Mario Veen
@marioveen.bsky.social
Interdisciplinary expert | Podcast https://linktr.ee/lifefromplatoscave | Author 'Hoe Plato Je Uit Je Grot Sleurt': https://noordboek.nl/boek/hoe-plato-je-uit-je-grot-sleurt/
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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.
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.
November 16, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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.
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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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...
www.worldweatherattribution.org/heavy-rainfa...
November 13, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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...
www.worldweatherattribution.org/heavy-rainfa...
24 november geef ik een online avondlezing over Socrates. Hier vast een stukje.
open.substack.com/pub/mveennl/...
open.substack.com/pub/mveennl/...
Hoe stel je een vraag?
‘De vraag stellen is hem beantwoorden.’ Deze veelgehoorde uitspraak die je gegarandeerd wijskijkende blikken oplevert als je hem tijdens een vergadering doet (probeer maar eens), zouden we Socrates be...
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
24 november geef ik een online avondlezing over Socrates. Hier vast een stukje.
open.substack.com/pub/mveennl/...
open.substack.com/pub/mveennl/...
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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.
November 7, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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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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!
Global emissions were at an all-time high in 2024.
As it stands this claim is misinformation. They need to issue a correction!
November 7, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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!
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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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...
November 6, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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...
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...
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...
Filosofie voor het dagelijks leven - Online lezing over Plato | Volksuniversiteit Amsterdam
www.volksuniversiteitamsterdam.nl
October 6, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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...
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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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!
October 1, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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!
Mijn opiniestuk in Trouw (The climate crisis is a disinformation crisis)
September 29, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Mijn opiniestuk in Trouw (The climate crisis is a disinformation crisis)
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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...
September 17, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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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EXACTLY
If everyone loves fossil fuels and doesn't care about their kids, then why all the propaganda?
If everyone loves fossil fuels and doesn't care about their kids, then why all the propaganda?
September 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
EXACTLY
If everyone loves fossil fuels and doesn't care about their kids, then why all the propaganda?
If everyone loves fossil fuels and doesn't care about their kids, then why all the propaganda?
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ha!
The Trump group of five climate contrarians that authored the deeply flawed, heavily criticized DoE report questioning the severity of climate change has been dissolved. The legality of the group had been challenged as a violation of the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/c...
www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/c...
Trump administration dissolves climate contrarian group that authored controversial report | CNN
The group’s end can be traced to a lawsuit alleging the group’s formation violated federal law in several ways.
www.cnn.com
September 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
ha!
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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...
September 4, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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...
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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.
Well. It turns out that the maximum possible temperature reversal might be as little as 0.7C.
End fossil fuels now.
NEW STUDY: How much CO2 can we safely store in geological formations?
In a new @nature.com study, we cross-check established academic and industry estimates with various risk factors.
We find a prudent geological CO2 storage limit that is about 10x smaller. /1
In a new @nature.com study, we cross-check established academic and industry estimates with various risk factors.
We find a prudent geological CO2 storage limit that is about 10x smaller. /1
September 3, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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.
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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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 🧵
Here's a thread with a few extra thoughts from me 🧵
November 26, 2024 at 3:49 PM
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 🧵
Here's a thread with a few extra thoughts from me 🧵
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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
youtu.be/EU8zYS43TRg
Time to DEBUNK the climate nonsense!
YouTube video by Just Have a Think
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August 18, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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
youtu.be/EU8zYS43TRg
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!
De Zomerfilosofen! Ik geef vijf donderdagavonden een online lezing over een filosoof. Geef je hier op: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
August 18, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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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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'
August 15, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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'
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...
youtube.com/watch?v=9Yka...
Moments of Meaning-Making with Mieke Bal
YouTube video by Life From Plato's Cave
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August 7, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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...
youtube.com/watch?v=9Yka...
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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...
August 7, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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...
RIP Eddie Palmieri! open.spotify.com/track/4j0CkY...
Azúcar
Eddie Palmieri · Azúcar pa' Ti · Song · 1964
open.spotify.com
August 7, 2025 at 7:30 AM
RIP Eddie Palmieri! open.spotify.com/track/4j0CkY...
The vibe of tomorrow's online Heidegger lecture
August 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The vibe of tomorrow's online Heidegger lecture
Read Climate Injustice together with The Language of Climate Politics this Summer and you're all up to speed with what's going on!
My book - ClimateINJustice is shortlisted for the @wainwrightprize.bsky.social ! Really happy about this, as it's not traditional conservation writing - but conserving & fighting for us humans & our rights wainwrightprize.com/shortlist-20...
August 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Read Climate Injustice together with The Language of Climate Politics this Summer and you're all up to speed with what's going on!
