https://www.dannastaaf.com/
Author, artist, speaker with a fondness for cephalopods. Books:
๐ฆ Monarchs of the Sea
๐ฉโ๐ฌ The Lady and the Octopus
๐ฃ Nursery Earth
๐ The Lives of Octopuses and Their Relatives
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Danna Staaf
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I went to the Turners Falls Fishway and saw the Least Understood Fish! It passed too quickly for me to get a photo, but I did get this great educational handout.
I'd introduce my two friends, but you probably know them already!
Also this is not really related to anything (certainly not the secret secret backup lab) (haha) (perish the thought) but MONARCHS OF THE SEA by @dannastaaf.bsky.social was one of my favourite pop-sci reads of the past few years, highly do endorse
The Extraordinary 500-Million-Year History of Cephalopods
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๐จAppreciation post for copy editors๐จ
I'm reviewing copy edits on Tentacle Mysteries and feeling so so so grateful for not only the editor's attention to detail but also her thoughtfulness toward the reader and eye for text aesthetics, e.g. "This line isn't wrong but it looks a bit sad."
Resharing old Meowmay art for the beginning of Pride Month! (the rest of my meowmays: bsky.app/profile/dann...)