Samuel Firman

Freelance journalist pondering how humans and environments shape each other. Substack: Also @AdventureUncvrd Editor.

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Featuring Edward Millar and John Semley for @thebafflermag, @bbosker and @gcaw for @TheAtlantic, Ed Simon for @aeonmag, Dougald Hine and David Abram for @darkmtn, and @IndiaRakusen and co's masterful Witch podcast for @BBCSounds.

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Why are we witnessing a revival of neo-pagan practices in the West? And what's at stake? I explored these questions via five longreads for ... @Longreads.
https://t.co/ck7XT6fwdM

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Real pleasure to chat with skiing legend Mike Douglas (@MikeDski) for @BBC_Travel, about his Whistler highlights. Miss Whistler madly, especially since Mike made me jealous as the season kicks off! Thanks Eva Sandoval (@ieatmypigeon) for commissioning. https://t.co/8Yb87X7lE9

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@BaselineHuman01 @JenniferProhov @JasonSilva Not so, @BaselineHuman01! A modification.

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@Dowellenough @NoemaMag Appreciate the kind words, @Dowellenough!

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A nod to some of the progressive voices that have shaped the piece and my thinking on the potential of psychedelics: Daan Keiman of Communitas Collective, Monnica Williams (@DrMonnica), Michael Oliver (@manifest_it_man) of Flying Sage, and the @psymposia and @breakingcon output.

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It was an honour to help tell this story, for @thismagazine, of ex-Mormons using psychedelic therapy to process religious trauma. It speaks to the potential of a collective, community-rooted 'psychedelic renaissance'. It's also my first cover story! https://t.co/Rzh5ajPeJ5

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"My pulse races as I prepare to explain why, exactly, I am trespassing on their farm."

@scribblingsam @NoemaMag #longreads https://t.co/03a9NCSJ9G

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I’m only getting started learning about and contributing to this work. Very keen to connect with any and all UK commoning/land justice projects, people, and stories!

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Delighted to share my first piece for @NoemaMag. It’s about the power of trespass, the need for a culture of ‘wild service’, and the quiet stirring of the commons. https://t.co/jfta4eOflI

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Particular shout out to Right2Roam and @EveryonesStars for leading the campaigning on this. But countless others, too. For anybody interested, I’ll share a New Year note of the many people and orgs I engaged with doing great work on these issues.

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@Jini_Reddy Likewise! Hope you find an unexpected gem.

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@MilesPerHoward @DanRavenEllison Great! London could align. Best of luck with the planning in the meantime.

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@therealcounts @Longreads One of the many questions this all begs!

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AI advances are enabling new ways of listening to and communicating with other animals. This raises many profound questions and possibilities. Writing this @Longreads piece, spotlighting interesting work on the topic, was such a pleasure. It features ... https://t.co/fXVl7Qm0LA

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And an @emergence_zine interview with @jamesbridle, whose perspectives on technology, intelligence, and ecology I highly recommend.

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@WKymlicka and Sue Donaldson on the case for, and emerging theories of, interspecies democracy. And a poetic essay by Melanie Challenger on emerging efforts to turn this case into action.