Jonas Vils
@vils.bsky.social
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Some people are questioning whether this is AI. One way to be certain is to geolocate the video, as AI still struggles to accurately recreate really world locations with enough fidelity to be successfully geolocated. The first question is what's the best information about where this was filmed?
News Movement posted this video of Alex Pretti on Jan 13, showing him spitting at ICE agents and kicking their taillight.
Now conservatives are suggesting this changes things.
That would mean they are suggesting he deserved to be target of an extrajudicial execution.
The video changes nothing.
Now conservatives are suggesting this changes things.
That would mean they are suggesting he deserved to be target of an extrajudicial execution.
The video changes nothing.
January 29, 2026 at 7:49 AM
Some people are questioning whether this is AI. One way to be certain is to geolocate the video, as AI still struggles to accurately recreate really world locations with enough fidelity to be successfully geolocated. The first question is what's the best information about where this was filmed?
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Neolithic entrance and passageway at Skara Brae on Orkney. Occupied from around 3100 to 2500 BC, the prehistoric settlement is one of the best preserved in the British Isles. 📸 My own. #AdoorableThursday #SkaraBrae #Archaeology #Orkney
January 29, 2026 at 7:28 AM
Neolithic entrance and passageway at Skara Brae on Orkney. Occupied from around 3100 to 2500 BC, the prehistoric settlement is one of the best preserved in the British Isles. 📸 My own. #AdoorableThursday #SkaraBrae #Archaeology #Orkney
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Nice catch, and a lucky escape for someone: A Russian Lancet loitering munition caught in anti-drone netting over a road in a frontline region of Ukraine. As the Lancet has a lidar and an air-burst function, it seems to have have malfunctioned, causing it to fail to detonate.
January 29, 2026 at 7:39 AM
Nice catch, and a lucky escape for someone: A Russian Lancet loitering munition caught in anti-drone netting over a road in a frontline region of Ukraine. As the Lancet has a lidar and an air-burst function, it seems to have have malfunctioned, causing it to fail to detonate.
Why (some) teens need social media. www.independent.co.uk/voices/adult...
Why those calling for a teen social media ban need to check their privilege
While social media can be a toxic, lawless place, for many teenagers it has also become a valuable and much-needed resource. As the issue is debated in the House of Lords today, the adults calling for...
www.independent.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 7:32 AM
Why (some) teens need social media. www.independent.co.uk/voices/adult...
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1/ NEW: @propublica.org has obtained a search warrant that the FBI is executing for records related to the contested 2020 election in Fulton County, Ga., which has not yet been widely shared. It’s an extraordinary document.
Link: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Link: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
1-28-26 Fulton Warrant
www.documentcloud.org
January 28, 2026 at 10:56 PM
1/ NEW: @propublica.org has obtained a search warrant that the FBI is executing for records related to the contested 2020 election in Fulton County, Ga., which has not yet been widely shared. It’s an extraordinary document.
Link: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Link: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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This is why frontline towns and cities in Ukraine cover roads with nets.
This is a russian lancet drone struck one of those nets. It very likely saved someone’s life.
This is a russian lancet drone struck one of those nets. It very likely saved someone’s life.
January 29, 2026 at 3:00 AM
This is why frontline towns and cities in Ukraine cover roads with nets.
This is a russian lancet drone struck one of those nets. It very likely saved someone’s life.
This is a russian lancet drone struck one of those nets. It very likely saved someone’s life.
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It looks possible that small spaceships may soon reverse the example of their maritime namesakes by rejecting manmade materials for their hulls and reverting to wood
Satellites encased in wood are in the works
Timber is cheaper and better than alloys, and may be less polluting
econ.st
January 29, 2026 at 6:00 AM
It looks possible that small spaceships may soon reverse the example of their maritime namesakes by rejecting manmade materials for their hulls and reverting to wood
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Some might say smartphones have caused more harm than good. Here’s why putting a powerful computer into every pocket was a good idea.
Smartphones (yes, really): Best ideas of the century
www.newscientist.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:46 AM
Some might say smartphones have caused more harm than good. Here’s why putting a powerful computer into every pocket was a good idea.
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It’s amazing how changing the display of an antiquity in a museum affects how you see it. The lighting - natural or artificial - and the ability to see an item in the round or restricted to a frontal view. La Dama Fonseca, below, in two different settings. 🏺
January 29, 2026 at 2:45 AM
It’s amazing how changing the display of an antiquity in a museum affects how you see it. The lighting - natural or artificial - and the ability to see an item in the round or restricted to a frontal view. La Dama Fonseca, below, in two different settings. 🏺
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I felt obliged to write up an overview of all of the Fulton County fraud claims that have already been made — and dismissed. Let me know if I forgot any. www.pbump.net/o/some-thing...
Some things you should know about Fulton County, Georgia
The county has already seen numerous claims about election fraud — all debunked. There's no reason to think that Kash Patel's FBI will find something new.
www.pbump.net
January 29, 2026 at 3:59 AM
I felt obliged to write up an overview of all of the Fulton County fraud claims that have already been made — and dismissed. Let me know if I forgot any. www.pbump.net/o/some-thing...
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Space expert here. I've seen this claim since late 2020 and dont think I've ever seen any description spell out how "Italian military satellites" would be able to communicate directly with vote tabulating machines in Fulton Co., GA. I am not aware of any plausible way they could do so.
January 29, 2026 at 4:14 AM
Space expert here. I've seen this claim since late 2020 and dont think I've ever seen any description spell out how "Italian military satellites" would be able to communicate directly with vote tabulating machines in Fulton Co., GA. I am not aware of any plausible way they could do so.
”Look by county and the disparities are even starker, with life expectancy over a decade shorter in large swaths of Appalachia than in the upper Midwest. That’s about the same as the life expectancy gap between Liechtenstein and Bangladesh.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/o...
Opinion | The Real Reason MAHA Hates Vaccines
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:51 AM
”Look by county and the disparities are even starker, with life expectancy over a decade shorter in large swaths of Appalachia than in the upper Midwest. That’s about the same as the life expectancy gap between Liechtenstein and Bangladesh.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/o...
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As usual the real Trump is subbed out of coverage and replaced with an imaginary trump who is reportedly, according to sources, secretly doing rational things, because reporting on the actual actions words and beliefs of the man would harm him rather than help him bsky.app/profile/dani...
Lol the media said Trump called his advisers “callous“ for doing what he just retweeted. I don’t think Trump even knows the word callous, let alone would criticize somebody for being it.
January 29, 2026 at 3:54 AM
As usual the real Trump is subbed out of coverage and replaced with an imaginary trump who is reportedly, according to sources, secretly doing rational things, because reporting on the actual actions words and beliefs of the man would harm him rather than help him bsky.app/profile/dani...
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Putin just attacked and murdered civilians on a train.
Yet Trump is mad Ukraine hit military planes
Yet Trump is mad Ukraine hit military planes
January 29, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Putin just attacked and murdered civilians on a train.
Yet Trump is mad Ukraine hit military planes
Yet Trump is mad Ukraine hit military planes
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Next new pseudoscientific medical grift: cesspool healing spas
January 29, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Next new pseudoscientific medical grift: cesspool healing spas
If anybody doubted www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...
Why the Paris Climate Agreement Matters in 5 Graphics
One of President Trump’s first executive orders withdraws the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement. These graphics show why the pact is crucial to curbing the worst effects of global warming
www.scientificamerican.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:28 AM
If anybody doubted www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...
A quite disturbing development www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
Why Is the Trump Administration Demanding Minnesota’s Voter Rolls?
www.nytimes.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:00 PM
A quite disturbing development www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
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🚨 New on our site
In an interview with @marinaadami.bsky.social journalist @shayan86.bsky.social explains how BBC Verify confirmed hundreds killed in Iran’s protest crackdown despite an internet blackout
Click to read
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/how-bbc...
In an interview with @marinaadami.bsky.social journalist @shayan86.bsky.social explains how BBC Verify confirmed hundreds killed in Iran’s protest crackdown despite an internet blackout
Click to read
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/how-bbc...
How BBC experts confirmed hundreds killed in Iran’s protest crackdown despite an internet blackout
On 8 January, thousands of accounts sharing scenes from the streets of Tehran went dark. After 12 days of escalating anti-regime protests, the regime had cut internet connection, isolating Iranians fr...
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk
January 28, 2026 at 3:13 PM
🚨 New on our site
In an interview with @marinaadami.bsky.social journalist @shayan86.bsky.social explains how BBC Verify confirmed hundreds killed in Iran’s protest crackdown despite an internet blackout
Click to read
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/how-bbc...
In an interview with @marinaadami.bsky.social journalist @shayan86.bsky.social explains how BBC Verify confirmed hundreds killed in Iran’s protest crackdown despite an internet blackout
Click to read
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/how-bbc...
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Corridor leading to Uri Geller’s spoon collection.
Alt text: narrow corridor with ondulating walls.
Alt text: narrow corridor with ondulating walls.
January 28, 2026 at 11:12 AM
Corridor leading to Uri Geller’s spoon collection.
Alt text: narrow corridor with ondulating walls.
Alt text: narrow corridor with ondulating walls.
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To celebrate the publication of @d-j-frost.bsky.social and mine’s book ‘In Solidarity, Under Suspicion: The British Far Left from 1956’, I am giving away a copy to one randomly chosen person who reposts this post by 11.59pm ACST Sunday 1 Feb.
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526179593/
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526179593/
January 27, 2026 at 7:21 AM
To celebrate the publication of @d-j-frost.bsky.social and mine’s book ‘In Solidarity, Under Suspicion: The British Far Left from 1956’, I am giving away a copy to one randomly chosen person who reposts this post by 11.59pm ACST Sunday 1 Feb.
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526179593/
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526179593/
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A 🧵 about data traps, present AI, and future historiography.
Historian focusing on early modern book culture here. I am not sure that feeding a private company with all our past handwritings from archives is a solution or a way forward. Google‘s AI studio is a data trap. #skystorians
Gemini’s ability to read handwritten archival documents has importance beyond the humanities. It opens new frontiers for scientific research and collaboration with the humanities.
foundhistory.org/seeing-old-s...
#ClimateScience #DataScience #Agriculture #Archives #Research #LandGrant #AI
foundhistory.org/seeing-old-s...
#ClimateScience #DataScience #Agriculture #Archives #Research #LandGrant #AI
December 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
A 🧵 about data traps, present AI, and future historiography.
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Everyone still think athletes will avoid DHS (ICE, CBP etc) racial profiling?
#WorldCup ⚽️
#WorldCup ⚽️
Giants star Jung Hoo Lee detained by CBP
The South Korean was traveling to California on Wednesday to take part in a Giants FanFest tour stop in San Ramon.
sfstandard.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Everyone still think athletes will avoid DHS (ICE, CBP etc) racial profiling?
#WorldCup ⚽️
#WorldCup ⚽️
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My #interestingread today:
Against Babel: Or, How to Talk to Strangers
www.publicbooks.org/against-babe...
#language #evolution #history #etymology #langsky
Against Babel: Or, How to Talk to Strangers
www.publicbooks.org/against-babe...
#language #evolution #history #etymology #langsky
Against Babel: Or, How to Talk to Strangers - Public Books
Allegedly, some 45% of languages descend from one, ancient ”Proto-Indo-European“ tongue. But why focus on a hypothetical lost language, when we can work instead to hear one another today?
www.publicbooks.org
January 27, 2026 at 4:21 PM
My #interestingread today:
Against Babel: Or, How to Talk to Strangers
www.publicbooks.org/against-babe...
#language #evolution #history #etymology #langsky
Against Babel: Or, How to Talk to Strangers
www.publicbooks.org/against-babe...
#language #evolution #history #etymology #langsky