Josie Glausiusz
@josiegz.bsky.social
Science journalist writing for Nature, Scientific American, National Geographic, Guardian Books, BBC Future, Washington Post Opinions, Prospect Magazine.
Passionate reader. #PoetryIsMedicine #ClimateCrisis She/Her
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Josie Glausiusz
@josiegz.bsky.social
· Oct 7
The Israel–Hamas conflict one year on: researcher resilience in the face of war
Scientists, tech entrepreneurs and educators on both sides of the border describe the devastation of lost homes, destroyed laboratories and slain colleagues.
www.nature.com
My latest article for @natureportfolio.bsky.social, in which I spoke to researchers, entrepreneurs and scientists in Gaza, Israel, and the West Bank about their determination to continue their work amid the destruction and devastation of war.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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According to the film ‘Hamnet’ and traditional academics (men), William Shakespeare deposited his wife Anne Hathaway in their native Stratford-upon-Avon and paid her scant heed. But that might not be true, writes Dr Kate Maltby
How ‘Hamnet’ sidelines Anne Hathaway
Historical records suggest that Shakespeare’s wife was central to his career and life. So why does this film reduce her to a woman of the woods?
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
January 25, 2026 at 11:27 AM
According to the film ‘Hamnet’ and traditional academics (men), William Shakespeare deposited his wife Anne Hathaway in their native Stratford-upon-Avon and paid her scant heed. But that might not be true, writes Dr Kate Maltby
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Ai Weiwei Turns 30 Tons of Salvaged Buttons Into a Major New Installation
The artist mysteriously bought the buttons off Twitter in 2019.
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The artist mysteriously bought the buttons off Twitter in 2019.
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Ai Weiwei Turns 30 Tons of Salvaged Buttons Into a Major New Installation | Artnet News
Ai Weiwei’s new Manchester exhibition uses buttons to trace imperial history, industrial labor, and China’s relationship with the West.
news.artnet.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Ai Weiwei Turns 30 Tons of Salvaged Buttons Into a Major New Installation
The artist mysteriously bought the buttons off Twitter in 2019.
news.artnet.com/art-world/ai...
The artist mysteriously bought the buttons off Twitter in 2019.
news.artnet.com/art-world/ai...
Busy Bee Sunday 🌞
[A honeybee visits the yellow flowers of Eastern groundsel, Senecio vernalis.]
[A honeybee visits the yellow flowers of Eastern groundsel, Senecio vernalis.]
January 25, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Busy Bee Sunday 🌞
[A honeybee visits the yellow flowers of Eastern groundsel, Senecio vernalis.]
[A honeybee visits the yellow flowers of Eastern groundsel, Senecio vernalis.]
"The Democrats’ most urgent political goals must be to stop the Republican Party’s ongoing authoritarian takeover [which] can only be achieved if Democratic leaders show the moral clarity and political courage of a normal party of opposition." @nybooks.com
www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
Authoritarian Blitz | Joseph O’Neill, Daniel Drake
In the weeks since Donald Trump’s second inauguration, the president and his party have embarked on a concerted campaign to unmake the American
www.nybooks.com
January 25, 2026 at 10:16 AM
"The Democrats’ most urgent political goals must be to stop the Republican Party’s ongoing authoritarian takeover [which] can only be achieved if Democratic leaders show the moral clarity and political courage of a normal party of opposition." @nybooks.com
www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
Bats in London live comfortably alongside people. They are commonly found along canals, disused industrial buildings, in people’s homes – and even flying down Regent Street.
The species thriving in London’s hidden microclimates:
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
The species thriving in London’s hidden microclimates:
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
From scorpions to peacocks: the species thriving in London’s hidden microclimates
An extraordinary mosaic of wildlife has made Britain’s urban jungle its home
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Bats in London live comfortably alongside people. They are commonly found along canals, disused industrial buildings, in people’s homes – and even flying down Regent Street.
The species thriving in London’s hidden microclimates:
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
The species thriving in London’s hidden microclimates:
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Video recorded by witnesses to the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday shows that the 37-year-old registered nurse was holding a phone, not a gun, when he was tackled & shot, directly contradicting the claims of Trump admin
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Video contradicts Trump’s claim man killed in Minneapolis was a ‘gunman’
Video evidence reviewed by Guardian shows Alex Pretti, killed by agents in Minneapolis, held a phone, not a gun
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Video recorded by witnesses to the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday shows that the 37-year-old registered nurse was holding a phone, not a gun, when he was tackled & shot, directly contradicting the claims of Trump admin
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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An excellent, bone-chilling story about a cadre of online racists who stole genetic data from studies on children so they could make specious arguments for the innate inferiority of non-white people, it's embrace by Elon Musk/twitter & how the Trump administration might make it easier to do again.
Genetic Data From Over 20,000 U.S. Children Misused for ‘Race Science’
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 3:03 PM
An excellent, bone-chilling story about a cadre of online racists who stole genetic data from studies on children so they could make specious arguments for the innate inferiority of non-white people, it's embrace by Elon Musk/twitter & how the Trump administration might make it easier to do again.
"What the administration is pushing is not immigration enforcement. It has much more in common with ethnic cleansing, with trying to change the overall ethnic and racial mix of the country," says Jamelle Bouie www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
Video: Opinion | Is This Who Trump Meant by the ‘Worst of the Worst’?
The columnist Jamelle Bouie argues that the Trump administration’s immigration policy has more in common with ethnic cleansing than actual immigration enforcement.
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:35 PM
"What the administration is pushing is not immigration enforcement. It has much more in common with ethnic cleansing, with trying to change the overall ethnic and racial mix of the country," says Jamelle Bouie www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
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My most popular post on Medium:
Stephen Miller was described as "the brains behind "the worst of it,” including Trump’s cruel family separation policy, as well as his 2017 executive order blocking refugees and passport-holders from seven Muslim-majority countries.
medium.com/@josieglz/th...
Stephen Miller was described as "the brains behind "the worst of it,” including Trump’s cruel family separation policy, as well as his 2017 executive order blocking refugees and passport-holders from seven Muslim-majority countries.
medium.com/@josieglz/th...
The Worst of It
Stephen Miller prompted me to write this post. Yes, THAT Stephen Miller, Trump’s new “homeland security” advisor. The Stephen Miller who…
medium.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:59 AM
My most popular post on Medium:
Stephen Miller was described as "the brains behind "the worst of it,” including Trump’s cruel family separation policy, as well as his 2017 executive order blocking refugees and passport-holders from seven Muslim-majority countries.
medium.com/@josieglz/th...
Stephen Miller was described as "the brains behind "the worst of it,” including Trump’s cruel family separation policy, as well as his 2017 executive order blocking refugees and passport-holders from seven Muslim-majority countries.
medium.com/@josieglz/th...
On January 19, a court in Makhachkala, the capital city of Russia’s Dagestan region, sentenced women’s rights defender and journalist Svetlana Anokhina to five years in prison for allegedly spreading “fake news” about the Russian armed forces.
www.hrw.org/news/2026/01...
www.hrw.org/news/2026/01...
Five Year Sentence for Speaking Out Against War on Ukraine
On January 19, a court in Makhachkala, the capital city of Russia’s Dagestan region, sentenced women’s rights defender and journalist Svetlana Anokhina to five years in prison for allegedly spreading ...
www.hrw.org
January 23, 2026 at 2:49 PM
On January 19, a court in Makhachkala, the capital city of Russia’s Dagestan region, sentenced women’s rights defender and journalist Svetlana Anokhina to five years in prison for allegedly spreading “fake news” about the Russian armed forces.
www.hrw.org/news/2026/01...
www.hrw.org/news/2026/01...
The Trump administration has embraced a wide range of authoritarian tactics, policies, and actions that undermine human rights protections as well as many key pillars of US democracy, @hrw.org reports
www.hrw.org/feature/2026...
www.hrw.org/feature/2026...
Sliding Towards Authoritarianism?
During the first year of its second term in office, the Trump administration has embraced a wide range of authoritarian tactics, policies, and actions that undermine human rights protections.
www.hrw.org
January 23, 2026 at 2:47 PM
The Trump administration has embraced a wide range of authoritarian tactics, policies, and actions that undermine human rights protections as well as many key pillars of US democracy, @hrw.org reports
www.hrw.org/feature/2026...
www.hrw.org/feature/2026...
The West African nation of Guinea-Bissau has suspended a controversial U.S.-funded study of the hepatitis B vaccine in infants there after an outcry from public health researchers over the ethics of the work.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/h...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/h...
Kennedy Plan to Test a Vaccine in West African Babies Is Blocked
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:44 PM
The West African nation of Guinea-Bissau has suspended a controversial U.S.-funded study of the hepatitis B vaccine in infants there after an outcry from public health researchers over the ethics of the work.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/h...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/h...
Ai Weiwei Turns 30 Tons of Salvaged Buttons Into a Major New Installation
The artist mysteriously bought the buttons off Twitter in 2019.
news.artnet.com/art-world/ai...
The artist mysteriously bought the buttons off Twitter in 2019.
news.artnet.com/art-world/ai...
Ai Weiwei Turns 30 Tons of Salvaged Buttons Into a Major New Installation | Artnet News
Ai Weiwei’s new Manchester exhibition uses buttons to trace imperial history, industrial labor, and China’s relationship with the West.
news.artnet.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Ai Weiwei Turns 30 Tons of Salvaged Buttons Into a Major New Installation
The artist mysteriously bought the buttons off Twitter in 2019.
news.artnet.com/art-world/ai...
The artist mysteriously bought the buttons off Twitter in 2019.
news.artnet.com/art-world/ai...
The Department of Labor posted a video with the caption “One Homeland. One People. One Heritage”, recalling the Nazi slogan “Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer” (“one people, one realm, one leader”).
“The United States government under Trump has made a deliberate, calculated, and shameful decision to embolden and enable Nazi-glorifying elements within his party; to elevate and amplify Nazi messaging”
My latest for the Guardian, and I bring receipts:
My latest for the Guardian, and I bring receipts:
The Trump administration has a Nazi problem | Mehdi Hasan
Think I’m exaggerating? Consider the copious amounts of evidence
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 9:05 AM
The Department of Labor posted a video with the caption “One Homeland. One People. One Heritage”, recalling the Nazi slogan “Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer” (“one people, one realm, one leader”).
My most popular post on Medium:
Stephen Miller was described as "the brains behind "the worst of it,” including Trump’s cruel family separation policy, as well as his 2017 executive order blocking refugees and passport-holders from seven Muslim-majority countries.
medium.com/@josieglz/th...
Stephen Miller was described as "the brains behind "the worst of it,” including Trump’s cruel family separation policy, as well as his 2017 executive order blocking refugees and passport-holders from seven Muslim-majority countries.
medium.com/@josieglz/th...
The Worst of It
Stephen Miller prompted me to write this post. Yes, THAT Stephen Miller, Trump’s new “homeland security” advisor. The Stephen Miller who…
medium.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:59 AM
My most popular post on Medium:
Stephen Miller was described as "the brains behind "the worst of it,” including Trump’s cruel family separation policy, as well as his 2017 executive order blocking refugees and passport-holders from seven Muslim-majority countries.
medium.com/@josieglz/th...
Stephen Miller was described as "the brains behind "the worst of it,” including Trump’s cruel family separation policy, as well as his 2017 executive order blocking refugees and passport-holders from seven Muslim-majority countries.
medium.com/@josieglz/th...
"There are too many shots. I take maybe five steps towards the chairs, I am behind the last row. It is the closest thing I can find to cover. I lie on the grass, on top of the little girl."
I’m a mum who was at a Hanukah event, writes Jessica Rozen
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I’m a mum who was at a Hanukah event, writes Jessica Rozen
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
After the Bondi terror attack people keep calling me a hero. But I am not a hero. I’m a mum who was at a Hanukah event | Jessica Rozen
My phone zoom helped me see better. One man was on the footbridge. He was holding a gun. It was pointed towards me
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:53 AM
"There are too many shots. I take maybe five steps towards the chairs, I am behind the last row. It is the closest thing I can find to cover. I lie on the grass, on top of the little girl."
I’m a mum who was at a Hanukah event, writes Jessica Rozen
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I’m a mum who was at a Hanukah event, writes Jessica Rozen
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."
January 20, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."
In the same Reuters article: Health officials at Al Shifa Hospital, Gaza's largest, said four Palestinians were killed on Thursday by Israeli tank shelling in the Zeitoun suburb of eastern Gaza City. A fifth person was killed by Israeli fire in Khan Younis in the south, health officials said.
Jared Kushner's "New Gaza" plan did not address key issues such as property rights or compensation for Palestinians who lost their homes, businesses and livelihoods during the war. Nor did they address where displaced Palestinians might live during the rebuilding.
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
US pitches 'New Gaza' development plan; Israeli fire kills five Palestinians
The United States announced plans for residential towers, data centres and seaside resorts, part of President Donald Trump's push to advance an Israel-Hamas ceasefire shaken by repeated violations.
www.reuters.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:46 PM
In the same Reuters article: Health officials at Al Shifa Hospital, Gaza's largest, said four Palestinians were killed on Thursday by Israeli tank shelling in the Zeitoun suburb of eastern Gaza City. A fifth person was killed by Israeli fire in Khan Younis in the south, health officials said.
Jared Kushner's "New Gaza" plan did not address key issues such as property rights or compensation for Palestinians who lost their homes, businesses and livelihoods during the war. Nor did they address where displaced Palestinians might live during the rebuilding.
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
US pitches 'New Gaza' development plan; Israeli fire kills five Palestinians
The United States announced plans for residential towers, data centres and seaside resorts, part of President Donald Trump's push to advance an Israel-Hamas ceasefire shaken by repeated violations.
www.reuters.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Jared Kushner's "New Gaza" plan did not address key issues such as property rights or compensation for Palestinians who lost their homes, businesses and livelihoods during the war. Nor did they address where displaced Palestinians might live during the rebuilding.
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Reposted by Josie Glausiusz
Jared Kushner now rattling on about redeveloping Gaza, showing clearly that this is just a real estate organisation.
January 22, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Jared Kushner now rattling on about redeveloping Gaza, showing clearly that this is just a real estate organisation.
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in a world of social networks churning with artificial slop trends, we prefer to be your social network trusted for actual slop treatment.
January 22, 2026 at 2:34 PM
in a world of social networks churning with artificial slop trends, we prefer to be your social network trusted for actual slop treatment.
Trump has withdrawn the US from 66 international organisations and United Nations entities, including the UN climate convention.
They include the International Solar Alliance and International Union for Conservation of Nature.
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
They include the International Solar Alliance and International Union for Conservation of Nature.
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Trump withdraws US from 66 global organisations and UN climate treaty
President Donald Trump has withdrawn the US from 66 international organisations and United Nations entities, including the UN climate convention.
A statement issued by the White House on 7 January 20...
www.bmj.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Trump has withdrawn the US from 66 international organisations and United Nations entities, including the UN climate convention.
They include the International Solar Alliance and International Union for Conservation of Nature.
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
They include the International Solar Alliance and International Union for Conservation of Nature.
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Axolotls may be cute, but in the wild, axolotls sadly may not be long for this world. Ecologist Prof Luis Zambrano says he will be lucky to see a single axolotl in the canals of Lake Xochimilco in the final phase of his census.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Every time I look at one, I smile!’: how axolotls took over the world
Our passion for these cute-looking salamanders means they are everywhere – except in the wild, where the species is under increasing threat
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Axolotls may be cute, but in the wild, axolotls sadly may not be long for this world. Ecologist Prof Luis Zambrano says he will be lucky to see a single axolotl in the canals of Lake Xochimilco in the final phase of his census.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The best way of describing someone who’s all talk and no action that I’ve ever heard in the UK, by far, is “they’re all wardrobe and no Narnia.”
* read on for fun ways of saying “all talk and no action” in other languages (a thread)
* read on for fun ways of saying “all talk and no action” in other languages (a thread)
January 22, 2026 at 12:44 PM
The best way of describing someone who’s all talk and no action that I’ve ever heard in the UK, by far, is “they’re all wardrobe and no Narnia.”
* read on for fun ways of saying “all talk and no action” in other languages (a thread)
* read on for fun ways of saying “all talk and no action” in other languages (a thread)
Reposted by Josie Glausiusz
🧪⚒️ “the first giant organisms on the Earth’s surface were not closely related to anything alive today.”
Read this whole thread which explains everything wonderfully.
Makes you wonder how many other weird and wonderful lineages have been culled over the long grind of Earth’s geologic history…
Read this whole thread which explains everything wonderfully.
Makes you wonder how many other weird and wonderful lineages have been culled over the long grind of Earth’s geologic history…
Our paper on the mysterious Devonian organism Prototaxites has now finally been published! See the paper here (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...) and our explainer thread below!
Prototaxites reconstruction by Matt Humpage
Prototaxites reconstruction by Matt Humpage
January 21, 2026 at 11:11 PM
🧪⚒️ “the first giant organisms on the Earth’s surface were not closely related to anything alive today.”
Read this whole thread which explains everything wonderfully.
Makes you wonder how many other weird and wonderful lineages have been culled over the long grind of Earth’s geologic history…
Read this whole thread which explains everything wonderfully.
Makes you wonder how many other weird and wonderful lineages have been culled over the long grind of Earth’s geologic history…