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Mario Veen @marioveen.bsky.social · 4d

Veel mensen vinden filosofie interessant, maar het heeft ook een serieus en zwaar imago.

In de online lezingen in de serie ‘filosofie voor het dagelijks leven’ verkennen we hoe filosofen ons kunnen helpen het leven beter te begrijpen.
www.volksuniversiteitamsterdam.nl/cultuur-maat...

Filosofie voor het dagelijks leven - Online lezing over Plato | Volksuniversiteit Amsterdam

www.volksuniversiteitamsterdam.nl

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Scientists4Future🇳🇱 @scientists4future.nl · 10d

In @trouw.nl this week: 10 years after the Paris Agreement, we know that the climate crisis is a disinformation crisis. Read @marioveen.bsky.social's take on how to counter this dangerous driver of our continued lack of action on the climate crisis!

Trouw @trouw.nl · 12d

Opinie: De klimaatcrisis is een desinformatiecrisis

Hoe kan het dat de wetenschap een klimaatcrisis aantoont, maar we de afspraken van Parijs maar niet nakomen? Mario Veen wijt dit aan hardnekkige desinformatie.

www.trouw.nl

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Mario Veen @marioveen.bsky.social · 12d

Mijn opiniestuk in Trouw (The climate crisis is a disinformation crisis)

Trouw @trouw.nl · 12d

Opinie: De klimaatcrisis is een desinformatiecrisis

Hoe kan het dat de wetenschap een klimaatcrisis aantoont, maar we de afspraken van Parijs maar niet nakomen? Mario Veen wijt dit aan hardnekkige desinformatie.

www.trouw.nl

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Prof Friederike Otto @frediotto.bsky.social · 24d

The summer is over - and for about 16,600 people across 854 European cities that doesn't mean autumn comes, but death. People who would still be alive if it wasn't for our burning of fossil fuels. - New study with @lshtm.bsky.social www.imperial.ac.uk/grantham/pub...

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Ruth Mottram @ruthmottram.bsky.social · 28d

Heh yes. Pretty much this.

www.technosphere.earth/new-report-c...

New report concludes polar geoengineering is dangerous

But curiosity-driven stupidity may take us there

www.technosphere.earth

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 29d

EXACTLY

If everyone loves fossil fuels and doesn't care about their kids, then why all the propaganda?

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · Sep 10

ha!

Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · Sep 10

The Trump group of five climate contrarians that authored the deeply flawed, heavily criticized DoE report questioning the severity of climate change has been dissolved. The legality of the group had been challenged as a violation of the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/c...

Trump administration dissolves climate contrarian group that authored controversial report | CNN

The group’s end can be traced to a lawsuit alleging the group’s formation violated federal law in several ways.

www.cnn.com

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Prof Friederike Otto @frediotto.bsky.social · Sep 4

Heat & very dry air that used to be rare, now very common in Spain & Portugal, putting huge strain on EU firefighting resources - at 1.3C global warming. Every additional ton of fossil fuels burnt will make European summers even more deadly & dangerous www.worldweatherattribution.org/extreme-fire...

a graph of high temperatures, daily severity rating and radiative power, showing how heat and DSR built up before fires broke out

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · Sep 3

I cannot tell you how many capitalist climate people came after me when I warned against assuming we could reverse overshoot of 1.5C w carbon removal.

Well. It turns out that the maximum possible temperature reversal might be as little as 0.7C.

End fossil fuels now.

Joeri Rogelj @joerirogelj.bsky.social · Sep 3

NEW STUDY: How much CO2 can we safely store in geological formations?

In a new @nature.com study, we cross-check established academic and industry estimates with various risk factors.

We find a prudent geological CO2 storage limit that is about 10x smaller. /1

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · Nov 26

My first comment piece in @theguardian.com is on a topic very close to my heart; the threat that the #ClimateCrisis poses to my local community in South Wales.

Here's a thread with a few extra thoughts from me 🧵

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Mario Veen @marioveen.bsky.social · Aug 18

This is great!

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · Aug 18

Great video, in which Dave Borlace uses @doctorvive.bsky.social's excellent book on the language of #climate politics to debunk the Trump administration's talking points...

youtu.be/EU8zYS43TRg

Time to DEBUNK the climate nonsense!

YouTube video by Just Have a Think

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Mario Veen @marioveen.bsky.social · Aug 18

Last online lecture in this (dutch) series is this Thursday, on Simone de Beauvoir's Ethics of Ambiguity. Als je dit kunt lezen ben je welkom!

Mario Veen @marioveen.bsky.social · Jul 21

De Zomerfilosofen! Ik geef vijf donderdagavonden een online lezing over een filosoof. Geef je hier op: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Aldo Houterman @aldohouterman.bsky.social · Aug 15

Happy to hear that @marioveen.bsky.social's and my article "Earth-bound in times of climate crisis: How Michel Serres’s The Natural Contract connects bodies and law" has been accepted for publication in 'Environmental Philosophy'

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Mario Veen @marioveen.bsky.social · Aug 7

I hope you'll enjoyed this conversation with Mieke Bal about interdisciplinarity and her new book Moments of Meaning-Making
youtube.com/watch?v=9Yka...

Moments of Meaning-Making with Mieke Bal

YouTube video by Life From Plato's Cave

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Prof Friederike Otto @frediotto.bsky.social · Aug 7

Heavy, deadly monsoon rainfall in Pakistan has become more intense with climate change - about 15%, but it could be as high as 40 - 80%: www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-chan...

population density over the study region

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Mario Veen @marioveen.bsky.social · Aug 7

RIP Eddie Palmieri! open.spotify.com/track/4j0CkY...

Azúcar

Eddie Palmieri · Azúcar pa' Ti · Song · 1964

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Mario Veen @marioveen.bsky.social · Aug 6

The vibe of tomorrow's online Heidegger lecture

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Mario Veen @marioveen.bsky.social · Aug 5

Read Climate Injustice together with The Language of Climate Politics this Summer and you're all up to speed with what's going on!

Prof Friederike Otto @frediotto.bsky.social · Aug 5

My book - ClimateINJustice is shortlisted for the @wainwrightprize.bsky.social ! Really happy about this, as it's not traditional conservation writing - but conserving & fighting for us humans & our rights wainwrightprize.com/shortlist-20...

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Mario Veen @marioveen.bsky.social · Aug 2

open.substack.com/pub/klimaatg...

Zijn en Vakantietijd

Zomerfilosoof Heidegger (online lezing 7 augustus)

open.substack.com

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molly taft @mollytaft.com · Jul 30

NEW: i spoke to nine (!) scientists across several disciplines whose work was cited in the new Department of Energy report that downplays the severity of climate change. all of them say their work was misrepresented, cherry picked, and/or lacked context —

Scientists Say New Government Climate Report Twists Their Work

A new Department of Energy report “fundamentally misrepresents” climate research and leaves out key context, multiple scientists cited in the report tell WIRED.

www.wired.com

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BONUS @thedisproof.bsky.social · Jul 29

This is the "Oil Rig Graveyard" at Cromarty Firth in Scotland. Fossil fuel firms want my picture hidden as it shows the mess they leave behind that none of them want to pay to clean up, not to mention their damaging impact on your climate.

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Mario Veen @marioveen.bsky.social · Jul 29

@doctorvive.bsky.social We have elections coming up in The Netherlands and I've been studying how to deal with climate disinformation, but your book opened my eyes to how to respond the more subtle forms of fossil-fuel propaganda

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Mario Veen @marioveen.bsky.social · Jul 29

Read this book, if you can. It's so important!

Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · Jun 3

I am very happy to announce that "The Language of Climate Politics" has been shortlisted for the Penn Libraries Book Prize in Sustainability. 😊

I'm honored to be in the company of @akshatrathi.bsky.social, Rob Jackson, and Edward Humes!

#ClimateChange

Penn Libraries Book
Prize in Sustainability This annual award acknowledges outstanding contributions to the global discourse on environmental sustainability, with a specific focus on books that have a substantial impact on the public's understanding of these
crucial issues.

Announcing the 2025 Shortlist
The following books have been shortlisted for the 2025 Penn Libraries Book
Prize in Sustainability.

Climate Capitalism, Akshat Rathi
Into the Clear Blue Sky, Rob Jackson
The Language of Climate Politics, Genevieve Guenther
Total Garbage, Edward Humes

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Mario Veen @marioveen.bsky.social · Jul 29

The climate disinformation creators also use the food analogy: "CO2 is plant food"

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