Jonathan Moens

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.

And the other versions, focusing on their national context: - in Spanish with @eldiario.es : www.eldiario.es/sociedad/ata... - in Portuguese with @jornalexpresso.bsky.social : expresso.pt/sociedade/20... - in Italian with L'Espresso (in print and soon online): lespresso.it/c/attualita/...

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.

We can't imagine how difficult it is to be a nurse — especially in understaffed, high-pressure environments. But the evidence, and the testimonies we gathered, point to a system that too often relies on restraints not for care, but for control.

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.

National laws, regulations and guidelines, meanwhile, claim restraints should only be used as a last resort. But through FOI requests, court documents, interviews & more, we found that physical restraints are often used routinely — sometimes with deadly consequences.

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.

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...

despite being inadmissible in court since 2010, we found evidence that BEOS is still influencing court rulings and is being marketed to law enforcement agencies around the world. in two cases, suspected rapists were released from police custody in large part because BEOS pointed to their innocence

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...

i learnt that police and investigative agencies continue to use the systems, which can cost upward of $100,000, to generate leads, corroborate findings, and screen suspects -- sometimes years after the original crime

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...

suspects are made to wear a headset and listen to crime-related phrases like "I pulled out my knife," or "I stabbed him in the back." the machine claims to detect if they actively participated in these scenarios — and police have used it in murder, rape, and terrorism cases.

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.

thanks especially to @thojbauer.bsky.social who travelled to Bahia and Piaui to do the on-the-ground reporting and without whom i would not have been able to do this complex project.

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.

as well as on @MongabayOrg in English

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.

you can find the articles in Portuguese for @theintercept.com www.intercept.com.br

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.

what we found was that Enel relies heavily on local companies to do the often-contentious work of securing land striking contracts with locals. contracts last 40+ years and pay small sums, meaning they effectively remain in the hands companies for multiple generations.

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.

the company running this park is Enel, a major Italian multinational. according to a nature 2024 study authored by @mklingler.bsky.social, Enel is one of the biggest players in renewable energy in the country & involved in mass appropriation of land. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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?

with @postimees.bsky.social we zoomed into Estonia, one of the countries hardest hit by nitazenes. the latest figures suggest >50% of all drug-related deaths are linked to nitazenes.

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?

with @bellingcat.com & @postimees.bsky.social we combined open source techniques & standard reporting to try and figure out where these drugs are coming from and how they're penetrating EU borders. we worked closely with @conplnk.bsky.social, Katherine de Tolly, & Ilvija Bruge.

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?