Rowan
@rowanj.bsky.social
I write about nature and landscape.
Lecturer in Human Environmental Geography at The University of Sheffield.
One quarter of the Nature’s Calendar writing team published with Granta.
Lecturer in Human Environmental Geography at The University of Sheffield.
One quarter of the Nature’s Calendar writing team published with Granta.
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Hmmm if we go with the Dickens philosophy of humanity then only urchins with a pre existing family connection to wealth are worth saving 🤨
July 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Hmmm if we go with the Dickens philosophy of humanity then only urchins with a pre existing family connection to wealth are worth saving 🤨
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🛰️ Got an idea for a book on the #Politics of #OuterSpace? Our new series might be the perfect home for it!
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July 4, 2025 at 9:04 AM
🛰️ Got an idea for a book on the #Politics of #OuterSpace? Our new series might be the perfect home for it!
Submit your proposal to series editor @bleddb.bsky.social
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James Clerk Maxwell, 1888
January 19, 2025 at 11:49 PM
James Clerk Maxwell, 1888
Why is the Today show insistant on my imagining King Charles shimmying to "Do the Locomotion" ?
March 10, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Why is the Today show insistant on my imagining King Charles shimmying to "Do the Locomotion" ?
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Right after Trump said he'd stop federal funding, "for any College, School, or University that allows illegal protests. Agitators will be imprisoned/or permanently sent back to the country from which they came. American students will be permanently expelled or, depending on on the crime, arrested."
“New York Police Department officers with helmets and zipties entered Barnard’s campus and began detaining protesters…Protesters began the sit-in around 1 p.m. on Wednesday, calling for the reinstatement of three Barnard students reportedly expelled.”
www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/03...
www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/03...
NYPD arrests protesters at Milstein sit-in
<i>Updated on March 5 at 5:47 p.m.</i>
www.columbiaspectator.com
March 5, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Right after Trump said he'd stop federal funding, "for any College, School, or University that allows illegal protests. Agitators will be imprisoned/or permanently sent back to the country from which they came. American students will be permanently expelled or, depending on on the crime, arrested."
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I think I missed the part of the speech where Donald Trump talked about how his tariffs are tanking the stock market and the economy.
March 5, 2025 at 5:18 AM
I think I missed the part of the speech where Donald Trump talked about how his tariffs are tanking the stock market and the economy.
Now that's what I call tactical frivolity.
MAGA is big mad that Germans made fun of Elon Musk at a parade in Düsseldorf, Germany.
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March 5, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Now that's what I call tactical frivolity.
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I love this for Elon Musk and Tesla.
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March 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I love this for Elon Musk and Tesla.
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Getting an early night so I can dig my Anderson shelter first thing.
March 4, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Getting an early night so I can dig my Anderson shelter first thing.
Getting an early night so I can dig my Anderson shelter first thing.
March 4, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Getting an early night so I can dig my Anderson shelter first thing.
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Potentially up for sale: FBI HQ.
Any foreign investors suddenly interested in buying a building in DC with a ton of history -- and SCIFs?
Any foreign investors suddenly interested in buying a building in DC with a ton of history -- and SCIFs?
March 4, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Potentially up for sale: FBI HQ.
Any foreign investors suddenly interested in buying a building in DC with a ton of history -- and SCIFs?
Any foreign investors suddenly interested in buying a building in DC with a ton of history -- and SCIFs?
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Some DOGE staffers are getting paid six-figure salaries from the very agencies they're slashing and burning
killer scoop from @knibbs.bsky.social !!!!
www.wired.com/story/doge-g...
killer scoop from @knibbs.bsky.social !!!!
www.wired.com/story/doge-g...
Some DOGE Staffers Are Drawing Six-Figure Government Salaries
Engineers and executives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing healthy taxpayer-funded salaries—sometimes from the very agencies they are cutting.
www.wired.com
March 4, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Some DOGE staffers are getting paid six-figure salaries from the very agencies they're slashing and burning
killer scoop from @knibbs.bsky.social !!!!
www.wired.com/story/doge-g...
killer scoop from @knibbs.bsky.social !!!!
www.wired.com/story/doge-g...
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maybe obvious but these federal buildings can be understood as a frontier in the sense that gov-held goods (real estate, national forests, etc) are preserved or at least semi-insulated from private incursion, and thus constitute (like commons) one of the few remaining unenclosed spaces for capital
March 4, 2025 at 8:20 PM
maybe obvious but these federal buildings can be understood as a frontier in the sense that gov-held goods (real estate, national forests, etc) are preserved or at least semi-insulated from private incursion, and thus constitute (like commons) one of the few remaining unenclosed spaces for capital
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Musk admits he ACCIDENTALLY CANCELED EBOLA PREVENTION.
Musk: I should say we will make mistakes. We won't be perfect. But when we make a mistake we'll fix it quickly. So for example with USAID, one of the things we accidentally canceled briefly was Ebola prevention.
February 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Musk admits he ACCIDENTALLY CANCELED EBOLA PREVENTION.
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Since we started the Elon Musk boycott, Tesla shares have dropped nearly 26% in the last month. Remember, don’t buy anything Elon.
February 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Since we started the Elon Musk boycott, Tesla shares have dropped nearly 26% in the last month. Remember, don’t buy anything Elon.
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We’re fighting to ensure the federal government works for working people and isn’t destroyed by billionaires like Elon Musk.
We’ll report on the facts of the DOGE cuts and what you can do to fight back.
Join us: deptofpeoplewhowork.org
We’ll report on the facts of the DOGE cuts and what you can do to fight back.
Join us: deptofpeoplewhowork.org
Department of People who Work for a Living
deptofpeoplewhowork.org
February 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM
We’re fighting to ensure the federal government works for working people and isn’t destroyed by billionaires like Elon Musk.
We’ll report on the facts of the DOGE cuts and what you can do to fight back.
Join us: deptofpeoplewhowork.org
We’ll report on the facts of the DOGE cuts and what you can do to fight back.
Join us: deptofpeoplewhowork.org
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February 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Can't wait to see Kier in a Khole
February 27, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Can't wait to see Kier in a Khole
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I wrote more about rural mail carriers' roles as care workers and what rural communities stand to lose with USPS privatization for @jacobinmag.bsky.social jacobin.com/2025/02/usps...
February 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I wrote more about rural mail carriers' roles as care workers and what rural communities stand to lose with USPS privatization for @jacobinmag.bsky.social jacobin.com/2025/02/usps...
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Every morning I get up, have a big cup of tea and listen to some music I've never heard before before I go on with my day. I highly recommend it.
February 26, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Every morning I get up, have a big cup of tea and listen to some music I've never heard before before I go on with my day. I highly recommend it.
My new hobby is watching the Tesla share price drop.
February 26, 2025 at 2:37 PM
My new hobby is watching the Tesla share price drop.
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The proper name for the GOP tax plan is the “Bezos, Zuckerberg, Musk Welfare Bill”.
February 26, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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These are brown shirts, and this is Nazi behavior.
We are not in a fight between right and left anymore. This is a fight between Americans and those who would bend the knee to a king. If you care about the soul of this country, we have to stand for each other.
We are not in a fight between right and left anymore. This is a fight between Americans and those who would bend the knee to a king. If you care about the soul of this country, we have to stand for each other.
There's going to be news about a woman illegally detained and being forcely removed from a Coeur d'Alene Idaho Town Hall meeting taking place at the high school by men that would not identify themselves wearing plain clothes because she opposed the republican viewpoints.
youtube.com/shorts/hhJdH...
youtube.com/shorts/hhJdH...
KCRCC Town Hall in Coeur d'Alene Idaho woman illegally detained
YouTube video by Devin Prewett
youtube.com
February 23, 2025 at 3:20 AM
These are brown shirts, and this is Nazi behavior.
We are not in a fight between right and left anymore. This is a fight between Americans and those who would bend the knee to a king. If you care about the soul of this country, we have to stand for each other.
We are not in a fight between right and left anymore. This is a fight between Americans and those who would bend the knee to a king. If you care about the soul of this country, we have to stand for each other.