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Gregory Daurer aka Gregory Ego @gregoryego.bsky.social · 6h

Heavy rain fizzles,
Heavy rain begins again.
Heavy rain hijinks.

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Gregory Daurer aka Gregory Ego @gregoryego.bsky.social · 10h

Glad you checked it out.

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Gregory Daurer aka Gregory Ego @gregoryego.bsky.social · 16h

🧵“Dr. Timothy Leary, high priest of LSD, talks with Mana Pardeahtan, Apache who was recently acquitted on drug charges [in Denver] on grounds that his use of peyote was part of the religious rites of the Native American Church.” Rocky Mountain News, 9/5/67...

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Gregory Daurer aka Gregory Ego @gregoryego.bsky.social · 10h

Henry S. Rosenthal (aka Hank Rank of CRIME) sitting at James Brown's desk, once located within King Records in Cincinnati. From my Please Kill Me interview with Rosenthal...

pleasekillme.com/henry-rosent...

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Gregory Daurer aka Gregory Ego @gregoryego.bsky.social · 16h

🧵“Dr. Timothy Leary, high priest of LSD, talks with Mana Pardeahtan, Apache who was recently acquitted on drug charges [in Denver] on grounds that his use of peyote was part of the religious rites of the Native American Church.” Rocky Mountain News, 9/5/67...

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Gregory Daurer aka Gregory Ego @gregoryego.bsky.social · 18h

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Gregory Daurer aka Gregory Ego @gregoryego.bsky.social · 18h

Kerouac and Cassady in Denver...

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Gregory Daurer aka Gregory Ego @gregoryego.bsky.social · 1d

Nice framing!

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MosesHawk @rememberxyz.bsky.social · 1d

The landmark report traces the history of “excited delirium,” its baseless scientific underpinnings and roots in anti-Black racism, and the profound harms caused by the continued use of the pseudoscientific phrase.

“Excited Delirium” – Often Cited as Cause of Death in Fatal Police Encounters – Is Scientifically Meaningless: PHR Report - PHR

A new investigation published today by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) finds that “excited delirium” – often cited as a cause of death in fatal encounters with law enforcement – is not a valid medic...

phr.org

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Gregory Daurer aka Gregory Ego @gregoryego.bsky.social · 1d

What is a Waffle Maker?

Dave Marin @dwm58.bsky.social · 1d

Warren Zevon Jeopardy question just now

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Gregory Daurer aka Gregory Ego @gregoryego.bsky.social · 1d

Listened to some of show here. Enjoyed first set. Udder. Protocultura.

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Golden Brown @goldenbrownmusic.bsky.social · 1d

Listen to Ron Miles ♥️

Blue Note Records @bluenoterecords.bsky.social · 1d

5 years ago today in 2020, the wonderful cornetist & composer Ron Miles released his Blue Note debut "Rainbow Sign," a sublime album featuring Ron's deeply affecting originals performed by an incredible band with Bill Frisell, Jason Moran, Thomas Morgan & Brian Blade: ronmiles.lnk.to/RainbowSign

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Gregory Daurer aka Gregory Ego @gregoryego.bsky.social · 1d

🧵Peer-reviewed papers co-written by Paul Z. Simons on harm reduction work in Denver:

www.researchgate.net/scientific-c...

Paul z. Simons's research works | Denver Health and Hospital Authority and other places

Paul z. Simons's 3 research works with 105 citations, including: Increasing the use of bleach and condoms among injecting drug users in Denver: Outcomes of a targeted, community-level HIV prevention p...

www.researchgate.net

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Gregory Daurer aka Gregory Ego @gregoryego.bsky.social · 1d

🧵Article I wrote for the Harm Reduction Coalition's newsletter. We co-hosted an important regional conference together in Denver:

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Gregory Daurer aka Gregory Ego @gregoryego.bsky.social · 1d

🧵Dave Purchase obit in New York Times (gift article/free read)...

www.nytimes.com/2013/01/28/u...

Dave Purchase Dies at 73; Led Early Needle Exchange (Published 2013)

www.nytimes.com

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Gregory Daurer aka Gregory Ego @gregoryego.bsky.social · 1d

Late '90s: syringe-exchange pioneer Paul Z. Simons hired me at his Denver non-profit PEERS, which co-hosted a harm reduction conference attended by several state health departments. There, I met heavies like Dave Purchase, Dan Bigg, & @percyrhode.bsky.social. Great job/cause/times...(See replies.)

Allan Clear @percyrhode.bsky.social · 14d

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Gregory Daurer aka Gregory Ego @gregoryego.bsky.social · 1d

Ah, the link to the article is missing a "t," so here's the actual link to the article:

www.therecordnorthshore.org/2025/10/08/p...

Posthumous book revives legacy of Glencoe author with cult following - The Record

Robert Shea lived in Glencoe for 17 years before he died in 1994. Now decades later, a posthumous work helps celebrate the unsung local author.

www.therecordnorthshore.org

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Gregory Daurer aka Gregory Ego @gregoryego.bsky.social · 1d

🧵Colorado press covering peyote:

"THIS IS THE PEYOTE BUTTON
Pugnaciousness . . . or great tranquility?"

Denver Post, 6/19/65...

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Gregory Daurer aka Gregory Ego @gregoryego.bsky.social · 1d

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Gregory Daurer aka Gregory Ego @gregoryego.bsky.social · 1d

Glad I've finally discovered Peanut is on Bluesky now! You, too, Bruce...

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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 2d

Great news for US harm reduction!
Dasgupta's groundbreaking research now recognized by MacArthur Foundation with a coveted "genius" fellowships ... his work outside lab helping develop "harm reduction" programs aimed at reducing drug deaths @sanho.bsky.social

www.npr.org/2025/10/08/n...

Scientist on front lines of overdose crisis receives MacArthur 'genius' award

Nabarun Dasgupta was recognized with a MacArthur "genius" award for work studying the deadly overdose crisis. He's also a front-line organizer, helping people survive.

www.npr.org

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Gregory Daurer aka Gregory Ego @gregoryego.bsky.social · 2d

🧵Mescaline-containing San Pedro cacti standing ornamentally outside the Plant Magic Cafe (a "coffee shop & psychedelic center") in Denver. Plus, a display inside...

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Gregory Daurer aka Gregory Ego @gregoryego.bsky.social · 2d

Didn't receive a Ferriss – UC Berkeley Psychedelic Journalism Fellowship for 2025. But I did cover the topic I'd proposed for the magazine--the Harper's-influenced local publication Denverse--that assigned the piece. @scipsychedelics.bsky.social @michaelpollan.bsky.social

Gregory Daurer aka Gregory Ego @gregoryego.bsky.social · 2d

🧵Article on Omer C. Stewart in the Rocky Mountain News, 10/21/48. Stewart was an undercover agent during WWII, a professor of anthropology, the author of the book Peyote Religion, and a non-native member of the Native American Church...

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Gregory Daurer aka Gregory Ego @gregoryego.bsky.social · 2d

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