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Science writer and oncologist Siddhartha Mukherjee discusses what we get wrong about cancer, and why he leans into nuance as an author: buff.ly/92LxRAd

🌿 Patients report reduced pain and a decrease in their use of prescription opioids following their initiation of state-authorized medical cannabis products, according to survey data published in the journal Substance Use & Misuse. #NORML #cannabis #marijuana #opioids #chronicpain #painmanagement

The feeling of a hug comes from the pressure and vibration of millions of nerve endings.

Have you heard of the INTEGRATE-Pain Core Outcome Sets for different pain categories? Check out this article from Bova et al. in @painthejournal.bsky.social special 50th Anniversary supplemental issue and clinical editor David Finn’s comment now bit.ly/49OheLa #PRF

Inspired me around 1995/6 in VHS, and started what would become my feature length remix of Hamlet that I copyrighted last year. Thank you for you!

Scripts for Healthcare Professionals to help them STFU Friday: Can neither confirm nor deny I'm sorry, I'll need to check the validity of this ROI I need my patient to confirm consent What's the fax number again? I don't know where I put that We archived those files You're not entitled to that info

15 years ago today, Willie Nelson was arrested in Texas for 6 oz of Cannabis. God, who produces it naturally across the globe, remains at large.

RFK Jr’s heroin use is merely context, please stop citing it as being the reason he is who he is people who use drugs are generally a lot nicer & less dangerous than him He’s unconditionally awful His villainy stands on its own People who use drugs deserve respect He doesn’t Hope this helps 🫶🏻

- You’re not sure why you just walked into the kitchen. - For some reason, you are enraged about yams. - You spend a lot of time trying to keep skin from getting dry.

I was intrigued by this Ewok purse (merch from SW Celebration Japan) until I realize it would like like 1) I skinned an Ewok & turned it into a tote & 2) Ewok still looks startled by this turn of events (understandable!). Sorry babe, hu-mans gotta accessorize! swcjapan.myshopify.com/products/ewo...

People who deny the existence of dragons are often eaten by dragons. From within.

Autocorrect has become our worst enema.

Distinct from the Heroine's Journey, but I may add this to my course on community models of psychedelic integration anyways.

Living Documents: A Living Collaboration in support of co-creating safer spaces. 1. Psychedelic Practitioner Code of Conduct 2. Psychedelic Sensory Checklist 3. On Touch: Considerations for Psychedelic Practice 4. Psychedelics Safety Flags And more!

"Working Democracy"

My new comfort watch in my now no streaming life is The Repair Shop. Imagine the Great British Bake Off meets Finding Your Roots but more wholesome, skilled, and creative? There's not a competition, but there arre adorably sentimental British folks trying to not cry every single show.

Stunning the amount of low quality accounts popping up in the past few weeks. Yikes.

So, a wave of pushback on CATMC by cities is making it impossible for me to find a new office, which I need badly. I'm looking at closing down in January. What the heck, #camtc?

In our upcoming paper, we use the biopsychosocial frame to describe the container for our client with decades of chronic hip pain, PTSD, and activity avoidance. This is a good article for the general public. However, it doesn't address the bias and realities of this work. @theguardian.com

Every morning when waking up.

Ok, best scientific article of the year! Rats giggle when tickled, and they have figured out optimal tickle protocols that differ by sex.

Spotify is popular, though not universally used and loved. I have uploaded several of my most popular playlists to Apple Music. Happy listening! Coming soon: Tidal, Bandcamp, Soudcloud and other (more equitable) platforms! www.patreon.com/posts/listen...

Astronomer and writer Carl Sagan (Cosmos, Contact) was born 91 years ago today. He died in 1996. "There is no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to..."

Pavlov after having a dog: remarkable creatures, trainable and responsive, I have so much to say Schrödinger after having one cat: scientifically speaking, the essence of cat is unknowable

I have no more streaming. Watching regular PBS. No choosing. Just what's on. Like the good ol'days. Anyways, bison can jump seven feet to the side and run at 35mph.

I haven't given money to Amazon in a looooooooong time. It's not hard. It's only slightly less easy. As I am looking at publishing my first book under my Liminal Topographies, LLC imprint, this weighs on me. Where to distribute and what to avoid?

One of the best people I have ever known transitioned this week. He reached inside of me, grabbed a hold of what he saw, and never let go no matter how dark the clouds were around me. julienadler.com/ponderables/ Here is my favorite post he ever wrote: julienadler.com/2018/08/neve...

My world, my Earth is a ruin. A planet spoiled by the human species. We multiplied and fought and gobbled until there was nothing left, and then we died. We controlled neither appetite nor violence; we did not adapt. We destroyed ourselves. But we destroyed the world first.

Have M.S. in Ed., and can confirm the accuracy of the connection from CNS to handwriting being different to typing, speech -- and especially AI!

From interstitial space to dendrites, neurons, spinal chord, insular cortex, and neocortex, take a neuroanatomy trip upstream. #chronicpain #psychedelicscience

I feel seen.

Psychedelics alter neurovascular coupling, which means we need to critically re-evaluate fMRI findings of acute psychedelic effects #neuroskyence #PsychSciSky www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Ditching steaming for so many reasons. PBS is playing the Highwayman concert. Willie, Wayland, Chris, and Johnny. Also saw a Ken Burns doc about the Statue of Liberty and a deep dive into... Kissenger. Yet, I still can't sleep and love the baseball sass.

This week has a few community organizing projects. Get some pet food to the shelter. With more cash needed to feed people, budget for animals may not exist. Another is a very loud analog rapid response method for communities. Working with community & my direct aid fund to fill needs.

While the feds continue to play stupid games, SNAP recipients are set to lose food aid for the next month. In the Bay Area, a growing number of restaurants are stepping up to help, and we're maintaining the list. Share with anyone who needs it. www.coyotemedia.org/these-bay-ar...

Need more time with your grandkids? Set the right bait!

It was the easiest, one question, open book test in American history. And we are all suffering due to their failure. I will never forget, and never forgive the people who did this to us.

Oh no I’ve been attacked

Curb deities are always kind to me. Honor their gifts!

Explain to me why “conversion therapy” is banned in 28 countries and ABA is not, when they have the same creator (O. Ivar Lovaas) and utilize similar if not identical principles, techniques, and goals (forced assimilation).

NYPD announces that zero arrests were made at the massive No Kings protests today after Republicans spent days claiming the protestors are violent terrorists.

Your hand. It's in your hand. Right now. Hand.

Yes, queens!

We have the word empathogen. Why do we need entactogen, too? I want entactogen for myself!

Before you press play, I want to share some context and some gratitude. According to the Mayan elders I’ve learned from, there is no “traditional cacao ceremony.” What does exist are relationships expressed through offerings, stories, and shared acts of remembrance.

Many know I showed up, offered testimony with clients and peers, and we got the touch rules in CO natural medicine changed. Not ideal. It's not the only issue. I work with PTSD, cPTSD, and developmental trauma all the time. It's on my own chart. I don't get a lot out of psychotherapy. 1/

Born to be a woods witch. If you want to come hang, have small talk, and watch a romcom, pass. If you feel like crap and come by with a bag of quinoa or fix my roof next week, let's get into it. We are good. This is what Capitalism stole. It made us pathologies for not being machine parts.

Ok. How do I get PBS on my damn Amazon TV without creating a Mellon trucking Amazon account?!