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Felix van Hoften🟥

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Ecological Economics| Degrowth/Postgrowth | Researcher-lecturer University of Amsterdam & Rotterdam University AS | Author: De golven en de Kaap

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Felix van Hoften🟥 @felixvanhoften.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I am so much waiting for the first social metabolism researchers to conform recoupling.
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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.social
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How Economists Uphold Neoliberalism: Full Walkthrough
YouTube video by Katy Shields
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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Glaciologist @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.
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Emathion 📯 @emathion.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The 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.
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Caring Farmers @caringfarmers.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Geweldige uitzending van #Lubach over #voedselzekerheid. Eentje die de #BBB niet leuk vindt, maar wel waar is. Kijken! m.youtube.com/watch?v=Pttk...
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Hebben we genoeg eten in Nederland als er een oorlog uitbreekt? | LUBACH
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Felix van Hoften🟥 @felixvanhoften.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Your 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/
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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...
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Let's Remember Some Publications That Said We Would Get To Mars By 2026 | Defector
Good 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...
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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...
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We stand with humanity: A scientist statement to confront climate destruction | Framaforms.org
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Felix van Hoften🟥 @felixvanhoften.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 21/08/2026
Man 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
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Jamiroquai’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.
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Felix van Hoften🟥 @felixvanhoften.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Hahahha omg.... Weer!!
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Felix van Hoften🟥 @felixvanhoften.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Met 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)
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Sander Turnhout🔻🍉🌳🌱🍄🦟🐈‍⬛🍓🔥 @sanderturnhout.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Nog 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.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/10/2025
Trump: "The president of Colombia is a drug dealer."
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Felix van Hoften🟥 @felixvanhoften.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
www.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.social
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Don’t despair about what’s happening to our planet. That’s what they want you to feel
There 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
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Anna Krijger @annakrijger.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Fascinerend 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...
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Zorgen over longevity-hype: gezond ouder worden begint niet bij een total body scan
Veroudering 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.
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Adam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Piece I just wrote for Current Affairs. www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-mas...
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The Massive Climate Lie That Will Destroy Human Civilization
Thinking 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...
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Huh 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...
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China launches global tax hunt going back decades
Fiscal pressure sparks retroactive campaign and tougher controls on future offshore capital flows
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Katherine the Sixth @luigithirty.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
if 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
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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
That'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?
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Luke Knox @lukeknox.me · 31/07/2026
this is my new favorite diagram
Brachiosaurus projectile vomiting: forces generated and resulting traces
Assuming 50 kg (110 Ibs) of regurgitant, impact velocity from 14 m (45 ft) height, and hard-packed sand as impact site.
h = 14 m (45 ft)
Impact velocity = V = V 2gh = 16.6 m/s; kinetic energy before impact = 6,860 J
Average impact force = 68,600 N
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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
This is the most pure John Oliver bait I've seen in a minute.
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Gerrit Stegehuis @gerritstegehuis.eurosky.social · 24/07/2026
Uitgebreide 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...
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Zonder breed debat geen inzicht in een duurzame koers | Ontgroei
Dit 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...
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Felix van Hoften🟥 @felixvanhoften.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
De commodificatiewaanzin gaat door. Next stop: de nacht.
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Chris Klomp @chrisklomp.nl · 11/07/2026
Nieuw 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...
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Met je kutvlag - Chris Klomp
Ik 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...
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Felix van Hoften🟥 @felixvanhoften.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
🤣🤣 Dont forget their beer. Its amazing.
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
It 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
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 01/07/2026
NEW 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...
a chart showing google's rising energy consumption - huge, and rising faster than ever beforea chart showing google's rising energy consumption - huge, and rising faster than ever beforea chart showing google's rising energy consumption - huge, and rising faster than ever beforeGoogle's total energy consumption more than new zealand
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Felix van Hoften🟥 @felixvanhoften.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Recoupling.
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Amanda Kolson Hurley @amandakhurley.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Amazon 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...
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Big Tech’s Carbon Emissions Spike With Runaway Growth of AI
Amazon and Google report jumps in their greenhouse gas output as the data center boom gains momentum.
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Urgenda @urgenda.eurosky.social · 26/06/2026
Voedt 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...
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Does the Netherlands feed the world? Study challenges a familiar view of Dutch agriculture
The Netherlands is a major agricultural exporter. But look beyond euros to land, animal feed, calories and protein, and a different picture emerges.
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Dr Craig R McClain @drcraigmc.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
The 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...
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Magnapinna - Bigfin squid. A rare sighting in the Tonga Trench!
YouTube video by Inkfish Expeditions
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Felix van Hoften🟥 @felixvanhoften.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Er 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/
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Felix van Hoften🟥 @felixvanhoften.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
The 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
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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
The world's first trillionaire did this
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ICTA-UAB @icta-uab.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
We 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...
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We economists have done the maths: ‘growth’ is a doomed strategy – there is a better way | Olivier De Schutter and others
Our 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
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 10/06/2026
Just 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%
OpenAI in talks to lease 10GW data center from SB Energy in Ohio
Data center project on federal land in the state

June 10, 2026 By Georgia Butler  Have your say
OpenAI is in discussions regarding leasing a proposed 10GW data center being developed by SB Energy in Ohio.

The data center project in question is on federal land - owned by the US Department of Energy - at the Portsmouth Site in Pike County, Ohio.40
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Absolutely, what a feeling... #BookSky
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 05/06/2026
Absolutely 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.
Meta is putting billions of dollars of chips in tents
At it's Socrates South data center in Ohio, Meta is building dozens of "rapid
deployment structures" across the US, putting chips inside, and powering
them with off-grid turbines.
6 "Rapid deployment structures""Move fast and break things"
Zuckerberg told The Information: "We needed to find innovative ways to
scale: We accomplished this by building this cluster across several of our
traditional data center buildings as well as several weatherproof tents."Meta is building at least three tent data centers
At Socrates North, Meta is building its second data center tent, powered by
another 200 MW power plant. The data center is expected to come online
later this year. Another tent data center is under construction in Tennessee.
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Felix van Hoften🟥 @felixvanhoften.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
The left wants affordable housing and protecting nature. The right wants a war over colour of your skin. But sure, illiberal leftism is het problem...
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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
The 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.
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Esther Ouwehand @estherouwehand.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Lieve, 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...
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Urgenda-boegbeeld Marjan Minnesma (59) overleden
Marjan Minnesma, een van de invloedrijkste stemmen op het gebied van klimaatbeleid en energietransitie, is op 59-jarige leeftijd overleden.
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Felix van Hoften🟥 @felixvanhoften.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Enshittification.
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Felix van Hoften🟥 @felixvanhoften.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Again. It's all about the diesel.
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404 Media @404media.co · 17/05/2026
Former 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...
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Kees Klomp @keesklomp.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Het 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...
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Felix van Hoften: “Zonder ecologie is er geen economie” | Kees Klomp
U 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...
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Felix van Hoften🟥 @felixvanhoften.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Juist. En nu staan politici het zelfs toe te juichen.
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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Meet 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.social
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Meet 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.
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22³2the_a35cV-🇧🇷♥️ 🌊⚖️ @nextbluewave.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
BREAKING: 🚨🇮🇱🇮🇷 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.”
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