November 30, 2025

In bijna heel Europa wordt grondwater schaarser.

"Imagine you stole all of the intellectual property in the world. And you're using it to help people write middling emails and make revenge porn about women, and also children. And you're powering this plagiarism and non-consensual porn machine by eating up what's left of humanity's carbon budget."

AI, the gift that keeps on giving … @nature.com

This French judge approved Netanyahu’s arrest warrant. Now Trump is targeting him | Owen Jones

I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

🚨We're hiring! A tenure track position at McGill University in the area of #bioethics and / or philosophy of science, with a special focus on the ethics of medical technologies. Please share widely. #philsky #ethics #philsci philjobs.org/job/show/30402

Latest #PhilSci publication: “Democratizing Explanatory Practice in the Social Sciences (with John Dewey)” in the volume “Pragmatism and Philosophy of Science” edited by Roberto Gronda, Marianne Janack, and, Giancarlo Marchetti. Here’s the link: www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi... 1/7 🧵

Mike Green is writing some amazing stuff at the moment. It's not in the delta, it's in the level and the cost structure. Read this and you will understand Angrynomics on a new level: www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...

The European Network for the Philosophy of the Social Sciences (ENPOSS) invites submissions to its 15th Conference at the University of Helsinki, 26-28 August 2026. More info here: enposs.eu

This piece was greenlit and then killed by a British newspaper, so I’ve decided to publish myself instead. Trans People Deserve Better. "Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right open.substack.com/pub/wellread...

States need to “defossilize” information systems, to protect human rights in the formation of public opinion and democratic debate from undue commercial influence and information distortions arising from the operationalization of the fossil fuel sector’s playbook documents.un.org/doc/undoc/ge...

Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says

CAT Global Update 2025 🚨 Ten years after the #ParisAgreement we see little to no measurable progress in warming projections - for the fourth consecutive year. The 2035 #NDCs have made no difference to our warming outlook. 🔗 bit.ly/CAT_Global_2...

"What’s certain is that the Big Five will no longer reap the obscene profit margins they’ve enjoyed for decades. Their multimillion-dollar agreements with artificial intelligence companies may be the last windfall." About time! www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...

Are you conducting research combining qualitative cross-case methods (comparative case studies or QCA) with process tracing? ➡️ ** We are looking to show-case your work** ⬅️ 🧵 1/

Willing states must act to save international legal order, warns top academic

Republicans have attacked federal workers as instruments of the “deep state,” exercising power beyond anything authorized by the law. Now the administration is doing the same thing, several tax experts said, undermining laws that hit the ultrawealthy and big companies www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...

Gennez @vooruit-nu.bsky.social schrapt “leenrecht voor bibliotheken 1,8 miljoen”. Na ronduit bestolen te zijn geweest door AI bedrijven, worden auteurs nu ook gepluimd door de overheid. www.standaard.be/media-en-cul...

Aflevering 4389 van de ontmanteling van onze democratie door de N-VA (ooit schijnbaar verdedigers van de Vlaamse emancipatie, nu frontstrijders van de verknechting). Met dank aan de ATV journaliste en mevrouw Verstrepen voor de duidelijke uiteenzetting! www.gva.be/atv/liga-voo...

How NGOs die — Europe's playbook for dismantling democracy. “fabricate a scandal, delegitimise and defund organisations into dependency on philanthropic support, then criminalise their new funding as foreign influence, all while continuing to demand NGOs services …” euobserver.com/news/ar1c67c...

A permanent post in my department. Closing date Dec 14th 2025, interviews in March. Please spread #histsci

Call for papers open for the European Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) network’s 2026 conference. Theme: Governing the Future. Deadline: 15 Jan 2026 More information:

And now the call is out! The local organising committee is working very hard to make it a success, so please come #philsci

If you can, support and contribute to @wikipedia.org, do it. donate.wikimedia.org

Het transcript van het gesprek met Herman Tjeenk Willink is ook te lezen. Betaalmuurvrij, in NRC: www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

Forget diplomatic niceties: it's beyond time Europe denounced Trump's trashing of democracy in the US | Paul Taylor

I am close to tears; they listened and made an english version apache.be/2025/10/24/b... @apache.be you rule 🖤

We have just advertised a Full Prof position in the Political and Social Sciences department at the EUI (@eui-sps.bsky.social). Here are the details. Please spread the word, and get in touch if you have any questions. www.eui.eu/Documents/Se...

If you think mis- and disinformation is no big deal , read this: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Straffe “anatomie van bestuurlijke traagheid“ in het klimaatbeleid, door Ruben Baetens: rubenbaetens.substack.com/p/12-maniere...

Folks, I'm not going to sugarcoat it. This was perhaps the worst week of broken norms since I started this project in 2016. I made this week's list free with the hope that you will read it in its entirety to gain a full understanding of what is happening. PLS SHARE! open.substack.com/pub/theweekl...

L'IPP a mesuré l'impact des 10 Mds de baisse des impôts de production dont ont bénéficié les entreprises. Impact sur chiffre d'affaires ? Nul. Sur l'investissement ? Nul. Sur la création d'emploi ? Nul. Sur les exports ? Nul. Budget : 10 Mds de perdus. www.alternatives-economiques.fr/baisser-impo...

Here's something that's not talked about enough The air pollution from burning fossil fuels kills an estimated 10 million people a year 1 in 6 deaths is caused by fossil fuels www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🧠 Steve Fleming (@smfleming.bsky.social), professor of cognitive neuroscience at University College London on why collaborating with philosophers helps science ask better questions—and find better answers. #PLPEXPeditions @ucl.ac.uk @uclpals.bsky.social @uclbrainscience.bsky.social

De ironie van de geschiedenis: de Vlaamse regering zet het mes in instellingen die historisch onderzoek naar de geschiedenis en taal van Vlaanderen mogelijk maken: de Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten, de KANTL, sociale en humane wetenschappen aan de universiteit.

It’s gonna trickle down any moment now

De academie die brandhout maakte van de Vlaamse canon, de KVAB, krijgt nu de rekening gepresenteerd. Ze verliest al (!) haar subsidies in 2026. Minister-president noemt de academie (die nochtans de Vlaamse kandidaat Nobelprijswinnaars voordraagt) geen kerntaak meer. apache.be/2025/10/16/d...

@leedsprhs.bsky.social Our vacancy for a Lecturer or Associate Professor in Social Philosophy has now been advertised: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx.... Please spread the word! The closing date for applications is 5 Nov 2025.

De privatisering van de commons gaat hand in hand met de afbraak van onze democratie. De N-VA, erfgenamen van zij die ooit de emancipatie van het Vlaamse volk beoogden, zet nu volop in op de verknechting van de Vlaming en de uitverkoop aan het grootkapitaal. www.standaard.be/opinies/de-s...

De N-VA kleedt de Vlaamse democratie uit, aflevering 328 …

For future reference … global-tipping-points.org

Multiple sources tell NPR that, as part of the Trump administration's latest reduction-in-force, the U.S. Department of Education has gutted the office that handles special education. n.pr/48stHUo

Here she is with some of her comrads.

“tech oligarchs have just as much of a stake in the ignorance of the population as the most reactionary feudal autocrat. Dumb rage and partisan thinking keep us glued to our phones. … actively working to destroy human enlightenment and usher in a new dark age.” jmarriott.substack.com/p/the-dawn-o...

Verdere afbraak van democratisch overleg, zo kennen we de N-VA www.standaard.be/politiek/nat...

“Your personal consumption choices might make a difference to the merchants you patronise, but they have no effect on the policies that created our enshittogenic environment.” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

“De begrotingsplannen van De Wever? Magisch wensdenken.” @hielkevd.bsky.social van @denktankminerva.be in @sampolmaandblad.bsky.social over 50 miljard staatsteun voor bedrijven, besparingen voor sociale zekerheid, en begrotingsbeleid gestoeld op een Excel-fout. www.sampol.be/2025/10/begr...

The Hertie School mourns the passing of Prof. Dr Dr h.c. Claus Offe, Professor Emeritus of Political Sociology, an extraordinary scholar, teacher and colleague. We extend our heartfelt condolences to his family, friends and all who had the privilege to know him.