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YouTube video by Psymposia (Short) Even More Psychedelic Figures in the Epstein Files

We discuss even more notable psychedelic figures who have turned up in the Epstein files — including Paul Krassner, Rupert and Merlin Sheldrake, Paul Daley, and more.

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Psychedelic funder Austin Hearst was pitched to Jeffrey Epstein on being the grandchild of "THE CHIEF as in 'Citizen Kane'" and being "worth half of a fifth of the entire Hearst estate."

Epstein engineered intimate relationship for Tesla’s Kimbal Musk, emails show Elon Musk’s younger brother and the woman were involved for about six months between 2012 and 2013

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YouTube video by Psymposia Psychedelic Funders in the Epstein Files

We discussed notable psychedelic figures who have turned up in the Epstein files — including major psychedelic funders and investors Austin Hearst, Steve Jurvetson, and Kimbal Musk.

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Austin Hearst — a major psychedelic donor and heir to the Hearst fortune — appears in the Epstein files. 🧵

YouTube video by Psymposia Andrew Callaghan Isn't Devastated

We discuss the flaws in Andrew Callaghan's journalism, his response to sexual abuse allegations, and how it relates to our experience as the subjects of targeted reporting on his platform, Channel 5.

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YouTube video by Psymposia Andrew Callaghan Isn't Devastated

We share our experience of Andrew Callaghan's poor journalism about Psymposia (featuring Hamilton Morris) and discuss Callaghan's denial and dismissal of the multiple sexual harassment and assault allegations against him.

Not that it will ever stop artists from creating, exactly, but that it dilutes the space in a negative/exploitative way when a company just says “your style / work is essentially ours now and we can produce hundreds of images like yours in the time you can produce a sketch.”

Yeah I feel that. Though do think there’s some of both of those arguments that go hand in hand, in that Ai art pollutes the general pool of art and was also developed on a foundation of stolen material from real career artists. I do think there’s an argument about art writ-large in there, personally

Sure people will still create, and people will still appreciate the novelty of human touch at weekend fairs and when someone is willing to pay top dollar. But for many, I think it means the death of a career (rather than a hobby/passion project). Just my two cents.

Textiles too, and argument to be made that generations of craftspeople were put out of full time work by automation as well. Many definitely resisted automation because they saw it that way. I think this is the reality facing illustrators, animators, VFX people, etc with AI.

I wrote about my time in Minneapolis last week, about what is involved in creating bottom-up, decentralized networks of care.

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I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.

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(PDF) TESCREAL hallucinations: Psychedelic and AI hype as inequality engines PDF | Background and Aims While many scholars have called attention to similarities between the earlier SSRI hype and the ongoing hype for psychedelic... | Find, read and cite all the research you nee...

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Lucy In The Sky With Nazis: Psychedelics and the Right Wing Psychedelic advocates have long asserted that broader psychedelic use will lead to a more open, progressive society, but there are too many instances of right-wingers who have taken them for that to b

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Turn Off Your Mind, Relax—and Float Right-Wing? On January 6th, 2021 at least two psychedelic heads stormed the United States Capitol. Strange as it may seem, those adhering to right-wing politics haven’t just established a beachhead in the psych

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Part I: A Long Strange Loop - Truthdig The emergence of veterans and active duty soldiers as the face of psychedelic research is the result of a controversial political strategy.

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Frontiers | Right-Wing Psychedelia: Case Studies in Cultural Plasticity and Political Pluripotency Recent media advocacy for the nascent psychedelic medicine industry has emphasized the potential for psychedelics to improve society, pointing to research st...

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The Psychedelic Syndicate: Executive Summary A year-long investigation reveals how a small group of Silicon Valley elites sought to capture the psychedelic therapy industry — using a network of affiliated organizations to scapegoat critics whi

More on all that

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Any updates on console versions?

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Check it out! I spoke with @cheetos.bsky.social of Psymposia about Moonflow, and the intersection of psychedelics, transness and ritual magic that informed my writing! I ramble a lot with BIG HIPPIE THOUGHTS in this XD

YouTube video by Psymposia Psymposia x Bitter Karella: Queer Horror and Mushroom Magic

Stoked to publish my conversation with author @bitterkarella.bsky.social!

We discuss their debut novel "Moonflow," their micro-fiction and text adventure projects, psychedelic mushrooms, writing queer and trans horror stories, ritual magic and more.

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In the hypothetical world of that dog owner

Also wouldn’t the long game from a vets perspective be…more animals being birthed?

This would mean someone couldn’t be charged unless there was evidence that they intended to transmit HIV/not disclose their status maliciously and that transmission actually occurred—something that can be medically traced and isn't currently a considered factor.