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According to Dutch researchers, pesticides are more deadly when combined with heatwaves. Up to 50% less insects fly out when the water is polluted with pesticides while it's warm. That's also bad news for birds since flying insects are an important part of their diet.

Yet another scary fact in a world that's warming increasingly fast.

(Dutch)
nu.nl/wetenschap/6363579/combi

NU · Combinatie bestrijdingsmiddelen en warmte is zeer dodelijk voor insectenBestrijdingsmiddelen die in het water terechtkomen zijn niet goed voor insecten. Maar als de temperatuur stijgt, wordt dat effect veel dodelijker, blijkt uit nieuw onderzoek. Ook vogels komen daarmee in gevaar.

🖍️ Mythology, empathy, and cartooning collide in this new episode of Audio Signals Podcast.

I mostly post about #Technology, #Society & #Cybersecurity — but by now, you probably know I’m also obsessively passionate about storytelling in every form.

So, here you go — a new episode from my Audio Signals Podcast, where I muse on #stories, #storytelling, and #storytellers.

🖍️ What happens when you mix mythological gods, emotional storytelling, and a #Peanuts illustrator who teaches empathy through comic strips?

You get #Mythtickle — and you get Justin Thompson, whom I’m honored to host on the podcast for the second time!

In this latest conversation, Justin returns to talk about his original comic strip, how he teaches compassion through art, and the creative freedom (and chaos) of building your own mythological universe.

We also touch on:
• Teaching kids in Brooklyn and Tanzania
• The upcoming Peanuts version of #Clue (yes, really)
• And how his book If I Gave the World My Blanket is being adapted into a musical play for children

📺 Watch:
youtu.be/9Yl4quXCkc8

🎧 Listen:
audiosignals.simplecast.com/ep

🌐 More about the show:
audiosignalspodcast.com

👉 And if you missed our first episode together — where we explored the incredible legacy of #CharlesSchulz, the global impact of Peanuts, and Justin’s creative journey inside the Schulz Studio — here it is:

🎧 Listen:
audiosignals.simplecast.com/ep

📺 Watch:
youtu.be/2gat-uV9-Ag

🖼️ From comic strips to kids’ theater, from empathy to mythology — this is storytelling at its most meaningful.

#JustinThompson #Peanuts #Mythtickle #Storytelling #Comics #Cartooning #EmpathyInArt #CharlesSchulz #Illustration #AudioSignalsPodcast #MarcoCiappelli #TeachingWithArt #VisualStorytelling ITSPmagazine The Mentor Project

Interview with the head economist of Triodos Bank.

"If we don't change our economic system, it will end by itself. The system will then collapse".

"Growth is a solution for a lot of short-term problems. If the economy grows, politicians have less complex things to explain..."

"Also in history we see examples where civilisations collapse because they can't handle the complexity anymore, while the ecological foundations crumble."

(Dutch)
nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/06/20/het-e

NRC · ‘Het economische systeem onveranderd laten is een utopie’By Liza van Lonkhuyzen

World economic forum: 'Young people hold the key to a better future'

Young people going to fly:
(Doubting impact of flying)
"I would say, if everything is as bad as they say, don't go after the farmers but start with the luxury things and let less planes fly to Malta. But that doesn't happen".

And:
"I think about my ecological footprint, I only fly once or twice a year"

All think their personal impact is very limited.

(Dutch)
nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/06/14/op-sc

NRCOp Schiphol voelen jongeren geen vliegschaamte maar ‘klimaatverlamming’: ‘Wat ik doe voor het klimaat, heeft niet echt zin’Vliegvakanties: Jongvolwassenen voelen steeds minder dat het klimaat een urgent probleem is en maken minder duurzame keuzes, blijkt uit onderzoek van Ipsos. In de rij voor het vliegtuig beamen ze dat. „Waarom zou ik thuis blijven om het klimaat te redden?”

There are signs that the world is getting worse at absorbing CO2.

The last few decennia the amount of CO2 yearly increased by 2 - 2.5ppm (parts per million), this year the increase is 3.7ppm. More worryingly, it is not entirely explained by the El Niño year, nor the high amount of forest fires.

"We might be looking back at this moment in 10 years and think: this was the tipping point. ..."

(Dutch)
nos.nl/artikel/2567613-zorgwek

nos.nlZorgwekkende toename CO2, vooral doordat natuur minder lijkt op te nemenBossen hebben het zwaar en het warmere oceaanwater neemt ook minder op. Wetenschappers zijn gealarmeerd, al zeggen ze ook: voor echte conclusies is het te vroeg.

An old news article, now circulating to explain a theory that the rich are now trying to create a mass-dying so they don't have to live differently (not sure pandemics work like that...).

Some interesting points:
- back then, it required ~54 million people to die to revert about 2 years of current CO2 emissions.
- humanity has hunted several species to #extinction wherever they went, before written history. (Old habits die hard...)

bbc.com/news/science-environme

www.bbc.comAmerica colonisation ‘cooled Earth's climate’European settlement of the Americas killed so many people, it disturbed Earth's climate.

"Everything alright?"

"Two bodies still in the study, everything's fine."

This evening's viewing distraction: some silly fun with the 1980s adaptation of Clue, which means the great Tim Curry, and writing and direction by Yes, Minister's Jonathan Lynn (I had no idea it was lurking on Netflix)

#film#TimCurry#Clue

American men need to get a clue.
In the past week, I have had a #man come up behind me on a trail and start talking to me. DON'T.
Yesterday a man hanging out in the complex parking lot waited until my hands were full and tried to approach me.
DUMB.
I don't want to have to bash anyone's head in. Dudes. Stay tf away from women.
While we're walking. In parking lots of any kind. If you don't know us.
We are NOT interested in talking to you.
#safety #clue

So my newsletter headline last week was a riff on the old game of #Clue. Little did I know there's now a Clue for any occasion - some that I spotted: Harry Potter, Friends, Star Wars, Peanuts, Scooby Doo, Wednesday, The Muppets, The Grinch, The Office. . . and more. Who knew?

Big car companies have been fined by the #eu for working in a cartel that had the goal to not become more ambitious than strictly necessary for their recycling goals for electric vehicles. By that they have probably put the break on innovation in that area. The cartel existed from 2002 up to 2017.

If you have ever wondered why the change to a more sustainable economy is going slow...

ec.europa.eu/commission/pressc

European Commission - European CommissionCommission fines car manufacturers and association €458 million over end-of-life vehicles recycling cartelThe Commission has fined 15 major car manufacturers and the European Automobiles Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) a total of around €458 million for participating in a long-lasting cartel concerning

This TED Talk is one that I often think about when I need to remind myself that leaders and other guru's who suggest we can approximately keep living as we currently do, are liars.

The numbers might have changed, but I'm sure the numbers will not add up if we continue like we do now.

ted.com/talks/david_mackay_a_r

And we are not continuing like we did in 2012, we're making it worse.

iea.org/news/growth-in-global-