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philipward.bsky.social
It's me, hi 👋 Professor of Global Risk Dynamics at IVM - VU Amsterdam Senior Expert Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation at Deltares Coordinator of MYRIAD-EU project
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Marathon day tomorrow! I will run to collect money for cancer research. Like many, we have lost several very close friends and family to this terrible disease. Many thanks to everyone who sponsored! Sponsoring still possible via this link... acties.kwf.nl/fundraisers/... Thanks!

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2 weeks today I hope to run my first marathon! After years of injuries, feeling nervous and excited 😬. I will run to collect for cancer research. Like many, we have lost several very close friends and family to this terrible disease. Great if you could contribute: acties.kwf.nl/fundraisers/...

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Huge congratulations to Annegret Thieken on receiving the @egu.eu Plinius Medal! A very worthy recipient for her excellent work on understanding and managing flood risk

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dub.uu.nl/nl/nieuws/ka... Another idiotic idea from an idiotic cabinet. Students would no longer be allowed cheap membership of gyms and sports facilities as this is suddenly claimed to stop free markets. Will the same government also stop companies providing free parking to their well paid staff?

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I am so proud to have coordinated MYRIAD-EU for the last 4 years. Working with this great team of people (and many more) is truly amazing. They have gone above and beyond to make the project a success and support each other. There wouldn't have been this if there hadn't been you!

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Today Dutch senators voted to gut education & research, despite clear evidence that it will have serious negative impacts for society. For no other reason than to promote far right ideology and populism. Shame on all parties who voted against the future of the Netherlands @woinactie.bsky.social

submitted 81 days ago • 1 comment

Let's make this protest on 22 March in Amsterdam huge. Time to stand up en masse to fight facism! 21maartcomite.nl/tegenracisme...

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Excellent post on why to dump chatGPT and the like...

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As promised, here are the slides I shared with students to convince them to NOT use chatGPT and other artificial stupidity. TL;DR? AI is evil, unsustainable and stupid, and I'd much rather they use their own brains, make their own mistakes, and actually learn something. 🪄

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Inspired by my good friend Joseph Dodds, here are my top 5 albums of 2024. Happy to hear yours so I can check them out! 1. TTPD: The Anthology-Taylor Swift 2. Filthy Underneath-Nadine Shah 3. This Could Be Texas-English Teacher 4. Heimwee-Eefje de Visser 5. The Greatest Love-London Grammar

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Correctie: dit zijn dus nu ook wél jullie plannen. Onfatsoenlijk om een ander de schuld te geven. Jullie stemmen hiervoor. Dus jullie zijn net zo verantwoordelijkheid als het kabinet. Alles om de CEOs en grote bedrijven rijk te houden: wat is hier Christelijks aan?

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The end of an Era('s tour) in Vancouver tonight. Remembering 2 perfect nights in Edinburgh and Warsaw this summer 😊. Looking forward to the next Era!

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Today 20,000 of us protested in The Hague against the government's shortsighted plans. They plan to gut science and deny education for young people. Good to see some supporters of the current coalition partners in the crowd...even their own voters are saying #DoeHetNiet

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I tried to prepare a starter pack on climate, weather and hydrological extremes. Please let me know if you would like to be added, the more the merrier! go.bsky.app/86zAwyH

submitted 227 days ago • 21 comments

Sophie Buijs and I are looking for business owners, managers, or senior employees to fill out our survey on business recovery and resilience (~20 min). Open to participants from: NL, DE, AUS, and the Spanish Canary Islands. vuamsterdam.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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Call for abstracts for large scale natural hazards risk session at #EGU25! With 2 great new conveners @dirkeilander.bsky.social and Zélie Stalhandske Info: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio... Looking forward to receiving your abstracts and hope to see you in Vienna

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Welcome to all the Bluesky newbies! We've created a starter pack of compound events and multi hazard researchers and groups. Please send through suggestions for who else to add to the list go.bsky.app/Cy8PZju

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