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Tommy's Outdoors @tommysoutdoors.com · 30/09/2026

My feed here is dedicated to nature, science and conservation, and I swear, sometimes I'm tempted to start posting about AI to call out the grift Dario and Clammy spouted, which the dumb media and journos swallowed hook, line and sinker. And now you good people are repeating it as if it were facts.

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Tommy's Outdoors @tommysoutdoors.com · 24/09/2026

Why does Ireland have so many deer, and would bringing back the wolf fix it? How did rat poison end up in 80% of our barn owls? And are farmers really the villains? I asked biologist and broadcaster Éanna Ní Lamhna. Her answer to the deer problem: eat venison. 🌍🦤 🎧 pod.fo/e/64d361

Podcast cover art for 'Tommy's Outdoors Conservation and Science Podcast', episode titled 'Eat Venison, Grow Carrots'. The design uses a dark olive-green frame with white and gold lettering. At its centre is a photo of a smiling older woman with short grey hair, wearing large over-ear headphones and a pale grey-green jacket over a colourful patterned top. She is seated in a home study, with bookshelves full of books behind her and framed pictures hanging on a blue wall beside a white cupboard.

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Tommy's Outdoors @tommysoutdoors.com · 19/09/2026

After returning from my podcasting holidays, I made some changes to how I do things and how I promote the show. Some of them are more visible than others. As things stand now, Bluesky is the only social media platform I'm on. I focus on long and thoughtful, not short and punchy.

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Why I’m Not Coming Back to Instagram

I grabbed my phone, something I had learned not to do habitually, and opened Instagram to post about the latest episode of my podcast. But…

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Tommy's Outdoors @tommysoutdoors.com · 16/09/2026

I'm not sure whether, with my 'Conservation and Science' podcast, I'm part of the problem or part of the solution. 🧪

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Tommy's Outdoors @tommysoutdoors.com · 15/09/2026

What does the label 'protected area' actually tell you about what is being protected? How did the wolf lose its strict protection status in the EU? And what about a legal system that looks strong on paper but leaves animals exposed on the ground? I asked two wildlife lawyers. 🌍 🧪🦤 🎧 pod.fo/e/6179bf

Podcast episode cover art on a dark olive-green background. The heading at the top reads 'Tommy's Outdoors Conservation and Science'. Below it, two side-by-side video call stills show two smiling women: on the left, a woman with glasses and long fair hair sits in an office lined with shelves of books and ring binders; on the right, a woman with long brown hair wearing white wired earphones sits against a pale wall. A banner across the lower left reads 'Wildlife Law in Europe', and the word 'Podcast' appears along the bottom edge.

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Tommy's Outdoors @tommysoutdoors.com · 15/09/2026

Interesting question and one I've been wondering about myself. I'm afraid the answer is still 'no' and IMO it has nothing to do with women vs men and more to do with the traits of the people who end up 'running the world' under the current system. The system itself would need to be different. 🌍

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Tommy's Outdoors @tommysoutdoors.com · 14/09/2026

I'm quite chuffed about the refresh I gave my website over the weekend, so I thought I'd drop a feed here from the 'science' category, where you can find podcast episodes with scientists talking about their projects, papers or books. 🧪 📚 tommysoutdoors.com/category/sci...

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Tommy's Outdoors @tommysoutdoors.com · 09/09/2026

I see that we have smoothly moved from 'AI will take our jobs' to 'AI will kill us all'. And all that to divert our attention from the fact that frontier labs are money-burning machines with no business model and no plausible path to profitability.

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Tommy's Outdoors @tommysoutdoors.com · 06/09/2026

I can picture Eoghan cycling on a vintage fixie, wearing his signature cap instead of a helmet!

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Tommy's Outdoors @tommysoutdoors.com · 04/09/2026

Great to see this paper out. The link for complimentary access (viewing only, no downloads) is further down in the thread. Just a reminder that Joachim was a guest on the podcast in episode 225: How Many Wolves Is Enough (🎧 pod.fo/e/3fe9b4), so you might want to listen to it (or watch it) too. 🧪🦤🌍🦊

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Tommy's Outdoors @tommysoutdoors.com · 01/09/2026

And we are back! In this episode, I'm talking with Professor Amy McEuen about what science is, misinformation and disinformation, planetary boundaries, the sixth mass extinction and her book 'How to Think Like an Ecologist: A Non-Scientist's Guide to Saving Our Planet'. 🌍🦤🧪 🎧 pod.fo/e/5a8fcb

Podcast episode cover art on a dark green background. Header text reads 'Tommy's Outdoors Conservation and Science', with 'Podcast' along the bottom. A gold-bordered photograph shows a smiling woman with long fair hair, dark-rimmed glasses and white over-ear headphones, laughing as she looks towards the camera. Behind her is a white wall hung with small painted canvases, including a zebra and several mountain and lake landscapes. Overlaid across the lower portion of the photo is the episode title: 'How to think like an ecologist'.

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Tommy's Outdoors @tommysoutdoors.com · 28/08/2026

Well, some good news from Ireland, at least for me. Podcast advertising spend 33% up, year on year. Btw, if anyone is interested in exploring advertising opportunities with my show, my DMs are open.

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Podcast advertising in Ireland: Magellan AI’s H1 2026 benchmarks

A new report detailing how podcast spend, advertisers, and formats shifted year on year in Ireland.

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Tommy's Outdoors @tommysoutdoors.com · 24/08/2026

This is an interesting comparison given both countries similar size and population. However ~40% of Slovakia is covered by continuous forest, particularly across the Carpathian Mountain range. So, only ~40% of Slovakian's land use is agriculture while in Ireland ~65% - and that's the hard part. 🌍🦤

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Tommy's Outdoors @tommysoutdoors.com · 19/08/2026

Sometimes I want to go back to my previous levels of activity on social media. And then I scroll through it for a while and realise how much it has deteriorated since what I would call its 'golden era'. It's also sad to see what it continues to do to people and their minds.

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Tommy's Outdoors @tommysoutdoors.com · 18/08/2026

Convince me that John is wrong here. Any arguments about food security coming from the agri sector, as it stands at the moment, are 🤯. Also, the selection and quality of food available to people in Ireland are exceptionally poor.

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Tommy's Outdoors @tommysoutdoors.com · 16/08/2026

This is an interesting one. I'd be okay with the introduction of beavers to Ireland (not that it matters). And yes, I know of the issues with that, and I've raised a few of them more than once on my podcast. It's probably a matter of consistency and of making exceptions to the rules one adheres to.

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Tommy's Outdoors @tommysoutdoors.com · 13/08/2026

As I'm currently planning a new schedule for the podcast and newsletter, I'm wondering whether I should comment on pieces like this one - especially on social media - or just let it slide. I'm sure the folks at @irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social are well meaning. 🦈🌍🦤🦑

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Tommy's Outdoors @tommysoutdoors.com · 13/08/2026

The podcast is coming back on the 1st of September.

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Tommy's Outdoors @tommysoutdoors.com · 12/08/2026

Always mind a shark's sharp end, folks! 🦈

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Tommy's Outdoors @tommysoutdoors.com · 11/08/2026

For me this once again raises two points: that academic writing and academic writing culture are broken and that academia copes with (and perhaps is even equipped to cope with) AI worse than other... erm... industries(?)

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Tommy's Outdoors @tommysoutdoors.com · 08/08/2026

Today I learned that "wymoczki" as a taxonomic grouping (Infusoria) has been abandoned in modern classification and the modern Polish term for ciliates is "orzęski". 🧪 Please pour one for poor wymoczek! 🥃

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Tommy's Outdoors @tommysoutdoors.com · 03/08/2026

I was listening today to a bunch of tourism experts, and I would like to introduce you to a concept of 'coolcation', a vacation where you go to a place where the weather is not as hot as where you live. A journalist conducting the interview quickly identified a problem though. 1/2

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Tommy's Outdoors @tommysoutdoors.com · 01/08/2026

@wsocial.eu Thanks for invitation. Alas! ID verification is required even to just upload my logo and banner. And you require some odd app installed on my mobile? No thank you.

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Tommy's Outdoors @tommysoutdoors.com · 28/07/2026

The car at the beginning of this video is a GAZ-24 Volga. A curious choice, also, I'm exposing my age. PS I guess the 'fear of the black Volga' was not a thing when you were growing up, kids.

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Tommy's Outdoors @tommysoutdoors.com · 20/06/2026

Why do we feel so hopeless about nature's future? Is it really collapsing everywhere, or have we been told a one-sided story? In this episode I welcome back ecologist and author Simon Mustoe to discuss his new book, 'How to Survive the Next 100 Years: Lessons from Nature'. 🌍🦤 🎧 pod.fo/e/4355ea

A smiling middle-aged man wearing glasses, black over-ear headphones and a light blue striped shirt sits in a black office chair in a living room. Behind him are white glass-fronted bookcases filled with books, a wall-mounted television on a wooden stand, a grey sofa and a coffee table. The title 'How to Survive the Next 100 Years' appears across the lower portion of the image.

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Tommy's Outdoors @tommysoutdoors.com · 19/06/2026

You can't shout at people and tell them that your view is better than theirs. 🌍🦤

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Ashley @wicklowaxes.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Long eared owl hunting rabbit, Wicklow

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Tommy's Outdoors @tommysoutdoors.com · 05/06/2026

What if the environmental movement has badly underestimated our ability to solve the climate crisis? Could renewable energy grow so fast that we are out of fossil fuels within a decade? And once emissions fall away, how do we deal with the carbon already in the atmosphere? 🎧 pod.fo/e/428ae4

A vibrant young conifer seedling with bright green needles emerging from dark, charred soil scattered with ash, burnt wood fragments, and decomposing leaf litter — symbolising ecological regeneration after fire. The episode title 'Biogeotherapy' appears in bold gold text on a dark green banner in the lower left. The podcast name 'Tommy's Outdoors Conservation and Science Podcast' is displayed in white text above the image on a deep olive green background.

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Tommy's Outdoors @tommysoutdoors.com · 21/05/2026

Even though this isn't the main topic of this episode, I just had to make a clip out of that bit. This is a proper, true hunter talking. The conversation with Frank made my day. 🌍🦤🦊🐺

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Tommy's Outdoors @tommysoutdoors.com · 19/05/2026

It's not often that you talk to a hunter and start with red deer and habitat connectivity only for the discussion to quickly shift to planetary boundaries and the 6th mass extinction. In this episode I talk with wildlife biologist, hunter and fellow podcaster Frank Zabel. 🎧 pod.fo/e/4193d0 🌍🦤🧪🦊🦌

Cover art for the 'Red Deer – RotWildes' episode of the Tommy's Outdoors Conservation and Science Podcast, featuring a smiling bald man with a full grey-streaked beard and dark-rimmed glasses, photographed during a video call. He is wearing a dark top and seated in a rustic interior with exposed dark wooden ceiling beams. A red deer skull with antlers is visible on the wall behind him to the right.

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Tommy's Outdoors @tommysoutdoors.com · 16/05/2026

It reminds me of the red wolf situation. Canids do what canids do and it is beautiful to me. 🌍🦤🧪🦊

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Tommy's Outdoors @tommysoutdoors.com · 07/05/2026

The conservation sector and community haven't been very good at understanding the foundations of people's concerns, recognising them and listening to them. 🌍🦤

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Tommy's Outdoors @tommysoutdoors.com · 05/05/2026

What has shifted in rewilding over the past five years? Why do recovery of species like lynx, beavers and wolves trigger reactions that go far beyond the animals themselves? Join me for the conversation with the one and only @petecairns.bsky.social 🌍🦤 ➡️ pod.fo/e/40debc

Cover art for the 'Tommy's Outdoors Conservation and Science Podcast' episode titled 'At the Edge with Peter Cairns'. A man with grey hair wearing black over-ear headphones and a teal t-shirt smiles warmly at the camera. He appears to be recording from a home office, with shelving units and ring binders visible in the background.

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Tommy's Outdoors @tommysoutdoors.com · 29/04/2026

Today I was talking with a German hunter. A true hunter, not a pretender. We spoke about habitat connectivity, effective population sizes, politicians and policies, and educating and inspiring the younger generation. Such discussions are very uplifting to me. The episode is dropping late May/June.

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Tommy's Outdoors @tommysoutdoors.com · 25/04/2026

A good thread on fox hunting in Ireland. Also, a quote from the linked article: 'is so archaic that even the Brits have banned it' LOLZ

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Tommy's Outdoors @tommysoutdoors.com · 24/04/2026

I pay attention to not overuse the word 'excited'. I am excited for this book. @calflyn.bsky.social's previous book was nothing short of eye-opening and so I have high expectations for this one. #wilderness 🌍🦤

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The Savage Landscape (2026) — Cal Flyn, author and journalist

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Tommy's Outdoors @tommysoutdoors.com · 23/04/2026

Question for you, folks❓ How likely are you to listen to conversations with guests from the USA? Are conservation and nature topics from across the pond of any interest to you, or should I keep the focus on European and global matters? 🌍🦤🧪 Please reply below. ⬇️

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Tommy's Outdoors @tommysoutdoors.com · 22/04/2026

Why talking to farmers about climate change is a touchy subject, and why we should view everything through the prism of quality of life to attain a positive future for all. 🌍

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Tommy's Outdoors @tommysoutdoors.com · 21/04/2026

What makes farmers reluctant to talk about climate change, even though they see its effects first-hand? Can a trip to the Arctic change how you look at a small river in Co. Kerry? And why might 'community first, environment second' be the right way round? 🌍 Latest episode: pod.fo/e/402f66

A herd of black and white dairy cattle grazing in a lush green coastal pasture, with the calm blue sea stretching to the horizon and a rocky headland visible on the right.

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Tommy's Outdoors @tommysoutdoors.com · 20/04/2026

Morning all! Happy Monday! ☀️ If you open this site this morning and once again you're confronted with posts that reek of negativity and doom and gloom, just unfollow the person who posts them. It's as easy as that. It's not a cop-out, at this point it's self-care and almost an act of courage. 👋🏼

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Tommy's Outdoors @tommysoutdoors.com · 16/04/2026

Where should the wolves live? Everyone points somewhere else. And what would be the likely impact of lowering wolves' protection status across the EU? 🌍🦤🧪🦊🐺

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Tommy's Outdoors @tommysoutdoors.com · 15/04/2026

How many wolves is enough? Is that even the right question to ask? And will the recent lowering of wolf protection status in the EU reduce the conflict between wolves and people? Join me and @jmergeay.bsky.social in this episode as we dig into these questions. 🌍🦤🧪🦊🐺 🎧 pod.fo/e/3fe9b4

Episode cover art for 'Tommy's Outdoors Conservation and Science Podcast', titled 'How Many Wolves Is Enough?' A smiling man with short brown hair and light stubble wearing black over-ear headphones and a grey zip-up outdoor jacket with green detailing sits in front of a dark background, appearing to participate in a video call or recording session.

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Tommy's Outdoors @tommysoutdoors.com · 13/04/2026

I've been having conversations with ecologists, scientists and conservationists for over a decade. The shifting baseline syndrome was always linked to loss of species and biodiversity, yet only recently have I noticed it being used more and more in the context of nature recovery! 🌍🦤🧪 👉🏼 🦫🐺

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Tommy's Outdoors @tommysoutdoors.com · 13/04/2026

Polak, Węgier, dwa bratanki, i do szabli, i do szklanki. 🇵🇱 Lengyel, magyar, két jó barát, együtt harcol, s issza borát. 🇭🇺 😃

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Tommy's Outdoors @tommysoutdoors.com · 09/04/2026

Sad news from Poland, but the change is probably for the better, especially for the birds. Outside of farming intensification and forestry, I also blame alcohol and hubris for this sad state of affairs, if you know what I mean.

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Tommy's Outdoors @tommysoutdoors.com · 05/04/2026

Occasionally I come across a gem blog post like this one. I must start including those in my newsletter so they can reach a wider audience. Great post, Tony!

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Tommy's Outdoors @tommysoutdoors.com · 04/04/2026

One of the most enjoyable things I do as part of my show is writing monthly updates to my supporting members on BMC. Some retrospectives, behind-the-scenes insights, and heads-ups on what's coming. If you want to receive those and support my work, please consider joining.

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A Busy Month Behind and What's Next — Tommy's Outdoors

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