🤣 You could replace "You can't trust anybody..." with "You can't trust AI but..."

Ben Zipperer@benzipperer.org · 2d ago

public libraries ftw

Bordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40°C in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025. This is deeply shocking.

It brings to mind a senior general who, after CIA analysts outlined the potential consequences of US intervention in Somalia, responded: ‘Don’t worry—we know Asia well.’

Paul Robbins@earthfutures.bsky.social · 5d ago

In an introductory geography course I used to teach, I included map quizzes. I was often told these were silly, wrote memory, and a waste of time. 25 years later, I am vindictated. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

In an introductory geography course I used to teach, I included map quizzes. I was often told these were silly, wrote memory, and a waste of time. 25 years later, I am vindictated. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference

State department ‘takes full responsibility’ for erroneous, widely shared chart displayed at Aids conference in Brazil

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The 34 people who died makes it into the fourth paragraph. Just more bodies laid at feet of the global denial of basic human freedom

christ if that’s not a metaphor for our times

Amazing picture from The Atlas Newspaper (free, online): theatlasnewspaper.org

#MeetDEMOmembers Today, get to know another DEMO member: Bruno Schoumaker @brunoschoumaker.bsky.social. He has been a full professor of #demography since 2003. His main research interests include: 🔎(male) #fertility across the globe 🔎international #migration (mainly between Africa & Belgium)

Procès pour «complot» au Mali: 7 à 15 ans de prison pour les six co-accusés, un «déni de justice» selon leurs proches

Procès pour «complot» au Mali: 7 à 15 ans de prison pour les six co-accusés, un «déni de justice» selon leurs proches

Au Mali, les six personnalités jugées pour « tentative de complot contre le gouvernement » ont été déclarées coupables ce 24 juillet par les chambres criminelles de la Cour d'appel de Bamako. Incarcérés depuis près de cinq ans et torturés, la Cour les a condamnés à des peines allant de 7 à 15 années de prison. L'ancien chef de la sécurité d'État, le colonel Kassoum Goïta, l'ancien secrétaire général de la présidence, Kalilou Doumbia, et leurs co-accusés sont liés à l'ancien président de transition Bah N'Daw, qui avait été nommé à ce poste par les militaires auteurs du coup d'État d'août 2020, avant d'être renversé en mai 2021 par ces mêmes militaires, parce qu'il voulait écarter certains d'entre eux du gouvernement.

rfi.my

1/ The world's songbirds sing in just 8 basic sounds. And where a bird lives decides which ones it uses. My first PhD paper is out now in @science.org (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aee6239) Here is what we found:

This Institute for Family Studies drivel is so blatantly sexist that my eyes might roll out of my head. Key gems listed below: 1/

UPPI Professor Emeritus Nimfa Ogena represented the field of Demography in “The Past, Present, and Future of the Philippine Social Sciences: The Third Roundtable Discussion” at De La Salle University, Manila, on July 14, 2026.

🎉It's time for a new #MeetDEMOmembers thread! Today, let's discover Natacha Zimmer's work ( @natachazimmer.bsky.social )! She's a PhD candidate & teaches statistics courses for social science students Her thesis topic: #reception policies and internal migrations of #asylum migrants in Belgium 🇧🇪

🎉Today we are launching the #MeetDEMOmembers series in which we regularly present the work of DEMO researchers. 🥁Let's start with... Philippe Bocquier (@phbocquier.bsky.social), current head of the centre! His main topics: determinants of #urbanization; #migration & health

🎉 #MeetDEMOmembers series is back! Today, meet Marie-Laurence Flahaux, associate researcher at DEMO & researcher at the French Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD). Her research interests include return #migration, migrants’ administrative trajectories, & the effect of migration #policies.

#MeetDEMOmembers Kassoum Dianou joined DEMO in 2022 as a PhD researcher, working on #mortality measurement and demographic methods in low- and middle-income countries. He is also affiliated with the ISSP at Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo in Ouagadougou.

My own choice of photo in the latest issue of @thecontinent.org

The Continent@thecontinent.org · 3w ago

All Protocol Observed Welcome to Issue 245 of The Continent. What happens when a liberation movement delays succession for too long? Muhoozi Kainerugaba is more than an Uganda's chief internet provocateur and the president’s son. He's the heir apparent, maybe. bit.ly/245_TC

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Nate O@nateo.bsky.social · 3w ago

Decided to look at the classes taught at West Virginia University ’s Washington Center for Civics, Culture and Statesmanship (the one with one enrolled student) and it turns out it’s teaching classes on the wonders of fascism

🎉 Happy to share a new publication co-authored with Ben Wilson and @mjwdemography.bsky.social on child mortality (ages 0-14) among children of immigrants in Sweden. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Mortality in children aged 0–14 years born to immigrant parents in Sweden: a total-population cohort study

A higher risk of childhood death in these groups is the result of specific factors that interact uniquely across ages and origins. While mortality at these ages is low in absolute terms, each death is...

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Many have opinions about #migration, but too few people know what migration is. So our research group on migration & #health decided to record a few videos that you can share or use for #teaching purposes or otherwise. Starting with the very definition of migration: youtu.be/PYWvU_XR6o4?...

what is migration?

YouTube video by CoRE in Migration & Health

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A few months ago, Giacomo Lanfiuti Baldi @giacomolanfiuti.bsky.social joined our team as a post-doc researcher in the TEMPUR project (ClimaTE change-related Mortality in different Population groups in URbanized Belgium) #MeetDEMOmembers

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Sandra Brée@sandrabree.bsky.social · 3w ago

Ça y est c'est officiel !

I submitted a project to FNRS to get a post-doc to work with me. Will advertise here if and when I get the funding💸 . Wish me luck! 🤞🏼

Philippe Bocquier@phbocquier.bsky.social · 4w ago

Despite limitations (data remains national, indicator choices matter…), combining relational approach and SEM open new avenues: sub-national power analysis, combining trade, migration and information matrices... Interested? Get in touch! #EPC2026 #GlobalHealth #trade #mortality

I'm Matt Wallace and this is my TEDx talk 👇🏻 www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCMA... @uos-health-society.bsky.social @salforduni.bsky.social @ukri.org @para-mor-ukri.bsky.social @bspsuk.bsky.social

Healthy migration, sustainable populations | Matt Wallace | TEDxUniversityofSalford

YouTube video by TEDx Talks

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#mustread: Top-notch research on asylum seekers using linkrd #register and social security #data in #Belgium: internal #migration of international migrants. Congratulations to @natachazimmer.bsky.social, PhD @demographielln.bsky.social, @uclouvain.bsky.social

Natacha Zimmer@natachazimmer.bsky.social · 3w ago

📢 A new publication from my PhD research is out in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies) Using administrative register data from Belgium, I examine the relationship between initial reception conditions, residential mobility, and first labour market entry among #asylum seeking migrants.

📢 A new publication from my PhD research is out in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies) Using administrative register data from Belgium, I examine the relationship between initial reception conditions, residential mobility, and first labour market entry among #asylum seeking migrants.

Between residential and economic settlement: internal migration and employment of asylum migrants in Belgium

Reception and integration of asylum migrants remain central challenges for receiving countries, as early settlement experiences are notably shaped by reception policies. Still, existing research on...

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New publication from a DEMO member ⏬

Natacha Zimmer@natachazimmer.bsky.social · 3w ago

📢 A new publication from my PhD research is out in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies) Using administrative register data from Belgium, I examine the relationship between initial reception conditions, residential mobility, and first labour market entry among #asylum seeking migrants.

RIP to the incomparable Sam Neill