Johan de Jong
@johandejong.bsky.social
Postdoc at AMS Institute and TU Delft. Former PhD candidate tropical forest restoration & forest transitions, GIS, remote sensing @Wageningen university, degrowth, vegan, activist, climate justice, anti-capitalist. Lives in eco-community. Free Palestine!
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Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
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Transphobia isn’t “traditional.” It’s colonial.
Before colonization, Indigenous cultures across the world honored gender diversity—Two-Spirit, Hijra, fa'afafine, and more.
Enforcing the binary was a tool of control.
Decolonization means gender liberation. 🪶✨
Before colonization, Indigenous cultures across the world honored gender diversity—Two-Spirit, Hijra, fa'afafine, and more.
Enforcing the binary was a tool of control.
Decolonization means gender liberation. 🪶✨
November 3, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Transphobia isn’t “traditional.” It’s colonial.
Before colonization, Indigenous cultures across the world honored gender diversity—Two-Spirit, Hijra, fa'afafine, and more.
Enforcing the binary was a tool of control.
Decolonization means gender liberation. 🪶✨
Before colonization, Indigenous cultures across the world honored gender diversity—Two-Spirit, Hijra, fa'afafine, and more.
Enforcing the binary was a tool of control.
Decolonization means gender liberation. 🪶✨
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just 10 people accumulated $700 billion dollars in the last year.
that's over $5k per household in the US.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
that's over $5k per household in the US.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Top 10 US billionaires’ collective wealth grew by $698bn in past year – report
Oxfam warns Trump policies risk driving inequality to new heights – but Democrats have also exacerbated wealth gap
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:12 AM
just 10 people accumulated $700 billion dollars in the last year.
that's over $5k per household in the US.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
that's over $5k per household in the US.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
November 3, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
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Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them. -
Assata Shakur
Pic of the day
#photography
Assata Shakur
Pic of the day
#photography
September 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them. -
Assata Shakur
Pic of the day
#photography
Assata Shakur
Pic of the day
#photography
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There’s plenty of disinformation trying to blame the nascent offshore wind industry for whale deaths without evidence. Not only is that misleading, it also takes the focus away from solutions that might actually address the leading causes of death — vessel strikes and entanglement with fishing gear.
Whales are dying, but it’s not because of wind farms
Investigating a whale beaching is grueling work, and scientists see the same culprit again and again.
www.theverge.com
August 27, 2025 at 12:59 PM
There’s plenty of disinformation trying to blame the nascent offshore wind industry for whale deaths without evidence. Not only is that misleading, it also takes the focus away from solutions that might actually address the leading causes of death — vessel strikes and entanglement with fishing gear.
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Deforestation kills
Forest clearance has killed more than half a million people in the tropics over the past two decades as a result of heat-related illness, a study has found.
This is a local effect in addition to global heating.
Article by me.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Forest clearance has killed more than half a million people in the tropics over the past two decades as a result of heat-related illness, a study has found.
This is a local effect in addition to global heating.
Article by me.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Deforestation has killed half a million people in past 20 years, study finds
Localised rises in temperature caused by land clearance cause 28,330 heat-related deaths a year, researchers find
www.theguardian.com
August 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Deforestation kills
Forest clearance has killed more than half a million people in the tropics over the past two decades as a result of heat-related illness, a study has found.
This is a local effect in addition to global heating.
Article by me.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Forest clearance has killed more than half a million people in the tropics over the past two decades as a result of heat-related illness, a study has found.
This is a local effect in addition to global heating.
Article by me.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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🔥 ⚖️ 🌐HAPPENING NOW: Historic #ClimateJustice Ruling being delivered by the 🇺🇳 🧑⚖️ International Court of Justice.
🚨This ruling could signal a new dawn for climate law & accountability
📝 🧵 Live thread below with context, summary & analysis 👇
#ClimateJusticeAO #AOLetsGo
🚨This ruling could signal a new dawn for climate law & accountability
📝 🧵 Live thread below with context, summary & analysis 👇
#ClimateJusticeAO #AOLetsGo
July 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
🔥 ⚖️ 🌐HAPPENING NOW: Historic #ClimateJustice Ruling being delivered by the 🇺🇳 🧑⚖️ International Court of Justice.
🚨This ruling could signal a new dawn for climate law & accountability
📝 🧵 Live thread below with context, summary & analysis 👇
#ClimateJusticeAO #AOLetsGo
🚨This ruling could signal a new dawn for climate law & accountability
📝 🧵 Live thread below with context, summary & analysis 👇
#ClimateJusticeAO #AOLetsGo
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I will once again remind everyone that the fossil fuel companies aren't going to have a 'Come to Jesus' moment
How did 3M’s “forever chemicals” end up in all of us? Sharon Lerner reports the inside story of the corporate scientists who discovered—then helped to conceal—the dangers of its chemicals.
How 3M Discovered, Then Concealed, the Dangers of Forever Chemicals
The company found its own toxic compounds in human blood—and kept selling them.
nyer.cm
July 22, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I will once again remind everyone that the fossil fuel companies aren't going to have a 'Come to Jesus' moment
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I'm always amazed at how the Masters of the Universe chronically underestimate the impact and threat of wealth inequality
Just 2% of respondents to the latest Global Risks Report see inequality as the main risk to humanity.
www.weforum.org/publications...
Just 2% of respondents to the latest Global Risks Report see inequality as the main risk to humanity.
www.weforum.org/publications...
July 23, 2025 at 9:16 AM
I'm always amazed at how the Masters of the Universe chronically underestimate the impact and threat of wealth inequality
Just 2% of respondents to the latest Global Risks Report see inequality as the main risk to humanity.
www.weforum.org/publications...
Just 2% of respondents to the latest Global Risks Report see inequality as the main risk to humanity.
www.weforum.org/publications...
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People want candidates who stand for something, even if that something is “let’s stop this Fascist mission creep, shall we”?
I have no doubt @teamlabouruk.bsky.social will steadfastly not learn yet another lesson from Anglophone elections this year www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I have no doubt @teamlabouruk.bsky.social will steadfastly not learn yet another lesson from Anglophone elections this year www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Zohran Mamdani offered New Yorkers a political revolution – and won | Bhaskar Sunkara
Now the New York mayoral candidate he needs to ensure an electoral win that translates into tangible improvements in people’s lives
www.theguardian.com
June 25, 2025 at 7:19 AM
People want candidates who stand for something, even if that something is “let’s stop this Fascist mission creep, shall we”?
I have no doubt @teamlabouruk.bsky.social will steadfastly not learn yet another lesson from Anglophone elections this year www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I have no doubt @teamlabouruk.bsky.social will steadfastly not learn yet another lesson from Anglophone elections this year www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it’s done.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
June 25, 2025 at 5:54 AM
In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it’s done.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
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If everything feels broken but strangely normal, the Soviet-era concept of hypernormalization can help
Systems are crumbling - but daily life continues. The dissonance is real
www.theguardian.com
May 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
If everything feels broken but strangely normal, the Soviet-era concept of hypernormalization can help
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“In physics the truth is rarely perfectly clear, and that is certainly universally the case in human affairs. Hence, what is not surrounded by uncertainty cannot be the truth.”
May 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
“In physics the truth is rarely perfectly clear, and that is certainly universally the case in human affairs. Hence, what is not surrounded by uncertainty cannot be the truth.”
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The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
April 22, 2025 at 11:37 PM
The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
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Elon Musk has been a walking SEC violation for a decade and no one cared. The entire Trump era could have been avoided if the US took white collar crime anywhere near as seriously as it does low level drug crime.
On a 2023 earnings call, Elon Musk boasted that Tesla had bagged “over 1 million” Cybertruck reservations and that “demand is off the charts.”
So why has the company still sold less than 50,000 trucks since customer deliveries began 14 months ago?
So why has the company still sold less than 50,000 trucks since customer deliveries began 14 months ago?
‘Over 1 Million’ People Wanted a Cybertruck. Where Are They?
“Demand is off the charts!” Elon Musk crowed at the end of 2023, citing more than a million reservations for Tesla's polarizing polygonic pickup—so why has it still sold less than 50,000?
wrd.cm
March 29, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Elon Musk has been a walking SEC violation for a decade and no one cared. The entire Trump era could have been avoided if the US took white collar crime anywhere near as seriously as it does low level drug crime.
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I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.
March 29, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.
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This is the moment Israeli forces fired tear gas at Palestinians in the occupied West Bank as they visited the graves of loved ones buried in the Jenin refugee camp on the first day of Eid al-Fitr.
March 30, 2025 at 9:47 AM
This is the moment Israeli forces fired tear gas at Palestinians in the occupied West Bank as they visited the graves of loved ones buried in the Jenin refugee camp on the first day of Eid al-Fitr.
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'Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice, and a third, a fourth, and then what happens?’ - Judith Butler
The 'impartial' Alice Sullivan saying Trump is right about trans people
March 30, 2025 at 9:45 AM
'Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice, and a third, a fourth, and then what happens?’ - Judith Butler
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Oxygen Levels in Earth's Lakes Are Plummeting, Study Reveals
Oxygen Levels in Earth's Lakes Are Plummeting, Study Reveals
Earth's lakes are experiencing an alarming drop in oxygen levels, new research shows.
buff.ly
March 30, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Oxygen Levels in Earth's Lakes Are Plummeting, Study Reveals
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The critical minerals consensus—i.e. that some raw materials are so essential that all tactics, including war, are justified to obtain them—is hegemonic. The results could be deadly.
This consensus shuts down debate: Critical for whom, obtained at whose expense? My latest in @financialtimes.com
This consensus shuts down debate: Critical for whom, obtained at whose expense? My latest in @financialtimes.com
March 12, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The critical minerals consensus—i.e. that some raw materials are so essential that all tactics, including war, are justified to obtain them—is hegemonic. The results could be deadly.
This consensus shuts down debate: Critical for whom, obtained at whose expense? My latest in @financialtimes.com
This consensus shuts down debate: Critical for whom, obtained at whose expense? My latest in @financialtimes.com
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Any time you see an article frame something as "took action against transgender sports," do more digging.
75% of the time, whatever they are talking about also bans trans people from bathrooms/medical care/targets trans adults.
Sports is just a way to frame it as morally acceptable.
75% of the time, whatever they are talking about also bans trans people from bathrooms/medical care/targets trans adults.
Sports is just a way to frame it as morally acceptable.
Why is everyone focusing on the trans sports stuff in the Gavin Newsom Charlie Kirk interview and not the part where he's mad about the Dems supporting trans prisoners getting healthcare or appearing to back Kirk on a full ban on trans youth healthcare????
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
March 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Any time you see an article frame something as "took action against transgender sports," do more digging.
75% of the time, whatever they are talking about also bans trans people from bathrooms/medical care/targets trans adults.
Sports is just a way to frame it as morally acceptable.
75% of the time, whatever they are talking about also bans trans people from bathrooms/medical care/targets trans adults.
Sports is just a way to frame it as morally acceptable.
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Reckless. Reckless. Reckless.
We do not play games with water in the west. Disasters should not be a playground for political stunts.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
We do not play games with water in the west. Disasters should not be a playground for political stunts.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Army Corps knew Trump order would waste California water, memo shows
The Army Corps colonel responsible for releasing reservoir water at Trump’s direction knew it wouldn’t reach Southern California as he promised, a memo obtained by The Post shows.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Reckless. Reckless. Reckless.
We do not play games with water in the west. Disasters should not be a playground for political stunts.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
We do not play games with water in the west. Disasters should not be a playground for political stunts.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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"As she has expressed her disappointment over potentially losing her dream job, some members of her mostly conservative family have unfriended her on social media. Others are giving her the silent treatment. Nearly all favor such cuts even if she’s a victim of them."
Thrust into unemployment, axed federal workers face relatives who celebrate their firing
Some axed workers are finding family and friends who instead are steadfast in their support of what they see as a bloated government’s waste.
www.bostonherald.com
March 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
"As she has expressed her disappointment over potentially losing her dream job, some members of her mostly conservative family have unfriended her on social media. Others are giving her the silent treatment. Nearly all favor such cuts even if she’s a victim of them."