Dr Jane Norris (she / her) 🏳️🌈
@Janeviatopia
Writes narratives about materials in a digital age. HOD, Richmond American Uni in London #BLM she/her. Threads @drjanenorris1
Just a heads up for next week - I’m talking about listening to plants and playing some plant recordings... Shifter: Waiting | Matthew Metzger and Jane Norris Tickets, Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at 5:30 PM | Eventbrite eventbrite.com/e/shifter-wait…
Switzerland is one of the few countries to have introduced "tertiary" cleaning of sewage. Cleaning the sewage 3 times, removes not only bacteria & viruses but also chemicals & medicines - reducing risk of antibiotic resistant bacteria developing. theguardian.com/science/audio/…
The Reverend Sue Parfitt, an 83-year-old retired Anglican priest from Bristol, was among 20 people arrested in London today "on suspicion" of supporting Palestine Action. Am I allowed to say she's a hero, or is that banned too? She's a hero. Please share if you agree.
Brilliant film. Proper journalism. The kind of thing the BBC should do. And should be ashamed that it refused to broadcast despite commissioning
This man’s story Dr Khaled Hamouda should have been out there months ago. Months. We apologise that the deaths of your daughter, wife, father, brothers, nephews and nieces were not given this audience sooner #drsunderattack Thank you @Channel4 @zeteo_news
I am so tired…. People like me speak out because children are dying Not Israeli children Not Palestinian children Just children. Innocent. Terrified. Gone. We’re not politicians. We don’t have power We’re just doing our best to call out a genocide This isn’t about “taking…
Some amazing statistics in the NYTimes 1 China installed more robots each year from 2021 through 2023 than the rest of the world combined, and 7 times as many as the US 2 China has 700,000 clean energy patents, more than half of the world's total 3 More wind turbines and solar…
New #job! The University for the Creative Arts seeks a Galleries Curator to lead their galleries across Farnham, Epsom and Canterbury. Closing date: 24 July. Find out more here: designresearchsociety.org/jobs/galleries…
This is such a joy to listen to… David Naimon is so skilled at these: Robert Macfarlane : Is a River Alive? tinhouse.com/podcast/robert… via @Tin_House
Really looking forward to LiLi’s release - great article. @LewisPackwood @guardian theguardian.com/games/2025/may…
HUGE: The Co-op just voted to ban Israeli products — but the board are already facing pressure to ignore the vote. Let’s build pressure so they follow through. Add your name: secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/co…
After more than 20 years of service, Arsenal fired former kit man Mark Bonnick. Not for any wrongdoing but simply for standing with Palestine. There was no misconduct. No hate. Just solidarity. @Arsenal must apologise, reinstate Mark, and stop silencing support for Palestine.
🚨🌱 The Chancellor is currently reviewing all public spending from scratch. Please join me in signing the @_CFTA petition to remind the UK Government: the arts make our lives happier and our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them. campaignforthearts.org/petitions/spen…
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No Keir, we're angry with you. Immigrants didn't cut the Winter Fuel Allowance - you did. Immigrants didn't cut support payments for disabled people - you did. Immigrants didn't cut funding for farmers - you did. Stop scapegoating immigrants and start taking responsibility
I just donated to a doctor in Gaza who desperately needs help. The situation is dire, and every bit counts. Please consider donating or sharing their story. It really makes a difference. gofund.me/bf0cbba4
Great explanation…
Prof. Brian Greene explains the basic idea of string theory. Do you believe in the principles of string theory? 🤔
Finland the happiest country on the planet, bans for profit schools, taxes billionaires, houses the homeless. Take note.
People ask me how you can tell whether scientific experts are leveling with them if the lay public doesn’t understand deep science. Here an interviewer asks a leading String Theorist how things are going after 25 years since popularizing String theory in a well received book:
Excellent - and so true!
this is 1,000,000% accurate and I just spit water out because I'm currently in Microsoft Word 😭
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Treasury Secretary Bessent just revealed that President Trump laid a trap and China fell into it. "This was driven by the president's strategy... You might even say that he goaded China into a bad position. They responded. They have shown themselves to the world to be the bad…
😂 I was just looking out of the window and thinking this ….
British weather is inversely correlated with markets so you can never truly be happy in London