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Danielle Clode

@dclode.bsky.social
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Writer | Nature Science History www.danielleclode.com.au Author of award-winning Australian nonfiction books for adults and children.

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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Unexpected start to the day when we found this little #joey tangled by her foot in a fence. Popped her in a pouch made out of an old jumper. The #wildlifecarer took her to the vet and there was no major damage. Fingers crossed. 🫰 Happy she's in good hands. #Australianwildlife #kangaroos
Women holding a small joey
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
What plans/processes does your local council/land authorities have in place to collect dead birds quickly to slow the spread of H5 bird flu? And if they can't or don't, what should we do? Avoid, Record, Report only works if it's follwed up by a quick RESPONSE. #birdflu #lga
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Wildlife, wildlife carers, wildlife rescuers, wildlife researchers, wildlife disease experts, veterinarians...all need far greater support than governments are currently providing during this difficult, dangerous and devastating time. au.news.yahoo.com/grim-beachsi... @michaeldahlstrom.bsky.social
au.news.yahoo.com
Grim beachside discovery reveals 'challenge' for everyday Australians: 'My money is on kindness'
Experts note the country has two options in response to the bird flu crisis, and they hope the positive one 'wins out'.
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
While setting up my book stall for the Aust Mammal Society conference a friend asked if I'd mind selling these gorgeous Team Kowari socks as well. Happy to support a great cause. Only later discovered that the socks were designed by my youngest daughter!🤯 #AusWildlife #nonfiction #conservation
Book stall with natural history books and socks for saleRed socks decorated with small brushtailed kowari marsupials on a checked bakground
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
So looking forward to this! If you're attending I'll have books available to purchase AND you can come ask me all your academic/popular science writing questions! See you there! #AMSABS #auswildlife
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Join me on July 9 for a conversation with KI echidna expert Peggy Rismiller, chaired by monotreme biologist Frank Grutzner. In person and online! Book here for details. #nonfiction #auswildlife #naturewriting. Signed books available to purchase events.humanitix.com/rssa-july-20...
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RSSA July 2026 Meeting and Scientific Presentation
RSSA July Meeting and Scientific Presentation
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Yet MORE evidence that dingoes ARE dingoes, NOT 'wild dogs'. Time to stop the disinformation? "Our tests of over 300 free-roaming canines around Australia shows most carry overwhelmingly dingo ancestry. On average...88.3% dingo and just 11.7% domestic dog." theconversation.com/new-dna-evid...
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New DNA evidence shows dingoes are almost 90% pure – and fall into eight distinct groups
Ancient and modern dingo DNA reveals eight genetically distinct groups of dingoes – and the limited influence of domestic dog genes.
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David @daverino.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...
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'Incredible' colonial-era boat used for trade in Sydney Harbour uncovered
Maritime archaeologists are working to restore the oldest colonial-era boat ever found in Australia, discovered during the construction of the Barangaroo metro station in 2018.
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
I don't often charge my car away from home but it was getting low when I went into town so I plugged in. Came back a few hours later to a fully charged car that cost $8.32 to fill. Not bad! #ev #electric #lovemycar
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Thinking of streamlining my social media. BlueSky seems to have a super low rate of engagement - even for people with loads of followers. So I'm not sure it's worth the effort. I don't need to be here to talk to myself! Thoughts? Or do I just need to use #lists better?
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
#nonfiction book review
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Electric trucks, buses, cars, trains. C'mon what more encouragement do you need? Diversified renewable energy supply makes sense environmentally and economically.
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
The future is electric - by train, truck, bus or car. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/economy... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
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B-doubling down on electric trucks
While the Coalition claims electric trucks are not capable of transporting heavy freight, overseas usage and current trials in Australia show they far outperform diesel on both overall cost and effici...
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Echidna of the day (6) - Echidnas are surprisingly long lived for their size and adults tend to remain in the same fairly large area so this could well be the same one. They have really good memories too - maybe this one remembers seeing @katara27 before too?
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Day 4 book countdown: Let's make this a book plus echidna post then. Because echidnas are great for any occasion! (Except maybe landscaping your garden). #TheEngmaticEchidnq out May 5.
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Book countdown Day 3: Echidnas have an amazing capacity to survive fires, both by burying themselves underground and undergoing torpor for several days afterwards. They are often seen with burnt spines afterwards but these soon grow back. Resilient animals! #TheEnigmaticEchidna May 5
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Book countdown Day 2- #Echidnas have such incredibly long and quick tongues but they are usually quite hard to see. Have to be quick - takes a lot of ants or termites to fill up an echidna! #thenigmaticechidna out May5 Thanks to @kk-maker.bsky.social for this post from Perth Zoo.
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Book countdown day 1: Reposting #echidnas everyday the next month in the lead up to publication day on May 5. This one from the Dandenongs in Victoria under the towering Mountain Ash forests. Thanks for sharing @yungenchee.bsky.social #TheEnigmaticEchidna
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Danielle Clode reviews ‘The Man Who Planted Canberra: Charles Weston and his three million trees’ by Robert Macklin with John Gray www.australianbookreview.com.au/abr-online/c...
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Danielle Clode reviews ‘The Man Who Planted Canberra: Charles Weston and his three million trees’ by Robert Macklin with John Gray
We like to think that Australian cities are blessed with an abundance of nature – spacious inner-city parklands, proximity to national parks, and plentiful nature strips and street trees. Recent studi...
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Fascinating discovery about the origins of the #pineal gland or "third eye" which all vertebrates have except hagfish. Central for regulating #sleep and circadian rhythms (jetlag anyone?) this fossil suggests it was once a pair of fully functioning #eyes, not just light sensitive tissue.
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Missed US cultural references are probably more common than we think. I can't shake my image of a "sloppy joe" as a very daggy unwashed sweatshirt. #language #idioms
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Something quite distressing about a new resident flying a huge Australian flag off their gatepost. Feels deeply divisive and disprespectful. But the big Q is - are they English or bogans?
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Another #AI email this morning full of effusive praise for one of my books. What kind of sick criminal industry steals my work and income and uses it to try and scam me out of the money I don't earn using fake praise? #writingcommunity
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Day off today. Converted the former TV nook into more shelving for the (now) craft room. Toss up between fabric storage and book stock - books won. Plus stuffed toys for school visits.
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Reading Ruth Starke's thesis on the history of Adelaide Writers Week. #AWW What a cracker. Can we get this published by March?
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Hsppy to see The Enigmatic Echidna featured in the Australian's Big Books of 2026. Out in May. #newbook #comingsoon #enigmaticechidna
Book cover of The Enigmatic Echidna  with a picture of an echidna on the cover and a brief descriptive text underneath. From the Australian newspaper.
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
So a Wikipedia entry (written by someone else who thinks you warrant one) is pretty cool. Not so sure about a Grokopedia entry. Even I wouldn't write that much about myself (although I guess I did at some point). Needs a good edit for repetion and hallucination.
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Happy place! Was gifted a kayak/paddleboard by a friend. Just perfect for tootling around on the dam.
Person in an orange kayak paddling across a small dam in bushland. Border collie looks on from shore.
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
No surprises here.
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
More countries should criminalise colonisation - historic and current - including Australia. This is not just a historic issue. Failure to accept that #colonisation was a crime, enables the same crimes to be justified today - as the invasions in western Europe and the middle east demonstrate.
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Haven't been able to set the old google sites as default on the phone but happily this is a great #AI-free #browser version works well. udm14.com: An easy-to-use shortcut for an AI-free Google search. udm14.com
udm14.com
&udm=14 | the disenshittification Konami code
A quick way to get an AI-free search without any extra work.
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Fantastic news.
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Damn it. Some fool fiddled with the settings and agreed to a Gemini upgrade and now we're all forced to listen to chirpy US speech in Fahrenheit. Ugh. Can fix the temp but not the voice (no Aust options) or roll back to Assistant (which works better). More compulsory AI enshittification.
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
This is a rapidly escalating nightmare. We don't need this and don't want it.
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
What we really need to be focussing in.
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Fun kayaking around the mangroves at Garden Island. Magical place.
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #BookSky #BookChallenge #ReadingWomen 💙📚 14/30
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
The berries are on! (And it's starting to heat up) #vegiegarden #australiansummer #australianxmas
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #BookSky #BookChallenge #ReadingWomen 💙📚 12/30
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #BookSky #BookChallenge #ReadingWomen 💙📚 12/30
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #BookSky #BookChallenge #ReadingWomen 💙📚 11/30
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #BookSky #BookChallenge #ReadingWomen 💙📚 10/30
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #BookSky #BookChallenge #ReadingWomen 💙📚 9/30
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #BookSky #BookChallenge #ReadingWomen 💙📚 8/30
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Kaz Cooke @kazcooke.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Just gunna repost this everyday until the rally to save the State Library of Victoria. Do try to come. I will draw you a Hermoine the Modern Girl if you ask me nicely at the rally. For ID purposes, this is a photo of me:
All right, it's Gina Lollabrigida, but otherwise, all true.
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #BookSky #BookChallenge #ReadingWomen 💙📚 7/30
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #BookSky #BookChallenge #ReadingWomen 💙📚 6/30
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #BookSky #BookChallenge #ReadingWomen 💙📚 5/30
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
What an appalling and inappropriate over-reach by #PIRSA. They need to pull their head in and let environmental experts and independant organisations adhere to the science - not force them to spout industry propoganda. Clearly they are not fit to manage these permits.
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #BookSky #BookChallenge #ReadingWomen 💙📚 4/30
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