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Dara McAnulty

@naturalistdara.bsky.social
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20 ~ autistic ~ award winning author of ‘Diary of a Young Naturalist’ and the ‘Wild Child’ series ~ Nature Nerd and biology student ~ University of Cambridge. He/him 📍Co Down / Cambridge daramcanulty.com

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Seán Ronayne @seanronayne.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
For those of your outside of Ireland - Birdsong is still available to view online for a little while, as is the live Q&A we did after the online screening! It was a really lovely chat.
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Wild Justice @wildjustice.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
We've just published our latest report: COLLATERAL DAMAGE, highlighting the widespread poisoning of birds of prey in England by the misuse & abuse of rodenticides. Govt scheme to reduce exposure has failed. Read the report: wildjustice.org.uk/general/coll...
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 29/09/2023
"We don’t need astronauts to tell us that there is no such thing as infinite growth on a (tiny, fragile) finite planet. [Yet] we march on, lemming-like, towards overshoot and collapse." Great @irishtimes.bsky.social piece by Sadhbh O'Neill. www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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Limits to Growth reports vindicated as Earth faces overshoot and collapse
The critical lesson of the Limits to Growth reports – that there is no such thing as infinite growth on a tiny, fragile, finite planet – has escaped our consciousness
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Dara McAnulty @naturalistdara.bsky.social · 25/09/2023
I will truly miss the depth, contours and ever changing landscape of Co Down when I return to horizontal Cambridge this week. It’s always so hard to leave but 2nd year student life awaits after crossing the sea on the Stena Line & the long drive to Queens’ College. Bittersweet yet very exciting 🌿
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Dr. Merritt Rae Turetsky @queenofpeat.bsky.social · 23/09/2023
Here is a brief primer on permafrost carbon. Permafrost (frozen soil) stores a HUGE amount of carbon because ancient life took up carbon dioxide, built biomass, then died. These organisms' organic matter (~50% C) slowly accrued in Earth's best freezer for 1000s of yrs. 1/
A woman (me) in sunglasses and a fleece holding up a section of a permafrost core.
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Rori! @roricomics.bsky.social · 21/08/2023
Hey I made a quick welcome guide to BlueSky :) There's tons more, but I think these few steps will get you up and enjoying it quickly.
So you decided to join BLUE SKY
[it's not twitter]
#1 upload an avatar
#2 set Moderation Settings

(box showing moderation hand symbol) Moderation (arrow pointing to) Content Filtering(arrow pointing to drawing of toggle) Toggle to enable Adult Content
THEN choose Hide, Warn, or SHOW
(star) tip: images are AI moderated so some slip thru & some G-rated images get tagged as "explicit", so "Warn" may be the bet choice atm
#3 Go to SETTINGS
(box with drawing of toggle) toggle require alt text on images (please ♥)
(arrow points to) Home Feed Prefs
(star) Use these settings to control seeing reposts & replies on your TL#4 Go to My Feeds
Go to "Discover New Feeds" to search for interesting feeds like "Only Posts"
Click the "+" to add the feed
(box) Go to the (gear icon) [edit my feeds] here you can pin and unpin feeds
(side note) pinned feed will appear at the top of your TL
Don't forget to "♥" the feed when you click on it to preview, this helps others find it!
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Dara McAnulty @naturalistdara.bsky.social · 23/09/2023
Happy Autumn Equinox! I prefer the shadows to the intense glare of summer, dodging between darkness and light until winter comes: when I enter my most contented state. Surely I mustn’t be alone in this?!
A sunken lane or Holloway with dappled autumn light
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Dara McAnulty @naturalistdara.bsky.social · 23/09/2023
On some walks you just get really, really lucky. A gorgeous Jay Feather. Incandescent joy! 🪶#birds #nature #walking
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Kath @kathyburke.bsky.social · 23/09/2023
I do like it here but it has got an air of being in jail. You’re a bit isolated, always on the lookout for trouble and the people you love only turn up once every couple of months.
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Jane Samuels @janesamuels.bsky.social · 22/09/2023
Cumbria, as winter truly bit.
A narrow tarmac road in winter. Bare trees either side of the road make a tunnel, sunlight streaming through.
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Julian Hoffman @julianhoffman.bsky.social · 02/09/2023
"I come every day to our burned house to water the trees that either died or partially survived." Heartbreaking and extraordinary images and interviews of life in the aftermath of the terrible wildfires that swept across Rhodes in July. #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/world/2023/s...
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‘So many precious things were lost’: Rhodes after the fires – photo essay
The photographer Gideon Mendel travelled to Rhodes a month after the fires, seeking to document the impact on lives and landscapes
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Susanna Forrest @susannaforrest.bsky.social · 06/09/2023
This BBC radio documentary is a thing of beauty. It’s about a sound recordist in the primeval Polish forest, Białoweiza. Listen to it in the bath. Listen to it in the car alone, with the windows wound up. Turn up the volume. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
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Dara McAnulty @naturalistdara.bsky.social · 22/09/2023
My recent children’s book has been long-listed for the 2024 UK Literacy Association Awards!! Chuffed to bits! ukla.org/news/outstan...
Dara McAnulty is holding a copy of his book A Wild Child’s Book of Birds there is an elm tree in the background
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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · 19/09/2023
Night Time Economy is the title of Floodgate's next collection of original writing to be published in June next year and you could be part of it. Send unpublished fiction and creative non-fiction that uses this title as a stimulus to: floodgatepress.co.uk/submissions
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Dara McAnulty @naturalistdara.bsky.social · 22/09/2023
I feel like I’ve walked from an dangerously unfriendly bar in a western movie to a very nice welcoming establishment, happy to leave the Twitter doors swinging on their hinges 👋 (no offence to western movies obvs - so no pile-ons - do people do this here?)
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Emma Reynolds @emmaillustrate.bsky.social · 22/09/2023
SO excited for 'No Limits' festival this weekend run by incredible Rabbit Hole Independent Bookshop 🥳 I'll be there ALL weekend & running 2x workshops too! Sat 11:45-12:45 🦇 #AmaraAndTheBats🦇 Story&Draw Sun 11:45-12:45 🌿 #DrawnToChangeTheWorld Comic Making!
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curious ordinary @curiousordinary.bsky.social · 22/09/2023
'Raven and Sparrows' - Kubo Shunman.
Japanese ukiyo-e print depicting a raven and three sparrows flying.
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Dara McAnulty @naturalistdara.bsky.social · 22/09/2023
I haven’t seen enough #birds here yet! As it’s Friday and I am completely obsessed with birds, I’ll start by sharing a joyful Robin in full song! Share your birdy pictures! #nature
A Eurasian Robin, open beaked (as it was singing) on the tip of a pine tree. Bright blue cloudless sky in the background
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wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social · 20/09/2023
New to wildflowerhour and want to join in? It’s easy! Find wild or naturalised plants (not planted ones) in flower from across Britain and Ireland in the last week. Share your pics on Sunday’s 8-9pm and tag us @wildflowerhour.bsky.social so we can see your finds! Happy flower hunting! 🌿🌸
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Ed Yong is offline @edyong209.bsky.social · 17/09/2023
“The work of library defense right now is unapologetically queer.” Great, rousing piece by @melissagiragrant.com newrepublic.com/article/1755...
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Librarians Didn’t Sign Up to Be Queer Activists—but This Year, They Are
Anti-LGBTQ activists are increasingly targeting public reading spaces—and librarians are our best defenders.
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Dara McAnulty @naturalistdara.bsky.social · 20/09/2023
Wow. I am so delighted to receive a copy of #DrawnToChangeTheWorld by Emma Reynolds! This book is everything we need to inspire, educate and illuminate the next generation of activists & adults too! It is exceptional! emmareynoldsillustration.com/drawntochang...
Dara McAnulty is holding up a copy of Drawn To Change The World by Emma Reynolds. It’s got a bright orange cover and features illustrations of the 16 activists featured in the book
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Emma Reynolds @emmaillustrate.bsky.social · 12/09/2023
🧡🌿 Our book #DrawnToChangeTheWorld is out today!! 3 Years of work, 16 incredible artists & activists, amazing HarperAlley team 😭 The need to centre Indigenous solutions, intersectional climate justice, & how art can manifest a transformed future 🧡 I'm so proud of what we've made together 🥰 💭🗯
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Dara McAnulty @naturalistdara.bsky.social · 20/09/2023
I’m happiest outdoors exploring, getting respectfully close to nature to better understand it…and myself. I have always tried and will continue to do all I can to raise awareness of the threats it faces and how we can better protect our beautiful planet 🌿
Dara McAnulty wearing a blue hoody holding a little crab on the coast of Pembrokeshire
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Dara McAnulty @naturalistdara.bsky.social · 20/09/2023
Hello!! Hopefully I’m not posting into the darkness! If you don’t know me, I’m a 19 year old autistic author, I’m studying Natural Sciences at university and I’m passionate about nature, science and books! #authors
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