Tom Uytterhoeven
@tomuytt.bsky.social
Author of "Theology and Science on the Evolution of Religion". Works in #education. See also: https://thelearningspecies.com
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Tom Uytterhoeven
@tomuytt.bsky.social
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Theology and Science on the Evolution of Religion
This book studies the implications of sociobiology for religion and explores questions such as: Is religion merely the result of natural selection?
link.springer.com
#Evolution is a "universal acid", says Daniel Dennett. How should #theology respond to evolutionary explanations of religion? In this book, I argue for a constructive approach, capitalising on symbolic meaning to afford the discovery of possible futures. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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I am sad to see some people I respect on this list in addition to Epstein friends, the usual racists and sexists, and a few useful idiots. The issue is simple: race science is pseudoscience and there are many excellent scholars without job out there. Why give it to someone doing pseudoscience?
scroll the list of signatories of the open letter for a real rogue's gallary of academics and para-academics
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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March 18, 2026 at 3:31 PM
I am sad to see some people I respect on this list in addition to Epstein friends, the usual racists and sexists, and a few useful idiots. The issue is simple: race science is pseudoscience and there are many excellent scholars without job out there. Why give it to someone doing pseudoscience?
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Additional $200 billion for war (on top of $1 trillion). But USAID was too expensive.
A maternity ward doctor donated his own blood during surgery to keep a pregnant patient alive.
One woman gained fewer than 10 pounds over her entire pregnancy.
Another collapsed and had seizures during labor.
(Published Dec. 2025)
One woman gained fewer than 10 pounds over her entire pregnancy.
Another collapsed and had seizures during labor.
(Published Dec. 2025)
What I Saw at a Maternity Ward in Kenya After the U.S. Cut Off Food and Foreign Aid
Photographs tell a story of two mothers determined to help their babies gain enough weight to leave the hospital — only to face little to no food again.
www.propublica.org
March 19, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Additional $200 billion for war (on top of $1 trillion). But USAID was too expensive.
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How can we study human development over two thousand years?
For most periods and regions, we lack reliable data on income, health, or education. Before 1800, and outside Europe, historical records are extremely fragmentary.
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For most periods and regions, we lack reliable data on income, health, or education. Before 1800, and outside Europe, historical records are extremely fragmentary.
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March 10, 2026 at 9:59 AM
How can we study human development over two thousand years?
For most periods and regions, we lack reliable data on income, health, or education. Before 1800, and outside Europe, historical records are extremely fragmentary.
Thread 👇 🧵
For most periods and regions, we lack reliable data on income, health, or education. Before 1800, and outside Europe, historical records are extremely fragmentary.
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Any reason why #Apple doesn’t allow me to play a track titled “Republican Party Reptile” from an album I bought years ago? @redditapplemusic.bsky.social @appleinsider.com
February 4, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Any reason why #Apple doesn’t allow me to play a track titled “Republican Party Reptile” from an album I bought years ago? @redditapplemusic.bsky.social @appleinsider.com
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BREAKING: Netherlands to ban 'addictive, polarising & anti-democratic algorithms'
Govt wants 'enforceable EU minimum age of 15 for social media with privacy-friendly age verification as long as social media are not sufficiently secure.'
#coalitieakkoord
www.kabinetsformatie2025.nl/documenten/2...
Govt wants 'enforceable EU minimum age of 15 for social media with privacy-friendly age verification as long as social media are not sufficiently secure.'
#coalitieakkoord
www.kabinetsformatie2025.nl/documenten/2...
January 30, 2026 at 12:37 PM
BREAKING: Netherlands to ban 'addictive, polarising & anti-democratic algorithms'
Govt wants 'enforceable EU minimum age of 15 for social media with privacy-friendly age verification as long as social media are not sufficiently secure.'
#coalitieakkoord
www.kabinetsformatie2025.nl/documenten/2...
Govt wants 'enforceable EU minimum age of 15 for social media with privacy-friendly age verification as long as social media are not sufficiently secure.'
#coalitieakkoord
www.kabinetsformatie2025.nl/documenten/2...
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Movie review from Guardian on Melania.
January 30, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Movie review from Guardian on Melania.
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"The next era of social media: built and run in Europe, ruled by our laws." www.eurosky.social @eurosky.social
eurosky
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January 24, 2026 at 6:59 AM
"The next era of social media: built and run in Europe, ruled by our laws." www.eurosky.social @eurosky.social
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Today I learned “Norwegian Christian laws forbade citizens from conversing with and interacting with trolls, and in documents dating from 1274 to 1781, doing so would result in severe punishment” (source: Wikipedia), and I kinda think many people nowadays would be better off if this law was revived
January 24, 2026 at 7:31 AM
Today I learned “Norwegian Christian laws forbade citizens from conversing with and interacting with trolls, and in documents dating from 1274 to 1781, doing so would result in severe punishment” (source: Wikipedia), and I kinda think many people nowadays would be better off if this law was revived
Niet voor gevoelige zielen. Eén van de mooiste, maar ook meest rauwe films die ik al zag. #hamnet www.imdb.com/title/tt1490...
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January 23, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Niet voor gevoelige zielen. Eén van de mooiste, maar ook meest rauwe films die ik al zag. #hamnet www.imdb.com/title/tt1490...
Hegseth heeft nog wat werk te doen met zijn "warriors"...
January 23, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Hegseth heeft nog wat werk te doen met zijn "warriors"...
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If true, this would be worth a fortune.
January 21, 2026 at 3:05 AM
If true, this would be worth a fortune.
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Still can't get over how Apple and Google removed the ICE app that alerted people that ICE was in the their community, but won't remove an app that has an AI tool that creates 'nonconsensual sexualized images of women and CHILDREN'
X’s Grok AI tool is being used to generate nonconsensual sexualized images of women and children. This is unacceptable. @wyden.senate.gov, @markey.senate.gov, and I are demanding that Apple and Google remove X and Grok from their app stores until Elon Musk addresses these heinous violations.
Senators urged Apple and Google to remove X and Grok from app stores over sexual deepfakes
“Turning a blind eye to X’s egregious behavior would make a mockery of your moderation
practices,” three Democratic senators wrote to Apple’s and Google’s CEOs.
www.nbcnews.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Still can't get over how Apple and Google removed the ICE app that alerted people that ICE was in the their community, but won't remove an app that has an AI tool that creates 'nonconsensual sexualized images of women and CHILDREN'
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Some important new government policy that Native Americans might be interested in:
Trump talks about Denmark and Greenland just now: "The fact that they landed a boat there 500 years ago doesn't mean that they own the land."
January 9, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Some important new government policy that Native Americans might be interested in:
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It's so embarrassing to be an American these days: "In a late-night Truth Social post, the president announces that the Danish territory is now an American 'protectorate.'" 🙄
Trump Seizing Greenland Could Set Off a Chain Reaction
After Venezuela, Europeans are taking the president’s threats seriously.
www.theatlantic.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:39 AM
It's so embarrassing to be an American these days: "In a late-night Truth Social post, the president announces that the Danish territory is now an American 'protectorate.'" 🙄
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Dat is geen balzaal...
October 25, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Dat is geen balzaal...
Verrassend (voor mij toch) en mss daardoor overtuigend argument dat de hype rond A.I. misschien wel gewoon... een overwaaiende hype is. calnewport.com/is-sora-the-...
Is Sora the Beginning of the End for OpenAI? - Cal Newport
On my podcast this week, I took a closer look at OpenAI’s new video generation model, Sora 2, which can turn simple text descriptions into ... Read more
calnewport.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Verrassend (voor mij toch) en mss daardoor overtuigend argument dat de hype rond A.I. misschien wel gewoon... een overwaaiende hype is. calnewport.com/is-sora-the-...
1) Herkenbaar. Als leerplanontwikkelaar onder enorme tijdsdruk droom ik ook elke nacht over doelen.
2) Systeem van geregelde review en incrementele aanpassing curriculum zouden we in Vlaanderen ook moeten hebben.
2) Systeem van geregelde review en incrementele aanpassing curriculum zouden we in Vlaanderen ook moeten hebben.
'I feel a real responsibility to get it right. But weighed on top of that is the knowledge that there's going to be a hell of a lot of people that you aren’t going to please on one side or another'
schoolsweek.co.uk/i-dream-the-...
schoolsweek.co.uk/i-dream-the-...
October 20, 2025 at 5:15 AM
1) Herkenbaar. Als leerplanontwikkelaar onder enorme tijdsdruk droom ik ook elke nacht over doelen.
2) Systeem van geregelde review en incrementele aanpassing curriculum zouden we in Vlaanderen ook moeten hebben.
2) Systeem van geregelde review en incrementele aanpassing curriculum zouden we in Vlaanderen ook moeten hebben.
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October 18, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Weer een pareltje van Nick Cave. Over rouw en leven. www.theredhandfiles.com/where-do-you... #redhandfiles
Today I went to Brighton for a day trip. I am a German exchange student staying in Eastbourne. As I am pretty much the same age as Arthur was at the time of his death - to be precise, I was the exact ...
Dear Linus, I found it very touching that you felt compelled to visit Arthur’s grave. A fifteen-year-old boy, seeking connection or deeper meaning in life, sensing the patterns and echoes of the world...
www.theredhandfiles.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Weer een pareltje van Nick Cave. Over rouw en leven. www.theredhandfiles.com/where-do-you... #redhandfiles
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We zijn er wel mee...
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Ben Weyts duldt geen pottenkijkers meer
Wie gesubsidieerde juridische actie tegen de Vlaamse overheid verbiedt, morrelt aan de steunpilaren van de democratie.
apache.be
October 15, 2025 at 6:15 AM
We zijn er wel mee...
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Opnieuw een signaal dat @cdenv-be.bsky.social de rentmeestergedachte, deel van haar roots, compleet uit het oog verloren is. @sammymahdi.bsky.social
Milieuzorg Op School (MOS) verliest zijn jaarlijkse financiering van 2,5 miljoen euro. Sinds de jaren '90 begeleidde de organisatie scholen rond duurzaamheid.
Voor de scholen van het Nederlandstalig onderwijs in #Brussel werkte #MOS Vlaanderen via het Onderwijscentrum Brussel.
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Voor de scholen van het Nederlandstalig onderwijs in #Brussel werkte #MOS Vlaanderen via het Onderwijscentrum Brussel.
vrtnws.be/p.jGjNKGR90
Minder geld voor klimaatlessen en bossen in Peru: minister Brouns schrapt in totaal 20 miljoen euro subsidies | VRT NWS: nieuws
Minister van Omgeving en Landbouw Jo Brouns (CD&V) schrapt in totaal 20 miljoen euro aan subsidies. Onder meer Milieuzorg op School (MOS) en de Milieuboot zien hun financiering vanuit de Vlaamse overh...
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September 26, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Opnieuw een signaal dat @cdenv-be.bsky.social de rentmeestergedachte, deel van haar roots, compleet uit het oog verloren is. @sammymahdi.bsky.social
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I'll do references when I am done writing.
Me doing references:
Me doing references:
September 17, 2025 at 8:27 AM
I'll do references when I am done writing.
Me doing references:
Me doing references:
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De Groypers zijn echte zotte mannen, nog extremer dan het al extreme MAGA, waar Kirk 1 van de meest prominente stemmen was.
September 13, 2025 at 10:20 AM
De Groypers zijn echte zotte mannen, nog extremer dan het al extreme MAGA, waar Kirk 1 van de meest prominente stemmen was.