Cees Grootes 🚴🏻♂️
@ceesgrootes.bsky.social
Sociologist:
Research Methodology, Social & Policy Research, Data Science, IT, Epistemology, Philosophy
Retired consultant International Development, Foreign Aid
Crossed int. borders 1000+ times
Lived in Curaçao 🇨🇼, The Netherlands 🇳🇱, Spain 🇪🇦, Sri Lanka 🇱🇰
Research Methodology, Social & Policy Research, Data Science, IT, Epistemology, Philosophy
Retired consultant International Development, Foreign Aid
Crossed int. borders 1000+ times
Lived in Curaçao 🇨🇼, The Netherlands 🇳🇱, Spain 🇪🇦, Sri Lanka 🇱🇰
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I share and like posts that I find intriguing or worth reading.
This doesn’t imply that I agree with everything.
Democracy, freedom of speech, and the right to embrace one's identity are pillars of a fair and inclusive society. Safeguarding these principles demands commitment and collective action.
This doesn’t imply that I agree with everything.
Democracy, freedom of speech, and the right to embrace one's identity are pillars of a fair and inclusive society. Safeguarding these principles demands commitment and collective action.
Academic publishing is not always good for Science.
It's a multibillion-dollar industry thriving on volunteer labour provided by researchers. Peer review are example of this.
Resignations of editors highlight tension between running for-profit publishing business and upholding research integrity.
It's a multibillion-dollar industry thriving on volunteer labour provided by researchers. Peer review are example of this.
Resignations of editors highlight tension between running for-profit publishing business and upholding research integrity.
Academic publishing is a multibillion-dollar industry. It’s not always good for science
Some academic publishers have been accused by scientists of being “too greedy” and prioritising profit over research integrity.
theconversation.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Academic publishing is not always good for Science.
It's a multibillion-dollar industry thriving on volunteer labour provided by researchers. Peer review are example of this.
Resignations of editors highlight tension between running for-profit publishing business and upholding research integrity.
It's a multibillion-dollar industry thriving on volunteer labour provided by researchers. Peer review are example of this.
Resignations of editors highlight tension between running for-profit publishing business and upholding research integrity.
Social
A new wave of social media apps provide hope in a doomscrolling world
A new wave of social media apps provide hope in a doomscrolling world
A new wave of social media apps provide hope in a doomscrolling world | TechCrunch
“The platforms that won were the ones that kept people scrolling the longest, not the ones that made them feel the most connected,” Zehra Naqvi told TechCrunch. “Now there is an abundance of content ...
techcrunch.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Social
A new wave of social media apps provide hope in a doomscrolling world
A new wave of social media apps provide hope in a doomscrolling world
Whenever a new idea comes around, scientists are quick to pounce on any problems it may have and any conflicts that it has with already-existing data.
This might look like scientists are succumbing to groupthink and an unreasonable resistance to any new ideas. This isn’t the case at all, however.
This might look like scientists are succumbing to groupthink and an unreasonable resistance to any new ideas. This isn’t the case at all, however.
Groupthink in science isn't a problem; it's a myth
Scientists are notoriously resistant to new ideas. Are they falling prey to groupthink? Or are our current theories just that successful?
bigthink.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Whenever a new idea comes around, scientists are quick to pounce on any problems it may have and any conflicts that it has with already-existing data.
This might look like scientists are succumbing to groupthink and an unreasonable resistance to any new ideas. This isn’t the case at all, however.
This might look like scientists are succumbing to groupthink and an unreasonable resistance to any new ideas. This isn’t the case at all, however.
What would you do if democracy was being dismantled before your eyes?
➡️ Illiberal populism has spread across the world.
But probably the most significant example of a relatively free, pluralist society and political system turning into something very different remains the US
➡️ Illiberal populism has spread across the world.
But probably the most significant example of a relatively free, pluralist society and political system turning into something very different remains the US
What would you do if democracy was being dismantled before your eyes? Whatever you’re doing right now | Andy Beckett
In California, daily life under Trump is marked by sporadic resistance and avoidance. Neither will defeat the autocrats, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:14 AM
What would you do if democracy was being dismantled before your eyes?
➡️ Illiberal populism has spread across the world.
But probably the most significant example of a relatively free, pluralist society and political system turning into something very different remains the US
➡️ Illiberal populism has spread across the world.
But probably the most significant example of a relatively free, pluralist society and political system turning into something very different remains the US
Reposted by Cees Grootes 🚴🏻♂️
Wat is dit toch weer een ijzersterke analyse van Sander Schimmelpennninck:
➡️ Asociale en xenofobe burgers horen voortdurend dat ze slechts ‘bezorgd’ zijn.
➡️ Asociale en xenofobe burgers horen voortdurend dat ze slechts ‘bezorgd’ zijn.
Asociale en xenofobe burgers horen voortdurend dat ze slechts ‘bezorgd’ zijn
www.volkskrant.nl
October 27, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Wat is dit toch weer een ijzersterke analyse van Sander Schimmelpennninck:
➡️ Asociale en xenofobe burgers horen voortdurend dat ze slechts ‘bezorgd’ zijn.
➡️ Asociale en xenofobe burgers horen voortdurend dat ze slechts ‘bezorgd’ zijn.
Wat is dit toch weer een ijzersterke analyse van Sander Schimmelpennninck:
➡️ Asociale en xenofobe burgers horen voortdurend dat ze slechts ‘bezorgd’ zijn.
➡️ Asociale en xenofobe burgers horen voortdurend dat ze slechts ‘bezorgd’ zijn.
Asociale en xenofobe burgers horen voortdurend dat ze slechts ‘bezorgd’ zijn
www.volkskrant.nl
October 27, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Wat is dit toch weer een ijzersterke analyse van Sander Schimmelpennninck:
➡️ Asociale en xenofobe burgers horen voortdurend dat ze slechts ‘bezorgd’ zijn.
➡️ Asociale en xenofobe burgers horen voortdurend dat ze slechts ‘bezorgd’ zijn.
JA21,
de Job-hoppende Autocraten 2021
de Job-hoppende Autocraten 2021
October 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
JA21,
de Job-hoppende Autocraten 2021
de Job-hoppende Autocraten 2021
Journalism is investigative and independent by definition.
➡️ All other forms would be propaganda!
➡️ All other forms would be propaganda!
October 17, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Journalism is investigative and independent by definition.
➡️ All other forms would be propaganda!
➡️ All other forms would be propaganda!
Google’s latest AI photo-editing tool means you might not need Photoshop.
Gemini 2.5 Flash Image is a major image editing upgrade.
Gemini 2.5 Flash Image is a major image editing upgrade.
Google's latest AI photo-editing tool means you might not need Photoshop
Gemini 2.5 Flash Image is a major image editing upgrade.
www.popsci.com
October 7, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Google’s latest AI photo-editing tool means you might not need Photoshop.
Gemini 2.5 Flash Image is a major image editing upgrade.
Gemini 2.5 Flash Image is a major image editing upgrade.
As we descend towards slop-based social media, where the videos are fake and the people are bots, we might be rounding up our time with algorithmically generated feeds.
Passed peak social media, maybe
As we descend towards slop-based social media, where the videos are fake and the people are bots, we might be rounding up our time with algorithmically generated feeds. For Financial Times, John Bu…
flowingdata.com
October 7, 2025 at 10:24 AM
As we descend towards slop-based social media, where the videos are fake and the people are bots, we might be rounding up our time with algorithmically generated feeds.
Reposted by Cees Grootes 🚴🏻♂️
Jane Goodall on the Indivisibility of Art and Science.
Few visionaries in history have changed our understanding of nature and our place in it more profoundly than Jane Goodall, a feat she accomplished because she never saw science as a walled garden separate from the wilderness of life.
Few visionaries in history have changed our understanding of nature and our place in it more profoundly than Jane Goodall, a feat she accomplished because she never saw science as a walled garden separate from the wilderness of life.
The Measure of a True Visionary: Jane Goodall on the Indivisibility of Art and Science
The aim of science is to illuminate the mysteries of nature and discover the elemental truths pulsating sublime and indifferent beneath the starry skin of the universe. The aim of art is to give us…
www.themarginalian.org
October 3, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Jane Goodall on the Indivisibility of Art and Science.
Few visionaries in history have changed our understanding of nature and our place in it more profoundly than Jane Goodall, a feat she accomplished because she never saw science as a walled garden separate from the wilderness of life.
Few visionaries in history have changed our understanding of nature and our place in it more profoundly than Jane Goodall, a feat she accomplished because she never saw science as a walled garden separate from the wilderness of life.
Trump no longer distances himself from Project 2025.
Trump now embraces Project 2025, a conservative blueprint he once rejected during the 2024 campaign, as one of its architects uses the government shutdown to push plans to shrink the federal workforce and target Democratic states.
Trump now embraces Project 2025, a conservative blueprint he once rejected during the 2024 campaign, as one of its architects uses the government shutdown to push plans to shrink the federal workforce and target Democratic states.
Trump no longer distancing himself from Project 2025 as he uses shutdown to further pursue its goals
President Donald Trump is now openly embracing the conservative blueprint he desperately tried to distance himself from during the 2024 campaign.
apnews.com
October 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Trump no longer distances himself from Project 2025.
Trump now embraces Project 2025, a conservative blueprint he once rejected during the 2024 campaign, as one of its architects uses the government shutdown to push plans to shrink the federal workforce and target Democratic states.
Trump now embraces Project 2025, a conservative blueprint he once rejected during the 2024 campaign, as one of its architects uses the government shutdown to push plans to shrink the federal workforce and target Democratic states.
Jane Goodall on the Indivisibility of Art and Science.
Few visionaries in history have changed our understanding of nature and our place in it more profoundly than Jane Goodall, a feat she accomplished because she never saw science as a walled garden separate from the wilderness of life.
Few visionaries in history have changed our understanding of nature and our place in it more profoundly than Jane Goodall, a feat she accomplished because she never saw science as a walled garden separate from the wilderness of life.
The Measure of a True Visionary: Jane Goodall on the Indivisibility of Art and Science
The aim of science is to illuminate the mysteries of nature and discover the elemental truths pulsating sublime and indifferent beneath the starry skin of the universe. The aim of art is to give us…
www.themarginalian.org
October 3, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Jane Goodall on the Indivisibility of Art and Science.
Few visionaries in history have changed our understanding of nature and our place in it more profoundly than Jane Goodall, a feat she accomplished because she never saw science as a walled garden separate from the wilderness of life.
Few visionaries in history have changed our understanding of nature and our place in it more profoundly than Jane Goodall, a feat she accomplished because she never saw science as a walled garden separate from the wilderness of life.
September 29, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Reposted by Cees Grootes 🚴🏻♂️
Als alle politiek journalisten hun werk net zo serieus namen als Frank van Leeuwen dan zagen de peilingen er totaal anders uit
September 28, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Als alle politiek journalisten hun werk net zo serieus namen als Frank van Leeuwen dan zagen de peilingen er totaal anders uit
Kamala Harris’s election memoir shows just how deluded the Democrats still are.
[Opinion: By Nesrine Malik]
This unapologetic trawl through a doomed campaign reveals a celebrity-obsessed party high on its own supply. It would be hilarious if it wasn’t so tragic
[Opinion: By Nesrine Malik]
This unapologetic trawl through a doomed campaign reveals a celebrity-obsessed party high on its own supply. It would be hilarious if it wasn’t so tragic
Kamala Harris’s election memoir shows just how deluded the Democrats still are | Nesrine Malik
This unapologetic trawl through a doomed campaign reveals a celebrity-obsessed party high on its own supply. It would be hilarious if it wasn’t so tragic, says columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
September 29, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Kamala Harris’s election memoir shows just how deluded the Democrats still are.
[Opinion: By Nesrine Malik]
This unapologetic trawl through a doomed campaign reveals a celebrity-obsessed party high on its own supply. It would be hilarious if it wasn’t so tragic
[Opinion: By Nesrine Malik]
This unapologetic trawl through a doomed campaign reveals a celebrity-obsessed party high on its own supply. It would be hilarious if it wasn’t so tragic
Reposted by Cees Grootes 🚴🏻♂️
‘Nature is free, and the best kind of medicine’
Our minds benefit from our encounters with aspects of nature – be it cold water and calming scents, or vivid colours and certain types of landscape.
Our minds benefit from our encounters with aspects of nature – be it cold water and calming scents, or vivid colours and certain types of landscape.
‘Nature is free, and the best kind of medicine’: is this the perfect walk for improving mental health?
Research suggests that our minds benefit from our encounters with aspects of nature – be it cold water and calming scents, or vivid colours and certain types of landscape – and Kielderhead ticks all t...
www.theguardian.com
September 27, 2025 at 1:50 PM
‘Nature is free, and the best kind of medicine’
Our minds benefit from our encounters with aspects of nature – be it cold water and calming scents, or vivid colours and certain types of landscape.
Our minds benefit from our encounters with aspects of nature – be it cold water and calming scents, or vivid colours and certain types of landscape.
“In August 2025, Russia controlled less of Ukraine’s territory than it did in August 2022” - good piece by Yuval Noah Hariri in @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/2a4d...
www.ft.com/content/2a4d...
Why Ukraine is winning the war
Russia has failed to achieve its core aim — the destruction of the Ukrainian nation
www.ft.com
September 28, 2025 at 11:28 PM
‘Nature is free, and the best kind of medicine’
Our minds benefit from our encounters with aspects of nature – be it cold water and calming scents, or vivid colours and certain types of landscape.
Our minds benefit from our encounters with aspects of nature – be it cold water and calming scents, or vivid colours and certain types of landscape.
‘Nature is free, and the best kind of medicine’: is this the perfect walk for improving mental health?
Research suggests that our minds benefit from our encounters with aspects of nature – be it cold water and calming scents, or vivid colours and certain types of landscape – and Kielderhead ticks all t...
www.theguardian.com
September 27, 2025 at 1:50 PM
‘Nature is free, and the best kind of medicine’
Our minds benefit from our encounters with aspects of nature – be it cold water and calming scents, or vivid colours and certain types of landscape.
Our minds benefit from our encounters with aspects of nature – be it cold water and calming scents, or vivid colours and certain types of landscape.
Reposted by Cees Grootes 🚴🏻♂️
How to cope in an "algorithmic society" is important to ensure psychological well-being and to avoid constant negative stimuli.
➡️ but there are ways to cope.
➡️ but there are ways to cope.
Our Algorithmic Society and the Loss of Agency
Learning how to cope in an "algorithmic society" is important to ensure psychological well-being and to avoid constant negative stimuli.
www.psychologytoday.com
September 23, 2025 at 11:18 AM
How to cope in an "algorithmic society" is important to ensure psychological well-being and to avoid constant negative stimuli.
➡️ but there are ways to cope.
➡️ but there are ways to cope.
Reposted by Cees Grootes 🚴🏻♂️
Facebook data reveal devastating harms caused by the spread of misinformation.
Our data study analysed Meta's Content Library.
The data reveal misinformation’s real-world impact: it isn’t just a digital issue, it’s linked to poor health outcomes, falling public trust, and significant societal harm
Our data study analysed Meta's Content Library.
The data reveal misinformation’s real-world impact: it isn’t just a digital issue, it’s linked to poor health outcomes, falling public trust, and significant societal harm
Facebook data reveal the devastating real-world harms caused by the spread of misinformation
New research reveals misinformation’s real-world impact, including poor health outcomes, falling public trust, and significant societal harm.
theconversation.com
September 25, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Facebook data reveal devastating harms caused by the spread of misinformation.
Our data study analysed Meta's Content Library.
The data reveal misinformation’s real-world impact: it isn’t just a digital issue, it’s linked to poor health outcomes, falling public trust, and significant societal harm
Our data study analysed Meta's Content Library.
The data reveal misinformation’s real-world impact: it isn’t just a digital issue, it’s linked to poor health outcomes, falling public trust, and significant societal harm
Reposted by Cees Grootes 🚴🏻♂️
Want to change your life?
➡️ What you click on today shapes what you see and how you feel tomorrow.
➡️ Change Your Algorithm.
➡️ What you click on today shapes what you see and how you feel tomorrow.
➡️ Change Your Algorithm.
To Change Your Life, Start With Your Algorithm
You are what you scroll, so changing what you click could change your outlook.
www.psychologytoday.com
September 23, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Want to change your life?
➡️ What you click on today shapes what you see and how you feel tomorrow.
➡️ Change Your Algorithm.
➡️ What you click on today shapes what you see and how you feel tomorrow.
➡️ Change Your Algorithm.
Reposted by Cees Grootes 🚴🏻♂️
Unlearning is a crucial part of Learning.
Letting go of outdated beliefs, inaccurate opinions, and unproductive habits makes room for new ideas and practices.
Letting go of outdated beliefs, inaccurate opinions, and unproductive habits makes room for new ideas and practices.
Unlearning Is an Important Part of Learning
Letting go of outdated beliefs, inaccurate opinions, and unproductive habits makes room for new ideas and practices.
open.substack.com
September 23, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Unlearning is a crucial part of Learning.
Letting go of outdated beliefs, inaccurate opinions, and unproductive habits makes room for new ideas and practices.
Letting go of outdated beliefs, inaccurate opinions, and unproductive habits makes room for new ideas and practices.
Facebook data reveal devastating harms caused by the spread of misinformation.
Our data study analysed Meta's Content Library.
The data reveal misinformation’s real-world impact: it isn’t just a digital issue, it’s linked to poor health outcomes, falling public trust, and significant societal harm
Our data study analysed Meta's Content Library.
The data reveal misinformation’s real-world impact: it isn’t just a digital issue, it’s linked to poor health outcomes, falling public trust, and significant societal harm
Facebook data reveal the devastating real-world harms caused by the spread of misinformation
New research reveals misinformation’s real-world impact, including poor health outcomes, falling public trust, and significant societal harm.
theconversation.com
September 25, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Facebook data reveal devastating harms caused by the spread of misinformation.
Our data study analysed Meta's Content Library.
The data reveal misinformation’s real-world impact: it isn’t just a digital issue, it’s linked to poor health outcomes, falling public trust, and significant societal harm
Our data study analysed Meta's Content Library.
The data reveal misinformation’s real-world impact: it isn’t just a digital issue, it’s linked to poor health outcomes, falling public trust, and significant societal harm
Unlearning is a crucial part of Learning.
Letting go of outdated beliefs, inaccurate opinions, and unproductive habits makes room for new ideas and practices.
Letting go of outdated beliefs, inaccurate opinions, and unproductive habits makes room for new ideas and practices.
Unlearning Is an Important Part of Learning
Letting go of outdated beliefs, inaccurate opinions, and unproductive habits makes room for new ideas and practices.
open.substack.com
September 23, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Unlearning is a crucial part of Learning.
Letting go of outdated beliefs, inaccurate opinions, and unproductive habits makes room for new ideas and practices.
Letting go of outdated beliefs, inaccurate opinions, and unproductive habits makes room for new ideas and practices.