Sign in

Josie Glausiusz

@josiegz.bsky.social
6.8K followers 1.2K following 5.8K posts

Science journalist writing for Nature, Scientific American, National Geographic, Guardian Books, BBC Future, Washington Post Opinions, Prospect Magazine. Passionate reader. #PoetryIsMedicine #ClimateCrisis She/Her

PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by Josie Glausiusz
Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“Any mention of civil rights, feminism or social reform [topics that are central to Woolf’s work] are usually classified as ‘social topics’ by [Facebook's] automatic system” and are filtered out." Meta bans ads for Virginia Woolf play in Spain www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
theguardian.com
Meta bans ads for Virginia Woolf play in Spain because they relate to feminism
Theatre told that Facebook and Instagram filter out ads mentioning ‘social topics’ such as civil rights or feminism
67152
Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 12h
Weird how Israeli Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli equates public criticism of the Israeli government with antisemitism, and yet when far-right French politician Jordan Bardella engages in *actual antisemitism* ("all the banks are owned by Jews") Chikli defends him. www.haaretz.com/world-news/e...
haaretz.com
Israeli minister backs French far-right leader amid antisemitism allegations
After the publication of antisemitic messages Jordan Bardella wrote as a teenager, Israeli Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli came out in defense of the National Rally leader, accusing the French left o...
231
Reposted by Josie Glausiusz
Claudio Cantù @claudiocantu81.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
If an interviewer asks you ‘What keeps you awake at night?’ Be skeptical, they may wish to unhealthily exploit your passion Feel free to reply ‘Nothing at all, I sleep well. But I can tell you what makes me stand up in the morning’ Science should be disruptive. Not of our well being.
093
Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 17h
"We hear you. You were right." youtube.com/shorts/EJrnf...
youtube.com
Miliband: Gaza suffering is a ‘stain on the conscience of the world’
YouTube video by The National News
070
Reposted by Josie Glausiusz
Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 30/09/2026
From 2023 to 2026, Google Earth's updated satellite imagery shows what's left of Gaza. The images reflect what Human Rights Watch has already found: Israel has caused deliberate, widespread destruction throughout Gaza ⤵️
8218179
Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The new Palestinian technocratic government has crafted 71 projects for rehabilitating the war-decimated enclave. Almost all of the plans, however, require significant cooperation from Israel, which has been largely reluctant to allow such efforts to date. www.timesofisrael.com/gaza-bound-t...
timesofisrael.com
Gaza-bound technocrats draw up 71 rebuilding projects, which hinge on Israeli approval
Board of Peace-overseen committee tasked with replacing Hamas has detailed plans for first 6 months of work, but there's no guarantee they'll be able to start after Israeli election
044
Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
An Iranian court’s decision to uphold a sentence of 74 lashes against the popular singer Parastoo Ahmadi for performing without a hijab has sparked outrage among rights groups, who described it as “a form of torture”. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
theguardian.com
Iranian singer’s 74 lashes for performing without a hijab ‘a form of torture’, say rights groups
Iranian court upholds sentence against 29-year-old star Parastoo Ahmadi and other musicians in crackdown on women flouting hijab law
2106
Reposted by Josie Glausiusz
Kate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I wrote for @thecut.com about the Cornell case and what it says that, at my institution and many others like it, protesters are often punished more harshly than sexual assailants www.thecut.com/article/what...
thecut.com
What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.
531851611
Reposted by Josie Glausiusz
Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I'm intrigued by people who choose to protest injustice even as everyone around them accepts or ignores it. So I wrote a review of this fascinating book, “To The Success of Our Hopeless Cause: The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement," by Benjamin Nathans medium.com/@josieglz/th...
medium.com
The Brave Souls Who Speak Up
“There is a need to create ideals even when you can’t see any way to achieve them, because if there are no ideals, there can be no hope and…
1229
Reposted by Josie Glausiusz
Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
What a way To end A day of play
This is a photo of a headless rubber doll lying on the ground. The word "play" is inscribed on its tummy.
0132
Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Chimpanzees have been recorded applying insects to treat open wounds, while more than 200 bird species use ants to remove parasites or maintain feathers. Other birds build nests near wasps or other stinging insects, likely to gain protection from predators. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Insects play critical role in ecosystems beyond just providing food, new research shows
Insects provide protection, sanitation and even shelter to vertebrates, making them a priority for conservation efforts
032
Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In recent months, settlers have besieged Palestinian families in their homes or forced them out. The violence has been widely condemned, including by Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, who this month called settlers who attacked Palestinians “terrorists.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/w...
nytimes.com
Israeli Settlers Stop Soldiers From Returning Palestinians to Their Home (Gift Article)
The Supreme Court had ordered the military to ensure a West Bank family that fled violence could go back. But settlers blocked the effort, with the authorities accused of not doing enough to confront ...
035
Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Help Save My Family in Gaza and Fund My Sister's Education gofund.me/6ff6ac42d
gofund.me
Donate to Help Save My Family in Gaza and Fund My Sister's Education, organized by Rana Qr
Dear Friends, I pray my message finds you safe and healthy. … Rana Qr needs your support for Help Save My Family in Gaza and Fund My Sister's Education
010
Reposted by Josie Glausiusz
Save The Hellfire @savethehellfire.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Happy #WildlifeWednesday from the Hellfire #goodmorning #Dublin #Ireland
0135
Reposted by Josie Glausiusz
Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
HSBC & Barclays were among global banks pledging in 2021 to cut emissions from loans Driven mainly them, loans by UK banks to the coal industry rose 17% from 2022 to 2025, EU banks nearly halved coal financing. Banks in Taiwan, Malaysia, Thailand, Japan also cut theirs www.ft.com/content/52e5...
ft.com
UK banks stick with coal financing, campaign report finds
Barclays and HSBC led in support of the industry since the war on Ukraine, study shows
0175
Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Doctors were giving thalidomide to thousands of U.S. patients, including pregnant women. Some children whose mothers were given the drug during pregnancy were born with severely deformed limbs. www.npr.org/2026/09/26/n...
npr.org
The U.S. has more thalidomide survivors than the government admits
In the 1950s and 1960s, doctors gave the drug thalidomide to pregnant patients without telling them — and without FDA approval. Now those patients' children want recognition.
152
Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The level of Pfas in one of Sam’s duck eggs was so high that if she ate just one a week, she would exceed the European safe level 10 times over. Sam and her children had been eating these eggs every day for decades. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
‘Are these chemicals in my blood?’ How one community learned the truth about Pfas pollution
People living next to a chemicals plant near Blackpool were tested for ‘forever chemicals’. Last week they received the alarming results
086
Reposted by Josie Glausiusz
Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In pictures: Gaza in ruins as residents return home (January 20, 2025.) "The images coming out of Gaza spoke for themselves," NAZA director Yuval Avraham said. www.reuters.com/pictures/pic...
reuters.com
In pictures: Gaza in ruins as residents return home
After 15 months of war, the Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement took place on Sunday, but Gazans who cheered in celebration over the truce soon found their happiness overshadowed by a harsh reality when ...
071
Reposted by Josie Glausiusz
Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Medicaid provides health insurance for 1 in 5 Americans & plays a crucial role in US health care. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) is estimated to cut Medicaid spending by nearly $1 trillion by 2034 and cause millions of enrollees to lose coverage. @jama.com jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com
Everyone Will Feel the $1 Trillion Cut in Medicaid
Proposed Medicaid cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and how they could affect patients, clinicians, and health care organizations are discussed by Derek C. Angus, MD, MPH, and Julie Donohue, PhD,...
076
Reposted by Josie Glausiusz
Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“There’s a feeling today that Britain only found out about the Holocaust at the end of the war. But in 1942 [...] you couldn’t really escape this information in Britain. It was in every newspaper. It was on the BBC," said historian Martin Winstone www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
theguardian.com
Britain knew about the Holocaust as it happened. A new exhibition reckons with that truth
Research draws upon reporting and witness testimony, while a permanent memorial is planned for London
314066
Reposted by Josie Glausiusz
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 29/09/2026
The Talmud teaches that anyone who sustains one soul, has sustained an entire world. For generations, Jewish New Yorkers have sustained our city. Today, we are launching the first-ever municipal Strategy to Combat Antisemitism.
295144942849
Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"When Trump complains, ‘Why is it we only take people from shithole countries? Why can’t we have some people from Norway?’ he ignores the fact that in the latter half of the 19th century Norway was itself a shithole country." @lrb.co.uk www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
lrb.co.uk
Ferdinand Mount · Modest and Misunderstood: Wretched Strangers
In the great immigration panics of today, sympathy is focused on the home team. We are the ones who are being hurt. It...
010
Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“There’s a feeling today that Britain only found out about the Holocaust at the end of the war. But in 1942 [...] you couldn’t really escape this information in Britain. It was in every newspaper. It was on the BBC," said historian Martin Winstone www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
theguardian.com
Britain knew about the Holocaust as it happened. A new exhibition reckons with that truth
Research draws upon reporting and witness testimony, while a permanent memorial is planned for London
314066
Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Medicaid provides health insurance for 1 in 5 Americans & plays a crucial role in US health care. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) is estimated to cut Medicaid spending by nearly $1 trillion by 2034 and cause millions of enrollees to lose coverage. @jama.com jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com
Everyone Will Feel the $1 Trillion Cut in Medicaid
Proposed Medicaid cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and how they could affect patients, clinicians, and health care organizations are discussed by Derek C. Angus, MD, MPH, and Julie Donohue, PhD,...
076
Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Glucosamine use was associated with a roughly 25 percent greater likelihood of progressing from mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
washingtonpost.com
Why scientists are starting to worry popular supplements could harm the aging brain
New studies raise questions about the use of Vitamin D, omega-3 fish oil and glucosamine supplements in some people.
272
Reposted by Josie Glausiusz
Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
After watching Netflix' adaptation of Miles Franklin's novel My Brilliant Career, I re-read the novel on which it is based. This review is spot-on: Rather than bringing Franklin’s social realism to a contemporary audience, the series applies the “Bridgerton treatment” www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
wsws.org
<em>My Brilliant Career</em>: Netflix’s caricature of a classic Australian novel
The new series bears only a limited resemblance to Miles Franklin’s portrait of the harsh realities facing small farmers and their families in the late nineteenth century.
221
Reposted by Josie Glausiusz
Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Ten years after the Chinese Communist Party sharply escalated abuses against Uyghurs in the far western Xinjiang region, the crackdown on rights remains severe, @hrw.org reports. The repression amounts to crimes against humanity. www.hrw.org/news/2026/08...
hrw.org
China: Decade of Impunity for Crimes Against Uyghurs
The Chinese government’s decade-long severe repression against Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims amounting to crimes against humanity, deserves a stronger response from the international community.
165
Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“Most of Gaza’s agricultural land also lies on the other side of the yellow line and is now inaccessible to farmers,” said Tania Hary, executive director of Gisha, an Israeli human rights group. Israel Expanding Into Gaza Despite Cease-Fire, Satellite Images Show www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
nytimes.com
Israel Keeps Expanding Into Gaza Despite Cease-Fire, Satellite Images Show (Gift Article)
The Israeli military has built new outposts and slowly encroached beyond the withdrawal line in Gaza. These are signs its troops may be preparing to stay for the time being.
0108
Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
After watching Netflix' adaptation of Miles Franklin's novel My Brilliant Career, I re-read the novel on which it is based. This review is spot-on: Rather than bringing Franklin’s social realism to a contemporary audience, the series applies the “Bridgerton treatment” www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
wsws.org
<em>My Brilliant Career</em>: Netflix’s caricature of a classic Australian novel
The new series bears only a limited resemblance to Miles Franklin’s portrait of the harsh realities facing small farmers and their families in the late nineteenth century.
221
Reposted by Josie Glausiusz
Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Sylvia Pankhurst, feminist and socialist, died on this day 1960 in Addis Ababa, aged 78.
37416
Reposted by Josie Glausiusz
Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Portree, Isle of Skye, painting by Nikki Monaghan, Scottish artist based in Falkirk.
010930
Reposted by Josie Glausiusz
Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Just imagine all the bloodshed, death and destruction that *could have been prevented* had Netanyahu heeded these warnings and shared them.
082
Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Beyond the officers' accounts, Yuval Abraham says, the images coming out of Gaza spoke for themselves. 'NAZA' Directors Tell Haaretz: Netanyahu's Attacks on Us Are 'Incitement to Murder' www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
haaretz.com
NAZA directors to Haaretz: Netanyahu's attacks on us are 'incitement to murder'
Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor discuss the IDF officers' testimony in their film 'NAZA' and why they didn't shy away from drawing parallels to World War II. Of the backlash that awaits them in Israel, ...
173
Reposted by Josie Glausiusz
Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Kamel’s call to Netanyahu’s office came just days before the attack, the Arab government officials said. The Egyptians continued to warn Israel up until 48 hours before the attack, one of these officials said."
113875
Reposted by Josie Glausiusz
Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“I feel as if we are holding a spoon and trying to empty the sea,” said Ahmed Alyan, a UN engineer. 61m tonnes of rubble: Gaza aid workers face delicate task of clearing ruins concealing up to 10,000 bodies www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
theguardian.com
61m tonnes of rubble: Gaza aid workers face delicate task of clearing ruins concealing up to 10,000 bodies
Removal of war debris, in which lives, memories and unexploded Israeli bombs lie buried, is one of largest clearance operations in modern history
03628
Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Egypt conveyed at least three separate warnings to Israel ahead of the October 7 attacks, including a secret visit to Israel just two weeks before and a phonecall to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, days prior to the attack. www.jpost.com/israel-news/...
jpost.com
Benjamin Netanyahu received three warnings from Egypt including in days before October 7 | The Jerusalem Post
Netanyahu has previously denied personally receiving advance knowledge, claiming that security chiefs did not adequately warn him.
032
Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“I cannot return to La Saline,” said one deportee from the August 27 flight, describing his Port-au-Prince neighborhood. “Criminals still control the neighborhood. I left because I feared they would kill me, and now I have been sent back to the same danger.” www.hrw.org/news/2026/09...
hrw.org
US: Deportations to Haiti Endanger Lives
Since ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti in late July 2026, US authorities have deported hundreds of Haitians back to their country, where they face threats to their lives and safety an...
054
Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“In our city, [Berlin] love and justice won over hate … this signal goes out into the world,” Die Linke candidate Elif Eralp said at her victory party, the “hate” a pointed reference to the far-right Alternative für Deutschland. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
theguardian.com
Elif Eralp: ‘Germany’s Zohran Mamdani’ who vows to be a mayor for all Berliners
Die Linke candidate, a lawyer affected by her experiences as the child of political migrants from Turkey, poised to head Berlin coalition government
021
Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
An Israeli source quoted by The Atlantic said Abbas Kamel, the then-head of Egypt's intelligence, deliverered a blunt message: “Gaza is going to blow up in your faces,” without specifying an exact date. www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahus-n...
timesofisrael.com
Netanyahu’s narrative of ignorance on October 7 is rapidly unraveling
New reports detailing warnings conveyed by Egypt and the UAE before the massacre shatter PM's claim the security establishment kept him in the dark; if anything, it was the other way around
054
Reposted by Josie Glausiusz
Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Sculptural structures by Joyce Hwang look like tall clothes racks. But instead of clothes, the wooden frames support a variety of bird nesting boxes, bat houses, and insect habitat boxes, at different heights and of different styles and sizes. www.bbc.com/culture/arti...
bbc.com
Eight ingenious homes for wildlife around the world
From a bat home in the UK countryside to a multi-species refuge in the Catskills, here are eight cleverly designed wildlife havens.
042
Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed, the president of the United Arab Emirates, had called Mr. Netanyahu in late September 2023 to tell him that, based on information he had received, Hamas was planning to launch an attack. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/w...
nytimes.com
Netanyahu Said to Have Been Warned by Emirati Leader About Hamas Attack Before Oct. 7 (Gift Article)
The warning from the leader of the United Arab Emirates, which lacked specific details about the nature of an attack, never reached the chiefs of Israel’s security establishment, Israeli officials sai...
092
Reposted by Josie Glausiusz
Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 27/09/2026
Thousands march for climate across France: 'I wish there were more of us, after the summer we've just had'
lemonde.fr
Thousands march for climate across France: 'I wish there were more of us, after the summer we've just had'
From Bordeaux to Paris, organizers say 120,000 people took part in 260 demonstrations 'for the climate, for life, for peace, for social justice.
452270745
Reposted by Josie Glausiusz
Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Irish President, Catherine Connolly, welcomed Gazan students to Ireland at her official residence Áras an Uachtaráin. She called out the horror affecting their country.
020656
Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“I feel as if we are holding a spoon and trying to empty the sea,” said Ahmed Alyan, a UN engineer. 61m tonnes of rubble: Gaza aid workers face delicate task of clearing ruins concealing up to 10,000 bodies www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
theguardian.com
61m tonnes of rubble: Gaza aid workers face delicate task of clearing ruins concealing up to 10,000 bodies
Removal of war debris, in which lives, memories and unexploded Israeli bombs lie buried, is one of largest clearance operations in modern history
03628
Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“I felt like I was dying inside.” Bernardine Barber's Brand Was Tradwife. Now She’s Divorced. When she walked out, her youngest son was 4 months old. She was not permitted, she said, to walk down the gravel path leading to the highway on her own. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/s...
nytimes.com
Her Brand Was Tradwife. Now She’s Divorced.
What happens when a trad influencer leaves her husband, questions her beliefs, stops selling anti-feminism T-shirts — and still needs to make a living online?
152
Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"Bangkok Wakes to Rain," by Pitchaya Sudbanthad @pitchaya.bsky.social
120
Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Sculptural structures by Joyce Hwang look like tall clothes racks. But instead of clothes, the wooden frames support a variety of bird nesting boxes, bat houses, and insect habitat boxes, at different heights and of different styles and sizes. www.bbc.com/culture/arti...
bbc.com
Eight ingenious homes for wildlife around the world
From a bat home in the UK countryside to a multi-species refuge in the Catskills, here are eight cleverly designed wildlife havens.
042
Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Herstmonceux Castle, in East Sussex, plans to rewild and restore 240 acres of its grounds, transforming the land into biodiverse habitats including wood pasture, grassland and scrub, while expanding public access and supporting academic research. www.theargus.co.uk/news/2657723...
theargus.co.uk
Historic castle estate to undergo major rewilding project
Herstmonceux Castle, east of Hailsham, has partnered with nature restoration experts Nattergal to rewild and restore 240 acres of the estate.
063
Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
What a way To end A day of play
This is a photo of a headless rubber doll lying on the ground. The word "play" is inscribed on its tummy.
0132
Reposted by Josie Glausiusz
Your Friendly Neighborhood TransitDad @robins36.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
My understanding was also that the reduction in oil and natural gas supply had encouraged some countries to rely more on coal? That would have to be factored in as well. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/c...
nytimes.com
The Iran War Is Pushing Global Coal Use to Record Highs
Five years after virtually every world leader agreed to “phase down” the burning of coal for climate reasons, the fuel is more widely used than ever.
032