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Imran Khan

@ikhan.bsky.social
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New here! @imrankhan from the other place. 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸. Immigrant-cubed. Into science, running, gaming, writing.

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C. Thi Nguyen @add-hawk.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Last term I tried an experiment: I walked into my Tech and Design Ethics class, admitted that I had *no idea* what to do about ChatGPT - so I would let them figure it out. As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class. Here's what happened:
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 16/10/2025
NEW: The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. We found more than 170 such incidents since the start of the second Trump administration. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.
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More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 19/06/2025
When a chatbot gets something wrong, it’s not because it made an error. It’s because on that roll of the dice, it happened to string together a group of words that, when read by a human, represents something false. But it was working entirely as designed. It was supposed to make a sentence & it did.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 19/06/2025
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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Gabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
A long long time ago, in a far away galaxy... the US used to tax the rich
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Nesta @nestauk.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
📣 New event: Science, psychedelics, and society Join Nesta’s @raviguru.bsky.social and @ikhan.bsky.social‬, former Exec Director of the UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics, as they unpack the science, politics & future of psychedelics. Register now: bit.ly/43BgwNP
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Imran Khan @ikhan.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Do you ever wonder what the world would have been like if we hadn't invented the concept of path dependency?
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Today is a red letter day in media history where a major newspaper managed to passive voice the actual publishing of itself
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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Wait, is this -- is this real? They actually published a list of books that may or may not exist? (The Last Algorithm by Andy Weir is, for example, not an actual book!) Please, jfc, tell me this isn't real. I'm not finding it online anywhere, which makes me hope it's fake? Gotta be fake, please?
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The Onion @theonion.com · 17/05/2025
U.S. Military Bans Men With Girl Names From Combat theonion.com/u-s-mil...
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U.S. Military Bans Men With Girl Names From Combat
WASHINGTON—In a move that significantly restricts the eligibility of thousands of American troops to fight for their country on the front lines, senior U.S. military officials announced Wednesday that all men with girl names would now be forbidden from serving in combat roles. The ban, which goes into effect immediately, prohibits male personnel with clearly […]
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Dr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Al has a lot of problems, but it's not wrecking our brains open.substack.com/pu... An exploration of why, among the many problems of #AI, panicking about the damage its doing to the brain is at best a distraction, at worst actively unhelpful
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AI has a lot of problems, but it's not wrecking our brains
There are countless issues, risks, and dangers presented by 'AI'. But long-term damage to our grey matter isn't really one of them. At least, not yet.
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Imran Khan @ikhan.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Many thanks to @leorroseman.bsky.social for his musings on psychedelics diffusion during our b2b (boat-to-boat) call. It sparked some thoughts, below (post includes a link to Leor’s excellent ICPR talk): 🌍🍄 substack.com/inbox/post/1... Got any good examples of psychedelics shaping culture?
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Psychedelics, Wheat, and Rhizomes
How do psychedelics spread, and how do they affect human societies?
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Imran Khan @ikhan.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
"We would rather not look, especially if we feel powerless in the face of that which we are being asked to look at." Margaret Atwood - www.nytimes.com/2022/03/25/o...
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Opinion | Margaret Atwood on Stories, Deception and the Bible (Published 2022)
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manvir singh @manvir.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
People often claim psychedelics have been used globally, for millennia, & in rituals of psychological healing. In today's Guardian Long Read, I show what these stories get wrong & why the reality is far more interesting: www.theguardian.com/science/2025... From "Shamanism: The Timeless Religion"
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The ancient psychedelics myth: ‘People tell tourists the stories they think are interesting for them’
The narrative of ancient tribes around the world regularly using ayahuasca and magic mushrooms in healing practices is a popular one. Is it true?
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Imran Khan @ikhan.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
The Varieties of Psychedelic Experience (w/ apols to William James) Sketching a 'psychedelic use' typology for my @mitpress.bsky.social book: therapy, creativity, community, spirituality, productivity, research, microdosing, fun Lots of overlap. Did I miss anything? Would love feedback; full post👇
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The Varieties of Psychedelic Experience
From healing and insight to joy and altered states—an attempt to summarize the sets & settings of psychedelics
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Robert Maguire @robertmaguire.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
And now @clayjak.substack.com has been fired for telling his story popular.info/p/fortune-50...
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Fortune 500 company abruptly fires lawyer who helped immigrant family
On March 4, Clay Jackson, an attorney in the Dallas area, was at a gas station near his home when the attendant asked if he would help a local immigrant family.
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Leor Roseman @leorroseman.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
SWIM & Elf, M. (∞). The Revelatory Truth Within A Faberge Egg. Hyperspace 0.1.1.2.3.5.8.13.21.34.55.89.144.233.377 ....https://doi.org/00000/source
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Imran Khan @ikhan.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
If you’re writing a book on psychedelics, what’s the correct APA format for citing revelations from DMT entities? Asking for a friend.
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Imran Khan @ikhan.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Been sent a few other ‘Essential Knowledge’ books by @mitpress.bsky.social as I prepare to write ‘Psychedelics’. Am I a caricature?
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Imran Khan @ikhan.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
It's what he would have wanted 🙏⚽ www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
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Pope Francis: Italian Serie A matches postponed after pontiff's death
Monday's four scheduled matches in the top flight of Italian football are postponed following the death of Pope Francis.
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Congrats to TurboTax, which has worked for two decades to stop Americans from being able to file taxes for free. www.propublica.org/article/insi...
Internal presentations lay out company tactics for fighting “encroachment,” Intuit’s catchall term for any government initiative to make filing taxes easier — such as creating a free government filing system or pre-filling people’s returns with payroll or other data the IRS already has. “For a decade proposals have sought to create IRS tax software or a ReturnFree Tax System; All were stopped,” r
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Imran Khan @ikhan.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
You might know that the word 'psychedelic' means 'mind-manifesting'... While researching my upcoming book, I went digging to see what its originator, Humphry Osmond, had to say about his new word in 1957. A lot of it feels like it could have been written yesterday👇
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The Latest Psychedelic Generation?
"Perhaps apathy and neglect are ending"
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17/04/2025
With Trump reportedly planning to end the IRS Direct File program, there's no better time to remember how TurboTax owner Intuit spent two decades fighting to prevent Americans from filing their taxes online for free. (Published 2019)
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Inside TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans From Filing Their Taxes for Free
Using lobbying, the revolving door and “dark pattern” customer tricks, Intuit fended off the government’s attempts to make tax filing free and easy, and created its multi-billion-dollar franchise.
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Imran Khan @ikhan.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Just signed a deal with @mitpress.bsky.social to write a book on Psychedelics for their Essential Knowledge series (!) Science, culture, myths, meaning—trying to do it all in ~40,000 words. More soon; wish me luck!
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Leo Barasi @leobarasi.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Shortlist for the first Climate Fiction Prize has just been announced @climate-fiction.bsky.social - short thread
Pile of 5 books shortlisted for the Climate Fiction Prize (books described in thread below)
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Imran Khan @ikhan.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
In an hour - come on over! #aaasmtg
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The Onion @theonion.com · 12/02/2025
GigSlave Goes Public With $84 Billion Valuation. Watch Full Onion News Network Segment Here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwlB...
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Imran Khan @ikhan.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Who’s in Boston this week for #AAASmtg?
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Imran Khan @ikhan.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
The @simonsfoundation.org are funding 15x $30,000 collaborations between artists and scientists on the theme of 'Symmetry'. Deadline for apps is Feb 20 - get thinking! www.simonsfoundation.org/2024/12/10/s...
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Symmetry: A Call for Artists, Scientists and Arts Organizations
Symmetry: A Call for Artists, Scientists and Arts Organizations on Simons Foundation
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Feier Hou @happykitten62.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Without defects, your gemstones lose colors, your phone becomes paperweight, your solar panel no longer works, and your stainless steel spoons get rusty. Crystals are like people, it is the defects that make us unique and interesting. #ChemSky
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Imran Khan @ikhan.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Currently reading Permutation City by Greg Egan and feel like I'm following about 75% of it. If someone's able to explain the missing quarter I'd be very grateful!
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Imran Khan @ikhan.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
I listened to this expecting to disagree. I canvassed in the election and the ‘undecideds’ I met seemed worried that the dems were too far left, if anything. But @faiz.bsky.social helped me see it another way - and I really agree that the progressive movement needs to be more working class.
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Imran Khan @ikhan.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Just learned about this meme and it’s my favourite thing ever
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Imran Khan @ikhan.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
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kottke.org @kottke.org · 21/11/2024
A world map of where you don’t need a permit to buy a gun. This belongs to a class of maps in which the US is (inexplicably, infuriatingly) highlighted and almost everywhere else isn’t. [brilliantmaps.com]
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Where You Don’t Need A Permit To Buy A Gun - Brilliant Maps
Map created by reddit user Borysk5
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Imran Khan @ikhan.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Ok I'm giving this a go! Tell me who are your favourite follows on here & why?
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Leo Barasi @leobarasi.bsky.social · 31/05/2024
It took... a while. But this weekend is the launch of the first award for climate change novels, at the Hay Festival climatefictionprize.com, with Madeline Bunting as the Chair
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Climate Fiction Prize
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Imran Khan @ikhan.bsky.social · 09/11/2023
More like daylight cravings time, am I right :/
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Sam Thielmonster @samthielman.com · 26/10/2023
same as it ever was
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Imran Khan @ikhan.bsky.social · 24/10/2023
if you're on here, do you still check twitter as well? or have you totally moved over?
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Imran Khan @ikhan.bsky.social · 20/10/2023
Cool new paper. Does ketamine have an anti-depressant effect when it's given to patients who are already under anaesthesia, and don't therefore experience subjective effects? No more than placebo. Gets around the 'blinding' problem of most psychedelic studies👇 www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Randomized trial of ketamine masked by surgical anesthesia in patients with depression - Nature Ment...
In this clinical trial, a single dose of intravenous ketamine delivered during surgical anesthesia had no greater effect than placebo in acutely reducing the severity of depressive symptoms in adults ...
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Imran Khan @ikhan.bsky.social · 11/09/2023
It’s funny how many things we eat and drink are a few steps removed from mostly being just grass. Bread, steak, milk, rice, beer, cheese, cake, oatmeal…
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