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Ruben Timmerman
Ruben Timmerman
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⭕️ Co-founder, Ops @ Moralambition.org 🪢 Co-founder, Product @ Moralfabric.org 💸 Invest in impact startups, see ruben.org 🔶 Donate 10% of wealth+income to effective causes
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In this episode of Lives Well Lived, we speak with @michaelpollan.bsky.social about food and ultra-processed diets, psychedelics and altered states of consciousness, plant sentience, the mystery of consciousness, and whether AI could ever become conscious. Listen to the full conversation 🎧
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De rol die journalistiek traditioneel op zich neemt is die van de waakhond. Een waakhond ligt aan de ketting: hij controleert de macht, observeert en publiceert. The Firewall is een jachthond en jaagt actief. Interview in Villamedia. #StaOpTegenBigTech www.villamedia.nl/artikel/the-...
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Waarom zijn de zwerfhonden aan het front in Oekraine zo goed doorvoed? Ofwel: Waarom ik mijn perskaart heb ingeleverd. Ik kreeg van NRC 2000 woorden, wat een feest. Dit komt van diep. Een repost is lief. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...
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Doorgeslagen klimaatgekte: nieuwe club van Milieudefensie-directeur ontvangt miljarden subsidie
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"There is no justification for a regressive system in which the super-rich contribute less than the rest of us," write @josephestiglitz.bsky.social, @gabrielzucman.bsky.social, and @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social.
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As wealth concentrates, so does power — the power to influence elections, shape policy, tilt markets and define the terms of public debate. Taxing billionaires is not radical. What is radical is allowing a system where extreme wealth exists alongside widespread hardship.
"There is no justification for a regressive system in which the super-rich contribute less than the rest of us," write @josephestiglitz.bsky.social, @gabrielzucman.bsky.social, and @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social.
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Most reasons people give for wanting to go into consulting... apply just as much to NGOs. Turns out the narrative was doing the work, not the sector itself." I love this piece from our SMA fellow Mirnesa 👇 fromthefield.moralambition.org/why-ngos-may...
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The international boycott of ChatGPT has absolutely exploded. 2.5M people have already joined, and this is just the beginning. Go to quitgpt.org. Cancel your subscription, delete your account. And tell at least one person why. My op-ed: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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EU: Beef & lamb received an estimated 580 times more agricultural subsidies than legumes in 2020; dairy received 550 times more than nuts & seeds. The estimated €39 billion in subsidies spent on animal-sourced foods made up nearly a quarter of the EU's total budget: foodrise.org.uk/CAPCrossroads/ >>
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Replying to @reiniervanlanschot.volteuropa.org
See the plans Volt has for NATO below:
@warp.dev I'd love to signup but your app.warp.dev/login/remote... gives a 429 :'(
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The BBC's Reith Lectures with @rutgerbregman.com are all uploaded now and worth a watch if you want some hope and inspiration going into the new year www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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An useful take on the NS Strategy. Are we treating it as if we're still in pre-Trump II territory? You know, the time when politicians tried to build and maintain authority by acting rationally, when official documents and doctrines actually meant something as they had consequences?
🧵 I was asked about the National Security Strategy by a European journalist. Here is my reply: You should not treat this like a traditional National Security Strategy. It’s a fascist tirade, parts of which might as well have been generated by prompting chatgpt. Does it “mean” anything?
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Maybe Andrew Cuomo has a humiliation kink. If so, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is giving him the time of his life right now!
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Replying to @felixhaass.bsky.social
The implication is clear: 📰 The media doesn’t just report violence — it shapes its political consequences. When journalists and public figures highlight the ideological roots of right-wing terror, voters distance themselves from the far right — even if only temporarily. 👉 doi.org/10.1017/S000...
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Replying to @felixhaass.bsky.social
Our main takeaway: Right-wing terror can reduce support for radical right parties—but only when 1️⃣ The attack’s motives and targets mirror the party’s ideology & 2️⃣ The media explicitly connects the dots between violence and that ideology. Otherwise, attacks may have no effect or even boost support.
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Zuivelfabriek stapt over op plantaardig omdat het economisch slimmer is. And so it begins. www.oost.nl/nieuws/35417... Deze zuivelfabriek stapt over op 100 procent vegan: 'Van plant naar mens is veel logischer dan via koe' - Oost
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Mirjam Bikker lepelde tegenover Wilders eens een lijstje 'goede migranten' op: Cody Gakpo, Don Ceder, Gidi Markuszower, Sifan Hassan. Bikker suggereert zo dat je als migrant moet uitblinken; de Champions League winnen, Kamerlid worden, spion van de Israëlische geheime dienst, of Olympisch kampioen.
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Een wereldwijde minimumbelasting van 2% op het volledige vermogen van miljardairs, dat is wat zeven Nobelprijswinnaars graag zouden zien. Deze vermogensbelasting zou miljardairs eerlijker laten bijdragen aan de kosten van voorzieningen waar ze zelf ook van profiteren. www.ftm.nl/artikelen/ee...
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An international call for action just got louder: Today, 7 Nobel Laureates have issued a powerful call for a minimum tax on the ultra-wealthy in Le Monde Here’s a quick breakdown of the debate—and where things stand globally 🧵 www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...
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Met mijn dochter vanavond naar de dochter van @erwblo.bsky.social kijken en luisteren in Toekomstmuziek. @pipblom.bsky.social lanceerde hun nieuwe EP, was lekker!
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🏭Frame: 'industrie vertrekt door de CO2-heffing'. Maar: "Het overgrote deel van de Nederlandse industrie betaalt amper CO2-heffing" En industrie ontvangt al tot 2030 gratis uitstootrechten. Kabinet Schoof geeft industrie €300 miljoen door het afschaffen van fossiele subsidie terug te draaien. 🧵/2
CO2-heffing verdwijnt: klimaatdoelen verder weg, maar industrie opgelucht
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@voltnederland.org ik ben wel benieuwd waarom jullie (we :)) tegen de motie van Piri stemden. Had wel een skeetje en of nieuws berichtje op de site verwacht.