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Jonathan Moens

@jonathanmoens.bsky.social
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Joshua Coe @joshuacoe.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
New @bellingcat.com reporting examines nitazenes -- synthetic opioids up to 40x stronger than fentanyl -- often made in China and now spreading in the US. Journalist @jonathanmoens.bsky.social shares his investigations with @theworld.org: theworld.org/stories/2026...
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Chinese suppliers are advertising nitazenes — more potent than fentanyl — online - The World from PRX
For years, fentanyl has dominated the opioid crisis in the US — but there’s an up-and-coming class of synthetic opioids emerging called nitazenes, drugs that can be 40 times more potent than fentanyl ...
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Connor Plunkett @conplnk.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Brilliantly researched piece from @jonathanmoens.bsky.social!
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Claudia Mahler @olderpersons.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
We must ensure that physical restrains are the past – the future of taking care of #OlderPersons must be without violations of their #HumanRights and their physical wellbeing! Read this article by @jonathanmoens.bsky.social in @undark.org undark.org/2025/07/25/e...
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Coercive Care: Southern Europe’s Reliance on Elder Restraints
In parts of Europe, nursing homes use physical restraints on residents, citing safety. But experts warn of harm.
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stokee62.bsky.social @stokee62.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Really powerful article from @jonathanmoens.bsky.social and colleagues about the abuse of older people through restraints. Focuses on Italy, Spain and Portugal but occurs much more widely undark.org/2025/07/25/e...
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Coercive Care: Southern Europe’s Reliance on Elder Restraints
In parts of Europe, nursing homes use physical restraints on residents, citing safety. But experts warn of harm.
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Jonathan Moens @jonathanmoens.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Over the past few months, @nataliedonback.bsky.social, Joana Ascensão and I have been investigating a widespread yet little-known practice in European elder care: the use of physical restraints in nursing homes — belts, straps, bed sheets, and side rails that restrict movement.
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Jonathan Moens @jonathanmoens.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
for @ScienceMagazine i spent the past year investigating a brain technology used by Indian police to determine if suspects committed a crime. the technology has been used in hundreds high-stake cases. yet it has little to no science backing. 🧵 www.science.org/content/arti...
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Indian police are trying to ‘read minds' of suspects, over neuroscientists' objections
A controversial profiling of the brain’s electrical activity has shaped court decisions and bail applications
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 07/05/2025
Exclusive: Bellingcat in partnership with @tjekdet.dk , @politiken.dk and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) can reveal the identity of a key administrator behind MrDeepFakes, one of the world’s largest providers of non-consensual deepfake pornography. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/05...
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Unmasking MrDeepFakes: Canadian Pharmacist Linked to World’s Most Notorious Deepfake Porn Site - bellingcat
Double life: open source investigation reveals Canadian hospital pharmacist's links to MrDeepFakes, the most notorious deepfake porn website in the world.
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Michael Klingler @mklingler.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Check out the latest publication of the stunning investigative journalism project by @jonathanmoens.bsky.social and @thojbauer.bsky.social in @mongabay.bsky.social, refering to our empirical study on green grabbing for renewable energy in Brazil @naturesustain.bsky.social
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Brazil communities accuse companies of ‘green grabbing’ for wind energy
Jeane Da Gama Costa, 42, grew up in Umburanas, a small municipality of Bahia, in northeastern Brazil. Her family raised cattle for meat and grew crops like beans, corn and watermelon. It was a quiet a...
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Jonathan Moens @jonathanmoens.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
while investigating land grabbing practices in Brazil, i came across a satellite image that struck me: a modest farm smack in the middle of a major wind energy park. some 80+ wind turbines surrounded the farm, with snaking roads and transmission lines connecting them.
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Michael Klingler @mklingler.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Our empirical research on large-scale green grabbing for renewables in Brazil @naturesustain.bsky.social (link here ➡️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...) motivated @jonathanmoens.bsky.social and @thojbauer.bsky.social to dig deeper in an investigative journalism project. Congratulations, fantastic work!
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Jonathan Moens @jonathanmoens.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
A video outlining our most recent investigation on nitazenes with @bellingcat.com & @postimees.bsky.social
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Eoghan @eoghanmacguire.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
A months-long investigation by Bellingcat and publishing partner Postimees has identified more than 1,000 online adverts selling six of the most common types of nitazenes, offering worldwide delivery.
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Journalismfund Europe @journalismfund.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
In this joint investigation, @bellingcat.com & Postimees reveal how nitazenes, the ultrapotent synthetic opioids, are infiltrating Europe by investigating more than 1,000 online adverts selling six of the most common types of nitazenes. Read more👉https://bit.ly/4hjiAOC #plupro
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 20/01/2025
Adverts selling an opioid up to 500 times stronger than heroin are all over the internet, from social media platforms to trade sites. Bellingcat and partner Postimees investigate how this deadly drug is infiltrating Europe and beyond… www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/01...
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Chinese Suppliers Behind Ads Deadly For Nitazenes Targeting Europe
Investigation finds more than 1,000 online ads for nitazenes, including from Chinese companies, and links European shipments of the deadly drugs to China.
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Jonathan Moens @jonathanmoens.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
over the past few months, Margus Hanno Murakas ( @postimees.bsky.social ) and i have spent countless hours looking at bizarre ads littering the internet. almost all include a young woman posing in front of a sachet of what looks like ground coffee beans or breacrumbs. why?
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