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Josh Colston, PhD.

@jmcolston.bsky.social
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epidemiologist 🌍🔬demographer👶🏽💀 post-punk/dream-pop enthusiast 🎧🧑🏾‍🎤👩🏻‍🎤👨🏽‍🎤proudly woke progressive✊🏽 democratic socialist 🌹 & anti-Zionist 🍉 father/husband 🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 www.planeo.earth/josh-colston

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Josh Colston, PhD. @jmcolston.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
BREAKING: When you've lost Drive Shaft...
Still from 'Lost' with Charlie Pace (Dominic Monaghan) performing in fictional Britpop band Drive Shaft.
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Josh Colston, PhD. @jmcolston.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Without saying your age, what's your favourite movie that came out when you were 20 years old?
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Amelie Swoons
Alt: Audrey Tautou as Amelie Swoons and turns into a puddle of water in the bistro where she works as a waitress.
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Josh Colston, PhD. @jmcolston.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Make your favorite film sound as boring as possible without giving away the title (actually pretty easy in my case): Two new acquaintances are both feeling a bit glum on their overseas trips, so they kill time together in and around the hotel where they're staying.
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Josh Colston, PhD. @jmcolston.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Thank you, Mayor Mamdani.
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Josh Colston, PhD. @jmcolston.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
This one for its maximum snark theonion.com/thom-yorke-a...
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Thom Yorke Admits Vast Majority Of Musical Output Fueled By Constant Fear Of Being One-Upped By Coldplay
OXFORD, ENGLAND—In an uncharacteristically frank and revelatory discussion of his inspirations and creative process, Radiohead frontman and solo artist Thom Yorke admitted Thursday that the vast major...
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Josh Colston, PhD. @jmcolston.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
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a woman is peeking out from behind a yellow curtain and says i think we 're just going
Alt: Margot Tennenbaum with heavy eyeliner peering into a tent an telling the person inside that they can't ever be in a true public relationship.
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Josh Colston, PhD. @jmcolston.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
@quietriotpod.bsky.social Wokey dokey?
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The Plan-EO Initiative @planeoproject.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
💻 Big shout-out to UVA’s Research Computing team! 🙌 With support from the Data Analytics Center and Ivy Secure Environment, Plan-EO built the data infrastructure powering our geospatial dashboard ☁️🗺️. 🔗 Learn more: www.rc.virginia.edu/project/plan... #PlanEO #UVA #Episky #GlobalHealth #DataScience
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Josh Colston, PhD. @jmcolston.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Mash up bands: Selena & Gomez
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The Plan-EO Initiative @planeoproject.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
🌍 Plan-EO makes all its data open and accessible! 💡📊 Our paper in PLOS Global Public Health maps where homes in low and middle-income countries are more likely to have covered floors, a key factor in child health 🏠🦠 📄 Read: journals.plos.org/globalpublic... #OpenData #GlobalHealth #PlanEO #Episky
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The Plan-EO Initiative @planeoproject.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
📝 New blog up on @defeatdd.bsky.social Hundreds of thousands of kids die from diarrheal disease each year—yet it’s preventable. In our new Q&A, Plan-EO members share how big data is helping change that. @jmcolston.bsky.social 👉 defeatdd.org/blog/plan-eo... #DefeatDD #PlanEO #GlobalHealth #Episky
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How Plan-EO is using big data to tackle diarrheal disease
The Plan-EO team's dashboard brings together huge amounts of big data to track and predict where diarrhea-causing pathogens are.
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The Plan-EO Initiative @planeoproject.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
🌏🌟 Earlier this month Plan-EO coordinator Josh Colston, traveled to Japan 🎌 to present the project at the Awaji International Forum on Infection & Immunity. He was impressed by the science and the spirit of collaboration. @jmcolston.bsky.social #PlanEO #GlobalHealth #epiSky
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Josh Colston, PhD. @jmcolston.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
The character Ricken from 'Severance' reading from his self help book "The You You Are".
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The Plan-EO Initiative @planeoproject.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
💧 In 2019, unsafe WASH caused over 1M child deaths, including 69% of diarrheal deaths worldwide according to @who.int. @planeoproject.bsky.social is building a dashboard under @jmcolston.bsky.social leadership linking climate + child health to guide solutions. #EpiSky #GlobalHealth #Plan-EO
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Josh Colston, PhD. @jmcolston.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Stay tuned, folks. 🤫😉
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Josh Colston, PhD. @jmcolston.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
The airplane I will accept as a bribe
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a cartoon drawing of a yellow bird with a large beak
ALT: a cartoon drawing of a yellow bird with a large beak
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Josh Colston, PhD. @jmcolston.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
I've done it. It's great.
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Josh Colston, PhD. @jmcolston.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
This is an absolute travesty that will have devastating downstream impacts on vulnerable populations worldwide. We are witnessing an all-out war on the global health sector and our resources. #resist #episky #GlobalHealthSolidarity ✊🌎🌍🌏🔵 www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/h...
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Trump Administration Ends Global Health Research Program
The Demographic and Health Surveys were the only sources of reliable information in many countries on metrics such as mortality, nutrition and education.
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Josh Colston, PhD. @jmcolston.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Huge thanks to Kate Nuechterlein and the team at @29news.bsky.social for the interview and news segment last night about our recently published research. 🛖 🏠 🪲 🦟 🦠 🌎 🌍 🌏 #publichealth #episky www.29news.com/2025/02/03/r...
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Researchers aim to prevent spread of disease by zeroing in on housing materials
The materials used to build your home can be a crucial factor in preventing the spread of infectious diseases, particularly in developing countries, says a team of UVA researchers.
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SPRINGS project @springsproject.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
🏠 Did you know your home impacts your health? @jmcolston.bsky.social's study shows how durable housing materials reduce disease risk globally, especially in regions like sub-Saharan Africa. Better housing means healthier lives. The models developed are publicly available. Read more: bit.ly/4j5pn01
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Josh Colston, PhD. @jmcolston.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Read our new paper in @plosglobalpublichealth.org in which we map the coverage of improved housing materials, that protect against infectious diseases in LMICs dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour... #GlobalHealth #SpatialDemography #Epidemiology #GeospatialHealth #EpSky 🛖🏚️🏠🌎🌍🌏🦟🧫
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Spatial variation in housing construction material in low- and middle-income countries: A Bayesian spatial prediction model of a key infectious diseases risk factor and social determinant of health
Housing infrastructure and quality is a major determinant of infectious disease risk and other health outcomes in regions where vector borne, waterborne and neglected tropical diseases are endemic. It...
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Josh Colston, PhD. @jmcolston.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Fue una experiencia increíble visitar nuestro sitio de investigación en Perú y trabajar con mis colegas iquiteños. Que privilegio es trabajar con este talentoso equipo para comprender los problemas de salud que enfrentan las familias en la Amazonía peruana y en los trópicos. ¡Adelante! 💪🏼🙌🏼🇵🇪🧑🏻‍🔬👨🏽‍🔬👩🏼‍🔬
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