Johan Zvrskovec 🇺🇦
@johanzvrskovec.bsky.social
Research associate/assistant at IoPPN(@kingsioppn.bsky.social), KCL(@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social). Behavioural epidemiology, statistical genetics, factor analysis, machine learning.
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Thanks for reading, Mr. President
November 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Thanks for reading, Mr. President
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White House Reclassifies Nursing As Hobby
White House Reclassifies Nursing As Hobby
WASHINGTON—Describing the practice as a “fun little side project” rather than an occupation, Education Secretary Linda McMahon announced Monday that nursing would be reclassified as a hobby under new ...
theonion.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
White House Reclassifies Nursing As Hobby
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Just in last 48 hours:
-President pardons Honduran prez serving 45 years for conspiring to smuggle cocaine to US
-BUT ALSO on verge of war w/VZ based on unsupported claims its govt. is smuggling cocaine to US
-DefSec openly committing war crimes
-Trump envoy selling out Ukraine for deals with Russia
-President pardons Honduran prez serving 45 years for conspiring to smuggle cocaine to US
-BUT ALSO on verge of war w/VZ based on unsupported claims its govt. is smuggling cocaine to US
-DefSec openly committing war crimes
-Trump envoy selling out Ukraine for deals with Russia
November 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Just in last 48 hours:
-President pardons Honduran prez serving 45 years for conspiring to smuggle cocaine to US
-BUT ALSO on verge of war w/VZ based on unsupported claims its govt. is smuggling cocaine to US
-DefSec openly committing war crimes
-Trump envoy selling out Ukraine for deals with Russia
-President pardons Honduran prez serving 45 years for conspiring to smuggle cocaine to US
-BUT ALSO on verge of war w/VZ based on unsupported claims its govt. is smuggling cocaine to US
-DefSec openly committing war crimes
-Trump envoy selling out Ukraine for deals with Russia
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”Ett problem med automatiserad ansiktsigenkänning med kameraövervakning i realtid är att alla granskas och får sina ansikten matchade mot aktuell sökdata – därmed utsätts alla för en form av integritetskränkning.”
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Och nu: Face Control
femtejuli.se
November 29, 2025 at 9:07 AM
”Ett problem med automatiserad ansiktsigenkänning med kameraövervakning i realtid är att alla granskas och får sina ansikten matchade mot aktuell sökdata – därmed utsätts alla för en form av integritetskränkning.”
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1/ The Wall Street Journal reports that the main focus of the US-Russia peace talks is to get commercial advantage for American companies, and personal benefits for individuals linked to the Trump Administration. European officials are said to be shocked by the plans. ⬇️
November 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
1/ The Wall Street Journal reports that the main focus of the US-Russia peace talks is to get commercial advantage for American companies, and personal benefits for individuals linked to the Trump Administration. European officials are said to be shocked by the plans. ⬇️
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The in laws lived in Trinidad until last summer. Some mad stuff happening there now. US troops arriving, seemingly in prep for a Venezuela invasion
Trump seems far keener on international interventions than Biden…
trinidadexpress.com/news/local/i...
Trump seems far keener on international interventions than Biden…
trinidadexpress.com/news/local/i...
I had to keep radar a secret, says PM
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has explained her decision to withhold information about United States marines installing a radar system in Tobago, saying she believed it would have been unwise ...
trinidadexpress.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The in laws lived in Trinidad until last summer. Some mad stuff happening there now. US troops arriving, seemingly in prep for a Venezuela invasion
Trump seems far keener on international interventions than Biden…
trinidadexpress.com/news/local/i...
Trump seems far keener on international interventions than Biden…
trinidadexpress.com/news/local/i...
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Reminder that any encrypted chat is only as safe as the people in it.
This article deeply implies that the FBI had an informant inside the group, potentially even the creator of the group itself.
I will say it again:
No encryption is safe against adding the Editor-in-Chief of The Atlantic.
This article deeply implies that the FBI had an informant inside the group, potentially even the creator of the group itself.
I will say it again:
No encryption is safe against adding the Editor-in-Chief of The Atlantic.
The FBI accessed and spied on a Signal group chat that was organizing immigrant “court watch” efforts in NYC.
I feel like this should be bigger news.
You aren’t supposed to be able to spy on Signal chats.
Were they invited? How did they get access? Was there a warrant?
I feel like this should be bigger news.
You aren’t supposed to be able to spy on Signal chats.
Were they invited? How did they get access? Was there a warrant?
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Reminder that any encrypted chat is only as safe as the people in it.
This article deeply implies that the FBI had an informant inside the group, potentially even the creator of the group itself.
I will say it again:
No encryption is safe against adding the Editor-in-Chief of The Atlantic.
This article deeply implies that the FBI had an informant inside the group, potentially even the creator of the group itself.
I will say it again:
No encryption is safe against adding the Editor-in-Chief of The Atlantic.
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Large crowds in the central German town of Giessen gathered to protest against the founding of a new youth organization by the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), successfully delaying the start of the meeting nordot.app/136743879533...
Mass protests, blockades in German town against new AfD youth group ｜ DPA
Large crowds in the central German town of Giessen on Saturday gathered to protest against the founding of a new youth organization by the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), successfully…
nordot.app
November 29, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Large crowds in the central German town of Giessen gathered to protest against the founding of a new youth organization by the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), successfully delaying the start of the meeting nordot.app/136743879533...
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A fun finale for the #nudivember festivities! Isn't it pretty? And it does look just like it has a leaf for a cape!
Alt text for article photo: A black sea slug has a flat deeply veined bright green leaf-like appendage unfurled along its back.
#SeaSlugs #nudibranchs #CanadianCritters
Alt text for article photo: A black sea slug has a flat deeply veined bright green leaf-like appendage unfurled along its back.
#SeaSlugs #nudibranchs #CanadianCritters
A rare photosynthesizing sea slug has been found off N.S. Here's why scientists are excited | CBC News
Researchers believe Elysia chlorotica holds promise for medical advances, but it's been too elusive to study.
www.cbc.ca
November 29, 2025 at 3:50 AM
A fun finale for the #nudivember festivities! Isn't it pretty? And it does look just like it has a leaf for a cape!
Alt text for article photo: A black sea slug has a flat deeply veined bright green leaf-like appendage unfurled along its back.
#SeaSlugs #nudibranchs #CanadianCritters
Alt text for article photo: A black sea slug has a flat deeply veined bright green leaf-like appendage unfurled along its back.
#SeaSlugs #nudibranchs #CanadianCritters
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Varifrån kommer ”Slava Ukrajini”? Anna-Lena ger en bakgrund men den är ofullständig och därför missvisande. Slava Ukrajini kommer från Ukrainska Folkrepublikens tid 1918 (OUN bildades 1929). Men rötterna är ännu djupare och går minst till Taras Sjevtjenko på 1800-talet. www.dn.se/varlden/anna... 1/3
November 29, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Varifrån kommer ”Slava Ukrajini”? Anna-Lena ger en bakgrund men den är ofullständig och därför missvisande. Slava Ukrajini kommer från Ukrainska Folkrepublikens tid 1918 (OUN bildades 1929). Men rötterna är ännu djupare och går minst till Taras Sjevtjenko på 1800-talet. www.dn.se/varlden/anna... 1/3
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The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
— Hannah Arendt
philosophybreak.com/articles/han...
— Hannah Arendt
philosophybreak.com/articles/han...
Hannah Arendt On Standing Up to the Banality of Evil | Philosophy Break
For 20th-century German philosopher Hannah Arendt, most evil is committed by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
philosophybreak.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:46 AM
The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
— Hannah Arendt
philosophybreak.com/articles/han...
— Hannah Arendt
philosophybreak.com/articles/han...
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This is madness.
All books by Normal People and Conversations with Friends author Sally Rooney set to be withdrawn from sale.
The 34-year-old Irish author says: “The disappearance of my work from bookshops would mark a truly extreme incursion by the state into the realm of artistic expression.”
All books by Normal People and Conversations with Friends author Sally Rooney set to be withdrawn from sale.
The 34-year-old Irish author says: “The disappearance of my work from bookshops would mark a truly extreme incursion by the state into the realm of artistic expression.”
Sally Rooney books may be withdrawn from UK sale over Palestine Action ban, court told
Rooney has said she intended to use royalties from her work "to go on supporting Palestine Action."
www.bbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:38 AM
This is madness.
All books by Normal People and Conversations with Friends author Sally Rooney set to be withdrawn from sale.
The 34-year-old Irish author says: “The disappearance of my work from bookshops would mark a truly extreme incursion by the state into the realm of artistic expression.”
All books by Normal People and Conversations with Friends author Sally Rooney set to be withdrawn from sale.
The 34-year-old Irish author says: “The disappearance of my work from bookshops would mark a truly extreme incursion by the state into the realm of artistic expression.”
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New on the Migrant #Integration Hub:
Latest overview from Sweden 🇸🇪
Latest overview from Sweden 🇸🇪
Sweden sees the launch of two new AMIF-funded projects, integration barometer development, and research on ethnic discrimination
Sweden sees the launch of two new AMIF-funded projects, establishing a new Centre for Migration and Integration and developing a national model for supporting the integration of newly arrived non-EU c...
home-affairs.ec.europa.eu
November 29, 2025 at 8:27 AM
New on the Migrant #Integration Hub:
Latest overview from Sweden 🇸🇪
Latest overview from Sweden 🇸🇪
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UK asylum seekers to be banned from taking taxis to medical appointments
UK asylum seekers to be banned from taking taxis to medical appointments
Move, which is part of a crackdown on costs, comes after it emerged Home Office spends £15.8m a year on service
Asylum seekers will be banned from taking taxis to medical appointments after it was revealed the Home Office spends about £15.8m a year on the service.
From February they will have to use alternative transport such as buses, no matter how urgent their medical needs. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:04 AM
UK asylum seekers to be banned from taking taxis to medical appointments
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this reminds me of a friend who thought he was middle class so he donated his car to a charity that helps poor people and a month later, he saw his car at his neighbor's house
November 29, 2025 at 6:31 AM
this reminds me of a friend who thought he was middle class so he donated his car to a charity that helps poor people and a month later, he saw his car at his neighbor's house
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November 29, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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”Det forntida Egypten är en västerländsk fetisch”.
Flammans @paulinasokolow.bsky.social träffar konstnären Sara Sallam som sammanför mor, far och son, vars gravar blev fundament för Europas nationsbyggen.
www.flamman.se/hennes-famil...
Flammans @paulinasokolow.bsky.social träffar konstnären Sara Sallam som sammanför mor, far och son, vars gravar blev fundament för Europas nationsbyggen.
www.flamman.se/hennes-famil...
Hennes familj återförenas – efter 2 500 år
Familjen återförenas efter 2 500 år. Medelhavsmuseet vill berätta en annan historia
www.flamman.se
November 29, 2025 at 10:00 AM
”Det forntida Egypten är en västerländsk fetisch”.
Flammans @paulinasokolow.bsky.social träffar konstnären Sara Sallam som sammanför mor, far och son, vars gravar blev fundament för Europas nationsbyggen.
www.flamman.se/hennes-famil...
Flammans @paulinasokolow.bsky.social träffar konstnären Sara Sallam som sammanför mor, far och son, vars gravar blev fundament för Europas nationsbyggen.
www.flamman.se/hennes-famil...
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To be clear, the FBI paid nearly $1M in overtime over a FIVE DAY PERIOD last March. And yes, part of it was to find and redact Trump's name. I spoke to sources who reviewed the files for the FBI and DOJ and wrote about it here: www.muellershewrote.com/p/the-epstei...
November 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
To be clear, the FBI paid nearly $1M in overtime over a FIVE DAY PERIOD last March. And yes, part of it was to find and redact Trump's name. I spoke to sources who reviewed the files for the FBI and DOJ and wrote about it here: www.muellershewrote.com/p/the-epstei...
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If it's true, if the US is willing to allow borders to be redrawn by force and let aggressors be rewarded, then the gates of hell are about to be opened.
This may prove to be the single most destabilizing and conflict-spawning decision of the 21st century.
A truly Black Friday.
This may prove to be the single most destabilizing and conflict-spawning decision of the 21st century.
A truly Black Friday.
November 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
If it's true, if the US is willing to allow borders to be redrawn by force and let aggressors be rewarded, then the gates of hell are about to be opened.
This may prove to be the single most destabilizing and conflict-spawning decision of the 21st century.
A truly Black Friday.
This may prove to be the single most destabilizing and conflict-spawning decision of the 21st century.
A truly Black Friday.
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The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
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Svenska Klimatkollen har gjort gemensam sak med Wikipedia och publicerar nu utsläppsdata på storföretagens sidor – med hjälp av AI.
Så mycket släpper storföretag ut - nu visas det på Wikipedia - Syre
Svenska Klimatkollen har gjort gemensam sak med Wikipedia och publicerar nu utsläppsdata på storföretagens sidor – med hjälp av AI.– På så sätt stärker vi möjligheten till ansvarsutkrävande för…
buff.ly
November 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Svenska Klimatkollen har gjort gemensam sak med Wikipedia och publicerar nu utsläppsdata på storföretagens sidor – med hjälp av AI.
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"There are costs to performatively deploying members of the military—one of which is the risk of endangering them"
From @juliettekayyem.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
From @juliettekayyem.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
A Terrible and Avoidable Tragedy in D.C.
Trump was warned that members of the military could be attacked.
www.theatlantic.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
"There are costs to performatively deploying members of the military—one of which is the risk of endangering them"
From @juliettekayyem.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
From @juliettekayyem.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
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The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
November 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
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Retraction Watch has covered the problem of the “national IQ” database. Should be noted I’m far from alone in working to remove these publications. The spreadsheet of pubs which use NIQ - linked to in the article - was started by @kohngregory.bsky.social; a project also worked on by Cathryn Townsend
. @rebeccasear.bsky.social is on a mission to get all studies using a database linking #IQ and race retracted. I spoke to her for @retractionwatch.com to find out more: retractionwatch.com/2025/11/25/m...
Meet the researcher aiming to halt use of ‘fundamentally flawed’ database linking IQ and nationality
Rebecca Sear Rebecca Sear is on a mission to convince publishers to retract articles that use a database that purports to rank countries based on intelligence. To maintain the integrity of scientif…
retractionwatch.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Retraction Watch has covered the problem of the “national IQ” database. Should be noted I’m far from alone in working to remove these publications. The spreadsheet of pubs which use NIQ - linked to in the article - was started by @kohngregory.bsky.social; a project also worked on by Cathryn Townsend