Samuel Paul Douglas, PhD
@psychedelicoverground.com
Psychedelic nonprofit cat-herder/space-holder, writer & philosopher. Will exchange words & knowledge for $. All opinions my own etc. He/him.
Website: https://www.psychedelicoverground.com/
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/dr-samuel-douglas-62061871
Website: https://www.psychedelicoverground.com/
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/dr-samuel-douglas-62061871
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Still recovering from 4 days of extreme socialising, information overload and sleep-deprivation at Entheogenesis Garden States: Regeneration.
Currently starting a write-up for the next issue of The Ethical Trip. I'd love to hear from anyone else who was there (on or off the record.)
Currently starting a write-up for the next issue of The Ethical Trip. I'd love to hear from anyone else who was there (on or off the record.)
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Dr Amber Domberelli and I are kicking off what we hope will become a Mid-North Coast regional chapter of the Australian Psychedelic Society.
First informal meetup: Feb 15, 10:30am, Coffs Harbour Botanic Gardens (Creek Side picnic area; café if raining). Look for the purple shirts.
First informal meetup: Feb 15, 10:30am, Coffs Harbour Botanic Gardens (Creek Side picnic area; café if raining). Look for the purple shirts.
January 20, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Dr Amber Domberelli and I are kicking off what we hope will become a Mid-North Coast regional chapter of the Australian Psychedelic Society.
First informal meetup: Feb 15, 10:30am, Coffs Harbour Botanic Gardens (Creek Side picnic area; café if raining). Look for the purple shirts.
First informal meetup: Feb 15, 10:30am, Coffs Harbour Botanic Gardens (Creek Side picnic area; café if raining). Look for the purple shirts.
Beg Grovino
January 28, 2026 at 5:10 AM
Beg Grovino
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White racist literally threw a bomb at black people to kill them, apparently not a sufficient cause to have a moral panic, special envoy, national introspection, royal commission, terrorism declaration, new laws, 1,000 op-eds in The Australian. We're struggling to identify why that might be.
Device allegedly thrown into Invasion Day crowd designed to 'explode on impact', say police
A 31-year-old man is charged with making explosives in suspicious circumstances after a device was allegedly thrown into a crowd of hundreds of people attending an Invasion Day rally in central Perth ...
www.abc.net.au
January 28, 2026 at 4:57 AM
White racist literally threw a bomb at black people to kill them, apparently not a sufficient cause to have a moral panic, special envoy, national introspection, royal commission, terrorism declaration, new laws, 1,000 op-eds in The Australian. We're struggling to identify why that might be.
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Your worth is not determined by your health.
Your worth is not determined by your job, marital status or economic output.
Everyone is deserving of shelter, food, healthcare and social supports.
No one should have to “earn them”.
When basic needs are met, society is better off.
Your worth is not determined by your job, marital status or economic output.
Everyone is deserving of shelter, food, healthcare and social supports.
No one should have to “earn them”.
When basic needs are met, society is better off.
January 27, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Your worth is not determined by your health.
Your worth is not determined by your job, marital status or economic output.
Everyone is deserving of shelter, food, healthcare and social supports.
No one should have to “earn them”.
When basic needs are met, society is better off.
Your worth is not determined by your job, marital status or economic output.
Everyone is deserving of shelter, food, healthcare and social supports.
No one should have to “earn them”.
When basic needs are met, society is better off.
I wonder if these murderous, state-sanctioned, fascist thugs did training provided by Serco?
This isn't about "training issues." The murderer who executed Renee Good has been with ICE for 10 years, and according to DHS, the murderer who executed Alex Pretti has been there for 8 years.
These aren't "new recruits," or officers that can be "retrained." ICE can't be reformed. Abolish ICE.
These aren't "new recruits," or officers that can be "retrained." ICE can't be reformed. Abolish ICE.
January 27, 2026 at 5:08 AM
I wonder if these murderous, state-sanctioned, fascist thugs did training provided by Serco?
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Victorians urged to evacuate Otways as massive fire threatens to spread east towards more than 1,000 homes
Victorians urged to evacuate Otways as massive fire threatens to spread east towards more than 1,000 homes
Fire in Otways has burned about 9,400 hectares and could spread as far as Lorne amid onset of heatwave in Victoria
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Residents of more than 1,000 homes in Victoria have been urged to leave before sunset in anticipation of a massive fire spreading and the onset of a severe heatwave.
Six fires were burning across the state on Monday afternoon, and authorities were concerned that Tuesday’s heatwave conditions and forecast northerly winds could cause the fire in the Otways to spread as far as Lorne. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:38 AM
Victorians urged to evacuate Otways as massive fire threatens to spread east towards more than 1,000 homes
Every time I think satire couldn’t be more dead, I’m proven wrong.
Genuinely the funniest possible panel line-up of all time and it's for a real estate conference in Riyadh
January 26, 2026 at 7:07 AM
Every time I think satire couldn’t be more dead, I’m proven wrong.
ChatGPT is bad enough, but citing Grokipedia? Ugh, gross.
I can only hope this hastens model collapse and the bursting of the LLM bubble.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
I can only hope this hastens model collapse and the bursting of the LLM bubble.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Latest ChatGPT model uses Elon Musk’s Grokipedia as source, tests reveal
Guardian found OpenAI’s platform cited Grokipedia on topics including Iran and Holocaust deniers
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:07 AM
ChatGPT is bad enough, but citing Grokipedia? Ugh, gross.
I can only hope this hastens model collapse and the bursting of the LLM bubble.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
I can only hope this hastens model collapse and the bursting of the LLM bubble.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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26 January 1942 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Alida Baruch, was born in Amsterdam.
In July 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after selection.
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📖 Learn about the fate of Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands to Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/32_en/
In July 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after selection.
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📖 Learn about the fate of Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands to Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/32_en/
January 26, 2026 at 12:00 AM
26 January 1942 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Alida Baruch, was born in Amsterdam.
In July 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after selection.
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📖 Learn about the fate of Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands to Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/32_en/
In July 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after selection.
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📖 Learn about the fate of Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands to Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/32_en/
Ah yes, Serco, the company known for *checks notes* operating inhumane offshore detention centres and providing training to ICE agents. That's exactly who our government should pay to help with NDIS case management.
January 25, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Ah yes, Serco, the company known for *checks notes* operating inhumane offshore detention centres and providing training to ICE agents. That's exactly who our government should pay to help with NDIS case management.
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January 25, 2026 at 10:05 PM
There are good arguments to say that shareholders have responsibilities for the companies they hold shares in. Kaptein (2025) categorises these grounds as: endorsement, enablement, influence, profit and ownership.
doi.org/10.1111/basr...
doi.org/10.1111/basr...
January 25, 2026 at 8:52 PM
There are good arguments to say that shareholders have responsibilities for the companies they hold shares in. Kaptein (2025) categorises these grounds as: endorsement, enablement, influence, profit and ownership.
doi.org/10.1111/basr...
doi.org/10.1111/basr...
Nice to be away from social media for a day, but I’m always dreading logging back on to see what that Cheeto-dusted bag of rancid meat and his cronies have done while
I wasn’t looking.
I wasn’t looking.
January 25, 2026 at 10:05 AM
Nice to be away from social media for a day, but I’m always dreading logging back on to see what that Cheeto-dusted bag of rancid meat and his cronies have done while
I wasn’t looking.
I wasn’t looking.
I’m of the opinion that Holocaust deniers shouldn’t be psychedelic ceremony facilitators. I guess I’m kinda old-fashioned that way.
January 24, 2026 at 4:14 AM
I’m of the opinion that Holocaust deniers shouldn’t be psychedelic ceremony facilitators. I guess I’m kinda old-fashioned that way.
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“in light of serious and credible criminal allegations of incitement to genocide and advocating genocide” by President Isaac Herzog during Israel’s “military onslaught” in Gaza
Legal groups says Australia obliged to investigate Israel's President Herzog for his role in genocidal war on Gaza.
Australian, Palestinian lawyers seek police probe of Israeli president
Legal groups says Australia obliged to investigate Israel's President Herzog for his role in genocidal war on Gaza.
www.aljazeera.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:38 AM
“in light of serious and credible criminal allegations of incitement to genocide and advocating genocide” by President Isaac Herzog during Israel’s “military onslaught” in Gaza
This is some real IDF-style bullshit.
MINNEAPOLIS ALERT:
ICE IS SENDING FLIERS OFFERING FOOD SUPPORT
IT IS NOT THE MINNEAPOLIS VOLUNTEERS
IT IS A TRAP
ICE IS SENDING FLIERS OFFERING FOOD SUPPORT
IT IS NOT THE MINNEAPOLIS VOLUNTEERS
IT IS A TRAP
January 23, 2026 at 5:13 AM
This is some real IDF-style bullshit.
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1/ Australia's Special Envoy To Combat Antisemitism Jillian Segal & her husband John Roth help pay for this Advance 🇦🇺 propaganda to the tune of $50,000 ...
January 22, 2026 at 11:06 PM
1/ Australia's Special Envoy To Combat Antisemitism Jillian Segal & her husband John Roth help pay for this Advance 🇦🇺 propaganda to the tune of $50,000 ...
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NEW: Federal agents have detailed a Spokane 10-year-old and her father.
They remain in a Texas immigration detention center.
The judge that is set to oversee the case has a 90%+ denial rate for asylum claims. www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...
They remain in a Texas immigration detention center.
The judge that is set to oversee the case has a 90%+ denial rate for asylum claims. www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...
Border patrol detains 10-year-old Spokane girl and her dad, sends them to Texas detention center
Arnoldo Tiul Caal dropped his daughter off for school at Logan Elementary the morning of Friday, Jan. 9 with the unnerving sense that they were being followed.
www.spokesman.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:57 AM
NEW: Federal agents have detailed a Spokane 10-year-old and her father.
They remain in a Texas immigration detention center.
The judge that is set to oversee the case has a 90%+ denial rate for asylum claims. www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...
They remain in a Texas immigration detention center.
The judge that is set to oversee the case has a 90%+ denial rate for asylum claims. www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...
This is not a headline I really expected today: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Queensland PhD candidate accused of plotting to firebomb Australia Day event wanted AI-driven society, court hears
Sepehr Saryazdi, 24, charged with planning terrorist act after allegedly plotting to throw molotov cocktail at Gold Coast event
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 6:36 AM
This is not a headline I really expected today: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Are Israel critics to be muzzled while the Lobby keeps bashing them?
Constitutional lawyer Anne Twomey @ConversationEDU
on implications of Hate Speech Bill
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/stopping-pro...
Constitutional lawyer Anne Twomey @ConversationEDU
on implications of Hate Speech Bill
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/stopping-pro...
January 22, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Are Israel critics to be muzzled while the Lobby keeps bashing them?
Constitutional lawyer Anne Twomey @ConversationEDU
on implications of Hate Speech Bill
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/stopping-pro...
Constitutional lawyer Anne Twomey @ConversationEDU
on implications of Hate Speech Bill
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/stopping-pro...
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Whatcha mitzvah gonna be?
January 21, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Whatcha mitzvah gonna be?
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Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"
January 20, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"
This is an extremely accurate description of Australia’s attitude to dealing with ‘great powers’.
Countries like Canada “compete with each other to be the most accommodating,” he said. “This is not sovereignty. It is the performance of sovereignty while accepting subordination.”
January 20, 2026 at 10:18 PM
This is an extremely accurate description of Australia’s attitude to dealing with ‘great powers’.