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Daniel

@thisispsychedelico.com

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Anthropologist curious about #psychedelics, #phenomenology, #art & #arthistory, #archaeology, #aesthetics, and #philosophy. Em dash, semicolon, and Oxford comma enthusiast. MA in #anthropology. Mirror: https://mastodon.world/@psychedelico

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Daniel @thisispsychedelico.com · 6h

(Or to learn Ancient Greek for philosophy while I was at it.)

Daniel @thisispsychedelico.com · 6h

Such a great video if you have about 34 minutes. I wish I understood it a little better. I'm actually really mad that no one pushed me to learn #math (and logic) beyond very basic algebra as a kid.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeQX...

Math's Fundamental Flaw

YouTube video by Veritasium

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Daniel @thisispsychedelico.com · 6h

🤣🤣🤣

My bff and I are so stupid sometimes—an actual text exchange from yesterday and today:

An iMessage text exchange where in the first person asks, "You ever thought about getting 10,000 steps a day like me instead of gooning and playing Sega Genesis all day?" The second person replies, "You're the gooner."

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Daniel @thisispsychedelico.com · 9h

🤷🏻‍♂️ I do what I want.

Grace @gracekind.net · 10h

⚠️ You have marked yourself as an untrusted node in the epistemic network

Daniel @thisispsychedelico.com · 9h

Rothko is so magical 😮

Mark Rothko @markrothko.bsky.social · 10h

Yellow, Cherry, Orange
https://botfrens.com/collections/25/contents/4812

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Lake Michigan! Live! @lake-michigan.live · 1d

Current* conditions near Chicago, IL:

View of Chicago skyline from William E. Dever Crib in Lake Michigan east of North Avenue. // Image captured at: 2025-10-11 00:00:01 UTC (about 8 min. prior to this post) // Current Temp in Chicago: 63.73 F | 17.63 C // Precip: overcast clouds // Wind: WSW at 7.382 mph | 11.8 kph // Humidity: 73%

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Daniel @thisispsychedelico.com · 1d

I decided buying a record player isn't the best use of money right now, buuuutttt...I could pick up vinyls I want here and there until the situation changes.

(Or my family picked up on my hints for Christmas. Lol)

Daniel @thisispsychedelico.com · 1d

Alexa said “By-the-way…” one too many times a few years ago, so I replaced her with a HomePod. At the very least, Siri doesn’t try to sell me stuff.

Daniel @thisispsychedelico.com · 1d

Apart from the occasional margarita or infrequently deciding that I "should get into wine" (which never lasts long), I don't really drink #alcohol. I don't like the way it makes me feel. I can't imagine #writing drunk, and a hangover is a no from me.

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Sloane Crosley: “How Sober Should a Writer Be?”

Sloane Crosley on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s On Booze and the state of American drinking culture.

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Daniel @thisispsychedelico.com · 1d

🥹

The butter does make me tasty, that's true.

Daniel @thisispsychedelico.com · 1d

Screenshot of the paper's abstract, which reads:

Why are certain common classes of ritually destroyed objects (persons, artifacts, or architecture), such as persecuted witches, so difficult to identify in the archaeological record? Although a common topic in cultural anthropology, witches seldom receive the attention of archaeologists. The difficulties archaeologists face in the study of religion derive, in part, from the lack of correlates linking ritual activities to the formulation of archaeological deposits. This paper defines ritual as a technology and employs an object life history approach that draws upon ethnographic, archaeological, and experimental research to begin building such linkages—including those describing the persecution and disposition of witches, sorcerers, and other victims of ritual violence. These new directions are illuminated through a case study of anomalous deposits of human skeletal remains from the North American Southwest.

Daniel @thisispsychedelico.com · 1d

For spooky season! 🎃 "How are the life histories of witches distinguished from the lives of other objects involved in ritual activities?" Abstract ⬇️

This is very long and archaeological theory-heavy, but very good, too.

#witches #ritual #archaeology #prehistory

Where Are the Witches of Prehistory? | Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory

Why are certain common classes of ritually destroyed objects (persons, artifacts, or architecture), such as persecuted witches, so difficult to identify in the archaeological record?

www.academia.edu

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Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social · 1d

The Medieval Masterpiece, the Book of Kells, Is Now Digitized and Available Online

If you know nothing else about medieval European illuminated manuscripts, you surely know the Book of Kells. “One of Ireland’s greatest cultural treasures” comments Medievalists.net, “it is set apart ...

www.openculture.com

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Daniel @thisispsychedelico.com · 1d

I had a headache all day yesterday and went to bed at 8:30. This is why I'd rather just live with ADHD as I always have than try to manage it with stimulants. 😵‍💫

Daniel @thisispsychedelico.com · 2d

It’s 3:45 a.m. and I can’t sleep and my head hurts. I knew this would happen. 😩

Daniel @thisispsychedelico.com · 3d

Took *half* an Adderall this morning, so you know shit is serious today. 🫨 Sigh.

Daniel @thisispsychedelico.com · 1d

OK, go ahead. Butter me up. 🧈

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Daniel @thisispsychedelico.com · 1d

Surprised Camus' essay "Create Dangerously" (originally a lecture given in 1957) was not referenced here. He argued that artists have a responsibility to challenge oppressive ideologies and give a voice to those who otherwise can't speak for themselves. It's a short, but very good, read.

Daniel @thisispsychedelico.com · 2d

It’s 3:45 a.m. and I can’t sleep and my head hurts. I knew this would happen. 😩

Daniel @thisispsychedelico.com · 3d

Took *half* an Adderall this morning, so you know shit is serious today. 🫨 Sigh.

Daniel @thisispsychedelico.com · 2d

A book I just started begins with the author recounting driving down from the peak of Mauna Kea volcano on Hawaiʻi Island, which I have done, in the most ridiculous terms, as if he were about to careen off the edge at any moment. Bro, give me a break you liar. You were not. It’s not like that. 😹😹

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Anna Rona @annarona.bsky.social · 6d

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Daniel @thisispsychedelico.com · 3d

Oh, I see. I don't know anything about D&D, really. But about five minutes ago I was looking through my photos for something else, and ran across this meme I'd saved at one point.

Meme split into two halves. On top, it says,

Friend: So you just sit at a table and pretend to go into dungeons and fight dragons? Is it fun?

The bottom half is the response, showing Big Bob from Bob's Burgers saying, "I mean, I don't want to oversell it, but it changes you forever."

Daniel @thisispsychedelico.com · 3d

This request is really for everyone. Most of mine are in boxes or storage currently. This is a pic of my wonderful high-rise apartment in #Chicago that I miss terribly.

A stylish living room with books prominently displayed on the back wall and on the coffee table.

Daniel @thisispsychedelico.com · 3d

OK, but could we have a clear picture of your bookshelves, please? (I have an unhealthy? obsession with other people's books. Like, what do you have that I might need to read, too? Lol)

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Daniel @thisispsychedelico.com · 3d

You're absolutely right, and I struggled for about half an hour with how to say exactly that (and failed).

Daniel @thisispsychedelico.com · 3d

(Realizing that you don't know what you need can be a useful insight, too.)

Daniel @thisispsychedelico.com · 3d

This is a bad take, and why sometimes people have unrealistic expectations about #psychedelics and their outcomes. They may help change unhelpful perspectives if you're being intentional about it, but that doesn't mean you have everything you need. And sometimes you don't *know* what you need.

"The strangest part of tripping is realizing you already had everything you need to create the life you want."

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