loved this book so much, I got it on my nails — 10/10 gift for your psychedelically-inclined friends

Emeritus Prof Terry Carney delivers "Australian Social Services Scandals: Towards dystopia? Or equity and justice for the vulnerable?" Inaugural Carney Public Lecture at USyd on Thurs 6pm. Few tix to this free event left. I'm responding via Zoom after www.eventbrite.com.au/e/inaugural-...

Journal retracts weed killer study backed by Monsanto, citing ‘serious ethical concerns’ | Highly cited paper was used as evidence that the widely used herbicide Roundup is safe. www.science.org/content/arti...

Excellent expose on one of the most predatory MLMs… www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

He means Joan Halifax, a woman who is probably more widely famous than Stan for her decades of writing and teaching.

Today, we remember the fourteen young women whose lives were stolen at Polytechnique Montréal 36 years ago. Their names are a solemn reminder of the devastating toll of gender-based violence — and the responsibility that comes with our remembrance.

Cocaine and coca leaf should be completely legal in the same way as caffeine and coffee beans are. If this was the case, snorting cocaine would be about as popular as snorting caffeine is today. Prohibition itself causes and worsens all the problems it claims to be solving.

The U.S. has killed at least 87 people suspected of being "drug smugglers" in 22 strikes since September. www.democracynow.org/2025/12/5/bo...

Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. n.pr/48HypvT

(Current) Bio of an advisor to the SHINE collective: "He has interned as an ethics consultant for Dr. Phil Wolfson and the Ketamine Research Foundation"

Do take a look at this opportunity if you have: *Lived/living experience of suicidal distress or self-harm/self-injury *Some experience in research e.g. in public involvement or as a lived experience/peer researcher Expression of interest form on website www.vocalcollective.org.uk/new-project

Let go and surrender.

America does not have capital punishment for selling or smuggling drugs and none of these people were arrested or tried. There could have been mountains of cocaine in open view on the deck of the boats and it still would have been murder of unarmed civilians.

my next oil painting (after the FDA fractals)

buckle-up! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

"On current evidence, functional imaging across identity states does not support firm claims about identity fragmentation or inter identity amnesia, nor does it decide between trauma based and sociocognitive accounts." Followers of a certain trauma/DID superstar will not like this…

Pseudoprofound, and incorrect: illusory perception increases on psilocybin: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

NEW! Survey on experiences of romantic crushes, please share widely! The aim of this study is to investigate the romantic crush. Note that this is only for people currently residing in Australia who are 18+. Find out more and complete the survey at this link: q.surveys.unimelb.edu.au/jfe/form/SV_...

How to set people up to believe that they can recover repressed memories through psychedelics: Step 1: Use impressive-sounding language/references to tell them psychedelics reveal the Truth.

Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024. This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500. And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?

MAPS produced a bro-informed therapy manual and called it trauma-informed

The first federal investigation into Border Patrol corruption and “excessive violence” was launched in 1930; by 1933, the government had fired every single working agent. Fast forward to today, and the agency's sexualized workplace leads to harassment and assault, according to former agents.

this is also how it felt coming from real-world trauma-informed practice to the “psychedelic renaissance” of bro-informed practice podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/7...

The Supreme Court empowered billionaires, blocked voters, and ran interference.

The ”affluent suburb of Point Grey, Vancouver” serving up Free Birthers and Grimes, here to DJ to eternal life through psilocybin…

I have news. Wonderful news. New paper on #disinformation. The title is the thesis. Think of disinformation as content that functions to optimise the decisions of the audience for the disinformant. This doesn't require deception or content that induces false belief. philpapers.org/rec/LITDIF

“Let go and surrender” to whatever comes up for you on MDMA as a treatment is the mental health equivalent of freebirthing

Something about the persistence of the rape revenge plot in fantasies of male heroism and courage that actually serves to enable and perpetuate the generalized impunity for rape and dismissal of survivors suffering in life.

Mind Medicine Australia really pulling out all the desperation-marketing tactics for their “once in a lifetime opportunity“ to be trained by Francois Bourzat et al.

One time when I was at court with a victim-survivor, the public prosecutor, a man in his 40s, came to the remote witness room after and cried, apologising to them after for what they had to endure in cross-examination www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

Scientists: have you been the target of an online harassment campaign, doxxing, or weaponized FOIA requests? I'd like to talk to you about steps you had to take to protect your digital security for an upcoming Nature story. (You can be anonymous if necessary.) RTs appreciated.

'IMPERIALISTS: All honest, polite, peaceful, distinguished people.' - Gustave Flaubert, Dictionary of Received Ideas, 1870s

NEW: The leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community in Minnesota enabled a child abuser by pressuring his victims to forgive and forget his sins — so that they could never speak of them again. With @startribune.com

I did several specialist trainings on choking/strangulation while working in DFV/SA response because this issue is so dangerous and widespread www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

I don’t expect any psychedelics conferences to cut ties with Deepak Chopra over Epstein — they already chose to ignore his victims and reams of other evidence, decades old, for why should have nothing to do with teaching people about psychedelic therapy or anything at all

Good to see this new reporting on a devastating case of failures in responding to and identifying coercive control podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/f...

Deepak Chopra happy to see a civil lawsuit re: sexual abuse of 13yr old girl dropped against his good friend Jeffrey Epstein www.newsweek.com/celebrities-...

Like the Koch brothers and other conservative billionaires, Dunn and Wilks want to slash regulations and taxes. Their endgame, however, is more radical: not just to limit the government but also to steer it toward Christian rule. (Published Oct. 2024)

"The real conspiracy theory around Trump and Epstein is that multiple apparently unconnected women lied, and continue to lie, about Trump’s behavior. This with nothing to gain, and much to lose, by speaking out about his misdeeds."

So many questions

Happy almost weekend. Someone you know or someone you know might know someone who might know something! 👋 propublica.org/tips

Black Cultural Archives have created a timeline, “Medicine, Race, and Activism,” in partnership with Royal Holloway, celebrating Black contributions to British healthcare, spotlighting the health workers, patients, & campaigners who challenged medical racism. #histmed

Question answered: *no* proceeds from The Tell went to @mapsorg.bsky.social -- appreciate the follow-up (= I was suspicious and wrong). Where are the proceeds being donated? I don't know. I find it odd anyone needs to ask -- why wouldn't they just be transparent about it?

In Keezelman's 127pg. memoir about recovering repressed memories, "Kate", the pseudonym for her psychologist, comes up 259 times.

“The goal is to spiritualise humanity” says Rick Doblin, after Marianne Williamson calls him a “very serious researcher”. podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/t...

Update on Ben Sessa: The GMC have sent formal allegations to Sessa (again) with his response due Dec 1st, 2025.