Simon Richter
@Poldergeist3
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Poldergeist gives expression to the complexities of life below sea level & hovers over polders in cities & regions around the world, esp. NL US & Indonesia.
U of Pennsylvania
Joined November 2018
Can an outsider shed light on Dutch water culture? That is what my team & I are trying to do in this short animated video about a Dutch tendency to exaggerate how much of NL is below sea level. We'd love to hear what you think. https://t.co/JCFyxQpknI via @YouTube
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Some of the accomplishments of Republican majority in the House: the “Hands Off Our Home Appliances Act” to make it harder for the Department of Energy to create new energy-saving standards; the “Refrigerator Freedom Act” and the “Liberty in Laundry Act.”
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What if the resistance to climate science is not really about science at all?
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🌍 Insightful panel at #PennClimateWeek discussing carbon offsets & net-zero goals! Experts from @pennsas, @weitzman_school & @penn_environment shared thoughts on transparency, accountability, & avoiding greenwashing. Let’s push for real climate action! 💡 #NetZero #ClimateAction
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Of course, I'm worried about my students. What I didn't expect is that students would be checking in on me.
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A climate scientist warns of “game over for climate action this decade,” and an energy lobbyist predicts Trump will bring a “two-fisted” approach to his legislative agenda.
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Adaptatie belangrijker dan ooit.
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With control of the White House and the Senate, Republicans are poised to upend U.S. climate policy.
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Super colleagues from @WeitzmanSchool & @PennEngineers such as @jwilceclab & @dougsjunkdrawer showcase research leading to solutions in carbon removal, cooling in vulnerable urban areas, decarbonizing the construction industry & predicting landslides.
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As society grapples with the impacts of a worsening climate—from the increased frequency and intensity of extreme weather events to rising sea levels and deadly heat waves—the need for actionable...
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It's hard to get an overview of all the events during #climateweekatpenn, but this banner helps. I managed to attend 19. I gave my students the week off so they could attend events too. Running into them again & again was fun. BTW not all events made it onto the banner!
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Amazing to @Luisamneubauer & @helenamarschalI connect with @PennSAS students in Intense, honest conversations about not feeling overwhelmed, celebrating wins, and insisting on radical responsibility. Great to have @elianaatienza as my partner for this and other events.
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Thanks to @perryworldhouse for this convo about A New Peace of Münster, a doc by Maria Kolossa, co-produced by @pnederkoorn & me. About how humor can help advance difficult conversations such as contemplating eventual retreat from low-lying regions.
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How democracy becomes autocracy: a transactional law-breaker runs for president, and billionaires think buying him is a good deal. Which it is; they make hundreds of billions just by corrupting the tax code and paying no taxes. https://t.co/wuKnU0d6cI
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I am, to say the least, not the first person to note this, but: it is really, really wild to contemplate a) modern advances in science, which sound like sci-fi, unfolding next to b) a global reactionary backlash that rejects science & openly pines for medieval hierarchies.
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Tell me again that #ClimateChange won't affect economic growth.
Third Avenue Bridge Stuck 🌉 📍#NYC The 3rd Ave Bridge stuck is stuck in the "open" position due to overheating machinery. FDNY Marine Units are en route to assist in cooling down the machinery to expedite the closure of the Third Avenue Bridge. Avoid the area and expect traffic
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Check out my latest article: How Green is Your Bathtub? Making Sense of the Fourth Consortium in the Kennisprogramma Zeespiegelstijging https://t.co/kf6yAY4e0F via @LinkedIn
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(Zie aan het einde van het artikel voor een AI-gegenereerde Nederlandse vertaling) Did you know that the Kennisprogramma Zeespiegelstijging has a fourth consortium? This is big and surprising news....
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New Dutch cabinet. Barry Madlener (Wilders' PVV) for Infrastructure (& Waterstaat); Sophie Hermans (VVD) for Energy (formerly Energy & Climate). How are you feeling about this?
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Who will next minister of infra & water in NL be? The new right/extreme right gov has lots to say about building dikes & barriers against immigrants, refugees & English language, but its climate adaptation plans for SLR are minimal: Recalibrate the high water protection plan.
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"Environmental advocates & experts say Louisiana’s new Republican governor is undermining its coastal protection agency — the state’s first & strongest line of defense against climate change-induced sea level rise."
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A new Republican governor is taking aim at the state’s coastal protection agency.
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Sigmund Freud and the Enclosure Dam of the Mind: A new Dr. Poldergeist video https://t.co/uObWidXAsW via @hypothesesorg
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In March 2024, Project Poldergeist released its sixth video: “Why was Sigmund Freud interested in the Afsluitdijk”, an animated psychogram of the Netherlands. A psychogram is a visual representation...
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