Felix van Hoften🟥 @felixvanhoften.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I am so much waiting for the first social metabolism researchers to conform recoupling. 000
Reposted by Felix van Hoften🟥Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 20/09/2026"If we want to create an economy that works in service of life, we have to understand these forces and work to counter them." - @katyrshields.bsky.socialyoutu.beHow Economists Uphold Neoliberalism: Full WalkthroughYouTube video by Katy Shields 02913
Reposted by Felix van Hoften🟥Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Glaciologist @matthias-huss.bsky.social shows that the centre of the Great Aletsch glacier in Switzerland (the biggest in the Alps) lost 6 meters(!) of thickness just this summer. "No words...", he adds on LinkedIn. 7621121247
Reposted by Felix van Hoften🟥Emathion 📯 @emathion.bsky.social · 12/09/2026The French made a short film about what could happen after all immigrants would follow the ‘white, angry old man’s’ advice to go back where they came from. 933741921
Reposted by Felix van Hoften🟥Caring Farmers @caringfarmers.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Geweldige uitzending van #Lubach over #voedselzekerheid. Eentje die de #BBB niet leuk vindt, maar wel waar is. Kijken! m.youtube.com/watch?v=Pttk...m.youtube.comHebben we genoeg eten in Nederland als er een oorlog uitbreekt? | LUBACHYouTube video by LUBACH 25610280
Felix van Hoften🟥 @felixvanhoften.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Your yearly energy-realist reminder: ''Energy processes on Earth produce heat that must be radiated to space—the only significant cooling channel. No matter what the technology—even allowing hypothetical, un discovered energy resources...1/ 100
Reposted by Felix van Hoften🟥Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 04/09/2026"The obvious oafishness of Mars One, which was essentially an interplanetary Fyre Festival, should have been a lesson to publications everywhere ... you should not run a headline saying there will be a colony on Mars by 2025 just because some guy says there will be." defector.com/lets-remembe...defector.comLet's Remember Some Publications That Said We Would Get To Mars By 2026 | DefectorGood science journalism is by its nature suspicious of grand or outlandish claims. Good science journalism does not take press releases at face value, but rather investigates the evidence behind those... 15716
Reposted by Felix van Hoften🟥Prof Julia Steinberger 🌹🌱🌍 #ClimateAction #Fightfascism @jksteinberger.bsky.social · 01/09/2026⚠️ 🌍 ⚠️ We stand with humanity: A scientist statement to confront climate destruction⚠️ 🌍 ⚠️ ✒️ 🙏 If you are an academic or healthcare professional, please consider signing. 🙏✒️ framaforms.org/we-stand-wit...framaforms.orgWe stand with humanity: A scientist statement to confront climate destruction | Framaforms.org 79369
Reposted by Felix van Hoften🟥Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 21/08/2026Man this is right here. Even everything it's compared to (smartphones, calculator, printing press) found its use through immediate, organic adoption. GenAI is way more like SUVs, single-use plastics: it had to be pushed, marketed and forced into unavoidability by companies 21810196
Reposted by Felix van Hoften🟥Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Jamiroquai’s “Virtual Insanity” turns 30 today. The lyrics were prescient, said frontman Jason Kay: 𝘍𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘔𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘝𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘕𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘚𝘦𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘉𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 “But I’ll never get the credit for it,” he added. 35835168
Felix van Hoften🟥 @felixvanhoften.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Met deze hitte vind ik de zomervakantie geen klap meer aan. Naast feit dat we nu in de rook van een bosbrand staan. (Boven de bomengrens was gister nog duidelijk een veld te zien) 100
Reposted by Felix van Hoften🟥Sander Turnhout🔻🍉🌳🌱🍄🦟🐈⬛🍓🔥 @sanderturnhout.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Nog steeds worden de problemen op televisie uitgelegd door lobbyisten en boeren. Er zijn meer dan 100.000 vrijwilligers actief in de natuurbescherming. Miljoenen leden, duizenden professionals, honderden onderzoekers. Gi-gan-tisch draagvlak, ook onder boeren. Maar niks nada noppes op #vvdtv. 17344147
Reposted by Felix van Hoften🟥Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/10/2025Trump: "The president of Colombia is a drug dealer." 333950232
Felix van Hoften🟥 @felixvanhoften.bsky.social · 11/08/2026www.theguardian.com/membership/2... "The greatest question we confront, possibly the greatest question humanity has ever confronted, is whether we can hit the social tipping points before we hit the environmental tipping points." from the great @georgemonbiot.bsky.socialtheguardian.comDon’t despair about what’s happening to our planet. That’s what they want you to feelThere are social tipping points when the seemingly impossible suddenly becomes inevitable. Good journalism plays an essential role in helping drive these shifts and shows us how real change can happen 002
Reposted by Felix van Hoften🟥Anna Krijger @annakrijger.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Fascinerend dat de trend om alles aan te grijpen om als individu zo gezond en oud mogelijk te worden, naast de volledige onverschilligheid staat om een leefbare aarde te behouden nos.nl/nieuwsuur/ar...nos.nlZorgen over longevity-hype: gezond ouder worden begint niet bij een total body scanVeroudering tegengaan of zelfs jonger worden. In de wetenschap is het een serieus vraagstuk. Maar nu is zo lang en zo gezond mogelijk leven ook een streven geworden van influencers en superrijken. 2833389
Reposted by Felix van Hoften🟥Adam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Piece I just wrote for Current Affairs. www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-mas...currentaffairs.orgThe Massive Climate Lie That Will Destroy Human CivilizationThinking we have time left to address climate change, or that “Net Zero by 2050” will save us, is driving us toward full social collapse in ways that become more obvious with every new broken temperat... 501007485
Reposted by Felix van Hoften🟥Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Huh you can just do that???? Financial Times: "China has launched a global hunt for hundreds of billions of dollars in unpaid taxes going back decades as Beijing seeks to fill a deepening fiscal hole by targeting the ultra rich." www.ft.com/content/e179...ft.comChina launches global tax hunt going back decadesFiscal pressure sparks retroactive campaign and tougher controls on future offshore capital flows 631086
Reposted by Felix van Hoften🟥Katherine the Sixth @luigithirty.bsky.social · 05/08/2026if your government software looks like this, it will never break, never need replacement, and will work on every computer since we landed on the moon 673678627
Reposted by Felix van Hoften🟥Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 04/08/2026That's what taxes are, man. That's the definition of taxes. "You are subsidizing things you might never use" man shut the fuck up. My taxes currently subsidize like oil company exec private jets, you think I'm upset at low-income people eating inexpensive bananas? 10995472184
Reposted by Felix van Hoften🟥Luke Knox @lukeknox.me · 31/07/2026this is my new favorite diagram 9445781410
Reposted by Felix van Hoften🟥Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 26/07/2026This is the most pure John Oliver bait I've seen in a minute. 91046164
Reposted by Felix van Hoften🟥Gerrit Stegehuis @gerritstegehuis.eurosky.social · 24/07/2026Uitgebreide reactie van @felixvanhoften.bsky.social op een artikel van @simonvanteutem.bsky.social op @decorrespondent.nl, waarin die kritiek heeft op degrowth-ideeën zonder zich erin te verdiepen en gemakzuchtig aanneemt dat we het met 'groene groei' wel redden. www.ontgroei.nl/inspiratie/z...ontgroei.nlZonder breed debat geen inzicht in een duurzame koers | OntgroeiDit is een reactie op Simon van Teutems artikel over het Global justice Report en de terugkerende aanval van De Correspondent op degrowth en postgroei en het systematisch negeren van wetenschappelijke... 177
Felix van Hoften🟥 @felixvanhoften.bsky.social · 11/07/2026De commodificatiewaanzin gaat door. Next stop: de nacht. 010
Reposted by Felix van Hoften🟥Chris Klomp @chrisklomp.nl · 11/07/2026Nieuw verhaal. Een Nederlander hing de vlag uit omdat er geen azc komt in zijn wijk. En daar werd ik boos om, want het staat voor mij symbool voor wat een klootzakken wij soms zijn. Je schaamt je toch kapot? chrisklomp.nl/met-je-kutvl...chrisklomp.nlMet je kutvlag - Chris KlompIk moet mij er eigenlijk niet druk om maken, maar doe dat toch. De intense sneuheid van een nieuwsbericht op Omroep West. Te zien is een Nederlander die vergenoegd een vlag ophangt omdat er geen asiel... 45475108
Felix van Hoften🟥 @felixvanhoften.bsky.social · 07/07/2026🤣🤣 Dont forget their beer. Its amazing. 010
Reposted by Felix van Hoften🟥Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 04/07/2026It was us climate scientists. We can geoengineer record heat waves with our space lasers but a trillion tons of carbon pollution from two centuries of fossil fuel burning can't warm the atmosphere 391397263
Reposted by Felix van Hoften🟥Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 01/07/2026NEW BLOG FOR YOU Google's energy consumption numbers in their new climate report are mind-blowing. 2 years ago they flipped from linear to exponential growth, and their climate impact is blowing out, too. A WILD testament to the obscene bloat and waste of GenAI: ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/g... 4426571469
Reposted by Felix van Hoften🟥Amanda Kolson Hurley @amandakhurley.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Amazon and Google just reported emissions jumps of 16% and 18%, respectively, in 2025 compared to 2024. The main driver is not hard to guess: data centers and AI. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comBig Tech’s Carbon Emissions Spike With Runaway Growth of AIAmazon and Google report jumps in their greenhouse gas output as the data center boom gains momentum. 4168127
Reposted by Felix van Hoften🟥Urgenda @urgenda.eurosky.social · 26/06/2026Voedt Nederland de wereld? Deze nieuwe #WUR studie laat zien dat Nederland bij een ander dieet zichzelf zou kunnen voeden. Momenteel importeert Nederland meer nutriënten dan het exporteert. Overeenkomstig met #Landinzicht 1/2 www.wur.nl/en/news/does...wur.nlDoes the Netherlands feed the world? Study challenges a familiar view of Dutch agricultureThe Netherlands is a major agricultural exporter. But look beyond euros to land, animal feed, calories and protein, and a different picture emerges. 4188109
Reposted by Felix van Hoften🟥Dr Craig R McClain @drcraigmc.bsky.social · 24/06/2026The bigfin squid is one of the strangest animals ever filmed. It hangs in the deep with impossibly long, elbowed arms trailing up to 20 times its body length. It's been seen only a handful of times, almost always below 2,000 m. We still know almost nothing about it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpSY...youtube.comMagnapinna - Bigfin squid. A rare sighting in the Tonga Trench!YouTube video by Inkfish Expeditions 0277
Felix van Hoften🟥 @felixvanhoften.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Er zitten 8 werkuren in een dag, voor politici misschien 12. Als er elke week een plenaire vergadering is over het 'asielprobleem' blijft er weinig tijd over om echte problemen op te lossen. Nederlanders die extreem rechts stemmen willen niet dat niet. 1/ 100
Felix van Hoften🟥 @felixvanhoften.bsky.social · 14/06/2026The difference between a million and a billion is a billion. The difference between a billion and a trillion is a trillion. #musk Image from @jordanharper.bsky.social 010
Reposted by Felix van Hoften🟥Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 14/06/2026The world's first trillionaire did this 13363042318
Reposted by Felix van Hoften🟥ICTA-UAB @icta-uab.bsky.social · 12/06/2026We economists have done the maths: ‘growth’ is a doomed strategy – there is a better way New op-ed in @theguardian.com by 6 leading economists: Olivier De Schutter, J. Stiglitz, Jayati Ghosh, Thomas Piketty, Kate Raworth & @jasonhickel.bsky.social from ICTA_UAB www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comWe economists have done the maths: ‘growth’ is a doomed strategy – there is a better way | Olivier De Schutter and othersOur roadmap has been shaped by experts across the world. We call on political leaders at all levels to use it, says Olivier De Schutter and others 067
Reposted by Felix van Hoften🟥Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 10/06/2026Just announced: OpenAI plans to lease a 9.2 gigawatt 100% fossil-fuelled data centre on Ohio. Its emissions will be between 20 - 37 MTCO2-e - somewhere between the total grid emissions of France -> Netherlands As much GHGs as 9.5 average coal plants. Will raise US total emissions by 0.5% 32562458
Reposted by Felix van Hoften🟥Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Absolutely, what a feeling... #BookSky 160104002001
Reposted by Felix van Hoften🟥Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 05/06/2026Absolutely unbelievable story - Meta is building fossil-fuelled data centres inside **huge tents**?? An absolutely perfect demonstration of the desperation, impatience and thoughtlessness of this fossil-fuel hungry energy waste boom. 20397126
Felix van Hoften🟥 @felixvanhoften.bsky.social · 04/06/2026The left wants affordable housing and protecting nature. The right wants a war over colour of your skin. But sure, illiberal leftism is het problem... 030
Reposted by Felix van Hoften🟥Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 01/06/2026The imperial core has gained $15 trillion through exorbitant privilege since 1970, getting higher returns on foreign assets than what they pay on foreign debt. This privilege is financed by transfers from the global South, outstripping aid flows many times over. 623987
Reposted by Felix van Hoften🟥Esther Ouwehand @estherouwehand.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Lieve, krachtige Marjan Minnesma 💔 Wat een schok en wat een ontzettend groot verlies. Ze was een onverzettelijke stem voor klimaat en rechtvaardigheid, die enorme doorbraken wist te realiseren. Zoveel dank voor alles, lieve Marjan. Alle liefs en sterkte voor je geliefden nos.nl/nieuwsuur/ar...nos.nlUrgenda-boegbeeld Marjan Minnesma (59) overledenMarjan Minnesma, een van de invloedrijkste stemmen op het gebied van klimaatbeleid en energietransitie, is op 59-jarige leeftijd overleden. 29766106
Reposted by Felix van Hoften🟥404 Media @404media.co · 17/05/2026Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt was booed throughout this commencement speech at the University of Arizona for his praise of AI. This comes just a week after another commencement speaker who mentioned AI was booed at a school in Florida. Read more: www.404media.co/ucf-ai-comme... 677129453328
Reposted by Felix van Hoften🟥Kees Klomp @keesklomp.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Het essay over ecologische economie uit het boek De Ecologische Samenleving is nu te lezen op We are the Regeneration www.linkedin.com/posts/kees-k...linkedin.comFelix van Hoften: “Zonder ecologie is er geen economie” | Kees KlompU heeft op school allemaal het vak economie gehad op de middelbare school, of waarschijnlijk in ieder geval het overgrote deel van u. Waarschijnlijk heeft u docent(e) daarbij destijds niet verteld dat... 072
Felix van Hoften🟥 @felixvanhoften.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Juist. En nu staan politici het zelfs toe te juichen. 010
Reposted by Felix van Hoften🟥Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Meet the academics refusing to use generative AI Researchers say they have their reasons for avoiding AI tools — and they’re sick of arguing about it. www.nature.com/articles/d41... h/t @maartenp.bsky.socialnature.comMeet the academics refusing to use generative AIResearchers say they have their reasons for avoiding AI tools — and they’re sick of arguing about it. 26906354
Reposted by Felix van Hoften🟥22³2the_a35cV-🇧🇷♥️ 🌊⚖️ @nextbluewave.bsky.social · 05/05/2026BREAKING: 🚨🇮🇱🇮🇷 Archaeologists in the Holy Land just uncovered a 3,000-year-old Israelite tablet… It reads: “Iran is 12 days away from developing a nuclear weapon.” 472131702504