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
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...
These Hospitals Figured Out How to Slash C-Section Rates
Financial and social incentives can nudge doctors away from the operating room.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/h...
Financial and social incentives can nudge doctors away from the operating room.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/h...
These Hospitals Figured Out How to Slash C-Section Rates
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:30 PM
These Hospitals Figured Out How to Slash C-Section Rates
Financial and social incentives can nudge doctors away from the operating room.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/h...
Financial and social incentives can nudge doctors away from the operating room.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/h...
Reposted by Josie Glausiusz
Well this is rather delicious from @emilylawford.bsky.social on being mansplained to about the roots of sexism by the Revolutionary Communist Party
www.newstatesman.com/politics/the...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/the...
November 21, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Well this is rather delicious from @emilylawford.bsky.social on being mansplained to about the roots of sexism by the Revolutionary Communist Party
www.newstatesman.com/politics/the...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/the...
Fundraisers collecting for Palestinian civilians in Gaza are seeing a “catastrophic” drop-off in donations since the ceasefire was announced in October.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Fundraisers warn of ‘catastrophic’ drop in donations to Gaza since ceasefire
‘The world thinks Palestinians don’t need help any more,’ aid organiser says, despite desperate need as winter nears
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Fundraisers collecting for Palestinian civilians in Gaza are seeing a “catastrophic” drop-off in donations since the ceasefire was announced in October.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
"This year, some special individuals decided when the water was over the beach area, rather than get their little tootsies wet, they would rip down a 500-year-old wall to make a path for themselves."
Castle wall 'ripped down' for use as stepping stones in puddle
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Castle wall 'ripped down' for use as stepping stones in puddle
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Ardvrek Castle wall 'ripped down' for use as stepping stones
Ardvrek Castle in Assynt is a 500-year-old former clan seat, and reputed to be haunted.
www.bbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:21 PM
"This year, some special individuals decided when the water was over the beach area, rather than get their little tootsies wet, they would rip down a 500-year-old wall to make a path for themselves."
Castle wall 'ripped down' for use as stepping stones in puddle
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Castle wall 'ripped down' for use as stepping stones in puddle
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Reposted by Josie Glausiusz
For the moment, there is no alternative.
AI is accelerating a tech backlash in American classrooms
Handwritten and oral exams are making a comeback
economist.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:16 AM
For the moment, there is no alternative.
Cold rain and gusting winds pummeling Gaza prove a ruinous start to winter for many in the Strip, where hundreds of thousands were forced to weather the storms in makeshift tents or exposed spaces, often on swiftly inundated ground.
www.timesofisrael.com/as-winter-ar...
www.timesofisrael.com/as-winter-ar...
As winter arrives, Gazans in ruined Strip fear tents no match for cold and rain
Groups say aid is still being held up, even though more is entering, as first taste of winter conditions underlines need for reconstruction and not just flimsy shelters
www.timesofisrael.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Cold rain and gusting winds pummeling Gaza prove a ruinous start to winter for many in the Strip, where hundreds of thousands were forced to weather the storms in makeshift tents or exposed spaces, often on swiftly inundated ground.
www.timesofisrael.com/as-winter-ar...
www.timesofisrael.com/as-winter-ar...
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"By putting the possibility of reconstruction out of reach for many Palestinians in Gaza, the current UN-endorsed “peace plan” may make it impossible for them to remain," writes @saribashi.bsky.social
Gaza: The Threat of Partition @nybooks.com
www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
Gaza: The Threat of Partition @nybooks.com
www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
Gaza: The Threat of Partition | Sari Bashi
On Monday the United Nations Security Council endorsed President Donald Trump’s twenty-point peace plan for Gaza, which creates a “Board of Peace,”
www.nybooks.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:12 PM
"By putting the possibility of reconstruction out of reach for many Palestinians in Gaza, the current UN-endorsed “peace plan” may make it impossible for them to remain," writes @saribashi.bsky.social
Gaza: The Threat of Partition @nybooks.com
www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
Gaza: The Threat of Partition @nybooks.com
www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
Reposted by Josie Glausiusz
For this Sarah Jessica Parker read 153 books as a judge of the Booker Prize.
You're not alone:
".. expanded polystyrene, texturally. Worse, all this dialogue doesn’t do anything, in the novel, beyond simply registering how flat and phatic most human conversation is. It doesn’t, for instance, characterise the character"
@adamroberts.bsky.social read it so we don't have to!
".. expanded polystyrene, texturally. Worse, all this dialogue doesn’t do anything, in the novel, beyond simply registering how flat and phatic most human conversation is. It doesn’t, for instance, characterise the character"
@adamroberts.bsky.social read it so we don't have to!
David Szalay ‘Flesh’ (2025)
The Luck of Barry István
profadamroberts.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:33 AM
For this Sarah Jessica Parker read 153 books as a judge of the Booker Prize.
Reposted by Josie Glausiusz
“I think people should be able to teach at Harvard who have a variety of different degrees of moral character,” Cornel West said. "I always give Brother Summers, and anybody else, a chance to just choose to be a better person."
"Brother Summers"
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
"Brother Summers"
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Two decades later, Cornel West’s critique of Larry Summers hits differently
After his public feud with the former Harvard president, West sees irony in Summers’ downfall.
www.politico.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:53 AM
“I think people should be able to teach at Harvard who have a variety of different degrees of moral character,” Cornel West said. "I always give Brother Summers, and anybody else, a chance to just choose to be a better person."
"Brother Summers"
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
"Brother Summers"
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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This is such an incredibly sad and maddening and heartbreaking article.
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births, with no midwife present or medical intervention. Now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births, with no midwife present or medical intervention. Now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:36 PM
This is such an incredibly sad and maddening and heartbreaking article.
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births, with no midwife present or medical intervention. Now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births, with no midwife present or medical intervention. Now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Reposted by Josie Glausiusz
This is what we should really be devoting substantial time and energy to. Unfortunately the current political backdrop means that that there's almost no spare capacity for the important stuff these days.
More than 80 countries have backed the call for a roadmap to “transition away from fossil fuels”, but scores of countries are against it. The Arab Group, of which Saudi Arabia is the most prominent member, has led the opposition.
#ClimateCrisis Argghhh
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#ClimateCrisis Argghhh
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Miliband urges Cop30 to find ‘creative’ routes to roadmap on phasing out fossil fuel
UK energy secretary says UN climate talks must find way to keep proposals alive despite significant resistance
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
This is what we should really be devoting substantial time and energy to. Unfortunately the current political backdrop means that that there's almost no spare capacity for the important stuff these days.
"That the world faces more than 2C of warming isn’t proof the UN regime has failed. Before the Copenhagen COP of 2009, the projection was around 6C of warming. Before Paris in 2015, it was around 4C. So huge progress has been made."
While I sit here in the blazing heat in late November.
While I sit here in the blazing heat in late November.
November 24, 2025 at 1:58 PM
"That the world faces more than 2C of warming isn’t proof the UN regime has failed. Before the Copenhagen COP of 2009, the projection was around 6C of warming. Before Paris in 2015, it was around 4C. So huge progress has been made."
While I sit here in the blazing heat in late November.
While I sit here in the blazing heat in late November.
More than 80 countries have backed the call for a roadmap to “transition away from fossil fuels”, but scores of countries are against it. The Arab Group, of which Saudi Arabia is the most prominent member, has led the opposition.
#ClimateCrisis Argghhh
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#ClimateCrisis Argghhh
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Miliband urges Cop30 to find ‘creative’ routes to roadmap on phasing out fossil fuel
UK energy secretary says UN climate talks must find way to keep proposals alive despite significant resistance
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
More than 80 countries have backed the call for a roadmap to “transition away from fossil fuels”, but scores of countries are against it. The Arab Group, of which Saudi Arabia is the most prominent member, has led the opposition.
#ClimateCrisis Argghhh
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#ClimateCrisis Argghhh
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"In truth it’s hard not to see COP30 as a failure."
The 2015 Paris Agreement set a goal to limit global warming to well under 2°C [...] But the world is not on track to meet these goals, and COP30 has done nothing about it."
@prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/enviro...
The 2015 Paris Agreement set a goal to limit global warming to well under 2°C [...] But the world is not on track to meet these goals, and COP30 has done nothing about it."
@prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/enviro...
Not so good COP
The latest UN climate summit was buffeted by geopolitical headwinds
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
"In truth it’s hard not to see COP30 as a failure."
The 2015 Paris Agreement set a goal to limit global warming to well under 2°C [...] But the world is not on track to meet these goals, and COP30 has done nothing about it."
@prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/enviro...
The 2015 Paris Agreement set a goal to limit global warming to well under 2°C [...] But the world is not on track to meet these goals, and COP30 has done nothing about it."
@prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/enviro...
Reposted by Josie Glausiusz
What percentage of asylum seekers arrive "with a bag full of gold rings" I'd like to know.
Asylum seekers’ jewellery could be seized to pay for processing costs, says Home Office minister- UK government sinks even lower!
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum seekers’ jewellery could be seized to pay for processing costs, says Home Office minister
Idea borrowed from Denmark is latest attempt to reduce number of people seeking asylum in UK
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:01 PM
What percentage of asylum seekers arrive "with a bag full of gold rings" I'd like to know.
Palestinian and Arab sources told Haaretz that efforts to deploy a multinational force in the Gaza Strip are stalled largely because potential contributors are unwilling to put their soldiers in direct confrontation with armed groups there, especially Hamas.
www.haaretz.com/gaza/2025-11...
www.haaretz.com/gaza/2025-11...
Gaza's 'day after' talks stalled as death toll mounts
Arab and Palestinian Sources Say Political Disagreements Are Blocking a Multinational Force, With No Country Willing to Confront Hamas Directly. A Senior PA Official Said the Authority Remains Largely...
www.haaretz.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Palestinian and Arab sources told Haaretz that efforts to deploy a multinational force in the Gaza Strip are stalled largely because potential contributors are unwilling to put their soldiers in direct confrontation with armed groups there, especially Hamas.
www.haaretz.com/gaza/2025-11...
www.haaretz.com/gaza/2025-11...
Biology is weird and I love it.
Dinidoridae, a small stinkbug family that lives exclusively in Asia, carry "mobile fungal nurseries" on their legs.
The stinkbugs use the fungi to cover their eggs with fungal blankets, to protect the eggs from parasitic wasps.
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
Dinidoridae, a small stinkbug family that lives exclusively in Asia, carry "mobile fungal nurseries" on their legs.
The stinkbugs use the fungi to cover their eggs with fungal blankets, to protect the eggs from parasitic wasps.
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
Some stinkbugs’ legs carry a mobile fungal garden
A dedicated organ grows the fungus, which deters parasitic wasps.
arstechnica.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Biology is weird and I love it.
Dinidoridae, a small stinkbug family that lives exclusively in Asia, carry "mobile fungal nurseries" on their legs.
The stinkbugs use the fungi to cover their eggs with fungal blankets, to protect the eggs from parasitic wasps.
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
Dinidoridae, a small stinkbug family that lives exclusively in Asia, carry "mobile fungal nurseries" on their legs.
The stinkbugs use the fungi to cover their eggs with fungal blankets, to protect the eggs from parasitic wasps.
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
in 2025, researchers reported a breakthrough that suggests that a “functional” cure for HIV — a way to keep HIV under control long-term without constant treatment — may indeed be possible.
✍️ Andrea Teagle
@knowablemag.bsky.social
knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
✍️ Andrea Teagle
@knowablemag.bsky.social
knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
Achieving lasting remission for HIV
People infected with HIV must take antiretroviral drugs for life. But promising trials using engineered antibodies suggest that ‘functional cures’ may be in reach.
knowablemagazine.org
November 24, 2025 at 11:49 AM
in 2025, researchers reported a breakthrough that suggests that a “functional” cure for HIV — a way to keep HIV under control long-term without constant treatment — may indeed be possible.
✍️ Andrea Teagle
@knowablemag.bsky.social
knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
✍️ Andrea Teagle
@knowablemag.bsky.social
knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
Appalling. "We identified 48 cases of late-term stillbirths or neonatal deaths or other forms of serious harm involving mothers or birth attendants who appear to be linked to Free Birth Society, for ex having enrolled in its courses or appeared on its podcasts."
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Five key findings from our investigation into the Free Birth Society
Year-long investigation into multimillion-dollar business exposed serious concerns, from dangerous medical claims to FBS-linked stillbirths
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Appalling. "We identified 48 cases of late-term stillbirths or neonatal deaths or other forms of serious harm involving mothers or birth attendants who appear to be linked to Free Birth Society, for ex having enrolled in its courses or appeared on its podcasts."
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Reposted by Josie Glausiusz
November 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
For this Sarah Jessica Parker read 153 books as a judge of the Booker Prize.
You're not alone:
".. expanded polystyrene, texturally. Worse, all this dialogue doesn’t do anything, in the novel, beyond simply registering how flat and phatic most human conversation is. It doesn’t, for instance, characterise the character"
@adamroberts.bsky.social read it so we don't have to!
".. expanded polystyrene, texturally. Worse, all this dialogue doesn’t do anything, in the novel, beyond simply registering how flat and phatic most human conversation is. It doesn’t, for instance, characterise the character"
@adamroberts.bsky.social read it so we don't have to!
David Szalay ‘Flesh’ (2025)
The Luck of Barry István
profadamroberts.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:33 AM
For this Sarah Jessica Parker read 153 books as a judge of the Booker Prize.
I just read an excerpt of "Flesh," and wait, what, this won the Booker Prize?
István sits on a chair.
‘What’s your name again?’ the girl asks him.
He tells her.
She tells him her name.
‘You alright?’ she says.
‘Yes,’ he says.
thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...
István sits on a chair.
‘What’s your name again?’ the girl asks him.
He tells her.
She tells him her name.
‘You alright?’ she says.
‘Yes,’ he says.
thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...
An extract from Flesh by David Szalay | The Booker Prizes
‘He tries to work out if his friend is telling the truth or if he’s lying. Though he would prefer him to be lying, he thinks that he’s probably telling the truth’
thebookerprizes.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:20 AM
I just read an excerpt of "Flesh," and wait, what, this won the Booker Prize?
István sits on a chair.
‘What’s your name again?’ the girl asks him.
He tells her.
She tells him her name.
‘You alright?’ she says.
‘Yes,’ he says.
thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...
István sits on a chair.
‘What’s your name again?’ the girl asks him.
He tells her.
She tells him her name.
‘You alright?’ she says.
‘Yes,’ he says.
thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...
Reposted by Josie Glausiusz
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
When Keira's daughter was born, she was given 2 hours with her before the baby was taken into care.
Keira is one of many Greenlandic families living on the Danish mainland who are fighting to get their children returned to them after they were removed by social services
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Keira is one of many Greenlandic families living on the Danish mainland who are fighting to get their children returned to them after they were removed by social services
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Greenlandic families fight to get children back after parenting tests banned
The Danish government has banned the use of parental competency tests on Greenlandic families after decades of criticism.
www.bbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:55 AM
When Keira's daughter was born, she was given 2 hours with her before the baby was taken into care.
Keira is one of many Greenlandic families living on the Danish mainland who are fighting to get their children returned to them after they were removed by social services
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Keira is one of many Greenlandic families living on the Danish mainland who are fighting to get their children returned to them after they were removed by social services
www.bbc.com/news/article...
"We've run short of water. If it doesn't rain, we in Tehran … must start rationing," said Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.
"Even if we do ration and it still does not rain, then we will have no water at all.
"They [citizens] must evacuate Tehran."
"Even if we do ration and it still does not rain, then we will have no water at all.
"They [citizens] must evacuate Tehran."
Tehran is on the brink of a severe water crisis.
Multiple factors have left the city unprepared for the current drought, including population growth, mismanagement, and sanctions, but a rapidly warming climate is only adding to their problems.
abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Multiple factors have left the city unprepared for the current drought, including population growth, mismanagement, and sanctions, but a rapidly warming climate is only adding to their problems.
abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
November 24, 2025 at 3:53 AM
"We've run short of water. If it doesn't rain, we in Tehran … must start rationing," said Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.
"Even if we do ration and it still does not rain, then we will have no water at all.
"They [citizens] must evacuate Tehran."
"Even if we do ration and it still does not rain, then we will have no water at all.
"They [citizens] must evacuate Tehran."