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Tom Uytterhoeven
@tomuytt.bsky.social
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Author of "Theology and Science on the Evolution of Religion". Works in #education. See also: https://thelearningspecies.com
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Tom Uytterhoeven @tomuytt.bsky.social · Nov 30
#Evolution is a "universal acid", says Daniel Dennett. How should #theology respond to evolutionary explanations of religion? In this book, I argue for a constructive approach, capitalising on symbolic meaning to afford the discovery of possible futures. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Theology and Science on the Evolution of Religion
This book studies the implications of sociobiology for religion and explores questions such as: Is religion merely the result of natural selection?
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lievendeswaef.bsky.social
Dat is geen balzaal...
October 25, 2025 at 8:59 AM
tomuytt.bsky.social
Verrassend (voor mij toch) en mss daardoor overtuigend argument dat de hype rond A.I. misschien wel gewoon... een overwaaiende hype is. calnewport.com/is-sora-the-...
Is Sora the Beginning of the End for OpenAI? - Cal Newport
On ​my podcast this week​, I took a closer look at OpenAI’s new video generation model, ​Sora 2​, which can turn simple text descriptions into ... Read more
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October 22, 2025 at 9:39 AM
tomuytt.bsky.social
1) Herkenbaar. Als leerplanontwikkelaar onder enorme tijdsdruk droom ik ook elke nacht over doelen.
2) Systeem van geregelde review en incrementele aanpassing curriculum zouden we in Vlaanderen ook moeten hebben.
schoolsweek.bsky.social Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · Oct 20
'I feel a real responsibility to get it right. But weighed on top of that is the knowledge that there's going to be a hell of a lot of people that you aren’t going to please on one side or another'

schoolsweek.co.uk/i-dream-the-...
October 20, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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michelhenrion.bsky.social
Cartoon de Christo Komarnitski, Bulgaria #Trump #Gaza
October 18, 2025 at 11:08 AM
tomuytt.bsky.social
Weer een pareltje van Nick Cave. Over rouw en leven. www.theredhandfiles.com/where-do-you... #redhandfiles
Today I went to Brighton for a day trip. I am a German exchange student staying in Eastbourne. As I am pretty much the same age as Arthur was at the time of his death - to be precise, I was the exact ...
Dear Linus, I found it very touching that you felt compelled to visit Arthur’s grave. A fifteen-year-old boy, seeking connection or deeper meaning in life, sensing the patterns and echoes of the world...
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October 15, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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jandeb.bsky.social
We zijn er wel mee...
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Ben Weyts duldt geen pottenkijkers meer
Wie gesubsidieerde juridische actie tegen de Vlaamse overheid verbiedt, morrelt aan de steunpilaren van de democratie.
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October 15, 2025 at 6:15 AM
tomuytt.bsky.social
Laaghangend fruit. #begov #besparingen #subsidieslurpers vrtnws.be/p.8e0aemMRJ
Politieke partijen kregen 83,7 miljoen euro directe subsidies: "Duidelijk niet in eigen inkomsten gesneden" | VRT NWS: nieuws
De N-VA blijft met voorsprong de rijkste partij van het land en de PDVA blijkt het minst af te hangen van overheidssubsidies. Dat blijkt uit een studie van de KU Leuven. Alles samen kregen de politiek...
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October 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
tomuytt.bsky.social
Opnieuw een signaal dat @cdenv-be.bsky.social de rentmeestergedachte, deel van haar roots, compleet uit het oog verloren is. @sammymahdi.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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pelagia.bsky.social
I'll do references when I am done writing.
Me doing references:
September 17, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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wimvanhaecke.bsky.social
De Groypers zijn echte zotte mannen, nog extremer dan het al extreme MAGA, waar Kirk 1 van de meest prominente stemmen was.
assignedmale.bsky.social Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · Sep 13
The Groyper Wars
September 13, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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Yesterday's piece from @jamellebouie.net is the only high-profile piece I've seen that specifically discusses the watchlist, its effect on academics, and its effect on public attitudes toward academia as a whole. (gift link)

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/o...
September 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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saysceej.bsky.social
I didn’t catch a ban but they did delete a very good post.
saysceej.bsky.social Saysceej @saysceej.bsky.social · Sep 11
What’s up with this Blue Sky mods?

It’s obviously not a threat or a wish of harm, bc the violence and harm was already done.

So do you think this is an incitement of self harm?
Look we should all be so lucky as to die for our most sincerely held beliefs. Bluesky Account Behavior Hi there, A Bluesky account you control (@saysceej.bsky.social) posted content that violates our Community Guidelines regarding violent or threatening speech. This includes, but is not limited to, the following: • Threats of violence or physical harm: This includes threats or encouragement of violence against individuals, groups, institutions, or the general public. • Incitement of self-harm or suicide: Content that encourages self-harm or suicide. • Wishes of harm: Expressions of a desire for harm directed at a specific person or group. In addition, users may not use Bluesky to break the law or cause harm to others. All users must be treated with respect. As a result of these violations, your post has been taken down. We encourage you to review our guidelines Subject: Re: Bluesky Account Behavior Can you explain to me how this text violates any of those rules? "Look we should all be so lucky as to die for our most sincerely held beliefs." This does not threaten violence, it does not incite violence, and it doesn't wish harm upon anyone in any way. It merely points out that if we have to die, which we all do, then we would be lucky if our deaths have meaning, and surely the man who said "Some gun deaths from time to time are acceptable in order to keep the second amendment" would agree with that.
September 11, 2025 at 10:33 PM
tomuytt.bsky.social
Voor al die heiligverklaarders… Dit is maar één voorbeeld.
(En voor de mensen achteraan: neen, hiermee keur ik de moordaanslag op Kirk niét goed.)
kevinmkruse.bsky.social Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Sep 11
I know Charlie Kirk valued debate and free speech because he blocked me for fact-checking his lies on Twitter and then put me on his organization's Professor Watchlist for writing a book he didn't like.
September 11, 2025 at 8:34 PM
tomuytt.bsky.social
“Eerst onze mensen“ valt niet te rijmen met christelijk geloof (tenzij je grote delen van het Nieuwe/Tweede Testament uit de Bijbel scheurt), maar ik vermoed dat weinig politici daarvan nog wakker liggen.
September 8, 2025 at 8:30 AM
tomuytt.bsky.social
Ik vertaal dit positief: belang van epistemische bescheidenheid. Belangrijk voor complexe vraagstukken die alleen door bundeling expertise uit verschillende disciplines kunnen worden opgelost.
Valkuil 1: Niet erkennen van expertise uit een discipline die tòch belangrijke input zou kunnen leveren.
September 3, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Gift link.
Harvard Secures a Court Victory in Its Fight With Trump
www.nytimes.com
September 3, 2025 at 8:46 PM
tomuytt.bsky.social
Dag die tot reflectie leidde. Toch wat zorgen om wat toekomst brengt. Toevallig op deze muziek uitgekomen, gelezen over context waarin dit stuk gecomponeerd werd. En vond boost voor veerkracht. Morgen weer hand aan de ploeg! music.apple.com/be/album/met..., context: musicalifeiten.nl/verg-discogr...
'Metamorphosen, TrV 290' van Berliner Philharmoniker & Herbert von Karajan op Apple Music
Nummer· 1973 · Speelduur 27:38
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September 3, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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kenplume.bsky.social
This They Might Be Giants TONIGHT SHOW performance of "Birdhouse In Your Soul" from 1990 remains firmly lodged in my noggin thanks to the Tonight Show Band's full commitment and Doc Severinsen's incredible trumpeting... It took an already great song and made it transcendent.
August 23, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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People talk about the five stages of grief when personal tragedies happening in their lives, but no one talks about the multiple stages of grief when you're trying to write on deadline.
August 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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August 17, 2025 at 10:14 AM
tomuytt.bsky.social
Een curriculum geschiedenis samenstellen is niet altijd even eenvoudig 😆
youtube.com/shorts/A9ejB...
How different countries Teach History #shorts
YouTube video by Foil Arms and Hog
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August 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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gevemac.bsky.social
Love this
katieturnerphd.com Katie Turner @katieturnerphd.com · Jul 31
"The job of the historian is to restore to the past the options it once had" rather than to present the past as a series of inevitable outcomes.

Always relevant wisdom from Gordon A. Craig
August 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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lucasdelascosas.bsky.social
Dus Tommorowland maakt “op voorhand afspraken” met verdedigers van genocide… dat ze op het podium genocide niet mogen verdedigen.
Laat anders ook neonazi’s en maak “op voorhand afspraken” dat ze op het podium geen nazigroet mogen doen.
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July 25, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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"Outrage at Gaza's destruction is no longer enough."
"Adding famine & thirst to violence, Israel's siege of the Palestinian enclave now demands responses proportionate to the scale of the ongoing carnage—sanctions, political, diplomatic, economic, cultural." www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...
Outrage at Gaza's destruction is no longer enough
EDITORIAL. Adding famine and thirst to violence, Israel's years-long siege of the Palestinian enclave now demands responses proportionate to the scale of the ongoing carnage – namely sanctions, whethe...
www.lemonde.fr
July 24, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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wardqnormal.bsky.social
Live your life in such a way that you don’t have to post unhinged diatribes about racist sports team names to distract the country from your decades-long friendship with the world’s most famous pedophile and human trafficker.
wardqnormal.bsky.social Ward Q. Normal (he/him) @wardqnormal.bsky.social · Jul 20
Live your life in such a way that you never have to worry whether a “warm and gushing” letter you wrote to the world’s most famous pedophile and human trafficker might land you in prison.
July 20, 2025 at 9:39 PM