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Psymposia reveals how powerful Silicon Valley funders launched a coordinated PR campaign to silence opposition and protect their financial interests.

Read the full report: "The Psychedelic Syndicate."

www.psymposia.com/psychedelic-...

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

morning all - if you saw the big Psychedelics conference at Harpa earlier this year (& Jakob Bjarnar's puff piece), and you thought "this reeks of some high level BS," then this deep investigation by the Psymposia team will interest you greatly.

www.psymposia.com/psychedelic-...

Some light Friday reading

Amazing work by @neselsd.bsky.social and the rest of the @psymposia.bsky.social team reporting on SV hijacking of psychedelic research initiatives via takeover of nonprofits

This is your archetypal right wing tech-money influence network, documented with tons of primary sources

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

Announcing: "The Psychedelic Syndicate: How Silicon Valley Used Veterans to Hijack the Psychedelic Industry"

Now on @Psymposia's website in four parts.

www.psymposia.com/psychedelic-...

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

New from
@psymposia.bsky.social:

"The Psychedelic Syndicate: How Silicon Valley Used Veterans to Hijack the Psychedelic Industry"

www.psymposia.com/psychedelic-...

"some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily execute civilians" says today's New York Times, continuing their long tradition of whitewashing fascism

Absolute all-timer sentence in today's @nytimes.com

Next week, Lutnick on Rogan tapping an overlong cigar ash:

"So, what I'm saying is real Americans know in their hearts—like Elon does—that work sets you free."

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Correcting the Record: Addressing the The New York Times’ Deceptive Coverage of Psymposia Rather than unpacking the actual causes of Lykos Therapeutics' disastrous Phase 3 trials and FDA rejection, The New York Times produced a work of fictitious propaganda that prioritizes corporate inter

1. On Feb 4, NYT published an article targeting Psymposia, full of inaccuracies & false accusations. Worse, the journalists breached editorial policy by ignoring a number of fact checks & refusing to give us opportunity to respond to allegations raised against us.
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In short, no. But it seems to be the case that those cheering MAHA nevertheless believe that they are against insider corruption and in favor of unduly marginalized science.

This NYT Story Blasting Leftists Is Wildly Misleading and Dangerous. Why Did They Publish It? Painting the FDA as easily corruptible may serve the MAHA agenda of eliminating oversight that keeps us all safe.

@msmacb.bsky.social on NYT's cringey smear of @psymposia.bsky.social: “When vague accusations of ‘DEI’ and ‘wokeness’ are already being used to gut government programs, it might not be a bad time to blame the FDA’s decision on ‘a small band of anticapitalist activists.’”
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Correcting the Record: Addressing the The New York Times’ Deceptive Coverage of Psymposia Rather than unpacking the actual causes of Lykos Therapeutics' disastrous Phase 3 trials and FDA rejection, The New York Times produced a work of fictitious propaganda that prioritizes corporate inter

Last month, @nytimes.com ran an outrageous hit piece by Andrew Jacobs and Rachel Nuwer targeting @psymposia.bsky.social that was wormy with falsehoods and baseless accusations. Read our full response and corrections to their nonsense reporting here: www.psymposia.com/magazine/cor...

Major psychedelic donor and Psychedelic Science Funders Collaborative director, Genevieve Jurvetson, states that she is " fairly bullish on the new [Trump] administration and their passion for addressing root causes as it relates to mental health or health in general."

😂 @psymposia.bsky.social

A children's book image with a rainbow and a Psymposia logo includes the text: "Everyone I Don't Like is Psymposia: The. Emotional Child's Guide to FDA Approval of MDMA-AT"

New post on my mailing list, riffing on a meme: "Everyone I Don't Like is Psymposia"—The Emotional Child's Guide to FDA Approval of MDMA-AT, now in The New York Times; plus, Psychedelics Today promotes "safe words" for restraint, and a new report shows how therapists are indoctrinated. Link in bio.

Graffiti reading“may the rotting flesh of kings feed the earth”

our Mother she hungers

When I worked in UK academia I recall hearing of a Japanese man who was baffled at how Britain had decided to run its universities like firms. “Why? Your universities are excellent and your firms are terrible.”

A new McCarthy era is upon us. Stupid, depressing, and dangerous as ever. I wonder whose name will carry the dunce cap in the history books. Too many are complicit. I’ll need to find upset and action, but for now I’m feeling grief at the dehumanization inherent to all this.

"your outie" meme from severance

"your outie subscribes to small publications to support quality journalism"

a man with a beard is sitting in a room with a harp in the background ALT: a man with a beard is sitting in a room with a harp in the background

Ian Fleming's original James Bond novels haven't aged well. For example, Moonraker - published almost exactly 70 years ago in April 1955 - features a villain who's a super-rich industrialist and rocket-maker seeking to cause chaos because he's a secret Nazi. Such a silly idea!

Thinking a lot about these brilliant papers by @neselsd.bsky.social, @brianpace.bsky.social, and Jac Lewis. Feels VERY relevant to the moment and Elon/RFK Jr.’s obsession with psychedelics. Seems they are having a White suprematist typa existentialism and hoping everyone will jump on board!

The most controversial paper in the history of psychedelic research may never see the light of day Researchers gave psilocybin to two dozen religious clergy. Was it guided by science, religion, or some awkward combination?

I always thought it was weird how much press was devoted to an unpublished study. Then it got weirder when the years kept passing by. Another great piece by Travis Kitchens.

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Don't be shy. We know you're wearing an identical hoodie.

Great piece by Travis Kitchens.

It's not an assumption. It is an allegation.

Family claims Dr. Bronner’s fosters a risky culture of drug use that led to employee’s accidental overdose death A wrongful death lawsuit alleges the company fostered a risky culture of drug use among some leaders and employees, claiming they routinely use potent psychedelics as an unregulated form of “healing” ...

"a wrongful death lawsuit [...] alleges the company has also fostered a risky culture of drug use among some leaders and employees, claiming they routinely use potent psychedelics as an unregulated form of 'healing' and for recreational purposes."

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I know you are upset about your recent demise, Senator Feinstein, but negative attention-seeking online is not a healthy coping mechanism.

Nah

This is how you write a headline, folks.