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Robert Macfarlane

@robgmacfarlane.bsky.social
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Books: Is A River Alive? (May ‘25), Underland, The Lost Words, The Old Ways etc | Films: River, Mountain, Upstream | Music: The Moon Also Rises, Lost In The Cedar Wood, etc Nature, climate, people. Prof at Cambridge. linktr.ee/robmacfarlane

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 17h
"A national election, that of Brazil, which will affect the 8.3 billion people who inhabit this world. The Amazon, according to scientific evidence, is close to reaching a point of no return. Returning to the deforestation levels of 2022 (Bolsonaro) would be the final blow" x.com/ActisAndres/...
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 19h
Catastrophe In Brazil with the far right surging State races, senate and congress races all going for the far right Presidential race going to a second round thankfully with bolsonaro’s son under 50 percent www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Thank you, my friend! 🫡
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 18/09/2026
I agree with Al Gore on a whole lot of things but he's profoundly wrong on almost everything he says in this piece, and is adopting fossil-fuel industry style talking points that he's previously criticised A short thread on why............. www.ft.com/content/ba94...
Al Gore downplays AI threats and touts its climate potential
Former US vice-president argues in favour of technology to help with green progress
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The Wainwright Prizes @wainwrightprize.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
It's our pleasure to announce that the 2026 winner of the Wainwright Prize Book of the Year is... The Book of Birds, Jackie Morris and @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social (Hamish Hamilton) #WainwrightPrize #StoriesThatConnect
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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Thanks, Edward. I’ll be giving it all I have
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
environmentaldefence.ca/2026/09/04/c...
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Canada's Latest Climate Report Should Be Call to Action, Instead Gov't Tried to Bury It - Environmental Defence
Statement from Julia Levin, Associate Director, National Climate, Environmental Defence Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin
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Caught by the River @caughtbytheriver.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
We're pleased to announce details of the CD release of @hannahpeel.bsky.social’s original score for Underland — Robert Petit’s film based on the @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social book of the same name.
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
‘Honest Bob’ Jenrick says he wants to “abolish” Natural England, and at the very least stop funding it, in the first 100 days of a putative Reform government. Reform may appear to be on the rocks currently but their plans are terrifying, mad & must be stopped. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Jenrick: “Even if you can’t abolish, I don’t know, Natural England within the first 100 days, you can stop funding it, you can turn the tap off and the tap will be turned off a lot of these quangos, and that will drive savings.”
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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
It makes me VERY happy that game designers/imaginators like Underland
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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Hallo Jim! 👋
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ianthemouthofmadness.fenrisgames @fenrisgames.com · 30/08/2026
started my annual relisten of @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social 's amazing Underland a day or two early. if you've the slightest interest in underground environments, humanity's intertwined history of burial and storytelling, or need tips on making your dungeons feel more terrifying, you need this book
cover for Underland - a stylised Holloweg between curved pathway and overhanging branches in red and orange.
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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Thanks, Amya!
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Edward Pollard @epollard.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
This is a pleasant discovery on R4extra. @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social reading his book Underland. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/serie...
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BBC Sounds - Underland by Robert Macfarlane - Available Episodes
Listen to the latest episodes of Underland by Robert Macfarlane on BBC Sounds.
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Joe Morelle @morelle.house.gov · 01/09/2026
These whistleblower allegations are extraordinary. If Trump Administration officials knowingly built a system designed to prevent Americans from receiving their ballots, that is not election security. It is a betrayal of our Constitution and the American people.
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Whistle-Blower Says USPS Is Secretly Proceeding on Trump’s Mail Voting Plan Before Midterms
A report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections.
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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
So much fruit this year! So much. In the twentieth summer since Roger (Deakin) died.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The president is threatening to sue a think tank for $5 billion unless they retract a report stating that his National Guard deployments to American cities under the guise of fake emergencies didn't make those cities safer. It's like a Con Law exam question about executive abuse of power.
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Trump Threatens Defamation Suit Over National Guard Report, Aiming to Intimidate a Critic
It was the latest example of President Trump’s bid to use the legal system against those who voice unflattering facts and opinions generally protected by the First Amendment.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 21/08/2026
Rewilded land remains green amid drought-stricken English countryside, images show
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Rewilded land remains green amid drought-stricken English countryside, images show
National Trust’s Holnicote estate says restored wetlands and rivers offer proof of resilience to drought, wildfires and flooding Aerial footage of an estate in Somerset has revealed the benefits of rewilding land in the face of extreme weather brought about by the climate crisis. The area of the National Trust’s Holnicote estate where rivers have been returned to their natural courses and wetlands have been restored have remained green and lush during the five heatwaves across the summer. In contrast, the surrounding countryside has become parched and brown. Continue reading...
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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
That’s mighty! Thank you for your support — loved my visit to Calgary last year with the Lit Fest
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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Thank you. Happy to hear it.
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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Truly
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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Total beauties! Let’s hear it for the corvidae
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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
🎉🎉
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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I am touched to read all of that, Ken. Thank you.
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Ken Appleby @kenappleby.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I have just finished this latest book from @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social . It's hard to believe that his word magic could get even better, more strikingly beautiful, but it does. I think all the superlatives applied to it are valid. But it has left me with an aching sadness.
A photo of a paperback book, Robert MacFarlane's book "Is A River Alive".
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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Big thanks. Wonderful to hear.
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Rob Miller @millerscave.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Finished last night. Answers the question that we all intuitively know the answer to, but can't articulate the reasoning. So many sentences stopped me in my tracks. Solid thumbs up. #booksky📚 #robertmacfarlane #rivers #reading #books #nature
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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Fully agree. These corvid group nouns are unfair and bias-perpetuating
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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Strong agree
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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Ha! Sign me up as your apprentice pls
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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Thank you. Those are very fine words to read.
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Ajlark25 @ajlark25.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Not a lot of books give me chills, but @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social “Is a River Alive?” did. The passage surrounding the location of the proposed dam on the Mutehekau Shipu was so powerful I stopped and reread it 3x. Phenomenal book, 5 out 5 stars for me.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 14/08/2026
This is the coverage of Arday **just in the Telegraph** in the UK. This is only the first four pages of results, just in one outlet.
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Jason Arday found dead
2 hours ago — Mr Arday was found •unresponsive• at an address in Battersea. south London. on Froy
afternoon. He was uter pronounced dead at the scene. A Read rnore
Jason Arday says he was an illiterate, mute child. His .
6 hours ago — Jason Arday says he was an i&erate. mute child. Cambridge's youngest-ever black
professor in 2023. Arday attended from the age of four to 11
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A PhD is no longer a sign of brilliance — take it from Dr Arday
1 day aeo — Juon Arday resigns from the Unwersity of Cambrdge after The Telegraph reports he had
falseb• claimed to have pubåshed a book
We are all Jason Arday now
S days ago — Jason Arday resons from the University of Cambridge after The Telegraph reports he had
falsew cGimed to have published a book Aug 7.2028. Read more
Cambridge professor claimed he was on Seven Up..
2 Aug 2026 — He was not bom until 1985. Prof Arday is at the centre of a row about academk
plagiarism after The Tekgragh that he had been accused
The Jason Arday 'memoir' that now appears to be more .
7 days ago — Instead of tales of triumph over adversity. the now-fomer Cambridge professors
autob"qraphy is a case study in self-rnythobgising,
Arday failed to mention 'months-long coma' in autobiography
8 days ago — Jason Arday toz publishers he was k•ft a three-month coma fohwhg a car gash. but
never wrote about the ordeal his memoirs_
Jason Arday is living proof that you reap what you sow
6 Aug 2028 — The Cambridge professor feed plagiarism alegations and made fantastical clä'ns about
his life. so what did he expect woUz happen? Read rmre
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Arday 'accused student of Miite privilege' after she
4 days ago — Forrner Cambrdge professor alleged* htplied that Roehamptm student was racist after
cornplaint about essay SOOre.
Jason Arday is rnerely a symptom of the Leffs corruption
Aug 2026 — Lab-curs on school standards is on the same toxic assumptions that created his
academic career.
Cambridge hired Arday after 'listening to black stu…
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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Thanks so much for screening the film, folks!
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Ashish Kothari @ashishkothari.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Earthy Governance: How to Learn about Democracy from Indigenous Peoples? @shrishteebajpai.bsky.social & I propose an Earth-centered form of democracy, the idea that all of nature has agency in decision-making. berlinergazette.de/earthy-gover... @berlinergazette.bsky.social @vikalpsangam.bsky.social
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Earthy Governance: How to Learn about Democracy from Indigenous Peoples? · BG | berlinergazette.de
In light of the planetary polycrisis, it is time to challenge the dominant strand of Western thought that asserts only humans possess rights and that other species exist solely for human benefit. In t...
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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Jay! Very, very interesting. Thank you for this
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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Well into that T-shirt!
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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Ha! Thank you for your attention. Lovely notes
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Jay Owens @jayowens.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
I wrote (briefly and elliptically) about the phrase I've been thinking about most from @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social’s 𝘐𝘴 𝘈 𝘙𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘈𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦? A river is not a person but ‘a god. For now, I want to call the river 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘥.’ www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ju...
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Jay Owens | Rights for Gods
Britain’s waterways are filthy and flowing with sewage, as well as fertiliser and pesticide pollution, thousands of...
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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Yes please
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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
All hail the places where water comes together with other water!
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Save The Wye Coalition @savethewye.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Beautiful and informative interview on BBC Today with @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social and Dr Louise Bodnar, Voice of the River Wye, ahead of the Rights of the River Wye charter launch tomorrow in Hay on Wye. Listen from 13.40 minutes: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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BBC Radio 4 - Today, 23/05/2026
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
I, too, was surprised! I think it’s a great modern album of landscape and soundscape. And Stephen is a huge wild-head!
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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
💨😮
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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
A mighty work to have had the slightest of involvement with. @sunn0))) ftw
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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
The new eponymous album by sunn 0))) is a visual and aural work of art, with sleeve notes by @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social that perfectly describe the connection between what you are hearing and feeling. Epic #NowPlaying #VinylSky #VinylCommunity #sunn0))) #drone
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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
'A 2007 analysis...found that wild salmon in the Broughton Archipelago were “on a trajectory toward rapid local extinction,” driven by infestations of sea lice from nearby farms.' Then people fought back: story.futureoffood.org/beacons/cana...
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Survival Instead of Extinction: First Nations Rally to Save Wild Salmon on Coastal British Columbia
Indigenous-led action and the Broughton Aquaculture Transition Initiative are restoring wild salmon to coastal British Columbia. Discover how three First Nations reclaimed their ancestral waters from ...
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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Retractions never get proportional attention. This one should.
arstechnica.com
Influential study touting ChatGPT in education retracted over red flags
The retracted study on ChatGPT in education was already cited hundreds of times.
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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
“First week of May — and ears are peeled each day for that bodkin-shriek and devil-cry, for the screaming that comes across the sky…” They’re back! The Swifts are back, and the world has turned once more... My first swifts of the year, thrillingly, spine-tinglingly, above Oxford. Seen them yet?
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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Hello—The Book of Birds by me & the artist Jackie Morris is published…today A re-imagining of the field guide/bird book for our age of wonder & loss, from Avocet to Yellowhammer. Jackie has painted over 300 original artworks for it; I’ve tried to let language soar, glide & plunge. For the birds!
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