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Michiel van Meeteren
@michielvanmeeteren.bsky.social
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Human Geographer, Social Scientist, Teacher, Onetime Musician. Assistant professor @ Utrecht University

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Michiel van Meeteren @michielvanmeeteren.bsky.social · 5d
Intrigued…..
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Ilias Alami @iliasalami.bsky.social · 5d
First day of term at Cambridge tomorrow. Here's an excellent book to inspire the teachers of the world for this academic year.

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Ilias Alami @iliasalami.bsky.social · 5d
First day of term at Cambridge tomorrow. Here's an excellent book to inspire the teachers of the world for this academic year.
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Michiel van Meeteren @michielvanmeeteren.bsky.social · 8d
If you miss a particular topic or sub-discipline, now is your chance to help shape the program! The conference has currently opened a general Call for Session Proposals. You can submit proposals through the website, all you need is a title and a short abstract.

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Michiel van Meeteren @michielvanmeeteren.bsky.social · 8d
The Scientific Committee of the BeNeLux Geography Conference has curated a first set of proposed sessions to kickstart our intellectual exchange. From countermapping and the governance of AI infrastructure, to bridging the natural and social perspectives within our discipline.
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Michiel van Meeteren @michielvanmeeteren.bsky.social · 8d
The conference is organized by the geographical communities of the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxemburg, and will provide an opportunity to present and debate work in geography and spatial planning as well as ample opportunities for informal conversation and networking.
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Michiel van Meeteren @michielvanmeeteren.bsky.social · 8d
On 8-10 April 2026 the inaugural “BeNeLux Geography” conference will be held in Leuven, Belgium.

🌍 Explore the curated sessions: www.benelux-geo.eu/sessions.html
💡 Submit your own: www.benelux-geo.eu/call-for-ses...
📅 Deadline: 15 October 2025
Proposed Sessions – BeNeLux Geography
www.benelux-geo.eu
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Remco Breuker 🟥 @remcobreuker.bsky.social · 8d
Wat een zinnigheid en redelijkheid in dit interview. Het gemak waarmee retoriek en vooroordeel worden doorgeprikt is zowel geruststellend (@jwduyvendak weet waar hij het over heeft) als alarmerend (waarom gaan we allemaal mee in de foute frames?). www.folia.nl/actueel/168424
Hoogleraar Jan Willem Duyvendak: ‘De wetenschap is nog nooit zo weinig elitair geweest’
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Michiel van Meeteren @michielvanmeeteren.bsky.social · 8d
Insurance is the canary in the coal mine of what the future will most likely hold….
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 9d
“If we continue, however, with the policies that we have out there, we are clearly on a pathway now of 2.7 degrees or 3 degrees where adaptation is simply not doable anymore. This is just what it is. We cannot protect Amsterdam from sea level rise of 3m. This is just not doable,” Thallinger said.
Why insurers worry the world could soon become uninsurable
Günther Thallinger, a board member at Allianz, one of the world's biggest insurers, says the climate crisis could make adaptation economically unviable.
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Reposted by Aileen McHarg, Michiel van Meeteren, Aviel Roshwald

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Halloween name @bootsmcgoot.bsky.social · 9d
"i just use it to generate ideas"
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 9d
“If we continue, however, with the policies that we have out there, we are clearly on a pathway now of 2.7 degrees or 3 degrees where adaptation is simply not doable anymore. This is just what it is. We cannot protect Amsterdam from sea level rise of 3m. This is just not doable,” Thallinger said.
Why insurers worry the world could soon become uninsurable
Günther Thallinger, a board member at Allianz, one of the world's biggest insurers, says the climate crisis could make adaptation economically unviable.
www.cnbc.com
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Michiel van Meeteren @michielvanmeeteren.bsky.social · 10d
“Labour (and hey the Conservatives too) seem to hate their own voters.”
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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 10d
On the morning of Keir Starmer's conference speech here's a new post on an odd psychopathology in British politics - our main parties don't like the people who vote for them - the dreaded Professional Managerial Class. And so they are acting out like a divorced dad seeking cooler voters. 1/n
British Politics' Midlife Crisis
Why British Parties Can't Make Peace with Their Actual Voters
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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 10d
On the morning of Keir Starmer's conference speech here's a new post on an odd psychopathology in British politics - our main parties don't like the people who vote for them - the dreaded Professional Managerial Class. And so they are acting out like a divorced dad seeking cooler voters. 1/n
British Politics' Midlife Crisis
Why British Parties Can't Make Peace with Their Actual Voters
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Pete Apps @peteapps.bsky.social · 12d
Labour is pitching the New Towns announcement today as a return to the "transformative post-war housing boom under Clement Attlee".

Actually it looks much more like housing policy under Blair, or even Thatcher and Boris Johnson (thread)
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Michiel van Meeteren @michielvanmeeteren.bsky.social · 13d
“What could possibly go wrong….”
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Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 13d
*The AI boom = one of the costliest building sprees in world history

* Past 3 years' commitments are greater than the cost of building the U.S. interstate highway system

* Consumers must spend $800 billion on AI within a few years, to justify investment from 2023-24

www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-b...
This week, consultants at Bain & Co. estimated the wave of AI infrastructure spending will require $2 trillion in annual AI revenue by 2030. By comparison, that is more than the combined 2024 revenue of Amazon, Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta and Nvidia, and more than five times the size of the entire global subscription software market. Morgan Stanley estimates that last year there was around $45 billion of revenue for AI products. The sector makes money from a combination of subscription fees for chatbots such as ChatGPT and money paid to use these companies’ data centers. How the tech sector will cover the gap is “the trillion dollar question,” said Mark Moerdler, an analyst at Bernstein.
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Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 13d
*The AI boom = one of the costliest building sprees in world history

* Past 3 years' commitments are greater than the cost of building the U.S. interstate highway system

* Consumers must spend $800 billion on AI within a few years, to justify investment from 2023-24

www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-b...
This week, consultants at Bain & Co. estimated the wave of AI infrastructure spending will require $2 trillion in annual AI revenue by 2030. By comparison, that is more than the combined 2024 revenue of Amazon, Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta and Nvidia, and more than five times the size of the entire global subscription software market. Morgan Stanley estimates that last year there was around $45 billion of revenue for AI products. The sector makes money from a combination of subscription fees for chatbots such as ChatGPT and money paid to use these companies’ data centers. How the tech sector will cover the gap is “the trillion dollar question,” said Mark Moerdler, an analyst at Bernstein.
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RSA Blog @rsablog.bsky.social · 14d
New RSA Blog 🗺️ Maps are powerful tools — but do we use their full potential?

@jakobeder.bsky.social reflects on why visual literacy matters in geography & shares 5 simple tips for designing clearer, more engaging maps.

👉 www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/202...
Putting Graphicacy Back into Geography: Why it Matters How We Design Maps for Science Communication - RSA Main
Tools play a crucial role in research and the visual representation of regions. In this piece by Dr Jakob Eder, we explore mapping (graphicacy) and discuss its application and potential improvements f...
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Michiel van Meeteren @michielvanmeeteren.bsky.social · 16d
A logic to trust the future of humanity to….
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Peter Donaghy @peterdonaghy.bsky.social · 16d
Incredible stuff
No, it's not possible to physically "throw" a paper plane from Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland because the border is an actual physical land boundary, not an aerial one you could cross with a paper aircraft. While you can cross the border with ease for people and goods, the concept of throwing a paper plane across this geographical divide is a physical impossibility. Why It's Not Possible Physical Border: The border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland is a geographical, not an aerial, boundary. There is no open airspace for paper planes to travel across. Distance: The land border is significant, and a paper plane thrown by hand simply lacks the power and range to cover that distance. Gravity and Aerodynamics: A paper plane is subject to gravity and air resistance, which would quickly bring it down after being thrown. In Summary You can move freely between the two jurisdictions, but this doesn't mean you can throw an object across the physical landmass. The question is about a physical action that cannot be performed over the distance between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
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Peter Donaghy @peterdonaghy.bsky.social · 16d
Incredible stuff
No, it's not possible to physically "throw" a paper plane from Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland because the border is an actual physical land boundary, not an aerial one you could cross with a paper aircraft. While you can cross the border with ease for people and goods, the concept of throwing a paper plane across this geographical divide is a physical impossibility. Why It's Not Possible Physical Border: The border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland is a geographical, not an aerial, boundary. There is no open airspace for paper planes to travel across. Distance: The land border is significant, and a paper plane thrown by hand simply lacks the power and range to cover that distance. Gravity and Aerodynamics: A paper plane is subject to gravity and air resistance, which would quickly bring it down after being thrown. In Summary You can move freely between the two jurisdictions, but this doesn't mean you can throw an object across the physical landmass. The question is about a physical action that cannot be performed over the distance between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
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TESG (Journal of Economic and Human Geography) @tesg-journal.bsky.social · 23d
TESG joined the RGS-IBG conference in Birmingham, where Dr Melanie Griffiths delivered a powerful lecture on the future of migration studies. Full lecture to appear in our 2026 issue - stay tuned!
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 23d
"Back when I was in college, I was a cool, virile twenty-two-year-old with washboard abs and a large group of friends. Students today would struggle to say the same, since I’m sixty-two, my kids hate me, and my doctor says I’m prediabetic."
The Problem with American College Campuses Is That I Desperately Miss Being Young
The wokeness epidemic has infected none of our institutions harder than our nation’s college campuses. It’s a sad sight to see these once bastions ...
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Willemijn @wiilemijn.bsky.social · 23d
Vandaag nieuwe cijfers en een informatieve website. Zendtijdincampagnetijd.nl
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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 27d
The Groyper Wars
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Jaap van Slageren @jvanslageren.bsky.social · 28d
Weer een goede aflevering van de SRV podcast! Ook een mooi moment voor wat zelfpromotie over twee onderwerpen die worden besproken. Voor wie een uur discussie tussen twee wetenschappers niet stoffig genoeg vinden: een draadje over de PvdA-PVV overstap met relevante bronnen: bsky.app/profile/jvan...
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Hannah Shelley, MLIS (Metadata, Lattes & Impostor Syndrome) @hannahshelley.bsky.social · Aug 13
Since search is dead, how soon do you think Google Scholar is headed for the Google Graveyard? I'm betting it's soon, and academia is NOT prepared
Google Scholar Is Doomed
Academia built entire careers on a free Google service with zero guarantees. What could go wrong?
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Natalia Cecire @ncecire.bsky.social · Jul 23
Something about the way LLMs build in the idea that to find something out, you shouldn't read an already existing text that other people have also read (ew!); you should get fresh text generated just for you. Each time, new disposable text.
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Wetenschappelijk Bureau GroenLinks @wbgroenlinks.bsky.social · Jul 17
"Het vorige kabinet had drie basisprincipes geformuleerd: dat je de ellende niet moeten afwentelen op je buren, op toekomstige generaties of van privaat naar publiek. Dat is het huidige kabinet dus keihard wél aan het doen."

📣 Hoogleraar Maarten Kleinhans in tijdschrift de Helling.
‘We moeten vaker nattigheid accepteren’
Nederland kan niet op de oude voet doorgaan met de verdediging tegen zee- en rivierwater, stelt Maarten Kleinhans, hoogleraar rivieren en delta’s.
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Michiel van Meeteren @michielvanmeeteren.bsky.social · Jul 3
Updated with a few new titles: the Human Geography journal (broadly defined) starter pack: go.bsky.app/Hw9i9br
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SOMO - Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations @somoamsterdam.bsky.social · Jun 26
🇪🇺🚗 The EU car industry is NOT in crisis. It’s profitable, powerful, and using its influence to delay climate action.

Our new research reveals how the interests of the car industry have steered EU policy to put profits before people and the planet.

Read our analysis: www.somo.nl/manufactured...
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Jathan Sadowski @jathansadowski.com · Jun 27
I got a look at the progression timeline for AI development and it said the "facilitate racism, misogyny, and fascism" phase comes right before the "cure cancer" phase which then leads to "solve climate change." It's a weird sequence but that's how tech works. The good stuff is coming any day now!
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Peter Breedveld @frontaalnaakt.nl · Jun 27
“Universiteitsbestuurders en overheidsinstanties bellen ons om woorden als ‘climate’ en ‘race’ niet te gebruiken. Toen ik dit aankaartte in de faculteitsraad, werd ik afgekapt omdat mijn opmerkingen ‘een verstoring van de orde’ zouden zijn.”
Opinie: Nederland, het is hier in de VS erger dan jullie denken, ga ons alsjeblieft niet slaapwandelend achterna
Het is gevaarlijk om de situatie in de Verenigde Staten in de tweede termijn van Trump te onderschatten: het extreemrechtse populisme heeft zich er als een natuurbrand verspreid. Een wetenschapper zie...
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