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@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.

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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 🀨

11.07.2025 18:14 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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13.07.2025 09:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Launching in 2025: Bloomsbury Studies in Astropolitics
A multidisciplinary series exploring the politics of outer space - covering technology, policy, history, and the impacts of space activities on Earth and beyond.

Launching in 2025: Bloomsbury Studies in Astropolitics A multidisciplinary series exploring the politics of outer space - covering technology, policy, history, and the impacts of space activities on Earth and beyond.

πŸ›°οΈ 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

Details here πŸ‘‰ bit.ly/4do03jq

04.07.2025 09:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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James Clerk Maxwell, 1888

19.01.2025 23:49 β€” πŸ‘ 75    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Why is the Today show insistant on my imagining King Charles shimmying to "Do the Locomotion" ?

10.03.2025 08:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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."

05.03.2025 22:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1017    πŸ” 400    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 21
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U OK hun?

05.03.2025 13:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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.

05.03.2025 05:18 β€” πŸ‘ 795    πŸ” 106    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 3

Now that's what I call tactical frivolity.

05.03.2025 11:30 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I love this for Elon Musk and Tesla.

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04.03.2025 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 791    πŸ” 95    πŸ’¬ 55    πŸ“Œ 8

Getting an early night so I can dig my Anderson shelter first thing.

04.03.2025 20:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Getting an early night so I can dig my Anderson shelter first thing.

04.03.2025 20:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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?

04.03.2025 20:06 β€” πŸ‘ 283    πŸ” 94    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 20
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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 salariesβ€”sometimes from the very agencies they are cutting.

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...

04.03.2025 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 439    πŸ” 170    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 9

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

04.03.2025 20:20 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

It is for my ex boyfriends, who are resting under my patio (mostly)

04.03.2025 20:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Musk admits he ACCIDENTALLY CANCELED EBOLA PREVENTION.

26.02.2025 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 967    πŸ” 286    πŸ’¬ 105    πŸ“Œ 37

Since we started the Elon Musk boycott, Tesla shares have dropped nearly 26% in the last month. Remember, don’t buy anything Elon.

27.02.2025 15:51 β€” πŸ‘ 13042    πŸ” 1561    πŸ’¬ 297    πŸ“Œ 63
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Department of People who Work for a Living

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

28.02.2025 22:29 β€” πŸ‘ 67    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Librarians and Archivists with Palestine Censorship Reporting Form Librarians and Archivists with Palestine (LAP) is gathering data about incidents of censorship regarding Palestine in libraries and archives since October 2023. If, at your library or archive, you hav...

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24.02.2025 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 201    πŸ” 174    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

Can't wait to see Kier in a Khole

27.02.2025 08:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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...

26.02.2025 15:41 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

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.

26.02.2025 15:48 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4

My new hobby is watching the Tesla share price drop.

26.02.2025 14:37 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ‘‡

26.02.2025 09:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ohhhh defo read Lapvona by
Moshfegh then!

26.02.2025 08:18 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Or a leadership bid narrative for when Kemi gets tired

24.02.2025 08:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Actually i know the answer! Around the age of 7 we develop an increasingly nuanced understanding of lies and secrets...add imagination to this and you can develop Ike level conspiracy theories

24.02.2025 08:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Makes total sense.
My best friend got an idea in his head around age 7 (wot is gwan onn developmentally at that moment?) that skeletons ran the universe through making stories.
Also said skeletons lived in his attic.

24.02.2025 07:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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