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India Bourke

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BBC enviro journalist, writing & editing for Future and Earth. Reviews in @resurgencetrust.bsky.social . Prev @newstatesman.com , AFP & others. (Recently returned from mat leave)

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India Bourke @indiabourke.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
“What's at stake is our understanding of the Universe itself.” @richardfisher.bsky.social is as excellent as ever - on the encroachment of artificial light into the home of star-gazing: www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
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Chile's Atacama Desert is one of the darkest places on Earth. But now the light is intruding
Humanity’s artificial glow is swallowing the night sky. Even astronomers in this remote observatory in the South American desert cannot escape it.
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Resurgence @resurgencetrust.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Idealised dream or powerful tool? @indiabourke.bsky.social reviews 'How to Fall in Love with the Future: A Time Traveller’s Guide to Changing the World by @robintransition.bsky.social' – a compelling guide to imagining a future we would want to live in... #BookReview @chelseagreenbooks.bsky.social
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Idealised dream or powerful tool?
India Bourke reviews {cite}How to Fall in Love with the Future: A Time Traveller’s Guide to Changing the World{/cite} by Rob Hopkins
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Zach Boren @zdboren.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
the UK is set to change planning rules to make it easier to develop intensive livestock farms across the country following a lobbying campaign by Big Chicken my new investigation for the @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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UK looks to relax planning rules for factory farms after industry lobbying
Exclusive: documents chronicle years-long campaign to make it easier to build intensive livestock units
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India Bourke @indiabourke.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Can imaginative ‘time-travel’ actually help us change the world for the better? I reviewed @robintransition.bsky.social’s ‘How to Fall in Love with the Future’ for @resurgencetrust.bsky.social magazine. It’s free here in their latest issue: Hope as a Radical Act www.resurgence.org/magazine/art...
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Idealised dream or powerful tool?
India Bourke reviews {cite}How to Fall in Love with the Future: A Time Traveller’s Guide to Changing the World{/cite} by Rob Hopkins
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India Bourke @indiabourke.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Just the most astonishing, zeitgeisty piece on animal ‘tyrants’ by @chrisbaraniuk.com for our BBC Earth team: “In some cases, circumstances can lead to the removal of aggressive leaders. And some animal societies that work together appear able to evade despotism.” www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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What animals can teach us about overcoming tyranny
Some animal societies are ruled by despots with an iron fist, while others seem naturally egalitarian – and they all have lessons for us.
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Zach Boren @zdboren.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
a few years ago i became fascinated by the american prairie project in montana - bring back bison! - and the dark money campaign to stop it and 'save the cowboy' sad to see the US govt has reversed its decision to let the bison graze on public lands reason.com/2026/01/23/b...
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Bureau of Land Management says bison are not livestock, obstructing plans for a huge private prairie reserve
The American Prairie nonprofit seeks to create a 5,000-square-mile prairie reserve in Montana where buffalo may roam and antelope play.
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India Bourke @indiabourke.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Re-reading my 2019 interview with @alexhonnold for @newstatesman in light of his new Netflix ‘event’ coming out. ‘Skyscraper Live’. One of my fave interviewees (and among my fave pieces of writing to read back on) www.newstatesman.com/world/2019/0...
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Free Solo’s Alex Honnold on iconic male loners: “Nobody really operates in isolation”
The rockstar rock-climber discusses relationships, sex and Donald Trump.
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India Bourke @indiabourke.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
New Years Resolution 2026: get more into Substack, both reading and writing. Below is one I’m excited to follow, on climate loss and damage, by the beautiful writer @sophiastories.bsky.social. And I’ve already been enjoying Diana Savarin’s, on thoughtful living that galvanises the soul.
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Jérôme OLLIER @jeromeollier.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Via IUCN - Seven quiet wins for climate and nature in 2025 - @indiabourke.bsky.social Isabelle GERRETSEN, Sophie HARDACH, Martha HENRIQUES, @kathla.bsky.social Lucy SHERRIFF, Jocelyn TIMPERLEY BBC www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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Seven quiet wins for climate and nature in 2025
Here are the year's breakthroughs for the climate and nature you might have missed.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
We solved climate change! At least in the climate game, Daybreak. All it took was some climate reporters and scientists working together, an all-out effort to decarbonize the world and enhance natural carbon sinks, and CO₂ removal (CDR) and solar radiation modification (SRM) deployments. Easy. 1/2
Five adults sit and stand around a dining table, playing a colorful board game in a warmly lit kitchen and dining area. The table is covered with game boards, cards, wine glasses, bottles, and plates with some leftover food. A woman on the right, standing and wearing red corduroy overalls over a striped shirt, is explaining how to play while holding the rules. Three people seated on the left are focused on the board, with one man wearing a dark green hoodie that says “HAWAII” and glasses, while the others watch intently. A woman sitting near the center is pointing at the game board. In the background, the kitchen has light-colored cabinets, brass pendant lights, and counters with bottles and snacks.Nine adults are gathered around a long dining table, smiling for a group photo in a warmly lit living and dining area. The person in the front left is taking the selfie, smiling broadly toward the camera. The table is set with wine glasses, bottles, cups, plates, and a colorful board game spread across the middle. Some cards, scoreboards, and pieces are visible on the table.
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India Bourke @indiabourke.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
I returned to the super @bbcstudios.bsky.social Science team yesterday after maternity leave - clutching my coffee tightly ☕ I'm looking into stories on London air pollution, biocomputing, and animals in the age of AI, among others. (Please shout if these are on your mind too!)
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Planet Politics Institute @instituteplanet.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
While there remains uncertainty about the timing and sequence of catastrophic earth system tipping points, they are very real.
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India Bourke @indiabourke.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Super explainer from my @bbcstudios.bsky.social colleague @rileyfarrell.bsky.social - busting the myths about bug-eating and showing how the far-right has twisted this subject to its own ends: www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
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How eating insects became a conspiracy theory
Insect protein is healthy and sustainable. But now it is also at the centre of a far-reaching conspiracy theory.
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dsaverin.bsky.social @dsaverin.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
New essay up at @aeon.co about the obsession I had in my 20s for excitement -- and the fear I had of the mundane. In the piece, more on my journey to find the treasure in everyday life. aeon.co/essays/like-...
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Like Virginia Woolf, I now treasure a routine of my own | Aeon Essays
I once exalted in the extraordinary. But as I’ve learned from Virginia Woolf, indelible beauty is also found in the everyday
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India Bourke @indiabourke.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
When Diana Saverin writes, I put aside everything else I need to do (as soon as the baby is asleep) and read - or rather drink in her words like sacred wine…
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India Bourke @indiabourke.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Just arrived in San Francisco for a week (with 9month baby). Please shout if any must see/eat recommendations! By chance we just stumbled upon the delightful Rick and Ann’s restaurant in Berkeley, which is apparently closing after 36years. Feel lucky to have caught the end of its 90s time warp.
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Russell Warfield @russellwarfield.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
I know Bluesky is much nicer than the other place so I’m just going to be totally real: It’s tough being a small charity, we’re trying something new, and we need your help. Please share, and please support positive climate action if you can. www.wearepossible.org/climatethousand
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Thibault Guinaldo @tguinaldo.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
2023 will be remembered as a record year for the N.Atl, but it does not mark a paradigm change. This event takes place within a physical framework that is understood and anticipated by models. It illustrates the importance of rigorous scientific comm as pointed out here : tinyurl.com/2s4eszff 11/14
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Jon Baker (@jonbakerocean.bsky.social)
1/ I wanted to respond to Stefan Rahmstorf's blog about our paper (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08544-0) due to some misunderstandings and differences in interpretation. Disagreements ar...
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India Bourke @indiabourke.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Fun piece @thomasgermain.bsky.social: are phones now shatterproof enough to ditch the casings? London’s pavements have battered my previous devices so I’m not yet brave enough to risk going naked. But the nod to combatting swift turnover feels like a ray of good: www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
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Is it finally safe to ditch your phone case? I put it to the test
With smartphones tougher than ever, a new wave of phone minimalists say cases are for cowards. I joined the case-free cult, called the experts and braced for the sound of broken glass.
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Maria Farrell @mariafarrell.eurosky.social · 26/03/2025
Read the email and thought: MUST BE A MISTAKE ... but "We need to rewild the internet" by @robin.berjon.com + me for @noemamag.com will be in this year's Best American Science and Nature Writing anthology!!!!! Thank you, @jaimealyse.bsky.social and @susanorlean.bsky.social ky.social
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We Need To Rewild The Internet  | NOEMA
The internet has become an extractive and fragile monoculture. But we can revitalize it using lessons learned by ecologists.
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
BREAKING: DEFRA asks England’s biggest landowners to come up with plans to restore nature. The new National Estate for Nature is a bold move by Labour, summoning landowners who own a tenth of the country to report on their stewardship. With comment from me: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Defra asks England’s biggest landowners to come up with plans to restore nature
Exclusive: Representatives of king, National Trust and others called on to work together to protect environment
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Judge demands ‘some kind of evidence’ from Trump’s EPA to halt climate grants #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Judge demands ‘some kind of evidence’ from Trump’s EPA to halt climate grants
Federal judge Tanya Chutkan issues restraining order pending new filings over billions in axed research grants
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India Bourke @indiabourke.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
When poaching destroys not just individuals but a whole group’s “love language”…
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India Bourke @indiabourke.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Daybreak: the board game about stopping climate change. Administratively intense… but engrossing! With @zdboren.bsky.social @oliviarudgard.bsky.social @lukewbarratt.bsky.social
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India Bourke @indiabourke.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Very keen to connect with anyone exploring the crossover between AI and animals / plants / natural systems. Do shout if this is you!
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India Bourke @indiabourke.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Saw Kyoto at Soho Place Theatre last night - and feel so grateful for playwrights and diplomats alike A story for our “Age of Disagreement” About the strategies used to bring about discord And about a (flawed but hopeful) moment when the world came together against the odds to speak as one
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
On climate disinformation, a valuable presentation from @imranahmed.bsky.social, warning that gen AI offers "a perpetual self-powering bullshit machine", lowering the barrier to entry for producing convincing-sounding climate denial material. @counterhate.com
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India Bourke @indiabourke.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Life goals: pancakes with syrup made from collected birch sap. To welcome Spring. Lovely country diary from Michael White: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Country diary: A sip of sap puts spring in your step | Michael White
Cranbrook, Kent: Somewhere in the copse is a glimmering birch tree – we call her the Lady of the Woods – which has a sweet gift to bear
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India Bourke @indiabourke.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
At my wedding earlier this year, friends surprised me with a set of “Desert Island Books” (US people check out the wonderful Desert Island Discs podcast for the ref). Among them were books by @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social (who is very much worth following on here if not already), and Lucy Jones:
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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · 06/02/2025
The beautiful London Library offers emerging writers one year’s free membership including masterclasses, networking opportunities, peer support, access to all the Library’s resources and publication in an anthology. Details below. Please share :) www.londonlibrary.co.uk/about-us/ll-...
Picture of the interior of the London Library, with steps, many bookcases and a glass balustrade
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India Bourke @indiabourke.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Some stories need to be told more than ever right now. This, about two child refugees in Turkey, is one of them. It’s a reminder that, behind the overwhelming stats and sums, is simply the unquantifiable need for love … www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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BBC Two - Finding Hope
Film-maker Sara Nourizadeh follows the story of teenage refugees Zari and Ali.
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India Bourke @indiabourke.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
An Imbolc moon rises on Hampstead Heath last night: looking for light even in darkness.
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India Bourke @indiabourke.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Characteristically funny and spot-on from @duncanrobinson.bsky.social: “The supposed villains of the climate transition are the heroes. The hour of the Net-Zero Dad has come.” On heat pump take-up and the gendered climate agenda: www.economist.com/britain/2025...
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The rise of the Net-Zero Dad
Middle-aged men care less about the problem. But they love the solution
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India Bourke @indiabourke.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
What is a beanfeast?
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India Bourke @indiabourke.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
“Beautiful world, where are you” A story for the #naturewriting #greensky and #booksky communities alike
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Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Thanks India. Between the two lists there are 200 nature writers and plenty of content on the feed too.
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India Bourke @indiabourke.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Spotlighting climate change in news stories on the LA wildfires’ is a choice. But it’s one our planetary situation more than justifies. Mark H, @kylepope01.bsky.social & coveringclimatenow.org show how some are joining the dots: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The media needs to show how the climate crisis is fueling the LA wildfires
With few exceptions, the news has shied away from showing how the unfolding climate crisis plays a large role in the disaster
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India Bourke @indiabourke.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Even London’s Royal Free Hospital (a notoriously ugly building) looked like Arthur’s Camelot in this morning’s mist:
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India Bourke @indiabourke.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
This makes my sinews tingle!
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India Bourke @indiabourke.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Characteristically profound insights from @sophiemcbain.bsky.social in this beautiful book review: www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...
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India Bourke @indiabourke.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
My heart is with my colleague Lucy Sherriff and all others who’ve lost their homes, and more, to the LA fires. Her gut-wrenching account of the experience is here: nymag.com/intelligence...
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I Saw the Beginning of Hell
What started as small flames engulfed my city and my life.
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Eric Holthaus @ericholthaus.com · 08/01/2025
A reminder that Los Angeles had its hottest summer in history last year. Southern California has received just 2% of "normal" rainfall during the current "rainy" season. These fires are a direct result of a warming & drying atmosphere caused by burning fossil fuels. We are in a climate emergency.
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Zach Boren @zdboren.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
next week the world is supposed to finalise a global treaty to tackle plastic pollution my new investigation uncovers the PR and lobbying strategy behind Big Oil's influential initiative to 'end plastic waste' with @emmahoward.bsky.social unearthed.greenpeace.org/2024/11/20/a...
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India Bourke @indiabourke.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Restorative sunday read… “I think horses lead us to consciousness,” he says. “I think that’s what they’re here for.” www.nytimes.com/2024/11/12/m...
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He Thought He Knew Horses. Then He Learned to Really Listen.
Warwick Schiller made his name as an expert trainer. An enigmatic little horse completely changed his outlook.
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Astrid M. Eckert 🇺🇦 @astridme.bsky.social · 03/09/2024
The stunning dam removal project on the Klamath River in Oregon is complete, now restoration can begin. This is an inspiring story of indigenous advocacy and grit. #envhist #envhum BBC coverage: www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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'Anything that can be built can be taken down': The largest dam removal in US history is complete – what happens next?
The Klamath River is free of four huge dams for the first time in generations. But for the Yurok tribe, the river's restoration is only just beginning – starting with 18 billion seeds.
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Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 04/09/2024
Just updated the Nature Writing Starter Pack - now with 75 writers - hope it's helpful. Please repost to help others find it. Also, do join in with the Nature Writing Feed by tagging posts with #naturewriting go.bsky.app/NXoPc6D
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India Bourke @indiabourke.bsky.social · 22/08/2024
Usefully laid out thread - would be interested to know any other concerns that arise
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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 21/08/2024
What is AI's real carbon footprint? You won't find it in sustainability reports of tech giants. That's because they claim it's mostly or entirely powered by renewables. Natasha White & I dug deeper to find reality to be otherwise. Thanks to use of dodgy credits. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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How Tech Companies Are Obscuring AI’s Real Carbon Footprint
Tech giants leading the AI race have found a way to conceal the climate impact of their growing electricity use: unbundled renewable energy certificates.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 19/08/2024
I made two Starter Packs of journalists who work on climate, energy, and the environment. Here’s the first one (I ran out of room so there’s another). I hope it’s useful and please let me know if there’s someone else I should add (to the second one). go.bsky.app/2TNd1Ya
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Alona Ferber @aloner.bsky.social · 15/08/2024
I love this starter pack business, so I've made one of some of the women I follow on here (including the estate of Ursula K Le Guin because I'm obsessed). I'm sure I'm missing a ton of great people. Anyone else I should include? go.bsky.app/2rubRr3
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