Alessandro Piazza

Look at you! Making an old friend so proud

How our brightest minds get trapped in the City Money is just one reason why graduates are drawn to finance, management consulting and corporate law

How our brightest minds get trapped in the City - on.ft.com/4hAQQql via @FT

The Spritzes and Carbonaras That Ate Italy

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It does include the word "bespoke", though, so I tend to trust it

They had to rebuild the airport with plywood

Opinion | This Is Why Your Energy Bills Are Going Up

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Big if true!

“Why Sergio?”: Deportation ends 36-year dream for celebrated Waco chef Sergio Garcia built a wide following for his regional Mexican cuisine over the decades, becoming a favorite of the White House press corps visiting Waco during the Bush presidency. Then in March, ICE ...

Inevitably, this is what a majority of folks in Texas voted for, whether they really wanted it or not.

Dopo 45 anni di attività, Milano saluta il Plastic - Il Giornale dell'Arte Dopo 45 anni di attività, Milano saluta il Plastic

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AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed on to customers.

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Opinion | The University’s Best Weapon Against A.I.: The 14th Century

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The United States Is Southern Now From booming metros to culture-defining exports, the South has quietly become a demographic powerhouse and a battleground for the country’s identity.

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AI will bring back old boys’ clubs - The Boston Globe If it’s too hard to honestly evaluate people’s work, their pedigrees will carry disproportionate weight.

Opinion | Unintended AI consequence: the return of status markers share.google/AlhmunOxW2T4...

ICE Took Half Their Work Force. What Do They Do Now?

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I was an international student at Columbia. It is not clear to me on what authority the federal government should decide how many international students are too many at a particular institution of higher learning...and I'll just stop there.

Opinion | The Seductions of A.I. for the Writer’s Mind

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As president, Trump scrapped the successful diplomatic solution to the Iran nuclear issue and escalated with Iran.

After leaving, his criticism of the Gaza war was that Israel wasn't being violent enough.

Then people who say they oppose war in the Middle East voted to give him power a second time.

The 9 to 5 is over: Welcome to the "infinite workday" A new report found the average worker is interrupted with pings 275 times a day.

...and I do so hate it.

Trump's being played by Netanyahu and Washington hawks. Regime change in Iran would be Iraq squared. Full on nuts.

So do we really want to do a war of choice, à-la-2003-Iraq? Have we not learned a single damn thing?