MishaVelthuis

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Today employees of the #UniversityofAmsterdam #UvA are on #strike to protest against the budget cuts for education that are pushed by our far right government. (objectstore.surf.nl)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by MishaVelthuis@social.edu.nl to c/unions@sh.itjust.works
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Today employees of the #UniversityofAmsterdam #UvA are on #strike to protest against the budget cuts for education that are pushed by our far right government.

Universities are a place of wonder, curiosity and resistance.

This world is in desperate need of all of these things.

Update: there were 5000 of us today. And a student and I even made it to the main newspaper pic. ๐Ÿ’…

#WOInActie #HOInActie #FNV #AOB #Onderwijsbezuinigingen #BudgetCuts @unions@sh.itjust.works @unions@lemmy.ml

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From Monday (tomorrow) up to and including Thursday unionised staff from the #UniversityOfAmsterdam are on #strike over the university's executive boards' unwillingness to cut (or even pause) ties (web.swift.surfsara.nl)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by MishaVelthuis@social.edu.nl to c/unions@sh.itjust.works
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From Monday (tomorrow) up to and including Thursday unionised staff from the #UniversityOfAmsterdam are on #strike over the university's executive boards' unwillingness to cut (or even pause) ties with Israeli academic institutions.

For more information see https://fnv.nl/uva

Keep track of this thread for updates and details about the strike.

#Palestine #Israel #Union @unions #FNV

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Re-publishing this, because I rewrote the post a bit. (social.edu.nl)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by MishaVelthuis@social.edu.nl to c/economics@lemmy.ml
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Re-publishing this, because I rewrote the post a bit.

Target audience is people who like to talk about "negative externalities" and the need to "internalize" them.

Although at this point, it might make strategic sense to use the language of neoclassical economists to push for (e.g.) a carbon tax, we should recognize the fundamental flaws in the underlying world view.

https://mishathings.org/posts/internalize-this-environmental-economics/

#CarbonTax #EnvironmentalJustice #ClimateDiary @economics

Today the @EUCommission backs down and fails to curtail Twitter: in c/politics@lemmy.world
[โ€“] MishaVelthuis@social.edu.nl 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

@abff08f4813c

Ok. I would say the main question should be "are there sufficiently accessible alternatives to the usage of Twitter in the communication between companies and customers?"

I guess in practice, at least in Europe, there are often multiple ways to reach out to companies? (Twitter, contact form etc.) So in that sense it makes sense?

But the fact that Twitter is also used (much more) to share memes should not matter?

(Disclaimer: I haven't looked into this case in too much detail).

Today the @EUCommission backs down and fails to curtail Twitter: in c/politics@lemmy.world
[โ€“] MishaVelthuis@social.edu.nl 0 points 5 months ago (3 children)

@abff08f4813c @OpenTech_AUC Just curious: what do you mean "not its primary purpose"?

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Carbon is the work of the devil. (web.swift.surfsara.nl)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by MishaVelthuis@social.edu.nl to c/science_memes@mander.xyz
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Carbon is the work of the devil.

Last Friday, during a class about the short and long term organic #carbon cycle, a student raised his hand:

"So, 6 protons, 6 neutrons, and 6 electrons...", 666....carbon must be the work of the devil."

Maybe this can help us sell carbon neutrality to religious conservatives.

#EarthScience #ClimateDiary

@science_memes