Felix van Hoften🟥
@felixvanhoften.bsky.social
Ecological Economics| Degrowth/Postgrowth | Researcher-lecturer University of Amsterdam & Rotterdam University AS | Author: De golven en de Kaap
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The only way we are going to solve our meta/pluricrisis is through a postgrowth/degrowth approach. All social and ecological problems start in our economy.
We forgot to include physics (entropy) in our economic framework, but were trying to copy it too much at the same time (positivist).
We forgot to include physics (entropy) in our economic framework, but were trying to copy it too much at the same time (positivist).
This is what the queen of the social sciences and the cultural goal of maximizing gdp at all costs got us into:
November 29, 2025 at 9:38 AM
This is what the queen of the social sciences and the cultural goal of maximizing gdp at all costs got us into:
Nederland in een nutt-shell.
Dat geloof je toch niet, dat Minister Keizer de cijfers van Jan van de Beek verkiest boven die van het CBS?
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
November 28, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Nederland in een nutt-shell.
This is progress according to the richest guy in the world.
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 25, 2025 at 6:52 PM
This is progress according to the richest guy in the world.
So the #COP30 doesnt mention fossil fuels.
Why are we paying so much attention to a fossil fuel lobbyists gathering, expecting an outcome that will halt the climate crisis?
Why are we paying so much attention to a fossil fuel lobbyists gathering, expecting an outcome that will halt the climate crisis?
November 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
So the #COP30 doesnt mention fossil fuels.
Why are we paying so much attention to a fossil fuel lobbyists gathering, expecting an outcome that will halt the climate crisis?
Why are we paying so much attention to a fossil fuel lobbyists gathering, expecting an outcome that will halt the climate crisis?
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#COP30 is about to agree a climate deal that doesn’t mention fossil fuels, which is a bit like an alcoholic agreeing a plan to tackle his addiction without mentioning the vodka.
November 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
#COP30 is about to agree a climate deal that doesn’t mention fossil fuels, which is a bit like an alcoholic agreeing a plan to tackle his addiction without mentioning the vodka.
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So, below is EU President von der Leyen saying that the EU is "not fighting fossil fuels, only emissions."
And here is the Saudi envoy to COP30 saying exactly the same thing.
I'm telling you: climate politics are unified around the lie that we can keep fossil fuels & still deal w climate anyway.
And here is the Saudi envoy to COP30 saying exactly the same thing.
I'm telling you: climate politics are unified around the lie that we can keep fossil fuels & still deal w climate anyway.
November 21, 2025 at 10:19 PM
So, below is EU President von der Leyen saying that the EU is "not fighting fossil fuels, only emissions."
And here is the Saudi envoy to COP30 saying exactly the same thing.
I'm telling you: climate politics are unified around the lie that we can keep fossil fuels & still deal w climate anyway.
And here is the Saudi envoy to COP30 saying exactly the same thing.
I'm telling you: climate politics are unified around the lie that we can keep fossil fuels & still deal w climate anyway.
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Another month of NASA CERES satellite data and it's only getting worse!
0.11 W/m² added to the 4-year average Net-flux increase over the North Pacific.
Absorbed Solar Radiation is almost 5W/m² higher than at the start of the century.
All added greenhouse gases since 1750 cause a 4.1 W/m² forcing
0.11 W/m² added to the 4-year average Net-flux increase over the North Pacific.
Absorbed Solar Radiation is almost 5W/m² higher than at the start of the century.
All added greenhouse gases since 1750 cause a 4.1 W/m² forcing
November 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Another month of NASA CERES satellite data and it's only getting worse!
0.11 W/m² added to the 4-year average Net-flux increase over the North Pacific.
Absorbed Solar Radiation is almost 5W/m² higher than at the start of the century.
All added greenhouse gases since 1750 cause a 4.1 W/m² forcing
0.11 W/m² added to the 4-year average Net-flux increase over the North Pacific.
Absorbed Solar Radiation is almost 5W/m² higher than at the start of the century.
All added greenhouse gases since 1750 cause a 4.1 W/m² forcing
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Study after study shows that using LLMs is bad for cognition, bad for learning, bad for understanding, bad for mental health. So why are our schools and universities still relentlessly pushing them?
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Study after study shows that using LLMs is bad for cognition, bad for learning, bad for understanding, bad for mental health. So why are our schools and universities still relentlessly pushing them?
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:52 AM
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
I need an app to navigate, I need an app to get coffee, I need an app to see my kids grades, another one to communicate with my kids teachers, I need an app for the public transportation, I need an app if I want discount on my groceries. I need an app if I want to login at work...
November 19, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I need an app to navigate, I need an app to get coffee, I need an app to see my kids grades, another one to communicate with my kids teachers, I need an app for the public transportation, I need an app if I want discount on my groceries. I need an app if I want to login at work...
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November 18, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Drie hele pagina's in de novembereditie van het Tijdschrift Milieu over toekomstbestendige innovatie. 🎉
Lees het stuk dat @felixvanhoften.bsky.social en ik schreven hier: milieu.vvm.info/milieu-2025-...
Lees het stuk dat @felixvanhoften.bsky.social en ik schreven hier: milieu.vvm.info/milieu-2025-...
Nederland, een land waar appjes over iemand in een privegesprek tot meer consequenties leiden dan een georganiseerd platform waar rascistische AI-drek wordt geproduceerd door twee kamerleden (!) over een ander kamerlid en minderheden.
November 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Nederland, een land waar appjes over iemand in een privegesprek tot meer consequenties leiden dan een georganiseerd platform waar rascistische AI-drek wordt geproduceerd door twee kamerleden (!) over een ander kamerlid en minderheden.
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
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This is insane. 🤦♂️
Why do tech giants like Elon Musk and Bill Gates keep on saying such dumb things about climate change?
They have access to the best possible experts, who could actually teach them something, if they would only ask and listen…
Why do tech giants like Elon Musk and Bill Gates keep on saying such dumb things about climate change?
They have access to the best possible experts, who could actually teach them something, if they would only ask and listen…
November 7, 2025 at 2:17 AM
This is insane. 🤦♂️
Why do tech giants like Elon Musk and Bill Gates keep on saying such dumb things about climate change?
They have access to the best possible experts, who could actually teach them something, if they would only ask and listen…
Why do tech giants like Elon Musk and Bill Gates keep on saying such dumb things about climate change?
They have access to the best possible experts, who could actually teach them something, if they would only ask and listen…
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Het recht op gezond voedsel moet ook betrekking hebben op de voedselproductie.
Als het voedselsysteem onze planeet uiteindelijk verstikt met PFAS, kun je immers ook niet van ‘gezond voedsel’ spreken. Zeker niet voor dieren en toekomstige generaties.
Als het voedselsysteem onze planeet uiteindelijk verstikt met PFAS, kun je immers ook niet van ‘gezond voedsel’ spreken. Zeker niet voor dieren en toekomstige generaties.
NIEUWS | PFAS-houdende pesticiden zijn in Nederland in vier jaar tijd meer dan verdubbeld, blijkt uit onderzoek van Argos. De groei kan doorzetten als een algeheel verbod op PFAS, zoals nu voorligt in Brussel, pesticiden blijft uitzonderen.
Lees verder: argos.vpro.nl/artikelen/ve...
Lees verder: argos.vpro.nl/artikelen/ve...
Veel meer PFAS in pesticiden: grote zorgen om drinkwater
PFAS-houdende pesticiden zijn in Nederland in vier jaar tijd meer dan verdubbeld. Dat blijkt uit onderzoek van Argos. De groei kan doorzetten als een algeheel verbod op PFAS, zoals nu voorligt in Brus...
argos.vpro.nl
November 8, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Het recht op gezond voedsel moet ook betrekking hebben op de voedselproductie.
Als het voedselsysteem onze planeet uiteindelijk verstikt met PFAS, kun je immers ook niet van ‘gezond voedsel’ spreken. Zeker niet voor dieren en toekomstige generaties.
Als het voedselsysteem onze planeet uiteindelijk verstikt met PFAS, kun je immers ook niet van ‘gezond voedsel’ spreken. Zeker niet voor dieren en toekomstige generaties.
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
I am very happy with my piece in on of the main Dutch newspapers on the occurrence of ecological economics education in The Netherlands. Hint: it almost doesnt exist, and needs to be changed!
#ecologicaleconomics
#ecologicaleconomics
November 7, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I am very happy with my piece in on of the main Dutch newspapers on the occurrence of ecological economics education in The Netherlands. Hint: it almost doesnt exist, and needs to be changed!
#ecologicaleconomics
#ecologicaleconomics
You dont say...🤯
@alleyesonCOP30
@alleyesonCOP30
“Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg" by Rei Takver for @desmog.com:
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
www.desmog.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:04 PM
You dont say...🤯
@alleyesonCOP30
@alleyesonCOP30
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Als je het vaak genoeg herhaalt, gaan mensen het geloven.
📈 Bedrijfswinsten op een historisch hoog niveau
💰 Winstquote = één van de hoogste in de EU
📉 Arbeidsinkomensquote op een dieptepunt
📈 Bedrijfswinsten op een historisch hoog niveau
💰 Winstquote = één van de hoogste in de EU
📉 Arbeidsinkomensquote op een dieptepunt
November 5, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Als je het vaak genoeg herhaalt, gaan mensen het geloven.
📈 Bedrijfswinsten op een historisch hoog niveau
💰 Winstquote = één van de hoogste in de EU
📉 Arbeidsinkomensquote op een dieptepunt
📈 Bedrijfswinsten op een historisch hoog niveau
💰 Winstquote = één van de hoogste in de EU
📉 Arbeidsinkomensquote op een dieptepunt
We are heading for 3 degrees of warming in 2 decades.
People have absolutely no idea what the economic and ecological implications of this are.
People have absolutely no idea what the economic and ecological implications of this are.
November 5, 2025 at 9:16 PM
We are heading for 3 degrees of warming in 2 decades.
People have absolutely no idea what the economic and ecological implications of this are.
People have absolutely no idea what the economic and ecological implications of this are.
The richest country in the world has 42 million people on food stamps.
This economic systemis not working folks.
This economic systemis not working folks.
November 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The richest country in the world has 42 million people on food stamps.
This economic systemis not working folks.
This economic systemis not working folks.
Behalve dan dat 'woke' nauwelijks bestaat, natuurlijk.
Gaat erg over de Amerikaanse context maar toch wel interessant stuk, hoor.
www.volkskrant.nl/boeken/woke-...
www.volkskrant.nl/boeken/woke-...
Woke mensen willen vooral uitstralen dat zij tot de elite behoren, betoogt deze socioloog
De meeste woke mensen zijn niet woke omdat ze zo begaan zijn met het lot van minderbedeelden, maar omdat het uiten van ‘correcte meningen’ statusverhogend werkt. Dat betoogt de Amerikaanse socioloog M...
www.volkskrant.nl
November 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Behalve dan dat 'woke' nauwelijks bestaat, natuurlijk.