David Farrier

@david-farrier.bsky.social

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Writer. Footprints: In Search of Future Fossils | Nature's Genius: Evolution's Lessons for a Changing Planet, shortlisted: Wainwright Conservation Writing Prize & Saltire Nonfiction Prize 2025
Professor of Literature & the Environment, Uni of Edinburgh .. more

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David Andrew Farrier is a New Zealand journalist and actor. He has worked in news and on documentaries, including features on New Zealand television and co-directing the internationally distributed documentary film Tickled (2016). He created the 2018 Netflix documentary series Dark Tourist, in which he visits popular dark tourism attractions. He has also appeared in the 2014 Rhys Darby mockumentary series Short Poppies. .. more

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David Farrier @david-farrier.bsky.social · Oct 7

Still can't quite believe it, but Vanity Fair Italy interviewed me about Nature's Genius
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David Farrier @david-farrier.bsky.social · 20h

I had the great pleasure of chatting with @mandascott.bsky.social for the Accidental Gods podcast. Listen here!
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What ought we be? Hope, despair and the resilience of life with Professor David Farrier

We live in an ever-changing world, but it is not always obvious what kinds of evolutionary change we are seeing in the broader web of life: in physiology, behaviour, language - and human responses to ...

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mandascott.bsky.social @mandascott.bsky.social · 1d

We live in an ever-changing world, but how thin is the ice on which we are skating? And how can we change the ways we do things so we don’t fall into the void of extinction.

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What ought we be? Hope, despair and the resilience of life with Professor David Farrier

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 2d

The government sits and watches as Heba dies. It's heartbreaking, horrible, almost impossible to compute. Didn't people vote in the hope (however forlorn) of ending the Tories' psychopathic mode of government? Yet on it goes, under Keir Starmer. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Imprisoned hunger striker linked to Palestine Action tells friend: ‘I’m dying’

Francesca Nadin visited Heba Muraisi, 31, in a Wakefield prison at the weekend and says ‘her body is shutting down’

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David Farrier @david-farrier.bsky.social · 6d

Blow-by-blow account of an extrajudicial killing. Chilling that the shooter is close enough to look the driver in the eyes as he opens fire.

Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 6d

The paper of record is, thank heaven, fulfilling its responsibility this time. That really matters
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Video: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis

An analysis of footage from three camera angles shows that the motorist was driving away from — not toward — a federal officer when he opened fire.

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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 6d

The paper of record is, thank heaven, fulfilling its responsibility this time. That really matters
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...

Video: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis

An analysis of footage from three camera angles shows that the motorist was driving away from — not toward — a federal officer when he opened fire.

www.nytimes.com

David Farrier @david-farrier.bsky.social · 12d

You probably know of Kathleen Jamie's essays already, but if not they're superb.

David Farrier @david-farrier.bsky.social · 12d

2026 looking good already @calflyn.bsky.social

David Farrier @david-farrier.bsky.social · 21d

We did Jolabokaflod for the first time this year. Not a bad haul.

David Farrier @david-farrier.bsky.social · 22d

Congratulations!!! Can't wait. Come to Edinburgh!

David Farrier @david-farrier.bsky.social · Dec 15

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Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery @naturerecovery.bsky.social · Dec 9

🔊New Podcast out now: a conversation with @david-farrier.bsky.social on how we might learn to live in “The what ought to be.” He talks about adaptation, resilience, and what nature can teach us about recovery in a changing world. 🎧https://naturerecovery.ox.ac.uk/podcasts/
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David Farrier @david-farrier.bsky.social · Dec 8

Me too. What's the scam?

David Farrier @david-farrier.bsky.social · Dec 6

1000 people turned up in Falkirk today to say no to Nigel Farage's message of hate and division

David Farrier @david-farrier.bsky.social · Dec 3

I was thrilled to take part in the Nature Recovery podcast @naturerecovery.bsky.social
Listen here:

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Living in 'The What Ought to Be' with David Farrier - The Nature Recovery Podcast

Professor David Farrier (University of Edinburgh) discusses his 2025 book Nature’s Genius: Evolution’s Lessons for a Changing Planet and explores how rapid, human-driven evolutionary pressures reveal ...

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David Farrier @david-farrier.bsky.social · Dec 2

@sadiahqureshi.bsky.social One more to add to the list 🍾

Christian Elliott @christianelliott.me · Dec 2

An annual tradition, @smithsonianmag.bsky.social asked contributors for their favorite science books of 2025. You can check out all our recommendations (including my own, @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social's Is A River Alive?) here:

The Ten Best Science Books of 2025

From “experimental archaeology” to the mysterious appeal of exploration, the wide-ranging subjects detailed in these titles captivated Smithsonian magazine’s science contributors this year

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Christian Elliott @christianelliott.me · Dec 2

The Ten Best Science Books of 2025

From “experimental archaeology” to the mysterious appeal of exploration, the wide-ranging subjects detailed in these titles captivated Smithsonian magazine’s science contributors this year

www.smithsonianmag.com

David Farrier @david-farrier.bsky.social · Nov 30

Fair

David Farrier @david-farrier.bsky.social · Nov 30

I'd feel better if they just asked ChatGPT how to run a university

David Farrier @david-farrier.bsky.social · Nov 19

Amazing turn out of Edinburgh University staff outside the parliament building right now to defend education against needless cuts
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Fraser MacDonald @frasermacdonald.bsky.social · Nov 17

If Edinburgh Uni, with no operational deficit, gets to sack 1800 people, imagine what this will signal to more fiscally challenged Scottish universities?

MSPs need to realise that this is more than a local crisis – we need urgent public scrutiny of Edinburgh’s governance.

David Farrier @david-farrier.bsky.social · Nov 10

I wrote about why we need to grow food in cities for @theguardian.com

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...

Could urban farming feed the world?

From back gardens to hi-tech hydroponics, the future of food doesn’t have to be rural

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David Farrier @david-farrier.bsky.social · Oct 22

This is such an important point.

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Yadvinder Malhi @ymalhi.bsky.social · Oct 21

What can evolution teaches about how life will adapt to our changing planet? Find out at the seminar on Friday…

The Biodiversity Network @biodivoxford.bsky.social · Oct 17

Don't miss @david-farrier.bsky.social on Friday 24th when he'll be speaking about Nature’s Genius: Evolution’s Lessons for a Changing Planet. Online or in-person, followed by a drinks reception & book signing in the School of Geography & the Environment. Register bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv...

David Farrier @david-farrier.bsky.social · Oct 17

If you're in Oxford next Friday, come along!

Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery @naturerecovery.bsky.social · Oct 17

Don't miss @david-farrier.bsky.social on Friday 24th when he'll be speaking about Nature’s Genius: Evolution’s Lessons for a Changing Planet. Online/in-person, followed by drinks reception & book signing in School of Geography & the Environment. Register & more info bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv...

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Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery @naturerecovery.bsky.social · Oct 17

David Farrier @david-farrier.bsky.social · Oct 2

🍾Congratulations!

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · Sep 27

When you consider the *ecocide* alongside the genocide being perpetrated in Gaza, you begin to grasp the totality of the Israeli state’s attempt to eliminate both the Palestinians and their homeland.
My column today.
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