Helen Macdonald
@hjm.bsky.social
Writer. One half of a dynamic duo. H is for Hawk, Vesper Flights. PROPHET with Sin Blache. Rep by the Clegg Agency. Non-binary. They/she
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I shrieked “sleep deprivation is a form of fucking torture” at a cat at 4:30 this AM
I'm not saying I'm burned out but earlier today I barked "what (do you want)?!" at a noise and it was a magazine falling off my desk
January 25, 2026 at 6:53 PM
I shrieked “sleep deprivation is a form of fucking torture” at a cat at 4:30 this AM
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I told a saucepan to go fuck itself.
January 25, 2026 at 6:17 PM
I told a saucepan to go fuck itself.
I'm not saying I'm burned out but earlier today I barked "what (do you want)?!" at a noise and it was a magazine falling off my desk
January 25, 2026 at 6:07 PM
I'm not saying I'm burned out but earlier today I barked "what (do you want)?!" at a noise and it was a magazine falling off my desk
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Remember the other day when I was saluting my friend Greg Ketter, owner of Minneapolis’ DreamHaven Books? This is him the following day. Greg will never say this, so I will — now is a great time to buy books from DreamHaven. Support Americans who stand up vs. 🧊. dreamhavenbooks.com
January 25, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Remember the other day when I was saluting my friend Greg Ketter, owner of Minneapolis’ DreamHaven Books? This is him the following day. Greg will never say this, so I will — now is a great time to buy books from DreamHaven. Support Americans who stand up vs. 🧊. dreamhavenbooks.com
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I used to be like "does Sherlock really need a cocaine and violin room" but after 12 pages of Watson's inner dialogue I am looking on the situation more generously
January 25, 2026 at 1:21 PM
I used to be like "does Sherlock really need a cocaine and violin room" but after 12 pages of Watson's inner dialogue I am looking on the situation more generously
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The era is aptly defined by this, up against “boo hoo” and “fucking bitch”
I keep thinking about this fact that his last words were are you okay and hers were I'm not mad at you and it feels like a weird coincidence but it's just a reflection of the fact that the people who are coming out to take care of their neighbors are good and the people who are after them are bad
His dying words were asking about the safety of someone next to him
Hero
Hero
January 25, 2026 at 2:27 PM
The era is aptly defined by this, up against “boo hoo” and “fucking bitch”
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On the fifteenth anniversary of his death, I wrote about one of my favourite poets, R.F. Langley, who I was lucky enough to know for ten years someflowerssoon.substack.com/p/we-speak-f...
We Speak From Out There
Remembering R.F. Langley, 1938-2011
someflowerssoon.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 9:08 AM
On the fifteenth anniversary of his death, I wrote about one of my favourite poets, R.F. Langley, who I was lucky enough to know for ten years someflowerssoon.substack.com/p/we-speak-f...
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pour one out for a fallen homie
January 25, 2026 at 8:38 AM
pour one out for a fallen homie
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this Bambi anti-ICE post goes hard
January 25, 2026 at 5:59 AM
this Bambi anti-ICE post goes hard
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Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
January 24, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
/inarticulate cry of fury and pain and FURY
January 24, 2026 at 4:24 PM
/inarticulate cry of fury and pain and FURY
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"apocalypse-proof boat" has absolutely sent me
Bear Grylls: ‘I’ve bought an apocalypse-proof boat, with an array of weaponry’
Bear Grylls: ‘I’ve bought an apocalypse-proof boat, with an array of weaponry’
The adventurer on his family’s escape vessel, his crush on the Princess of Wales, and a disgusting toenail habit
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2026 at 11:06 AM
"apocalypse-proof boat" has absolutely sent me
I might stop creating now tbh
January 23, 2026 at 11:43 AM
I might stop creating now tbh
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Sir, you can’t break up with someone who already blocked your number
January 23, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Sir, you can’t break up with someone who already blocked your number
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I love when you post a movie prompt and one of the answers is a "Rosebud"
being shown this at age....8? made me laugh so hard i learned i had asthma.
January 23, 2026 at 2:40 AM
I love when you post a movie prompt and one of the answers is a "Rosebud"
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This is an excellent analogy, because my recollection from grade school is that the pen on the right looks fun and exciting, and then you play with it for a few minutes and realize it's not actually useful for anything and in fact makes some tasks more cumbersome, and never think about it again.
yeah, just out of interest, how many people choose the pen on the right for real work or art? See a lot of them in professional workplaces, do you?
January 22, 2026 at 12:21 PM
This is an excellent analogy, because my recollection from grade school is that the pen on the right looks fun and exciting, and then you play with it for a few minutes and realize it's not actually useful for anything and in fact makes some tasks more cumbersome, and never think about it again.
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Sometimes I really am the dumbest
What it’s like to be played by Claire Foy
I said “Hello, film Dad” to Brendan Gleeson in a wobbly voice, and gave him a huge hug
www.newstatesman.com
January 22, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Sometimes I really am the dumbest
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Doing a Reddit AMA!!! Aaaaaaaa!
From the movies community on Reddit: Hello /r/movies! We're Philippa Lowthorpe (director) & Helen Macdonald (author). H IS FOR HAWK, starring Claire Foy & Brendan Gleeson, an adaptation of Helen’s mem...
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January 21, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Doing a Reddit AMA!!! Aaaaaaaa!
"Hennimore!"
"Oh, Lieutenant BROCCOLI"
January 21, 2026 at 3:56 PM
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On the ill-fated Terra Nova expedition, British biologist George Murray Levick documented sexual behaviors among Adélie penguins that he found so shocking he wrote his notes in Greek to hide them from the public. These notes were suppressed for a century until 2012.
www.bbc.com/news/science...
www.bbc.com/news/science...
January 20, 2026 at 3:58 PM
On the ill-fated Terra Nova expedition, British biologist George Murray Levick documented sexual behaviors among Adélie penguins that he found so shocking he wrote his notes in Greek to hide them from the public. These notes were suppressed for a century until 2012.
www.bbc.com/news/science...
www.bbc.com/news/science...
I was awake for it and have a migraine
Very glad I was asleep for all that. The switchback between hope and disappointment would’ve given me a migraine.
January 21, 2026 at 9:38 AM
I was awake for it and have a migraine