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Tickle: Your mind

A 2016 animation by Bang Sangho about the trascendental chaotic visionary infinite beauty of global evolution. Or whatever. It is short enough and there is a didgeridoo in…

Overlap: Psychedelia and Queerness

There is obvious overlap between the ideas and definitions of queerness and the characteristics of mystical experiences engendered by psychedelics. Both queer theory and the mystical characteristics note…

Profiled: All of us

Here are photos of over a billion Facebook users. It is challenging for me to explore this pandora’s collection and not concurrently problematize the philosophical implications of (1)…

Macro/Micro: Cosmic visualization

From the Imaginary Foundation, zoom into the galactic. Just a fun visualization. link Update: I don’t think this works on phones (or at least iOS).

Endings: Stop your trip

Check out the PsychedSubstance YouTube channel. It offers opinionated and educational advice on a variety of psychedelic-related topics. Below is one on “trip killers”, exploring methods to end…

Deep: Shower Thoughts

Reddit’s Shower Thoughts is a crowdsourced collection of miniature epiphanies. A few I found amusing: Sleeping five minutes in is infinitely more valuable than going to bed five…

Unnecessary: Revolving browser

This should test your brain’s balance. Come for the initial sensation but don’t stay a while unless you enjoy vertigo.

Surreal: Remedios Varo, painter

In undergrad 20some years ago I took a class focused on female artists of the 19th and 20th centuries. I think it was called Her-Story. I found the…

MDMA: Research can lie

MDMA leads to permanent brain damage is a recurring refrain, even today. This idea has roots in a study in the early 2000s. Johns Hopkins researcher George Ricaurte…

Privacy: Tristan Harris

The Atlantic Magazine called Tristan Harris “the closest thing Silicon Valley has to a conscience.” Harris, formerly a “Design Ethicist” for Google and recently co-founder of the Center…