Jelle
@jellebehagel.bsky.social
Researcher, Wageningen, Biodiversity, Politics, Forest
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Jobs vs. forests. Growth vs. protection. Science says that’s a false choice, but lawmakers keep using it to justify rollbacks. Brazil’s post-COP reversal shows how powerful that narrative still is worldwide.
insideclimatenews.org/news/0912202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/0912202...
Days After COP30, Brazil Weakened Amazon Safeguards - Inside Climate News
Around the world, politicians, backed by powerful corporations, are presenting the public with false choices between environmental protection and economic growth.
insideclimatenews.org
December 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Jobs vs. forests. Growth vs. protection. Science says that’s a false choice, but lawmakers keep using it to justify rollbacks. Brazil’s post-COP reversal shows how powerful that narrative still is worldwide.
insideclimatenews.org/news/0912202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/0912202...
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I am so tired of reading the bizarre pseudoscientific hopium surrounding COP30. The latest is the fallacious reasoning that progress has been made because we’ve reduced likely heating to 2.4C (other estimates put it at 3C, heating is only accelerating, and tipping points looming) from 5C.
November 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I am so tired of reading the bizarre pseudoscientific hopium surrounding COP30. The latest is the fallacious reasoning that progress has been made because we’ve reduced likely heating to 2.4C (other estimates put it at 3C, heating is only accelerating, and tipping points looming) from 5C.
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D66 moet zich in de formatie niet laten gijzelen door de VVD
D66 moet zich in de formatie niet laten gijzelen door de VVD
www.trouw.nl
November 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
D66 moet zich in de formatie niet laten gijzelen door de VVD
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GL-PvdA is een van de weinige partijen die de rechtsstatelijke toets van de NovA wél heeft doorstaan en zelfs maatregelen neemt om de democratie te versterken – in tegenstelling tot de VVD, die een zware onvoldoende scoorde. Als er dus één partij uit het midden is gerukt, dan is dat de VVD zelf wel.
Het midden heeft het initiatief, dat is ook het enige goede nieuws
De verkiezingsuitslag is noch positief noch negatief te noemen als je kijkt naar de getalsmatige verhoudingen tussen de ideologische blokken. Het radicaalrechtse blok is namelijk de facto even groo…
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November 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
GL-PvdA is een van de weinige partijen die de rechtsstatelijke toets van de NovA wél heeft doorstaan en zelfs maatregelen neemt om de democratie te versterken – in tegenstelling tot de VVD, die een zware onvoldoende scoorde. Als er dus één partij uit het midden is gerukt, dan is dat de VVD zelf wel.
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De VVD: "Wij gaan niet met die geradicaliseerde GL-PvdA in zee; zij zijn uit het midden gerukt."
De VVD heeft plannen die een bedreiging vormen voor de democratische rechtsorde, terwijl GL-PvdA de democratie versterkt.
De VVD heeft plannen die een bedreiging vormen voor de democratische rechtsorde, terwijl GL-PvdA de democratie versterkt.
November 1, 2025 at 7:40 PM
De VVD: "Wij gaan niet met die geradicaliseerde GL-PvdA in zee; zij zijn uit het midden gerukt."
De VVD heeft plannen die een bedreiging vormen voor de democratische rechtsorde, terwijl GL-PvdA de democratie versterkt.
De VVD heeft plannen die een bedreiging vormen voor de democratische rechtsorde, terwijl GL-PvdA de democratie versterkt.
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Listen we are where we are because a lot of CEOs, managing partners, Hollywood moguls and stars, media execs, university presidents, and anyone else with a megaphone or power played it safe.
How is that going?
How is that going?
October 21, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Listen we are where we are because a lot of CEOs, managing partners, Hollywood moguls and stars, media execs, university presidents, and anyone else with a megaphone or power played it safe.
How is that going?
How is that going?
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“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”
Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents
‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said
www.independent.co.uk
October 15, 2025 at 10:59 AM
“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”
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My thoughts on the Quantico meeting
Trump’s Speech to Generals Was Incitement to Violence Against Americans
Military leaders’ quiet professionalism offers hope amid a maelstrom.
foreignpolicy.com
October 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
My thoughts on the Quantico meeting
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My dad, my uncles, my grandfather, all were #Antifa #WWll.
Two of them did not come back from the fight.
The others lived with their scars all their days.
#StopFascism in our schools, our workplaces, our streets, and at the ballot box,
Before the bullets fly and bombs drop.
Two of them did not come back from the fight.
The others lived with their scars all their days.
#StopFascism in our schools, our workplaces, our streets, and at the ballot box,
Before the bullets fly and bombs drop.
Previous generations fought fascism in nearly every corner of the earth. Today it’s on our streets, silencing opposition and attempting to control the airwaves.
The GOP has declared all out war on free speech. It’s up to us to fight for it.
The GOP has declared all out war on free speech. It’s up to us to fight for it.
September 19, 2025 at 6:52 PM
My dad, my uncles, my grandfather, all were #Antifa #WWll.
Two of them did not come back from the fight.
The others lived with their scars all their days.
#StopFascism in our schools, our workplaces, our streets, and at the ballot box,
Before the bullets fly and bombs drop.
Two of them did not come back from the fight.
The others lived with their scars all their days.
#StopFascism in our schools, our workplaces, our streets, and at the ballot box,
Before the bullets fly and bombs drop.
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Cancel Disney+, Hulu, ESPN, any other Disney entity. Let 'em know.
September 18, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Cancel Disney+, Hulu, ESPN, any other Disney entity. Let 'em know.
Just cancelled Disney+
September 18, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Just cancelled Disney+
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Remember when people told us the military would refuse to follow illegal orders? Well here they are committing literal murder for the president.
September 3, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Remember when people told us the military would refuse to follow illegal orders? Well here they are committing literal murder for the president.
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Fantastic 4: "Galactus is coming! Everyone needs to use less power if we're going to survive."
"Let's do it, F4!"
Real life: "Climate crisis is coming! Everyone needs to use slightly less power."
Techbros: "Here's a supercomputer that only tells lies and uses more power than Argentina."
"Let's do it, F4!"
Real life: "Climate crisis is coming! Everyone needs to use slightly less power."
Techbros: "Here's a supercomputer that only tells lies and uses more power than Argentina."
August 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Fantastic 4: "Galactus is coming! Everyone needs to use less power if we're going to survive."
"Let's do it, F4!"
Real life: "Climate crisis is coming! Everyone needs to use slightly less power."
Techbros: "Here's a supercomputer that only tells lies and uses more power than Argentina."
"Let's do it, F4!"
Real life: "Climate crisis is coming! Everyone needs to use slightly less power."
Techbros: "Here's a supercomputer that only tells lies and uses more power than Argentina."
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Don't Worry. . .
July 13, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Don't Worry. . .
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Just when the world desperately needs wise elders, its fate is in the hands of old and ruthless patriarchs | David Van Reybrouck
Just when the world desperately needs wise elders, its fate is in the hands of old and ruthless patriarchs | David Van Reybrouck
The global order is being dismantled by a generation that will not live to see the wreckage they leave behind, says Belgian author and philosopher David Van Reybrouck
www.theguardian.com
June 28, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Just when the world desperately needs wise elders, its fate is in the hands of old and ruthless patriarchs | David Van Reybrouck
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Dagelijks worden in Gaza vrouwen en kinderen vermoord.
Vandaag gaan mensen weer massaal de straat op met een heldere boodschap: kabinet, demissionair of niet: spreek je uit en voer de druk op. Nederland heeft de plicht om alles te doen wat het kan om het genocidale geweld te stoppen.
Vandaag gaan mensen weer massaal de straat op met een heldere boodschap: kabinet, demissionair of niet: spreek je uit en voer de druk op. Nederland heeft de plicht om alles te doen wat het kan om het genocidale geweld te stoppen.
June 15, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Dagelijks worden in Gaza vrouwen en kinderen vermoord.
Vandaag gaan mensen weer massaal de straat op met een heldere boodschap: kabinet, demissionair of niet: spreek je uit en voer de druk op. Nederland heeft de plicht om alles te doen wat het kan om het genocidale geweld te stoppen.
Vandaag gaan mensen weer massaal de straat op met een heldere boodschap: kabinet, demissionair of niet: spreek je uit en voer de druk op. Nederland heeft de plicht om alles te doen wat het kan om het genocidale geweld te stoppen.
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WATCH: Los Angeles police officer in riot gear shoots Australian journalist Lauren Tomasi with a rubber bullet for no apparent reason.
June 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
WATCH: Los Angeles police officer in riot gear shoots Australian journalist Lauren Tomasi with a rubber bullet for no apparent reason.
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Threatening universities. Attacking judges. Bullying law firms. Clamping down on free speech.
If it looks like it, talks like it, and acts like it, it is moving toward authoritarianism.
If it looks like it, talks like it, and acts like it, it is moving toward authoritarianism.
May 22, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Threatening universities. Attacking judges. Bullying law firms. Clamping down on free speech.
If it looks like it, talks like it, and acts like it, it is moving toward authoritarianism.
If it looks like it, talks like it, and acts like it, it is moving toward authoritarianism.
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This appears to be a significant step forward for global climate litigation. One of Australia's main energy firms has been forced to make a whole series of clarifications about greenwashing claims.
Here it is, finally. The truth.
In a landmark #greenwashing legal case brought by @parentsforclimate.bsky.social, #EnergyAustralia has publicly acknowledged that offsets do not undo the harms of burning fossil fuels & apologised to more than 400,000 customers of its carbon #offsetting product
In a landmark #greenwashing legal case brought by @parentsforclimate.bsky.social, #EnergyAustralia has publicly acknowledged that offsets do not undo the harms of burning fossil fuels & apologised to more than 400,000 customers of its carbon #offsetting product
May 19, 2025 at 6:28 AM
This appears to be a significant step forward for global climate litigation. One of Australia's main energy firms has been forced to make a whole series of clarifications about greenwashing claims.
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An excoriating, urgently important piece of writing.
RFK is lying. His lies are causing deaths.
As for Vitamin A?
'Vitamin A can’t cure measles. It can make your hair fall out, or make you have to tie the soles of your feet back on. Just ask Douglas Mawson.'
#Measles
#VaccinesSaveLives
RFK is lying. His lies are causing deaths.
As for Vitamin A?
'Vitamin A can’t cure measles. It can make your hair fall out, or make you have to tie the soles of your feet back on. Just ask Douglas Mawson.'
#Measles
#VaccinesSaveLives
everyone even mildly into polar exploration knows how badly vitamin A can fuck you up, and seeing the Health Secretary of the US recommend megadoses to measles patients made me so mad i wrote about it. im so angry at this malthusian ghoul buttondown.com/theswordandt...
The Poisoning of the American Mind
The winds at Cape Denison on the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, photographed by Frank Hurley, 1912 In the emptiness of Antarctica, on a desolate stretch...
buttondown.com
May 14, 2025 at 8:59 PM
An excoriating, urgently important piece of writing.
RFK is lying. His lies are causing deaths.
As for Vitamin A?
'Vitamin A can’t cure measles. It can make your hair fall out, or make you have to tie the soles of your feet back on. Just ask Douglas Mawson.'
#Measles
#VaccinesSaveLives
RFK is lying. His lies are causing deaths.
As for Vitamin A?
'Vitamin A can’t cure measles. It can make your hair fall out, or make you have to tie the soles of your feet back on. Just ask Douglas Mawson.'
#Measles
#VaccinesSaveLives
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Utterly grim.
Shout her name.
#FatimaHassouna
#Photographer
#Journalist
#Gaza
#Palestine
Murdered alongside her family by #Israel
Shout her name.
#FatimaHassouna
#Photographer
#Journalist
#Gaza
#Palestine
Murdered alongside her family by #Israel
“If I die, I want a loud death. I don’t want to be just breaking news, or a number in a group, I want a death that the world will hear.”
She was about to get married; a film about her life in Gaza had just been finished.
10 of her family were killed with her.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
She was about to get married; a film about her life in Gaza had just been finished.
10 of her family were killed with her.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
‘If I die, I want a loud death’: Gaza photojournalist killed by Israeli airstrike
Fatima Hassouna, who had been documenting war in Gaza for 18 months and was subject of new documentary, killed along with 10 members of her family
www.theguardian.com
April 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Utterly grim.
Shout her name.
#FatimaHassouna
#Photographer
#Journalist
#Gaza
#Palestine
Murdered alongside her family by #Israel
Shout her name.
#FatimaHassouna
#Photographer
#Journalist
#Gaza
#Palestine
Murdered alongside her family by #Israel
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Good Friday is the story of a man unjustly arrested and rushed to judgment. Diana Butler Bass tells it for our time, using only pictures from the last two weeks, and it hits so heavy
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open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...
Good Friday Now
The cross of imperial violence
open.substack.com
April 18, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Good Friday is the story of a man unjustly arrested and rushed to judgment. Diana Butler Bass tells it for our time, using only pictures from the last two weeks, and it hits so heavy
open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...
open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...
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Top Wall Street institutions are prepping for global warming that blows past the Paris Agreement.
"We now expect a 3°C world," Morgan Stanley analysts wrote, a scenario in which harvest failures are widespread and sea-level rise is measured in feet rather than inches.
www.eenews.net/articles/big...
"We now expect a 3°C world," Morgan Stanley analysts wrote, a scenario in which harvest failures are widespread and sea-level rise is measured in feet rather than inches.
www.eenews.net/articles/big...
Big banks predict catastrophic warming, with profit potential
Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan and an international banking group have quietly concluded that climate change will likely exceed the Paris Agreement's 2 degree
www.eenews.net
March 31, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Top Wall Street institutions are prepping for global warming that blows past the Paris Agreement.
"We now expect a 3°C world," Morgan Stanley analysts wrote, a scenario in which harvest failures are widespread and sea-level rise is measured in feet rather than inches.
www.eenews.net/articles/big...
"We now expect a 3°C world," Morgan Stanley analysts wrote, a scenario in which harvest failures are widespread and sea-level rise is measured in feet rather than inches.
www.eenews.net/articles/big...