Jane Rusbridge
@janerusbridge.bsky.social
Writer - mostly novels (Bloomsbury), some short stories, a little poetry. Experimenting with non-fiction. Read a lot. Love research. Spent many years in education, teaching preschool to post-grad.
Usually found somewhere outside.
Usually found somewhere outside.
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There's one thing about measles - it is really good at spreading. That line for 2026 is something else....https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/27/health/largest-us-measles-outbreak-south-carolina
January 28, 2026 at 1:56 PM
There's one thing about measles - it is really good at spreading. That line for 2026 is something else....https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/27/health/largest-us-measles-outbreak-south-carolina
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‘It is very hard to pray if your relationship to words themselves is as fastidious, suspicious, self-conscious and filled with doubt as Eliot’s was. The language of prayer does not entertain constant word-by-word revision.’
Colm Tóibín on Yeats, Eliot and Auden.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Colm Tóibín on Yeats, Eliot and Auden.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Colm Tóibín · Yeats, Auden, Eliot: 1939, 1940, 1941
Who was English; who was American? If Auden was English, was T.S. Eliot American? Or was it the other way around?...
www.lrb.co.uk
January 28, 2026 at 12:50 PM
‘It is very hard to pray if your relationship to words themselves is as fastidious, suspicious, self-conscious and filled with doubt as Eliot’s was. The language of prayer does not entertain constant word-by-word revision.’
Colm Tóibín on Yeats, Eliot and Auden.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Colm Tóibín on Yeats, Eliot and Auden.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Sometimes, viruses don't have to be the bad guys...
Sometimes we can use one to treat another!
Chuffed to present excellent work from Dr Samantha Garcia-Cardenas showing how the innate immune system can be "rewired" by a benign Reovirus to eliminate SARS2 infection.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Sometimes we can use one to treat another!
Chuffed to present excellent work from Dr Samantha Garcia-Cardenas showing how the innate immune system can be "rewired" by a benign Reovirus to eliminate SARS2 infection.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Oncolytic Reovirus mediates innate-driven SARS-CoV-2 elimination in the absence of cell toxicity
Interplay between type I interferon (IFN) driven innate responses and viral antagonism strongly influences SARS-CoV-2 transmission and the COVID-19 disease course. Hence, variant adaptation includes d...
www.biorxiv.org
December 19, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Sometimes, viruses don't have to be the bad guys...
Sometimes we can use one to treat another!
Chuffed to present excellent work from Dr Samantha Garcia-Cardenas showing how the innate immune system can be "rewired" by a benign Reovirus to eliminate SARS2 infection.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Sometimes we can use one to treat another!
Chuffed to present excellent work from Dr Samantha Garcia-Cardenas showing how the innate immune system can be "rewired" by a benign Reovirus to eliminate SARS2 infection.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 PM
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
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Last term I tried an experiment: I walked into my Tech and Design Ethics class, admitted that I had *no idea* what to do about ChatGPT - so I would let them figure it out.
As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class.
Here's what happened:
As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class.
Here's what happened:
January 22, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Last term I tried an experiment: I walked into my Tech and Design Ethics class, admitted that I had *no idea* what to do about ChatGPT - so I would let them figure it out.
As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class.
Here's what happened:
As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class.
Here's what happened:
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We are observers, not protestors. We show up to document and film the atrocities ICE is committing. Using 5 year olds as bait. Kidnapping senior citizens. Breaking down doors without warrants. Murdering poets and nurses. Media has all of that information because *observers* were there to document it
January 25, 2026 at 12:20 AM
We are observers, not protestors. We show up to document and film the atrocities ICE is committing. Using 5 year olds as bait. Kidnapping senior citizens. Breaking down doors without warrants. Murdering poets and nurses. Media has all of that information because *observers* were there to document it
I was also going to say The Trick is to Keep Breathing by Janice Galloway but, on checking I see it is referred to as a novel - so I'm not sure why it sprang to mind!!
January 25, 2026 at 1:01 PM
I was also going to say The Trick is to Keep Breathing by Janice Galloway but, on checking I see it is referred to as a novel - so I'm not sure why it sprang to mind!!
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Please give me your novella recommendations. Thank you!
January 12, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Please give me your novella recommendations. Thank you!
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan - although you've probably already read it?
January 25, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan - although you've probably already read it?
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A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
January 25, 2026 at 1:18 AM
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
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this is not about current events.
it's a bit about Hamnet and a lot about how hard it is to write about things that are too tender and sacred for language, and how the internet of video might make harder.
it's just about art, if you want some art today.
naomialderman.substack.com/p/we-have-th...
it's a bit about Hamnet and a lot about how hard it is to write about things that are too tender and sacred for language, and how the internet of video might make harder.
it's just about art, if you want some art today.
naomialderman.substack.com/p/we-have-th...
we have that within which passes show
on the post-literate world, the crassness of language and why Hamnet was always going to be hard to film. plus! what is 'just enough internet'? and the stationery renaissance
naomialderman.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 8:08 AM
this is not about current events.
it's a bit about Hamnet and a lot about how hard it is to write about things that are too tender and sacred for language, and how the internet of video might make harder.
it's just about art, if you want some art today.
naomialderman.substack.com/p/we-have-th...
it's a bit about Hamnet and a lot about how hard it is to write about things that are too tender and sacred for language, and how the internet of video might make harder.
it's just about art, if you want some art today.
naomialderman.substack.com/p/we-have-th...
Thank you for posting this, now, Naomi
January 25, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Thank you for posting this, now, Naomi
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I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
January 24, 2026 at 4:04 PM
I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
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Almost inevitable this trend will spread. www.businessgreen.com/news/4524637...
Amsterdam becomes first capital city to ban fossil fuel and meat advertising in public spaces
Ban means more than one-in-five Dutch people now live in municipalities with policies in place to block ads considered harmful to the climate
www.businessgreen.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Almost inevitable this trend will spread. www.businessgreen.com/news/4524637...
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"Chicken pox changed our lives. If I'd known we'd have got the vaccine"
As a new chicken pox vaccine is rolled out, I spoke to two families devastated by severe pox related complications for @thetimes.com parenting section:
www.thetimes.com/article/9119...
As a new chicken pox vaccine is rolled out, I spoke to two families devastated by severe pox related complications for @thetimes.com parenting section:
www.thetimes.com/article/9119...
Chickenpox changed our lives. If I’d known, we’d have got the vaccine
The NHS has just launched a vaccination programme for the common childhood illness. When Kelly Diggle’s son caught the virus, it led to dangerous complications
www.thetimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 8:26 AM
"Chicken pox changed our lives. If I'd known we'd have got the vaccine"
As a new chicken pox vaccine is rolled out, I spoke to two families devastated by severe pox related complications for @thetimes.com parenting section:
www.thetimes.com/article/9119...
As a new chicken pox vaccine is rolled out, I spoke to two families devastated by severe pox related complications for @thetimes.com parenting section:
www.thetimes.com/article/9119...
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Map of parts of the UK with potential for fracking exploration (British Geological Survey). There's a current pause on fracking in the UK & the government is considering making it illegal. Reform, however, have pledged to license fracking if elected.
nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/51...
nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/51...
January 19, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Map of parts of the UK with potential for fracking exploration (British Geological Survey). There's a current pause on fracking in the UK & the government is considering making it illegal. Reform, however, have pledged to license fracking if elected.
nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/51...
nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/51...
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A stunning 2025 debut, Nesting by Roisín O’Donnell tells the story of Ciara Fay, who leaves an abusive marriage with her two young daughters and tries to rebuild a life while stuck in temporary housing.
Have you got your hands on this novel yet?
Have you got your hands on this novel yet?
January 17, 2026 at 3:42 PM
A stunning 2025 debut, Nesting by Roisín O’Donnell tells the story of Ciara Fay, who leaves an abusive marriage with her two young daughters and tries to rebuild a life while stuck in temporary housing.
Have you got your hands on this novel yet?
Have you got your hands on this novel yet?
Yes! I read it a few months ago, loved it, and have been recommending it to lots of people
January 17, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Yes! I read it a few months ago, loved it, and have been recommending it to lots of people
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This small collection will be in my Etsy shop this evening. I’ll tweet photos of a few of the finished pieces later today 🗝️
I’ll be listing a small collection of necklaces made using these Victorian & Edwardian stamp holders, lockets & charms on Monday eve 8.30 (UK time). If you’d like to enquire,reserve a piece or create a custom necklace pls msg me on Etsy by clicking 💬top right of my page: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
January 13, 2026 at 8:48 AM
This small collection will be in my Etsy shop this evening. I’ll tweet photos of a few of the finished pieces later today 🗝️
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This thread responds to Prof. Christian Dunn’s Telegraph piece on #climate communication.
I argue it misdiagnoses public disengagement, underplays escalating scientific risk, & reproduces a media narrative that has actively shaped, not merely reflected, public resistance to climate action 🧵
I argue it misdiagnoses public disengagement, underplays escalating scientific risk, & reproduces a media narrative that has actively shaped, not merely reflected, public resistance to climate action 🧵
January 13, 2026 at 8:58 AM
This thread responds to Prof. Christian Dunn’s Telegraph piece on #climate communication.
I argue it misdiagnoses public disengagement, underplays escalating scientific risk, & reproduces a media narrative that has actively shaped, not merely reflected, public resistance to climate action 🧵
I argue it misdiagnoses public disengagement, underplays escalating scientific risk, & reproduces a media narrative that has actively shaped, not merely reflected, public resistance to climate action 🧵
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The utterly shameless & widely covered "report" out today, claiming net zero will "cost" £9tn is based on:
* Assuming free fossil-fuel energy, free petrol cars, free gas boilers, free gas power plants etc
AND
* Including climate damages in the "cost" of net zero
I kid you not, it is that stupid
* Assuming free fossil-fuel energy, free petrol cars, free gas boilers, free gas power plants etc
AND
* Including climate damages in the "cost" of net zero
I kid you not, it is that stupid
🧵A political/media guide to the "truth" about net-zero
1) Add up costs to install & run a net-zero energy system
2) Pretend fossil-fuelled alternatives wld be free
3) Do say "eco zealots are bankrupting us"
4) Don't say "free cars if we scrap net-zero" cos it sounds ridiculous
5) That's it!
1/10
1) Add up costs to install & run a net-zero energy system
2) Pretend fossil-fuelled alternatives wld be free
3) Do say "eco zealots are bankrupting us"
4) Don't say "free cars if we scrap net-zero" cos it sounds ridiculous
5) That's it!
1/10
January 13, 2026 at 7:37 AM
The utterly shameless & widely covered "report" out today, claiming net zero will "cost" £9tn is based on:
* Assuming free fossil-fuel energy, free petrol cars, free gas boilers, free gas power plants etc
AND
* Including climate damages in the "cost" of net zero
I kid you not, it is that stupid
* Assuming free fossil-fuel energy, free petrol cars, free gas boilers, free gas power plants etc
AND
* Including climate damages in the "cost" of net zero
I kid you not, it is that stupid
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Like any new home I may have to buy new furniture or rearrange the furniture I’ve got.
January 11, 2026 at 9:19 AM
Like any new home I may have to buy new furniture or rearrange the furniture I’ve got.
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‘There is one story we never tell’: will old family photos bring joy to my ailing mother – or remind us of dark secrets?
‘There is one story we never tell’: will old family photos bring joy to my ailing mother – or remind us of dark secrets?
As Alzheimer’s tightens its grip, we have started making our way through the hundreds of albums in my childhood home. But some are too painful to revisit
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2026 at 1:32 PM
‘There is one story we never tell’: will old family photos bring joy to my ailing mother – or remind us of dark secrets?