Jonas Vils
vils.bsky.social
Jonas Vils
@vils.bsky.social
”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
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January 29, 2026 at 4:51 AM
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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
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Putin just attacked and murdered civilians on a train.

Yet Trump is mad Ukraine hit military planes
January 29, 2026 at 2:45 AM
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Next new pseudoscientific medical grift: cesspool healing spas
January 29, 2026 at 3:37 AM
A quite disturbing development www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
Why Is the Trump Administration Demanding Minnesota’s Voter Rolls?
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January 28, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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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

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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
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Corridor leading to Uri Geller’s spoon collection.
Alt text: narrow corridor with ondulating walls.
January 28, 2026 at 11:12 AM
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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/
January 27, 2026 at 7:21 AM
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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
December 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Everyone still think athletes will avoid DHS (ICE, CBP etc) racial profiling?
#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
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This is looking even worse…if that were possible…for the government. www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/u...
Alex Pretti was in earlier confrontation with federal agents who tackled him, broke his rib, sources say | CNN
Federal immigration officials have been collecting information on protesters and agitators, sources told CNN.
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January 27, 2026 at 4:25 PM
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The earliest illustration of a chair being used during childbirth dates to 1450 BC. This birthing chair from the mid-18th century has an adjustable headrest and the base can be anchored to the floor.
January 26, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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Is it about time that someone told @wiltshiremuseum.bsky.social that their "Tourmaline stone axe" is actually made of cheese?
January 27, 2026 at 9:59 AM
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Hear hear.

”Men vi journalister behöver också bli bättre på att rapportera nyanserat om mikroplaster. Forskningsområdet är ungt och det är fortfarande mycket som är osäkert.

Tänk på det nästa gång du ser en larmrubrik om att vi äter ett kreditkort mikroplaster i veckan…”
AMINA MANZOOR: Är verkligen våra hjärnor fulla av plast?
Är våra kroppar fulla av mikroplaster, och gör all denna plast oss sjuka? Det är en omdiskuterad fråga – men så låter det inte alltid i medier. Här hittar du mer om medicin, hälsa och forskning!
www.expressen.se
January 27, 2026 at 11:54 AM
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Bonus photo of the most optimistic dog in Reykjavík (it’s still closed)
January 27, 2026 at 9:24 AM
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The Fukushima towns frozen in time: nature has thrived since the nuclear disaster but what happens if humans return? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The Fukushima towns frozen in time: nature has thrived since the nuclear disaster but what happens if humans return?
Fifteen years after a tsunami caused the Fukushima nuclear accident, only bears, raccoons and boar are seen on the streets. But the authorities and some locals want people to move back
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:24 AM
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A few people correctly pointing out that, in the eight years since this was published in @cenmag.bsky.social, LEDs have continued to improve, and are now commonly up to 200 lumens/watt
Thomas Edison’s patent for the incandescent light bulb was granted #OTD in 1880. This previous edition of #PeriodicGraphics in @cenmag.bsky.social examines the different types of lightbulbs and how they work 💡 cen.acs.org/materials/ph...
January 27, 2026 at 8:38 AM
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"For Scotland the data centres already going through our planning system will require “between 4450 MW and 4950 MW, which is larger than the winter peak electricity demand for the whole of Scotland,” as reported by Environment Rights Centre Scotland."

It's high time the #AI bubble burst!!
January 27, 2026 at 8:22 AM
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Thomas Edison’s patent for the incandescent light bulb was granted #OTD in 1880. This previous edition of #PeriodicGraphics in @cenmag.bsky.social examines the different types of lightbulbs and how they work 💡 cen.acs.org/materials/ph...
January 27, 2026 at 8:11 AM
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this is completely insane and more people need to say that doing this is completely insane
January 26, 2026 at 5:27 PM