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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'Wheelbarrow Washing" by Pamela Grace, contemporary artist and printmaker living and working in Galloway, Scotland #WomensArt
November 9, 2025 at 6:58 AM
'Wheelbarrow Washing" by Pamela Grace, contemporary artist and printmaker living and working in Galloway, Scotland #WomensArt
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Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
www.science.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
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Flea and tick medication, antibiotics & illicit drugs found in UK freshwater study by Imperial & @earthwatcheurope.bsky.social.
The research also found antibiotics at concentrations high enough that antimicrobial resistance should be studied further in UK freshwaters 🧵
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The research also found antibiotics at concentrations high enough that antimicrobial resistance should be studied further in UK freshwaters 🧵
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Flea meds, antibiotics & drugs found in UK freshwater in citizen science study | Imperial News | Imperial College London
Insecticides, antibiotics and illicit drugs that threaten aquatic life are present throughout UK waterways, research by Imperial and Earthwatch finds.
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November 4, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Flea and tick medication, antibiotics & illicit drugs found in UK freshwater study by Imperial & @earthwatcheurope.bsky.social.
The research also found antibiotics at concentrations high enough that antimicrobial resistance should be studied further in UK freshwaters 🧵
ow.ly/jQUN50Xmmxc
The research also found antibiotics at concentrations high enough that antimicrobial resistance should be studied further in UK freshwaters 🧵
ow.ly/jQUN50Xmmxc
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And for @cnn.com here:
Stunning map of ancient roads will give you a good reason to think about the Roman Empire more often | CNN
The Roman Empire had an impressive road network. A new dataset now visualizes the road map, adding over 100,000 kilometers of previously unknown routes.
edition.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:29 AM
And for @cnn.com here:
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In this episode of @planetpossible.bsky.social, Julie Foley comments how ridiculous it is that the EA draws up coastal erosion management plans with foremost experts, and everyone, including the government, feels completely free to ignore them when building:
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November 7, 2025 at 6:20 PM
In this episode of @planetpossible.bsky.social, Julie Foley comments how ridiculous it is that the EA draws up coastal erosion management plans with foremost experts, and everyone, including the government, feels completely free to ignore them when building:
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Huge thanks to @adamvaughan.bsky.social for his excellent article in today's @thetimes.com about #GBRedList.
Wild plants inc Common Restharrow, Common Rock-rose & Common Milkwort all now classed as Vulnerable - so no longer common!
Download the new Red List:
britishandirishbotany.org/index.php/bi...
Wild plants inc Common Restharrow, Common Rock-rose & Common Milkwort all now classed as Vulnerable - so no longer common!
Download the new Red List:
britishandirishbotany.org/index.php/bi...
November 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Huge thanks to @adamvaughan.bsky.social for his excellent article in today's @thetimes.com about #GBRedList.
Wild plants inc Common Restharrow, Common Rock-rose & Common Milkwort all now classed as Vulnerable - so no longer common!
Download the new Red List:
britishandirishbotany.org/index.php/bi...
Wild plants inc Common Restharrow, Common Rock-rose & Common Milkwort all now classed as Vulnerable - so no longer common!
Download the new Red List:
britishandirishbotany.org/index.php/bi...
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Major revision of #GBRedList of plants published today shows 25% of our native & archaeophyte flora threatened with extinction. Many iconic widespread species classified as threatened for first time including Betony, Marsh Marigold, Devil’s-bit Scabious and Harebell. Another wake-up call for action!
November 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Major revision of #GBRedList of plants published today shows 25% of our native & archaeophyte flora threatened with extinction. Many iconic widespread species classified as threatened for first time including Betony, Marsh Marigold, Devil’s-bit Scabious and Harebell. Another wake-up call for action!
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A magnificent piece of work. Comprehesive, revelatory & shocking. Journalism this good is always rare & precious but never moreso than at times like this. Latter day Lord Haw Haws being plumped, preened & delivered to your doorstep in plain sight by a Nazi-saluting goon
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 AM
A magnificent piece of work. Comprehesive, revelatory & shocking. Journalism this good is always rare & precious but never moreso than at times like this. Latter day Lord Haw Haws being plumped, preened & delivered to your doorstep in plain sight by a Nazi-saluting goon
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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I've finally got around to curating a selection of films about the #climate crisis 🎥
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
November 1, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I've finally got around to curating a selection of films about the #climate crisis 🎥
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
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For the day that's in it...
'All Hallows' by Louise Gluck - has a deep sense of loneliness and loss, that shifting between the seasons, and the final lines where the veil between this world and the next becomes thin
#poetry
#poemoftheday
#Halloween
'All Hallows' by Louise Gluck - has a deep sense of loneliness and loss, that shifting between the seasons, and the final lines where the veil between this world and the next becomes thin
#poetry
#poemoftheday
#Halloween
October 31, 2025 at 8:22 PM
For the day that's in it...
'All Hallows' by Louise Gluck - has a deep sense of loneliness and loss, that shifting between the seasons, and the final lines where the veil between this world and the next becomes thin
#poetry
#poemoftheday
#Halloween
'All Hallows' by Louise Gluck - has a deep sense of loneliness and loss, that shifting between the seasons, and the final lines where the veil between this world and the next becomes thin
#poetry
#poemoftheday
#Halloween
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I was going to attend the ball of ghosts and witches,
A delegation would appear there in masks and wigs,
And dance, unrecognized, in the chorus of the living.
Czeslaw Milosz, All Hallow's Eve
#everynightapoem
A delegation would appear there in masks and wigs,
And dance, unrecognized, in the chorus of the living.
Czeslaw Milosz, All Hallow's Eve
#everynightapoem
November 1, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I was going to attend the ball of ghosts and witches,
A delegation would appear there in masks and wigs,
And dance, unrecognized, in the chorus of the living.
Czeslaw Milosz, All Hallow's Eve
#everynightapoem
A delegation would appear there in masks and wigs,
And dance, unrecognized, in the chorus of the living.
Czeslaw Milosz, All Hallow's Eve
#everynightapoem
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November 1, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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A poem in answer to Charles Causley’s poem On All Souls Night – and also to celebrate the birth of my daughter on All Souls Day. From ‘Red House’ @carcanet.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 8:31 AM
A poem in answer to Charles Causley’s poem On All Souls Night – and also to celebrate the birth of my daughter on All Souls Day. From ‘Red House’ @carcanet.bsky.social
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Exclusive: mercury from fillings, belched out of crematoria, is getting into our rivers and fish. More than 98% of fish & mussels tested in English waters contain mercury above proposed EU limits. 43 countries have banned it. Why not here you might ask...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Toxin levels in fish lead to calls for UK-wide ban on mercury dental fillings
Exclusive: More than 98% of fish and mussels tested in English waters contain mercury above EU safety limits
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Exclusive: mercury from fillings, belched out of crematoria, is getting into our rivers and fish. More than 98% of fish & mussels tested in English waters contain mercury above proposed EU limits. 43 countries have banned it. Why not here you might ask...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Next week peers will vote for or against swift bricks to be incorporated into all new builds. To help please email [email protected] & [email protected] who are crucial to the decision. Ask them to SAVE OUR SWIFTS ‼️put SWIFT BRICKS in the subject line 🙏 Such a small thing.
October 25, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Next week peers will vote for or against swift bricks to be incorporated into all new builds. To help please email [email protected] & [email protected] who are crucial to the decision. Ask them to SAVE OUR SWIFTS ‼️put SWIFT BRICKS in the subject line 🙏 Such a small thing.
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Great evening at Heligan last night chatting about Cornwall, history and more with @matthewmshaw.bsky.social and a lovely audience. Also got to see the spectacular Lowarnes fox sculpture by Sue and Pete Hill, a gargantuan presence leaping through the woods, worth the trip to Heligan just to see it!
October 30, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Great evening at Heligan last night chatting about Cornwall, history and more with @matthewmshaw.bsky.social and a lovely audience. Also got to see the spectacular Lowarnes fox sculpture by Sue and Pete Hill, a gargantuan presence leaping through the woods, worth the trip to Heligan just to see it!
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Here’s my first guide to planning patios that are the right size and not too big www.wildway.info/p/how-big-sh...
How big should a patio be?
Design a patio sensitive to wildlife while minimising size and its carbon footprint as much as possible
www.wildway.info
October 30, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Here’s my first guide to planning patios that are the right size and not too big www.wildway.info/p/how-big-sh...
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11 of the Victorian ink bottle kits I posted about yday have sold but I've a few I'll be listing in my Etsy shop at 8.30pm this eve👇.
Kits incl a booklet I've written on how creative activity improves mental health+dried flower posy+giftbox.
I ship anywhere,incl the US: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
Kits incl a booklet I've written on how creative activity improves mental health+dried flower posy+giftbox.
I ship anywhere,incl the US: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
October 30, 2025 at 11:26 AM
11 of the Victorian ink bottle kits I posted about yday have sold but I've a few I'll be listing in my Etsy shop at 8.30pm this eve👇.
Kits incl a booklet I've written on how creative activity improves mental health+dried flower posy+giftbox.
I ship anywhere,incl the US: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
Kits incl a booklet I've written on how creative activity improves mental health+dried flower posy+giftbox.
I ship anywhere,incl the US: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
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Overshooting 1.5°C wasn't 'inevitable.'
We've been pushed by fossil fuel giants & governments that pander to them.
Every delay, every oil field, every broken promise made this crisis worse.
Keir Starmer, will you promise to leave Rosebank undeveloped?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We've been pushed by fossil fuel giants & governments that pander to them.
Every delay, every oil field, every broken promise made this crisis worse.
Keir Starmer, will you promise to leave Rosebank undeveloped?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Overshooting 1.5°C wasn't 'inevitable.'
We've been pushed by fossil fuel giants & governments that pander to them.
Every delay, every oil field, every broken promise made this crisis worse.
Keir Starmer, will you promise to leave Rosebank undeveloped?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We've been pushed by fossil fuel giants & governments that pander to them.
Every delay, every oil field, every broken promise made this crisis worse.
Keir Starmer, will you promise to leave Rosebank undeveloped?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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"Ministers are under pressure to U-turn on the decision to limit access to the Covid vaccine over fears it is creating a two-tier healthcare system as demand for private jabs soars."
1/ @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social @profstevegriffin.bsky.social
1/ @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social @profstevegriffin.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 11:29 AM
"Ministers are under pressure to U-turn on the decision to limit access to the Covid vaccine over fears it is creating a two-tier healthcare system as demand for private jabs soars."
1/ @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social @profstevegriffin.bsky.social
1/ @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social @profstevegriffin.bsky.social
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evil!
October 19, 2025 at 7:20 PM
evil!
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We need to rewild 30% of the planet to restore nature & protect our wildlife, but Britain is falling behind. So I've signed this new petition calling on one of our biggest landowners - the Church of England - to rewild its land. Join me?
Help save nature by rewilding the Church’s massive landholdings!
We need to rewild 30% of the planet to restore nature & protect our wildlife, but Britain is falling behind. So I've signed this new petition calling on one of our biggest landowners - the Church ...
you.38degrees.org.uk
October 23, 2025 at 2:44 PM
We need to rewild 30% of the planet to restore nature & protect our wildlife, but Britain is falling behind. So I've signed this new petition calling on one of our biggest landowners - the Church of England - to rewild its land. Join me?
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Beavers have returned to Glen Affric, 400 years after their extinction in Scotland :beaver: A family of five beavers and a beaver pair were released last Friday at two sites on Loch Beinn a’ Mheadhoin in the Glen Affric National Nature Reserve 🦫
Full story 👇
treesforlife.org.uk/beavers-rele...
Full story 👇
treesforlife.org.uk/beavers-rele...
October 27, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Beavers have returned to Glen Affric, 400 years after their extinction in Scotland :beaver: A family of five beavers and a beaver pair were released last Friday at two sites on Loch Beinn a’ Mheadhoin in the Glen Affric National Nature Reserve 🦫
Full story 👇
treesforlife.org.uk/beavers-rele...
Full story 👇
treesforlife.org.uk/beavers-rele...
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Numbers no doubt still being crunched, but initial response from green groups to new clean power contract budget is cautiously positive. www.businessgreen.com/news/4520979...
'A significant step forward': Government confirms £1bn-plus budget for clean power contract auction
Contract budget for Allocation Round Seven set at £900m for offshore wind projects and £180m for floating offshore wind farms
www.businessgreen.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Numbers no doubt still being crunched, but initial response from green groups to new clean power contract budget is cautiously positive. www.businessgreen.com/news/4520979...