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Imaginary Worlds @emolinsky.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

With all the talk about AI these days, it’s hard not to think of movies like The Matrix or Her. But it’s possible that sci-fi isn’t the best prism to understand AI right now. We explore why ancient myths have a lot to say about chatfishing, deathbots and an AI apocalypse.

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Is Mythology the Key to Understand AI? — Imaginary Worlds

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Austin R. Pick @fudomouth.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"There’s a long history of hoping that maybe this time, it’s not so complicated; maybe there is a simple switch to change people without having to change any aspect of their life besides what drug they’re taking." Excellent on #psychedelics w- @dhbuffalo.bsky.social via @scipsychedelics.bsky.social

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Prozac Lessons: 5 Questions for drug historian David Herzberg

Herzberg discusses the history of “mind medicines” like Prozac and parallels between antidepressants and psychedelics.

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Austin R. Pick @fudomouth.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

PHISH @phish.com 2026-09-06 @ Commerce City, CO "I feel the winds that blow out here between the dark and light" #Phish #PhishDicks #RetinaFlex #musicsky #Hipstamatic #Colorado

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Austin R. Pick @fudomouth.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Zendo Project will be providing peer support for non-ordinary states during all three nights of Phish this weekend at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, Sept. 4-6. Find them near Gate H behind section 135. 💜 #Phish #PhishDicks #PhishTour #PeerSupport #HarmReduction zendoproject.org

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Austin R. Pick @fudomouth.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

EAGLES OF DEATH METAL 2026-08-24 @ Summit Music Hall, Denver “I like to move, yes I move in the night You know I mellow down easy; yes it is a sight..." #livemusic #Denver #musicthatmoves #musicsky #retinaflex

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Austin R. Pick @fudomouth.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

"Most of the participants described their trip as beneficial, and more than half ranked it among the most meaningful experiences of their lives. Meanwhile, the data suggests the program was overall quite safe." Promising news on #psychedelics and #psilocybin via @npr.org

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A real-world study of Oregon's nonmedical psilocybin program shows promise

Oregon was the first state to establish a legalized and regulated psilocybin industry. Since then, thousands have tried magic mushrooms. Here is the latest data from the state's real-life experiment.

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Imaginary Worlds @emolinsky.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

This week, we’re playing an episode from the NPR show Planet Money @planetmoney.bsky.social that looks at whether the real tagline of the 1979 Alien poster should’ve been, “In space no one can hear you scream... about late-stage capitalism.”

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The Economics in the Alien Franchise Isn't Science Fiction — Imaginary Worlds

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ACLU of Colorado @acluofcolorado.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Colorado voters’ private data will not become a pawn in the federal government’s bogus voter suppression efforts.

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Austin R. Pick @fudomouth.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

ICYMI "Medeski Martin & Wood—the quintessential jazz-not-jazz trio that has been raising questions about what constitutes a jazz band for 35 years—stepped onto the 'Pool Deck' stage ... It would be the band’s first set in four years..." currincy.substack.com/p/the-glorio... #music #jazz #musicsky

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The Glorious Return of Medeski Martin & Wood (And Their First Interview in Eight Years)

The great trio played two very different sets—their first and second in four years—on a cruise ship in the Atlantic this week. And then they told me about their new album, their first in 17 years.

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Austin R. Pick @fudomouth.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

"Some of Cobb’s subjects, such as Joshua Tree’s eponymous yuccas or Olympic’s tide pools, may be familiar to parkgoers, but through his camera lens — and in the glow of his black light — they become otherworldly." Incredible #NationalParks #wilderness #photography via @protectparks.bsky.social

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Hidden Colors

Photographer Cody Cobb shines a black light on national park landscapes to reveal a palette ordinarily invisible to the naked eye.

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Austin R. Pick @fudomouth.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Natural Medicine Growth Services are gathering signatures for this petition on #psychedelics in #Colorado "At its heart, this effort is about protecting safe, affordable, and responsible access to natural medicines while preserving the rights approved by Colorado voters." www.votedtoshare.com

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Home | YOU VOTED TO SHARE. THEY CHANGED YOUR VOTE

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The Wilderness Society @wilderness.org · 14/07/2026

🚨 It’s official 🚨 President Trump has virtually eliminated Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments in Utah. The Wilderness Society will stand alongside Tribal Nations, local communities, and supporters across the country to fight for these remarkable places.

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President Trump virtually eliminates Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments

President Trump virtually eliminated Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments, once again reducing protections for two of America's most iconic public landscapes.

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The Nature Conservancy @nature.org · 15/07/2026

Now is the time for more, not less, protection of public lands. We are disappointed by the decision to shrink Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments by nearly 90%. Read our statement: nature.ly/3RFA4NY

A narrow sandstone canyon with smooth, curved walls. Text overlay reads: "New executive order cuts national monuments in Utah by 90%.

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National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) @protectparks.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

“When I talk about Bears Ears...I’m talking about home — a landscape that continues to care for our people." - Davina Smith-Idjesa, Navajo Nation member, co-chair of the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition & NPCA's Four Corners Tribal Program Manager. bit.ly/4gI8Xfw

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Here’s why tribes say Trump’s Bears Ears order changed more than the map

President Donald Trump gutted the Bears Ears National Monument, which was originally proposed by five tribes. He also disbanded the Bears Ears Commission, a model for tribal co-management of federal l...

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Austin R. Pick @fudomouth.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

"Appreciative of the wild as a refuge and sanctuary where we go to shake off the dust of the world. And because we know wild earth to be a kind of flesh, we go in a way not to wound it. We go light." --Albert Saijo Cool slice of Beat & backpacking history via @literaryhub.bsky.social #wilderness

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One of the Best American Backpacking Books Was Written by a Japanese Buddhist Beat Poet

On a rainy San Francisco evening in late November 1959, Albert Saijo, a thirty-three-year-old Japanese American poet, climbed into the back of an eastbound Willys Jeep station wagon. The wagon belo…

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Austin R. Pick @fudomouth.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

"But by the time the bill reached the governor’s desk, it had become perhaps the most significant rewrite yet of Colorado’s voter-approved natural medicine law, adding new restrictions..." Solid reportage on new legislative changes for #psychedelics in #Colorado via @westword.com

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Colorado's new ibogaine law targets unlicensed psilocybin mushroom sales

"At the last minute, they slipped in amendments that significantly modified decriminalization."

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Austin R. Pick @fudomouth.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

"Lots of people are urgently wrestling with 'big questions' about the nature of reality. They want help from an expert, and they still believe that a public university is where they might find one." Good read on #religion and #reality from @thebaffler.com & @josephlaycock.bsky.social

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Territorial Spirits | Joseph P. Laycock

He didn’t realize his dream job would involve desperate strangers asking him to save them from demonic oppression.

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Austin R. Pick @fudomouth.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

"This is the inheritance we are working with now, and it reaches far beyond the psychedelic field into every corner of a culture that has forgotten how to hold its people." Beautiful piece from Rosalind Watts on #psychedelics, #community and #forests via @mapsorg.bsky.social

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Clearcut: What Forests Teach Us About the Necessity of Community in a Time of Fracture – Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies – MAPS

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Austin R. Pick @fudomouth.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

"Those executives appear side by side with senior US officials overseeing their industries. ... What ties the roster together ... is a shared preoccupation with artificial intelligence, longevity, and the near future." Important story on #artificialintelligence #AI #authoritarianism via @wired.com

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Leak Exposes Members of Peter Thiel’s Secretive ‘Dialog’ Society

More than 200 of the world's elites registered for a retreat whose agenda runs from panels on cult-building and sex to prepping for World War III. An associated app offers matchmaking.

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Austin R. Pick @fudomouth.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

PHISH @phish.com 2026-05-02 @ Sphere, Las Vegas “And I stare straight into the future Tell me what do you see…” #Phish #Sphere #RetinaFlex #musicsky #Hipstamatic

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Austin R. Pick @fudomouth.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

“Mystified and misshapen Misinformed but not mistaken Reinvented, redefined Rearranged but not refined…” Mnemonic postcards ~ 4 from Las Vegas, early May #lasvegas #hipstamatic #retinaflex

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Austin R. Pick @fudomouth.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

"Drawing a red line around using chatbots to generate prose may make it easier to ignore the way that the technology may be shaping writing before one even types a single word." Sharp piece on the #AI detection #AIDetection & #reading #writing #journalism #publishing dilemma via @slate.com

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A New Kind of Scandal Is Growing Online. It’s Ruining Careers—and Aimed at the Wrong Target.

A culture of callouts, paranoia, and fear may prevent the media from wrestling with much more uncomfortable questions.

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Austin R. Pick @fudomouth.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

DEAD MEADOW 2026-04-28 @ Globe Hall, Denver “Waiting to find what sets you free Until then, what needs must be” #livemusic #Denver #musicthatmoves #musicsky #retinaflex #psychrock

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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

"I have a very positive view of humanity, and I’m an optimistic guy. I think humanity is way cooler than we give ourselves credit for." Julien Crockett interviews Andy Weir on the pleasures of research: lareviewofbooks.org/article/andy-we…

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Imaginary Worlds @emolinsky.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

This week, I talked with James Ortiz – the puppeteer of Rocky in Project Hail Mary. We discuss how he built his team of puppeteers or "Rocketeers," and why it was so challenging to control a five-legged puppet while doing improv with Ryan Gosling.

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Episode 299: Puppeteering Project Hail Mary — Imaginary Worlds

When I interviewed Andy Weir in 2021 about his novel Project Hail Mary, he told me that the movie adaptation was already being planned starring Ryan Gosling. The big question was how would they brin...

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Austin R. Pick @fudomouth.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

"My opinion is that ... these molecules ... unlock perception that enables us to not only see, but to actually perceive in different ways, and often a different perspective on life and death itself." Excellent @atomseden.bsky.social (Luminous) interview with Usona Institute co-founder Bill Linton

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Luminous: Building The Psychedelic Revolution

In this episode of "Luminous," we go inside Usona Institute’s chemistry lab and go deep with co-founder Bill Linton about what brought him to this unique moment in the psychedelic revolution.

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Austin R. Pick @fudomouth.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

"It's not just that something is happening at the receptor level... It's that something that's happening is enabling a reconfiguration of all of the synapses that are relevant to the trauma." Incredibly insightful @radiolab.bsky.social interview with Gül Dölen on #psychedelics and critical periods

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The Ecstasy of an Open Brain

As babies, our brains are open. As adults, our brains close. But what if we could reopen them? What a trip.

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Austin R. Pick @fudomouth.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

"In the 1950s and 1960s, these three women treated thousands of people, usually with LSD, and revolutionized the way psychedelics were administered. Yet their names have been largely forgotten." Important #psychedelics history via The Microdose & @scipsychedelics.bsky.social @zoedubus.bsky.social

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The Untold Story of Women Psychedelic Therapists: 5 Questions with historian Zoë Dubus

Dubus discusses how three women changed how LSD was given to patients.

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Austin R. Pick @fudomouth.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

"But his caution misses something crucial. Computing began as a scientific revolution, to be sure, but these days it is primarily, exhaustingly, an economic one, wrapped in an aura of utopian mysticism." On @michaelpollan.bsky.social's new book, #consciousness, and #AI via @theatlantic.com

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Michael Pollan Punctures the AI Bubble

His new book, about the mystery of consciousness, strengthens the case that technology will never truly replicate humans.

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Austin R. Pick @fudomouth.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

ALL THEM WITCHES 2026-02-28 @ Boulder Theater “Let it ring through the arch of my skull Let it breathe through the teeth of all these people” #livemusic #Boulder #musicthatmoves #musicsky #retinaflex #psychrock

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Austin R. Pick @fudomouth.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

"It’s nice to know that the wariness and fear around AI may be galvanizing into something like a collective immune response to AI slop. ... The challenge ahead is to make the repudiation of the AI aesthetic more pointed, precise, and far-reaching." #artificialintelligence #AI via @thenation.com

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The Slop of Things to Come

This past week boasted many overhyped AI breakthroughs, but the healthiest one was the fierce repudiation of a contemptuous McDonald’s ad.

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Austin R. Pick @fudomouth.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

“Knowledge becomes data; teaching becomes delivery. What disappears are precious human capacities—curiosity, discernment, presence. The result isn’t augmented intelligence but simulated learning: a paint-by-numbers approach...” #artificialintelligence #AI #highered via @currentaffairs.bsky.social

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AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself

Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.

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