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Erowid Center @erowid.bsky.social · 10h

"Don't join the book burners. Don't think you are going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed." — Dweight Eisenhower (1890–1969)

#Erowid #ErowidVerbatim #DweightEisenhower
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Erowid Center @erowid.bsky.social · 2d

We want to send a huge "thanks" to everyone who donated during Erowid's September support-a-thon and matching challenge. The drive was a big success! We used all of the pledged matching funds on the final day. 🎉

And a special thanks to those who backed the matching challenge. 🧡

Erowid.org/sept

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Erowid Center @erowid.bsky.social · 6d

"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men…" — Roald Dahl (1916–1990), via Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

#Erowid #quote #RoaldDahl

Erowid Center @erowid.bsky.social · 7d

4 hours left to have your donation to Erowid MATCHED.

$3,300 in matching funds still available!

Erowid.org/sept

Support honest drug information. 🧡

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Erowid Center @erowid.bsky.social · 7d

Huichol yarn painting from Nayarit area of Mexico showing #peyote & hummingbirds (who help carry messages to the gods & spirits). Beeswax-coated yarn laid onto wood to create designs.

Get one as a thank-you for a donation.
$20-$499 donations doubled;
$500-#$3,000 tripled!

Erowid.org/donate/yarnart

Erowid Center @erowid.bsky.social · 8d

Just 12 hours left of Erowid's matching challenge. #13,000 in matching funds still available. Please help us use these challenge funds!

Get your donation DOUBLED or TRIPLED by donating before the end of September (at Int'l dateline).

Erowid.org/sept

Erowid Center @erowid.bsky.social · 8d

A few exmples of correspondence from and to Sasha and Ann Shulgin. In this 1973 letter, Sasha amusingly asks the Office of National Narcotics Intelligence what the hell their purpose is. More at:

erowid.org/columns/crew...
(URL in IG Bio)

#Erowid #Shulgin #ShulginArchiving

Erowid Center @erowid.bsky.social · 8d

Ann Shulgin is remembered fondly for her warmth and thoughtfulness. This short blog post shows a beautiful set of notes from Ann Shulgin to Keeper Trout (Shulgin Archivist) set out for him when he stayed overnight at Shulgin Farm.

erowid.org/columns/crew...

#Shulgin #ShulginArchiving #AnnShulgin

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Erowid Center @erowid.bsky.social · 8d

Last day of Erowid's support-a-thon!

$20-$499 donations DOUBLED
$500-$3,000 donations TRIPLED

$15,000 in matching funds still available!

Erowid.org/sept

Donations support visionary drug info, archiving of historical psychedelic data, & advancement of lab drug checking,

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Erowid Center @erowid.bsky.social · 9d

2 days left to have donations MATCHED
$19,000 in matching funds available!

Erowid.org/sept

$20-$499 donations are DOUBLED
$500-$3,000 donations are TRIPLED

Erowid has worked for 30 years to spread reliable info about #psychedelics…and there's more to be done!

Please give & spread the word. 💙

Erowid Center @erowid.bsky.social · 10d

"I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by." — Douglas Adams (1952–2001)

Don't forget to donate!
Erowid.org/sept

#Erowid #quote #DouglasAdams

Erowid Center @erowid.bsky.social · 10d

Tim Scully Selects Erowid as Literary Executor

We're excited to work w/ Tim Scully (former LSD chemist known for involvement w/ Orange Sunshine LSD) helping shepherd his fabulous Underground LSD Manufacturing History Project. (Yes, we know orange sunshine wasn't blotter)

erowid.org/columns/crew...

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Erowid Center @erowid.bsky.social · 10d

Erowid only has 3 days before our matching challenge (backed by a group of supporters) expires. We have $37K in matching funds left that we'll lose if we can't raise $37K by the end of September!

$30-$499 donations doubled;
$500-$3,000 donations tripled!

Erowid.org/sept

Please contribute.

Erowid Center @erowid.bsky.social · 11d

4 days left to have your Erowid donation MATCHED!

$38,000 in matching funds still available

Erowid.org/sept

$20-$499 donations DOUBLED
$500-$3,000 donations TRIPLED

#Erowid has provided info abt #psychedelics for 30 yrs…and we're still at it.

Consider a small contribution before Tuesday. 🧡

Erowid Center @erowid.bsky.social · 11d

"Psychedelic Wisdom: The Astonishing Rewards of Mind-Altering Substances" by Richard Louis Miller

…shares stories of psychedelic transformation, insight, & wisdom from conversations w/ 19 self-experimenting scientists, doctors, therapists, and teachers...

Erowid.org/books/psychedelic_wisdom.shtml

Erowid Center @erowid.bsky.social · 12d

A quote from an experience with P. atlantis (mushroom sclerotia) & Cannabis
Erowid.org/exp/118647
"Accidentally Melting"—by salix

Visit erowid.org/exp for more #experience reports, or erowid.org/exp/submit to submit your own.

Erowid Center @erowid.bsky.social · 12d

An article about the status of Erowid's DrugsData lab drug checking project, which has been on hold since Apr 10, 2024, when it was shut down by the DEA.

Erowid.org/columns/crew/2025/09/drugsdata-sept-2025-update/

#Erowid #DrugsData

Erowid Center @erowid.bsky.social · 12d

"This is Your Mind on Plants" by Michael Pollan

Back cover: "…Michael Pollan dives deep into three plant drugs--opium, caffeine, & mescaline--and throws the fundamental strangeness of our thinking about them into sharp relief.…[a] unique blend of history, science, and memoir…".

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Erowid Center @erowid.bsky.social · 13d

We need your help! During Erowid's September support-a-thon, donations are matched.

$30-$499 donations doubled;
$500-$3,000 donations tripled!

Erowid.org/sept

Erowid provides vital info about psychedelics.
Please, make a small donation and spread the word.

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Erowid Center @erowid.bsky.social · 13d

Shulgin Molecule Index Cards are cards from Dr Shulgin's analog index of chemicals related to his work. Each contains a molecule hand-drawn by Dr Shulgin, with a reference or two at the bottom. Each is unique!

Available as thank-you for $1,000+ donation to support archiving.

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Erowid Center @erowid.bsky.social · 13d

Shulgin Archiving Update:
Erowid's small but mighty Shulgin Archiving crew have finished another motherlode: inventorying 4,100 more items from Sasha's office bookshelves.

Check out this update w/ thoughts & photos from our crew.

www.erowid.org/columns/crew...

#Erowid #ShulginArchiving

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Erowid Center @erowid.bsky.social · 14d

Until the end of September—
$20-$499 donations are DOUBLED
$500-$3,000 donations TRIPLED

We still have $40,000 in matching funds available!

Erowid.org/sept

Check out our special thank-you gifts
Please give, repost, & spread the word. 💜

Erowid Center @erowid.bsky.social · 14d

"Psychonauts: Drugs and the Making of the Mind" by Mike Jay

"…Mike Jay brilliantly recovers a lost intellectual tradition of drug-taking that fed the birth of psychology, the discovery of the unconscious, and the emergence of modernism." Mike is always a great read!

erowid.org/books/psycho...

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Erowid Center @erowid.bsky.social · 15d

Erowid needs your help! September donations matched—$30-$499 doubled; $500-$3,000 TRIPLED!

Erowid.org/sept

$43,000 in matching funds available!

Erowid provides vital info abt psychedelics and psychoactive plants & chemicals. And there's still important work to do.

Repost and spread the word.

Erowid - September Support Drive

Erowid.org

Erowid Center @erowid.bsky.social · 15d

Huichol yarn painting from Nayarit area of Mexico showing #peyote & flower of the Wind. Beeswax-coated yarn laid onto a wood surface to create designs.

Thank-you gift for #Erowid contributors. Donations in September are matched!
$20-$499 doubled; $500-#$3,000 tripled.

Erowid.org/donate/yarnart

Erowid Donations : Gifts : Huichol Yarn Art / Paintings

Hand-made yarn paintings by Huichol artists. Amazingly colorful. Supporting local traditional artists.

Erowid.org

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