...
The disinformation wars are here
How Joe Biden’s administration caved to the right in the battle for truth.
www.theverge.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Absolutely chilling read (as a disinformation researcher):
The systematic crackdown on disinformation scholars, newsrooms, factcheckers and NGO’s. All in the name of so-called free speech.
By @jamesrball.com @theverge.com
www.theverge.com/features/839...
The systematic crackdown on disinformation scholars, newsrooms, factcheckers and NGO’s. All in the name of so-called free speech.
By @jamesrball.com @theverge.com
www.theverge.com/features/839...
If you need inspiration for a recipe, you consult a recipe book (or my mum, who knows a lot).
Imagine if instead you had all mentions of recipes in all world literature (ancient Latin, J Austen, horror novels) feeding a model that spits out a 'plausible' one based on it.
It's nonsense, not cooking!
Imagine if instead you had all mentions of recipes in all world literature (ancient Latin, J Austen, horror novels) feeding a model that spits out a 'plausible' one based on it.
It's nonsense, not cooking!
I'm not sure which example you're thinking of, but this is definitely how I feel about ads where someone asks an LLM for a recipe. Either you have the cooking skills to say "Yes, this would work" or "wtf are you adding vinegar BEFORE cooking the lentils?", or you only find out after you've cooked it
December 6, 2025 at 5:41 PM
If you need inspiration for a recipe, you consult a recipe book (or my mum, who knows a lot).
Imagine if instead you had all mentions of recipes in all world literature (ancient Latin, J Austen, horror novels) feeding a model that spits out a 'plausible' one based on it.
It's nonsense, not cooking!
Imagine if instead you had all mentions of recipes in all world literature (ancient Latin, J Austen, horror novels) feeding a model that spits out a 'plausible' one based on it.
It's nonsense, not cooking!
December 6, 2025 at 1:35 PM
More power to this woman and people like her, please!
December 6, 2025 at 1:25 PM
More power to this woman and people like her, please!
We're reaching that time of the year when the 91 bus has not schedule and no vehicles.
You just need to wait at a bus stop in the chilly drizzle for 40min, then decide to go home and by accident see one passing.
You just need to wait at a bus stop in the chilly drizzle for 40min, then decide to go home and by accident see one passing.
December 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
We're reaching that time of the year when the 91 bus has not schedule and no vehicles.
You just need to wait at a bus stop in the chilly drizzle for 40min, then decide to go home and by accident see one passing.
You just need to wait at a bus stop in the chilly drizzle for 40min, then decide to go home and by accident see one passing.
It's Apple with Caramel and Cinnamon over here.
Nice, reminded me more of a compote than a jam - in a good way!
Probably more of a sofisticate one to eat with cheese than a jam-on-toast.
#jamvent
Nice, reminded me more of a compote than a jam - in a good way!
Probably more of a sofisticate one to eat with cheese than a jam-on-toast.
#jamvent
December 3: Plum-Pear-Star Anise
Really delightful! Tangy, almost layers of different flavors. Lives up to its pretentious double hyphenated name. The sort of jam discovery that is the reason I continue to put us all through this annually
That positive reward prediction error>>>>>
#jamvent
Really delightful! Tangy, almost layers of different flavors. Lives up to its pretentious double hyphenated name. The sort of jam discovery that is the reason I continue to put us all through this annually
That positive reward prediction error>>>>>
#jamvent
December 3, 2025 at 10:08 PM
It's Apple with Caramel and Cinnamon over here.
Nice, reminded me more of a compote than a jam - in a good way!
Probably more of a sofisticate one to eat with cheese than a jam-on-toast.
#jamvent
Nice, reminded me more of a compote than a jam - in a good way!
Probably more of a sofisticate one to eat with cheese than a jam-on-toast.
#jamvent
I know this is hardly news but the idea that because I don't have children to look after means I can take random meetings at random times in the evening is... not correct.
December 3, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I know this is hardly news but the idea that because I don't have children to look after means I can take random meetings at random times in the evening is... not correct.
Reposted by AnnaCupani
"the issue isn’t that we need more 'boy-friendly' reforms. It’s that boys are socialized to compete only with boys and to read girls’ success as illegitimate or emasculating. The result is dissonance, resentment, and disengagement for boys—and hostile climates for girls."
time.com/7335723/auto...
time.com/7335723/auto...
The Real Way Schools are Failing Boys
“If we really want boys to succeed, we need to ensure that they know how to both beat—and lose— to girls."
time.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:21 AM
"the issue isn’t that we need more 'boy-friendly' reforms. It’s that boys are socialized to compete only with boys and to read girls’ success as illegitimate or emasculating. The result is dissonance, resentment, and disengagement for boys—and hostile climates for girls."
time.com/7335723/auto...
time.com/7335723/auto...
And stop telling us women should make more babies, please.
Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
December 2, 2025 at 9:44 PM
And stop telling us women should make more babies, please.
Reposted by AnnaCupani
Today is the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest. Six myths: 1) She wasn't old or tired. 42 years old that day, she had a "life history of being rebellious" & had spent two decades helping to turn the Montgomery NAACP into a more activist branch alongside ED Nixon and Johnnie Carr.
December 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Today is the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest. Six myths: 1) She wasn't old or tired. 42 years old that day, she had a "life history of being rebellious" & had spent two decades helping to turn the Montgomery NAACP into a more activist branch alongside ED Nixon and Johnnie Carr.
Thinking of that brilliant philosopher of my great grandfather who used to laugh with his grandchildren "in a century... All new people here".
Unbelievable that such articles get published.
Unbelievable that such articles get published.
If the entirety of your op/ed compares demographic changes in London to the Khmer Rouge's mass murder of millions of people, you are willingly engaged in stochastic terrorism, and should be held responsible for any and all violent actions committed by fascists against non-white people
December 1, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Thinking of that brilliant philosopher of my great grandfather who used to laugh with his grandchildren "in a century... All new people here".
Unbelievable that such articles get published.
Unbelievable that such articles get published.
Reposted by AnnaCupani
Israel still committing genocide in Gaza, Amnesty International says
Israel still committing genocide in Gaza, Amnesty International says
The NGO’s chief says last month’s ceasefire ‘risks creating a dangerous illusion that life in Gaza is returning to normal’
Amnesty International has said Israel is “still committing genocide” against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, despite the ceasefire agreed last month.
The fragile, US-brokered truce between Israel and Hamas came into effect on 10 October, after two years of war. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Israel still committing genocide in Gaza, Amnesty International says
I am not on TikTok but I don't need to be when there's such brilliant people saying exactly what I thought.
And BTW, yes stamps' prices are Extortionate. I committed the major crime of having friends outside the UK and the stamps for, say, EU are an absolute theft!
And BTW, yes stamps' prices are Extortionate. I committed the major crime of having friends outside the UK and the stamps for, say, EU are an absolute theft!
November 29, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I am not on TikTok but I don't need to be when there's such brilliant people saying exactly what I thought.
And BTW, yes stamps' prices are Extortionate. I committed the major crime of having friends outside the UK and the stamps for, say, EU are an absolute theft!
And BTW, yes stamps' prices are Extortionate. I committed the major crime of having friends outside the UK and the stamps for, say, EU are an absolute theft!
We need more of these 'stories' explained.
These people need to pay more, end of.
I do not own anything, not even a bike and I will probably never be able to afford buying a house, but if my increased taxes on income (thanks fiscal drag) will lift out of poverty some children, that's A Good Thing.
These people need to pay more, end of.
I do not own anything, not even a bike and I will probably never be able to afford buying a house, but if my increased taxes on income (thanks fiscal drag) will lift out of poverty some children, that's A Good Thing.
Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
November 29, 2025 at 10:33 AM
We need more of these 'stories' explained.
These people need to pay more, end of.
I do not own anything, not even a bike and I will probably never be able to afford buying a house, but if my increased taxes on income (thanks fiscal drag) will lift out of poverty some children, that's A Good Thing.
These people need to pay more, end of.
I do not own anything, not even a bike and I will probably never be able to afford buying a house, but if my increased taxes on income (thanks fiscal drag) will lift out of poverty some children, that's A Good Thing.
@dpd-uk.bsky.social not sure this is working, but 2nd time I'm given a time for delivery, stay home for it, no one shows up, they claim they 'missed me'. I suspect driver with too many deliveries, skipping some to keep up. What's the best to get my parcel?
November 28, 2025 at 1:12 PM
@dpd-uk.bsky.social not sure this is working, but 2nd time I'm given a time for delivery, stay home for it, no one shows up, they claim they 'missed me'. I suspect driver with too many deliveries, skipping some to keep up. What's the best to get my parcel?
I knew this would have been @willhaycardiff.bsky.social before even checking! 🤩
Looking forward to the podcast too, for some additional commentary.
Seriously, hard to tell if it's more the incompetence or the arrogance.
Looking forward to the podcast too, for some additional commentary.
Seriously, hard to tell if it's more the incompetence or the arrogance.
Leaked messages show that Reform UK’s director of comms branded a prominent Welsh journalist a c**t for asking questions about why the party wouldn’t appoint a Welsh leader ahead of the Senedd election
Reform UK head of comms branded prominent Welsh journalist a 'c***'
Warning: this news article contains highly offensive language. Emily Price Reform UK’s director of communications used a highly offensive expletive to describe one of Wales’ most prominent journalists...
nation.cymru
November 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I knew this would have been @willhaycardiff.bsky.social before even checking! 🤩
Looking forward to the podcast too, for some additional commentary.
Seriously, hard to tell if it's more the incompetence or the arrogance.
Looking forward to the podcast too, for some additional commentary.
Seriously, hard to tell if it's more the incompetence or the arrogance.
Reposted by AnnaCupani
There will be a flood of conspiracy theories from both sides about what the DC National Guard shooting "really" was. Except nobody knows exactly what happened or if anyone died, and there are no details about the shooter. Sometimes the proper response is not to respond for a while.
November 26, 2025 at 9:53 PM
There will be a flood of conspiracy theories from both sides about what the DC National Guard shooting "really" was. Except nobody knows exactly what happened or if anyone died, and there are no details about the shooter. Sometimes the proper response is not to respond for a while.
Further proof that too much money is a serious threat to an individual's mental capacities.
In newly leaked audio, Peter Thiel admits he urged JD Vance to ignore Pope Leo XIV on moral questions — including the ethical development of AI.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
NEW: JD Vance’s Top Donor Suggests Pope Leo XIV is Antichrist
In a leaked lecture, Peter Thiel says he’s urged Vance to ignore the pope on moral questions — and simply pray for him.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Further proof that too much money is a serious threat to an individual's mental capacities.
But hey, at least we normalised being cruel to vulnerable strangers as part of the political conversation.
"By 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%"
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 26, 2025 at 7:25 AM
But hey, at least we normalised being cruel to vulnerable strangers as part of the political conversation.
Reposted by AnnaCupani
After more than 10 years of “the Danish Model”, nativism is hegemonic in the country, the far right polls near level highs again, and the Social Democrats lost Copenhagen and poll at historic low.
European Social Democrats should look at the facts, not the myths!
Me in @theguardian.com
European Social Democrats should look at the facts, not the myths!
Me in @theguardian.com
The ‘Danish model’ is the darling of centre-left parties like Labour. The problem is, it doesn’t even work in Denmark | Cas Mudde
This week’s local elections are the latest reminder that when social democrats move rightwards, they’re making a mistake, says academic and author Cas Mudde
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:59 PM
After more than 10 years of “the Danish Model”, nativism is hegemonic in the country, the far right polls near level highs again, and the Social Democrats lost Copenhagen and poll at historic low.
European Social Democrats should look at the facts, not the myths!
Me in @theguardian.com
European Social Democrats should look at the facts, not the myths!
Me in @theguardian.com
As a woman in science and tech, I wonder based on which and for which sub-demographic these models were developed. A mystery.
November 23, 2025 at 9:55 AM
As a woman in science and tech, I wonder based on which and for which sub-demographic these models were developed. A mystery.
Many are the lessons to be learned from the 1976 Friuli earthquake, one of which is how much art and beauty matter to a proper return to life.
The Duomo of Sant'Andrea, Venzone. The ambitious church of a walled town nestled in the edge of the Alps—voted most beautiful in Italy in 2017.
Consecrated 2 Aug 1338 by the Patriarch of Aquileia, its calm Umbrian-Tuscan Gothic belies how it was partly shook to rubble in the 1976 Friuli earthquake.
Consecrated 2 Aug 1338 by the Patriarch of Aquileia, its calm Umbrian-Tuscan Gothic belies how it was partly shook to rubble in the 1976 Friuli earthquake.
November 22, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Many are the lessons to be learned from the 1976 Friuli earthquake, one of which is how much art and beauty matter to a proper return to life.