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Sam Pyrah (was Murphy) @SamMurphyRuns

No longer here. Find me on bluesky or substack Journalist, author, runner, eco worrier. Guardian | Countryfile | Runner's World timeonfeet.substack.com/

Joined September 2011
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Sam Pyrah (was Murphy)@SamMurphyRuns
19 Jan 2025
No longer posting here. Find me @timeonfeet where the sky is blue.
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There are still a few good people on here who haven't yet gone to where the sky is blue, so I keep popping back. It's nicer over there though @AndyLane27 @sweatscience @Ekkekakis @PaulTonkinson
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Chris Packham
@ChrisGPackham
21 Dec 2024
Hello @Keir_Starmer I hope you’re having a good start to Christmas . I didn’t know who else to write to so I’m hoping you can help . Please make some calls & get this poor woman out of prison for Christmas . This doesn’t reflect well on the UK . Thanks #loveactually Please RT @DavidLammy @AngelaRayner @Ed_Miliband
Just Stop Oil
@JustStop_Oil
20 Dec 2024
🚨 BREAKING: GAIE RECALLED TO PRISON FOR CHRISTMAS Gaie Delap, a 77 year old retired teacher, has been arrested and taken to a prison in Bristol after being told her wrists were too small for an electronic tag. She had been released from prison to serve the remainder of her sentence on tag, but the company claimed they did not have one that would fit her. Gaie was initially imprisoned for breaking a law that was drafted by an oil company funded think tank - The Policy Exchange. She took action in 2022 to demand an end to new oil and gas licences. This is now government policy.
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I wrote this piece for today's Guardian, on whether physical activity guidelines are 'fit' for mental health gains. Free to read on Guardian website.
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Less and less engagement on here (apart from a steady flow of new followers, none of whom have a bio, nor have ever posted; many who appear scantily clad). I'm having more fun at @timeonfeet.bsky.social
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I've just published my second piece on Substack and I would love some people to read it! #naturewriting #placewriting #runchat
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Clear night, northern light in the Cairngorms.
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I think best when I'm on my feet. My new Substack explores how movement (and sometimes, stillness) is a way of deepening our connection to the environments we move through - and knowing ourselves better. Join me as I find my feet in the Cairngorms. #ukrunchat #nature
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Ben Goldsmith
@BenGoldsmith
26 Oct 2024
WHY do we allow multinational-owned super trawlers to extract all the wildlife from our waters? What’s in it for us? It’s legalised ecocide. Get them out.
Sussex Dolphin Project 🐬@SussexDolphin
26 Oct 2024
🚨Supertrawlers return to the channel‼️ The Afrika, a 126-metre pelagic freezer trawler, has been tracked off #Sussex over the last 24 hours. We've also been monitoring the Zeeland and Willem Van Der Zwan, which have passed through the channel.
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Autumn splendour is what’s happening in the #Cairngorms - I can’t quite believe I live here…
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Harebell/Scottish bluebell (Campanula rotundifolia) at Del Bog, Cairngorms. With stems and petals so delicate, it's a wonder they make it through to October... #wildflowerhour
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Dave Goulson@DaveGoulson
9 Oct 2024
Regarding the recent application by @NFUtweets to allow 'emergency' use of neonics on sugar beet, this image explains the problem: most of the pesticide goes into soils, leaches into waterways, & is taken up by wildflowers & hedgerows. Only 5% in crop. nature.com/articles/nature13…
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Powerful stuff! theguardian.com/environment/…

Our leaders are collaborators with fossil fuel colonialists. This is the source of our communal...

The lassitude that distinguishes our moment is born of sorrow and buried rage. We act like colonial subjects because, in effect, that’s what we are

theguardian.com
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Simon Sab@friendofthefox
28 Sep 2024
Essex & Suffolk Hunt, Polstead Heath. Blatant cub hunting happening now
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Dopey-faced bracket fungus… or is it just me seeing the goofy expression?!
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Does exercise need to comply with the recommended physical activity guidelines in order to boost mental health? Or can lesser/different types of movement work? I'd love to hear from anyone whose phys. activity doesn't 'tick the boxes' but helps their mental health - for feature.
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When you tell people you're moving to Scotland, they always mention the rain and the midges... not this!
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Cross-leaved Heath on the path down from Cairn Gorm. Learning new plants, having moved 620 miles north! #wildflowerhour
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Seemed only right to go up Cairn Gorm, since we moved to the area last weekend…
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