Neşe Devenot, PhD
@neselsd.bsky.social
Rhymes w/ paper mâché 🍉
Psychedelic humanities: literature, ethics, harm reduction 🍄
Senior Lecturer at Johns Hopkins University 🌐
University Writing Program 📝
Indigenous/Kurdish 🟥☀🟩 ND (they/them)
chemicalpoetics.substack.com
Psychedelic humanities: literature, ethics, harm reduction 🍄
Senior Lecturer at Johns Hopkins University 🌐
University Writing Program 📝
Indigenous/Kurdish 🟥☀🟩 ND (they/them)
chemicalpoetics.substack.com
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"In this context, the convergence of far-right politics with psychedelics and artificial intelligence reflects a broader strategy of weaponizing technologies that can alter behavior and belief systems."
Great stuff from @neselsd.bsky.social & co.
Great stuff from @neselsd.bsky.social & co.
November 4, 2025 at 12:48 PM
"In this context, the convergence of far-right politics with psychedelics and artificial intelligence reflects a broader strategy of weaponizing technologies that can alter behavior and belief systems."
Great stuff from @neselsd.bsky.social & co.
Great stuff from @neselsd.bsky.social & co.
Context: www.psymposia.com/magazine/psy...
The Psychedelic Syndicate: Part 1
Part 1 of The Psychedelic Syndicate reveals how the Psychedelic Science Funders Collaborative (PSFC) — a wealthy network of Silicon Valley elites and Burning Man devotees — systematically captured
www.psymposia.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Context: www.psymposia.com/magazine/psy...
"Our data...revealed a robust reduction of grey matter volume within hippocampal regions and impaired verbal learning, short-term recall after interference, long-term recall, and recognition performance in MDMA users compared to controls."
academic.oup.com/brain/advanc...
academic.oup.com/brain/advanc...
Memory deficits of MDMA users are linked to cortical thinning related to 5-HT receptor densities
Regular MDMA use is linked to memory dysfunction, but the underlying mechanisms are unclear. Coray et al. found reduced hippocampal grey matter volume in u
academic.oup.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:59 AM
"Our data...revealed a robust reduction of grey matter volume within hippocampal regions and impaired verbal learning, short-term recall after interference, long-term recall, and recognition performance in MDMA users compared to controls."
academic.oup.com/brain/advanc...
academic.oup.com/brain/advanc...
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i made a template you can use to think about what "frame/negation/kirby" looks like for other issues.
For example:
Frame: DOGE is a govt efficiency project to save $
Negation: Actually it made things less efficient and cost $
Kirby: DOGE was a project to break and privatize federal bureaucracy
For example:
Frame: DOGE is a govt efficiency project to save $
Negation: Actually it made things less efficient and cost $
Kirby: DOGE was a project to break and privatize federal bureaucracy
September 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
i made a template you can use to think about what "frame/negation/kirby" looks like for other issues.
For example:
Frame: DOGE is a govt efficiency project to save $
Negation: Actually it made things less efficient and cost $
Kirby: DOGE was a project to break and privatize federal bureaucracy
For example:
Frame: DOGE is a govt efficiency project to save $
Negation: Actually it made things less efficient and cost $
Kirby: DOGE was a project to break and privatize federal bureaucracy
Reposted by Neşe Devenot, PhD
tl:dr - while the psychedelics industry portrays itself as a grassroots movement motivated by doing woo & good, it is funded by corporate & silicon valley money that has attacked critics/scientists, while also manipulating public opinion through astroturfed movements and social media influencers.
October 12, 2025 at 11:58 AM
tl:dr - while the psychedelics industry portrays itself as a grassroots movement motivated by doing woo & good, it is funded by corporate & silicon valley money that has attacked critics/scientists, while also manipulating public opinion through astroturfed movements and social media influencers.