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Mario Veen @marioveen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Vermijd je stukken over AI? Lees dan mijn stuk over AI!

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

at this point: carbon removal is, at best, essentially a research project. renewable expansion is a policy project

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 06/09/2026

I’m going to need everyone who’s reporting on AI psychosis and how it’s making people, especially men, come up with theories of everything to please talk with the scientists who have been getting multiple emails from “theory of everything” guys for decades

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

"Scientists call it the "cold blob", and some think it could be a warning that one of Earth's most important #climate systems is beginning to change & may soon hit a tipping point... If this system flips, it could have devastating consequences that change all of our lives" #AMOC

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Earth is Warming Everywhere Except Here

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Mario Veen @marioveen.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

New podcast episode for Life From Plato's Cace: I interviewed @thierryaaron.bsky.social about Cassandra's Children: Scientific Responsibility in an Era of Climate Emergency open.spotify.com/episode/07sY...

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58- Being a Climate Scientist with Aaron Thierry

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Ambrose @ambrosia-engine.blacksky.app · 22/08/2026

This is a really excellent interview, and extremely relatable as an researcher, and I'd really like to read this thesis. Especially interested in the responsibilities we feel as holders of knowledge.

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Mario Veen @marioveen.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

There's soccer, there's American football, and there's American soccer

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Prof Friederike Otto @frediotto.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Europe's worst heatwave so far, in terms of heat stress measures and temperatures - brought to you by fossil fuels. New @wwattribution.bsky.social study showing how such deadly heat became possible in only a few decades. www.worldweatherattribution.org/fossil-fuel-...

A map of Europes with dots for all 854 cities analysed, pink dots for the cities that broke humid heat records, grey dots elsewhere. Pink dots conentrated over Southern UK, Germany, Poland and Benelux.

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Mario Veen @marioveen.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Het is zo heet dat ik er een column over heb geschreven voor @joop.nl

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Mario Veen @marioveen.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

New podcast episode for Life From Plato's Cave: Artificial Intelligence with Daniel Ross open.spotify.com/episode/0oFm...

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57- Artificial Intelligence with Daniel Ross

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Prof Friederike Otto @frediotto.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Hot, sweaty, exciting - and increasingly deadly. Climate change will be an unwelcome but very present player in the upcoming FIFA World Cup in North America - especially in the fan zones. New @wwattribution.bsky.social study. www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-chan...

A table of stadiums with information on the likelihood of games happening under extremely hot conditions.

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Prof Friederike Otto @frediotto.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

March in Western North America is deadly hot, completely above temperatures that would have been possible without climate change from burning oil, coal and gas. New record shatteringly rapid @wwattribution.bsky.social study www.worldweatherattribution.org/record-shatt...

two images describing the March heat wave, left a map showing temperature anomalies, right, the seasonal cycle and the anomalies this year

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Prof Friederike Otto @frediotto.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

The Mediterranean is a hotspot of climate change, not only due to more heat, droughts and wildfires, but increasingly severe rainstorms led to catastrophic flooding this winter, highlighting again the urgent need to transition away from fossil fuels. www.worldweatherattribution.org/increasingly...

Maps of the rainfall associated with two of the nine storms hitting the Mediterranean in January and February 2026.

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Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 24/01/2026

I got a request from a reporter about Trump's statement that "what happened to global warming?" w.r.t. the cold event covering much of the U.S. this weekend. Here is my reply.

> How do you respond to “whatever happened to global warming?” What happened to it?

It's winter. Cold events still happen, although less frequently.

> Is there a connection between these type of big cold events and climate change and if so, can you explain it?

There is disagreement on this in the community, but I don't think
there's any connection. As I said, cold events still happen even with
global warming. The effect of climate change is to reduce the
frequency/intensity of these events.

> Can we still have extreme cold spells like this in a warmer climate? Why?

Climate change has warmed the climate by a few degrees. So with
climate change this event is (say) 30F below normal while without
climate change it would have been 35F below normal. So, yes, cold
events still happen, and climate change is a relatively minor change
to a significant event like this.

It's important to compare this to heat waves. A heat wave is maybe 15F
warmer than average, so adding 5F to that is a much bigger impact.

> Is this cold spell really record breaking or have we just grown more accustomed to warmer winters? How does it compare to 1985 or 1978 or the 70s and 60s or earlier?

No, not record breaking. Uri in 2021 was much much colder. In fact,
we get events of this magnitude in Texas every few years.

> Are we talking breaking many all-time records, or many monthly records or even many daily records?

Perhaps a few records will be set, but the event is just not that
extreme. As you said, we're in the process of forgetting how cold it
was in the 20th century.

> And finally the term ‘environmental insurrectionists’ Could you respond to that please?

It seems everyone is an insurrectionist these days.

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Prof Friederike Otto @frediotto.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

While Australian heatwaves were some of the very first extreme events attributed to climate change, people still underestimate how much worse they got - killing more people than all other natural hazards combined. New @wwattribution.bsky.social study. www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-chan...

A map of southeastern Australia showing the temperature anomalies during the heatwave.

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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 15/01/2026

Which option do we choose - act or delay? These are the 'warning' stripes highlighting global choices. Do we act rapidly and keep global temperatures below 2°C, or delay and end up in a 3°C world (or worse)?

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

I was recently invited to present my thoughts on the role of universities in the #climate crisis Several audience members asked that I share my slides, so I've decided to post them here too as an open resource I'd love any feedback, & for you to share examples of projects & best practice. Long 🧵😊

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Mario Veen @marioveen.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

I interviewed @doctorvive.bsky.social about fossil fuel propaganda and the language of climate politics. Genevieve discovered ways of talking about climate that are immune to being hijacked by fossil fuel interests! open.spotify.com/episode/2Sz7...

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Spotify – Web Player

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Mario Veen @marioveen.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

I interviewed @arthuroldeman.bsky.social about what we can compare the climate crisis to. It turns out, we have to go back millions of years and even then the analogue is not perfect. open.spotify.com/episode/0f8O...

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55- Comparing the Climate Crisis with Arthur Oldeman

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Prof Friederike Otto @frediotto.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

In the world we live in today, that is 1.3C warmer due to our continued burning of fossil fuels, the extreme rainfall leading to disastrous flooding in many parts of Asia is up to 50 to 160% more intense - new @wwattribution.bsky.social study www.worldweatherattribution.org/increasing-h...

map of Sumatra and Malaysia showing heavy rainfall between November 23rd and 27th

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Prof Friederike Otto @frediotto.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Watch, @fisherdanar.bsky.social , @davidho.bsky.social and me talk about corporate capture, cat capture and where we think things climate could be in 5 years. cece.american.edu/copout-episo...

screenshot of podcast recording with cat

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Finally, may I just say? Sometimes I cannot believe this is all happening. It’s like living in a horror movie where scientists and their trusty sidekicks are the only ones who know that everyone else seems normal but has been possessed by aliens, or something. Fossil capitalism is that surreal.

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Prof Friederike Otto @frediotto.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Shortly before hurricane Melissa hit the Caribbean, capturing global media attention, Mexico suffered from severed flooding, killing more than 78 people and destroying infrastructure; disproportionally affecting indigenous communities. www.worldweatherattribution.org/heavy-rainfa...

maps of rainfall in Mexico during the rainy season and the flood inducing event

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

I dealt with a lot of fossil-fuel propaganda in my book, but the lie that “by doing what we’re already doing we’ve avoided the bad outcomes” has in the past two years turned out to be the most popular and the most pernicious of all the disinformation I discussed.

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

The claim that “emissions have come down” in this @nytimes.com @sominisengupta.bsky.social article on where we are ten years post-Paris is FALSE. Global emissions were at an all-time high in 2024. As it stands this claim is misinformation. They need to issue a correction!

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Emissions have come down, but there's still far to go.

Call this good-ish news. Lower emissions mean the arc of temperature increase has curved downward over the past 10 years. If countries stick to current policies, the global average temperature is projected to rise by 2.5 to 2.9 degrees Celsius by the end of the century.

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Prof Friederike Otto @frediotto.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

If we do not seriously move away from burning fossil fuels, hurricanes like Melissa will only become worse. Already today Melissa tested the limits of what preparedness and adaptation can do. These limits are very real for everyone in the Caribbean. www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-chan...

The wettest 5-day period in each location between 19-29 October 2025, which is related to the passage of Melissa. The track of Hurricane Melissa at 12 hour intervals is shown as a series of pink points. Data from MSWX

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Mario Veen @marioveen.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

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...

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

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Scientists4Future🇳🇱 @scientists4future.nl · 01/10/2025

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!

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Mario Veen @marioveen.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

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

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Prof Friederike Otto @frediotto.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

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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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

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

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Prof Friederike Otto @frediotto.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

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 · 03/09/2025

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.

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

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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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

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

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Time to DEBUNK the climate nonsense!

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Mario Veen @marioveen.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

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!

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Aldo Houterman @aldohouterman.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

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 · 07/08/2025

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...

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Moments of Meaning-Making with Mieke Bal

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Prof Friederike Otto @frediotto.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

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 · 06/08/2025

The vibe of tomorrow's online Heidegger lecture

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Mario Veen @marioveen.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

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

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molly taft @mollytaft.com · 30/07/2025

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 —

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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.

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BONUS @thedisproof.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

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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