Dr. Hilary Agro, PhD 🍄
@hilaryagro.com
Anthropologist, speaker, educator. Plant medicines, Land Back + organizing for collective liberation. Is Gaeilgeoir mé 💚 she/her 📍 Tkaronto
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I made a 1.5 hour YouTube video explaining my PhD dissertation while dressed like a pirate. This is what academic accessibility looks like. It's rigorous, and also very silly
youtu.be/k9NiBmLIK-4
youtu.be/k9NiBmLIK-4
I love finding treasures in alt text
We all know Neil’s mom briefly (and badly) ran the EPA under Reagan, but did you know he’s also related to the Colorado skiing clan that sells jackets like this to rich people.
Neat family.
Neat family.
December 24, 2025 at 1:18 AM
I love finding treasures in alt text
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Imperial suicide, daddy Trump the family annihilator
December 24, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Imperial suicide, daddy Trump the family annihilator
Can bad psychedelic trips be avoided?
The short answer is, sort of! Nothing can guarantee an ideal experience, but there are ways of setting things up that are more likely to result in deep, positive growth.
The short answer is, sort of! Nothing can guarantee an ideal experience, but there are ways of setting things up that are more likely to result in deep, positive growth.
December 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Can bad psychedelic trips be avoided?
The short answer is, sort of! Nothing can guarantee an ideal experience, but there are ways of setting things up that are more likely to result in deep, positive growth.
The short answer is, sort of! Nothing can guarantee an ideal experience, but there are ways of setting things up that are more likely to result in deep, positive growth.
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Greta Thunberg arrested for holding a sign opposing genocide.
When peaceful protest is a crime, democracy is in deep trouble.
Happening under a Labour Government.
When peaceful protest is a crime, democracy is in deep trouble.
Happening under a Labour Government.
🚨BREAKING: GRETA THUNBERG ARRESTED UNDER TERRORISM ACT FOR SUPPORTING 'PALESTINE ACTION PRISONERS'
December 23, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Greta Thunberg arrested for holding a sign opposing genocide.
When peaceful protest is a crime, democracy is in deep trouble.
Happening under a Labour Government.
When peaceful protest is a crime, democracy is in deep trouble.
Happening under a Labour Government.
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The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees
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December 22, 2025 at 11:48 PM
The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees
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We already had those conversations and most Americans and Canadians decided that torturing people in domestic prisons is worth it for the feeling (not the reality) of safety. The conversations we need to be having are about how to dismantle all the prisons that currently exist
Only a matter of time until a UC Berkeley law professor writes a memo justifying torture, a brave Vanity Fair writer gets tortured to say whether it hurts, and we have a national discussion about whether certain people should be tortured for our safety.
December 23, 2025 at 2:05 AM
We already had those conversations and most Americans and Canadians decided that torturing people in domestic prisons is worth it for the feeling (not the reality) of safety. The conversations we need to be having are about how to dismantle all the prisons that currently exist
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BREAKING:
Here’s the 60 Minutes Segment Trump and CBS News Executives Don’t Want You to See
Video (no paywall): bit.ly/4qn6Jn5
Here’s the 60 Minutes Segment Trump and CBS News Executives Don’t Want You to See
Video (no paywall): bit.ly/4qn6Jn5
December 23, 2025 at 12:05 AM
BREAKING:
Here’s the 60 Minutes Segment Trump and CBS News Executives Don’t Want You to See
Video (no paywall): bit.ly/4qn6Jn5
Here’s the 60 Minutes Segment Trump and CBS News Executives Don’t Want You to See
Video (no paywall): bit.ly/4qn6Jn5
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I don't think Trump should get access to standard medical care, he should have to let RFK Jr treat him
December 23, 2025 at 1:19 AM
I don't think Trump should get access to standard medical care, he should have to let RFK Jr treat him
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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So apparently there are many Epstein files on the DOJ website where you can highlight the redacted text, copy it, and paste it onto another document to read the redactions
December 23, 2025 at 12:39 AM
So apparently there are many Epstein files on the DOJ website where you can highlight the redacted text, copy it, and paste it onto another document to read the redactions
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I think that her incompetence in agitprop is kind of the other side of her sole skill set, which is telling rich people what they want to hear. 1
I mean the more interesting conversation (to me) isn't that Bari Weiss isn't good at journalism, it's that she's not very good at agitprop, the REAL role she was hired for
December 22, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I think that her incompetence in agitprop is kind of the other side of her sole skill set, which is telling rich people what they want to hear. 1
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After what we're seeing at CBS, if today is not the perfect day for everyone to find some independent journalism & nonprofit newsrooms to support... what day could be better?
December 22, 2025 at 7:29 PM
After what we're seeing at CBS, if today is not the perfect day for everyone to find some independent journalism & nonprofit newsrooms to support... what day could be better?
I'm trying to teach my 4-year-old and 7-year-old about nutrition. It's going... okay, lol
December 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I'm trying to teach my 4-year-old and 7-year-old about nutrition. It's going... okay, lol
Never forget that "more conversations need to be had first" is a primary tactic that neoliberals use to kick the can down the road to avoid ever having to do anything
this, from Bari Weiss's 9pm editorial call, is just complete and utter horseshit. she can't even do damage control right
December 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Never forget that "more conversations need to be had first" is a primary tactic that neoliberals use to kick the can down the road to avoid ever having to do anything
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especially in the dark hours we need to remember that we are going to win
Worth noting, I guess, that inside of a year we've gone from administration officials taking selfies of themselves at CECOT and bragging about how it's hell on earth to now getting their horrible little media worms to kill stories about it
December 22, 2025 at 1:39 PM
especially in the dark hours we need to remember that we are going to win
Happy solstice my friends. May you find time to rest and recuperate for the long journey ahead of us ❤️🌑🕯️
December 22, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Happy solstice my friends. May you find time to rest and recuperate for the long journey ahead of us ❤️🌑🕯️
This is horrifying and I think AI shouldn't be anywhere near classrooms, but I do think conversations need to be had in academia about why students are being forced to read dense and inaccessible work they're clearly not incentivized to read, instead of training scholars to be more engaging writers
This is one of the reasons I remain horrified by seeing @historians.org suggest "ways to use gAI" that included this:
December 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
This is horrifying and I think AI shouldn't be anywhere near classrooms, but I do think conversations need to be had in academia about why students are being forced to read dense and inaccessible work they're clearly not incentivized to read, instead of training scholars to be more engaging writers
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And please also, AGAIN, never forget that they are inherently unethical to use because no one gave permission for their research or writing to be used in it. It is all stolen, and if you're using the plagiarism machine, please keep that in mind.
My friends, I say this with all the love in my heart: Right now might not be the moment for “But we should be TOLERANT and NUANCED about the plagiarism machines!”
Your tolerance and “nuance” will be weaponised by the grifters and their apologists. Please respect yourselves more.
Your tolerance and “nuance” will be weaponised by the grifters and their apologists. Please respect yourselves more.
December 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
And please also, AGAIN, never forget that they are inherently unethical to use because no one gave permission for their research or writing to be used in it. It is all stolen, and if you're using the plagiarism machine, please keep that in mind.
My recommendation for a cozy solstice activity: snuggle up with a blanket and some tea, light some candles, and listen to me talk about abolitionist activism
Explaining my PhD dissertation dressed like a pirate
YouTube video by Dr. Hilary Agro, PhD
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December 20, 2025 at 9:44 PM
My recommendation for a cozy solstice activity: snuggle up with a blanket and some tea, light some candles, and listen to me talk about abolitionist activism
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This is really good and worth watching/listening to
Just had it on during my nightly walk and was aggressively shaking my head the whole time
Just had it on during my nightly walk and was aggressively shaking my head the whole time
I made a 1.5 hour YouTube video explaining my PhD dissertation while dressed like a pirate. This is what academic accessibility looks like. It's rigorous, and also very silly
youtu.be/k9NiBmLIK-4
youtu.be/k9NiBmLIK-4
December 20, 2025 at 8:18 AM
This is really good and worth watching/listening to
Just had it on during my nightly walk and was aggressively shaking my head the whole time
Just had it on during my nightly walk and was aggressively shaking my head the whole time
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The fact of the matter is that even if we removed all dehumanizing immigration restrictions, the vast majority of people would stay where they are because barring overwhelming danger most people don't like uprooting themselves to move to a strange place where they don't know anybody
Despite all the noise about “mass exodus”, 51% of African emigrants move within Africa. Only 3% of the African population lives outside their home country, compared to 8.5% of Europeans living outside theirs.
publications.iom.int/system/files...
publications.iom.int/system/files...
December 20, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The fact of the matter is that even if we removed all dehumanizing immigration restrictions, the vast majority of people would stay where they are because barring overwhelming danger most people don't like uprooting themselves to move to a strange place where they don't know anybody
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What emotions does music evoke beyond Western genres? A data-driven study of qawwālī (South Asian Sufi music) shows that listeners report ethical/virtuous feelings, spiritual love, and trance. Culture & the construction of emotions matter. doi.org/10.1177/1029... #musicscience #musicpsych #emotion
A genre-specific structure of subjective feeling in music listening: What do qawwālī listeners feel? - Thomas A Graves, Tuomas Eerola, Martin Clayton, Syed Murshid Nizami, Muhammad Usama Rafiq, 2025
Most studies of subjective feeling categories in musical emotion use dimensional or categorical models to describe the different kinds of emotions induced by mu...
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December 16, 2025 at 9:07 AM
What emotions does music evoke beyond Western genres? A data-driven study of qawwālī (South Asian Sufi music) shows that listeners report ethical/virtuous feelings, spiritual love, and trance. Culture & the construction of emotions matter. doi.org/10.1177/1029... #musicscience #musicpsych #emotion
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This
December 19, 2025 at 6:24 PM
This
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Seriously
December 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Seriously