1. New York, 2023 2. San Francisco, 2020 3. Los Angeles, 2020 4. Sydney, 2019 In the past 4 years alone, each city has experienced it's worst day of wildfire smoke in recorded history. The Earth is on fire. Our negligence is killing our planet. We must change our ways.

Here's a look at the evolution of sea surface temperature anomalies over the past couple of weeks in the tropical Atlantic. The growing patches of +4°C anomalies are just incredible. Locations northwest of Cabo Verde that would typically be around 24°C now are at about 28°C!

Slechtere schoolprestaties door stress voor kinderen uit gezinnen met geldproblemen nos.nl/l/2478734

Urban heat and all its consequences are yet another hidden cost of our choice to monopolize public spaces with parked and moving vehicles. Time for change!

Liked today‘s vibe at the C-bar Faculty of Arts - University of Groningen ☀️😎

Let‘s start a petition for the Faculty of Arts - University of Groningen Harmonie cantine to start selling Club-Mate UK. 🟰problems with re-sit deadlines solved📉✅, increase in rendement and overall research productivity 📈✅. You‘re welcome. 🧾(👉Personal sponsorship offers are welcome too! 👋📩)

I’m launching a new grime & bass event in Groningen next week. Line up is a madness, and it’s set to be a game changer for the region. I need to get the word out though. So if you’re interested please follow the page IG: instagram.com/druk_nl?igshid… 🙏🙏 🎨 Misbah

Have you ever considered a career in the music industry? Then this event is for you! Date: October 5th, 2023 Time: 12-17h Location: CREA Theatre at Roeterseiland Campus, Amsterdam Tickets: eventix.shop/jvv58ban More information: instagram.com/yournextstage_…

Honored to attend Pauwke Berkers|s inauguration lecture as Prof. of Music Sociology Erasmus University. An important position for popular music studies in the Netherlands IASPM Benelux.

Good news before the weekend: my article ‘𝗥𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁’: 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲, 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝘄𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗻 European Journal of Cultural Studies (EJCS) is now online OPEN ACCESS: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13…

In “‘Rocking the establishment’: Subculture, authenticity and the populist radical right in Sweden” Melanie Schiller shows how popular music culture participates in the construction of populist discourses of ‘the people’ in nativist terms. Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… #OA

First day on the new job Faculty of Arts - Radboud University (ru.nl/en/about-us/ne…), great new colleagues, a view from the office on the 11th floor, and good news from NWO Nieuws. New year—a new chapter, bring it on! 🙌

IASPM Benelux wishes you all a happy 2024!🥳 We are excited to invite you for the hybrid POP talks 12 with Shain Shapiro who will talk about his new book 'This Must Be The Place: How Music Can Make Your City Better'. Details in the link: iaspmbenelux.org/news-3/pop-tal…

On my home from the most fun book release event I‘ve been to: Jaap Kooijman|s De Muziekfabriek about Dutch music tv channel TMF with mini-lecture, discussion and party at Melkweg Amsterdam. So great to meet the old UvA Amsterdam media studies colleagues!

Huge congratulations to Anne Kaun from MKV | Södertörn University for being elected into Academia Europaea ! sh.se/nyheter/forskn…

Mood. “The Netherlands had tilted so radically to the right that it fell over.” ©Jip van den Toorn in de Volkskrant.