Rich Haridy
@richharidy.bsky.social
Science and technology journalist. Psychedelic science and culture. Maybe trying to write a book.
Find me at www.richharidy.com
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Rich Haridy
@richharidy.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Here is a starter pack I put together featuring all the psychedelic science researchers and journalists I could find on here. Let me know who I'm missing. It'd be great to get the conversation going on this platform go.bsky.app/NPvFX41
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Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.
December 10, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.
I'm not here to take sides in the Paramount vs Netflix war for Warner Bros but I will remind you of this moment from one of the best TV shows of the year.
December 10, 2025 at 6:35 AM
I'm not here to take sides in the Paramount vs Netflix war for Warner Bros but I will remind you of this moment from one of the best TV shows of the year.
We're in the dumbest timeline people.
Hey kids, go and read a book, says old guy.
Yeah, kids really respond to this kind of dialogue don't they.
I think this school holidays is gonna be about learning how to use VPNs and finding weird corners of the internet to inhabit.
Hey kids, go and read a book, says old guy.
Yeah, kids really respond to this kind of dialogue don't they.
I think this school holidays is gonna be about learning how to use VPNs and finding weird corners of the internet to inhabit.
December 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM
We're in the dumbest timeline people.
Hey kids, go and read a book, says old guy.
Yeah, kids really respond to this kind of dialogue don't they.
I think this school holidays is gonna be about learning how to use VPNs and finding weird corners of the internet to inhabit.
Hey kids, go and read a book, says old guy.
Yeah, kids really respond to this kind of dialogue don't they.
I think this school holidays is gonna be about learning how to use VPNs and finding weird corners of the internet to inhabit.
Happy social media ban day Australia!
I look forward to a new era where anxiety and depression has finally lifted from all children and everything is happy and good again.
I look forward to a new era where anxiety and depression has finally lifted from all children and everything is happy and good again.
the sun shines through the trees on a dirt road
ALT: the sun shines through the trees on a dirt road
media.tenor.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Happy social media ban day Australia!
I look forward to a new era where anxiety and depression has finally lifted from all children and everything is happy and good again.
I look forward to a new era where anxiety and depression has finally lifted from all children and everything is happy and good again.
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Nobody with a brain thought that remote learning would have no negative consequences. We all knew it would. The question was: would the negative consequences of remote learning be worse than the consequences of keeping schools open.
It baffles me that people apparently don't understand this.
It baffles me that people apparently don't understand this.
I am waiting for someone to write the social history of the pandemic. Remember when people demonized Emily Oster and Leana Wen for suggesting kids should be in school? Finally, we have rigorous evidence they were right (as parents of teens already knew)
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/h...
Youth Mental Health Improved When Schools Reopened, Study Finds
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Nobody with a brain thought that remote learning would have no negative consequences. We all knew it would. The question was: would the negative consequences of remote learning be worse than the consequences of keeping schools open.
It baffles me that people apparently don't understand this.
It baffles me that people apparently don't understand this.
Just did the face age scanning thing for Bluesky. Usually I'd be a "fuck off" with this kind of stuff but I was curious how it worked.
Took three tries for it to recognise my face as real. Then it accepted and bounced me back here.
Took three tries for it to recognise my face as real. Then it accepted and bounced me back here.
December 9, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Just did the face age scanning thing for Bluesky. Usually I'd be a "fuck off" with this kind of stuff but I was curious how it worked.
Took three tries for it to recognise my face as real. Then it accepted and bounced me back here.
Took three tries for it to recognise my face as real. Then it accepted and bounced me back here.
Eight years ago David Lynch reinvented serialised TV with Twin Peaks: The Return.
At the time everyone thought it would inspire a generation of new creatives but no one really took the baton until now.
And we never saw it coming from this guy.
At the time everyone thought it would inspire a generation of new creatives but no one really took the baton until now.
And we never saw it coming from this guy.
December 8, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Eight years ago David Lynch reinvented serialised TV with Twin Peaks: The Return.
At the time everyone thought it would inspire a generation of new creatives but no one really took the baton until now.
And we never saw it coming from this guy.
At the time everyone thought it would inspire a generation of new creatives but no one really took the baton until now.
And we never saw it coming from this guy.
If you ever wanted to understand the conceptual differences between plot and story just watch the first few episodes of the final season of Stranger Things.
It's ALL plot. No story.
Literally 4 hours of characters planning to do things, executing the plan, and then planning another thing.
It's ALL plot. No story.
Literally 4 hours of characters planning to do things, executing the plan, and then planning another thing.
December 8, 2025 at 4:01 AM
If you ever wanted to understand the conceptual differences between plot and story just watch the first few episodes of the final season of Stranger Things.
It's ALL plot. No story.
Literally 4 hours of characters planning to do things, executing the plan, and then planning another thing.
It's ALL plot. No story.
Literally 4 hours of characters planning to do things, executing the plan, and then planning another thing.
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aka the Cool List
🚨Pam Bondi is ordering the FBI to “compile a list" of Americans who may be extremists, per signed memo leaked to me:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-l...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-l...
LEAK: FBI List of “Extremists” Is Coming, Memo Reveals
Are you on Trump's naughty list?
www.kenklippenstein.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:46 AM
aka the Cool List
If you need a laugh...
December 7, 2025 at 6:29 AM
If you need a laugh...
Hinging a key final season plot twist on a character, previously seen just once, in an episode universally lauded as the series' worst, eight years ago, is certainly a bold creative choice.
December 7, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Hinging a key final season plot twist on a character, previously seen just once, in an episode universally lauded as the series' worst, eight years ago, is certainly a bold creative choice.
This may be inside baseball for most people but it's easily one of the most extraordinary entertainment business deals I've seen in my lifetime.
If this goes through Netflix become monopoly king. They will own HBO and Warner catalogues. The Max brand disappears. It's massive.
If this goes through Netflix become monopoly king. They will own HBO and Warner catalogues. The Max brand disappears. It's massive.
Netflix Wins Bidding War For Warner Bros. Discovery, Will Start Exclusive Deal Talks
Netflix has emerged victorious with what appears to be the highest bid for Warner Bros. Discovery and the two sides are set to start exclusive talks.
deadline.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
This may be inside baseball for most people but it's easily one of the most extraordinary entertainment business deals I've seen in my lifetime.
If this goes through Netflix become monopoly king. They will own HBO and Warner catalogues. The Max brand disappears. It's massive.
If this goes through Netflix become monopoly king. They will own HBO and Warner catalogues. The Max brand disappears. It's massive.
So ABC news republished this piece from The Conversation but decided to add one extra word to the headline.
Why the equivocation? What editorial meeting ended up with the suggestion there is some weird edge case where it's OK for therapists to have relationships with clients?
Why the equivocation? What editorial meeting ended up with the suggestion there is some weird edge case where it's OK for therapists to have relationships with clients?
December 5, 2025 at 2:53 AM
So ABC news republished this piece from The Conversation but decided to add one extra word to the headline.
Why the equivocation? What editorial meeting ended up with the suggestion there is some weird edge case where it's OK for therapists to have relationships with clients?
Why the equivocation? What editorial meeting ended up with the suggestion there is some weird edge case where it's OK for therapists to have relationships with clients?
This was the crew pass for the recent Entheogenesis Australis event. And I'll cut you off before you ask, no, they were not "active". Many checked to make sure. 😂
December 5, 2025 at 12:48 AM
This was the crew pass for the recent Entheogenesis Australis event. And I'll cut you off before you ask, no, they were not "active". Many checked to make sure. 😂
What? Really? Why am I only hearing about this now?
Literally five days out from implementation and you're finally raising one of the fundamental reasons why this is an impotent and potentially dangerous legislation. Well done...
Literally five days out from implementation and you're finally raising one of the fundamental reasons why this is an impotent and potentially dangerous legislation. Well done...
December 4, 2025 at 8:08 PM
What? Really? Why am I only hearing about this now?
Literally five days out from implementation and you're finally raising one of the fundamental reasons why this is an impotent and potentially dangerous legislation. Well done...
Literally five days out from implementation and you're finally raising one of the fundamental reasons why this is an impotent and potentially dangerous legislation. Well done...
A press release from a journal about a study using mouse models is republished through an aggregation site giving the impression this is general news. No wonder the general public is confused...
Supplement Mix Reverses Autism Traits - Neuroscience News
Researchers have made a major advance, discovering that a low-dose mixture of zinc, serine, and branch-chain amino acids (BCAAs) can successfully alleviate behavioral symptoms in three different mouse...
neurosciencenews.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:08 PM
A press release from a journal about a study using mouse models is republished through an aggregation site giving the impression this is general news. No wonder the general public is confused...
I mean, sure, go to Antarctica and take psychedelics, but why do you have to turn it into a "summit"...
December 1, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I mean, sure, go to Antarctica and take psychedelics, but why do you have to turn it into a "summit"...
Pics were minimal at Entheogenesis Australis but here are a few that have emerged. Thanks to Alex Gearin for snapping the ephemeral "fireside" chat I did with Martin Williams. Also, Anna Conrick introducing @tehseennoorani.bsky.social and some guy playing some music somewhere sometime 😉
December 1, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Pics were minimal at Entheogenesis Australis but here are a few that have emerged. Thanks to Alex Gearin for snapping the ephemeral "fireside" chat I did with Martin Williams. Also, Anna Conrick introducing @tehseennoorani.bsky.social and some guy playing some music somewhere sometime 😉
What a time to be alive! 😐
November 30, 2025 at 9:51 PM
What a time to be alive! 😐
What did I just say about not knowing what is real and what is satire anymore?
No more psychedelic renaissance stories people. The renaissance is officially dead. RIP. We're now in whatever comes after.
No more psychedelic renaissance stories people. The renaissance is officially dead. RIP. We're now in whatever comes after.
Tomorrow Grimes will DJ a livestream of immortality influencer Bryan Johnson tripping on shrooms to determine its effect on longevity. Mr. Beast and the CEO of Salesforce will be there too.
Grimes DJing Immortality Influencer's Shroom Trip With Special Guest Mr. Beast
Grimes is a fan of Bryan Johnson, the multimillionaire and immortality influencer who spends his time trying to fight death. He is perhaps best known for undergoing plasma transfusions with donations ...
stereogum.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:40 AM
What did I just say about not knowing what is real and what is satire anymore?
No more psychedelic renaissance stories people. The renaissance is officially dead. RIP. We're now in whatever comes after.
No more psychedelic renaissance stories people. The renaissance is officially dead. RIP. We're now in whatever comes after.
I genuinely don't know what's real or satire anymore...
If I were to make a parody post this is EXACTLY how I would detail it...
If I were to make a parody post this is EXACTLY how I would detail it...
November 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I genuinely don't know what's real or satire anymore...
If I were to make a parody post this is EXACTLY how I would detail it...
If I were to make a parody post this is EXACTLY how I would detail it...
In the middle of a wild wkend at Entheogenesis Australis' Garden States. Missing way too much but what I have caught has been deeply engaging.
Below daytime is Dave Nickles dropping bombs on the local community and night time is @mikejay.bsky.social going deep on mescaline art.
Below daytime is Dave Nickles dropping bombs on the local community and night time is @mikejay.bsky.social going deep on mescaline art.
November 29, 2025 at 10:14 PM
In the middle of a wild wkend at Entheogenesis Australis' Garden States. Missing way too much but what I have caught has been deeply engaging.
Below daytime is Dave Nickles dropping bombs on the local community and night time is @mikejay.bsky.social going deep on mescaline art.
Below daytime is Dave Nickles dropping bombs on the local community and night time is @mikejay.bsky.social going deep on mescaline art.
Finally watched WEAPONS and loved it while I was watching it. What a ride!
Kinda dissipated into nothingness the second it finished though. The structure is clever, and engaging, but it comes at the cost of pretty much everything.
It's a great show-reel for Cregger as a filmmaker.
Kinda dissipated into nothingness the second it finished though. The structure is clever, and engaging, but it comes at the cost of pretty much everything.
It's a great show-reel for Cregger as a filmmaker.
November 28, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Finally watched WEAPONS and loved it while I was watching it. What a ride!
Kinda dissipated into nothingness the second it finished though. The structure is clever, and engaging, but it comes at the cost of pretty much everything.
It's a great show-reel for Cregger as a filmmaker.
Kinda dissipated into nothingness the second it finished though. The structure is clever, and engaging, but it comes at the cost of pretty much everything.
It's a great show-reel for Cregger as a filmmaker.
This is an interesting case.
It raises an issue about liability. If these kinds of treatments do have the capacity for healing that their advocates claim then it is reasonable to suggest a greater duty of care in contexts such as this.
I mean, either the body keeps the score or it doesn't...
It raises an issue about liability. If these kinds of treatments do have the capacity for healing that their advocates claim then it is reasonable to suggest a greater duty of care in contexts such as this.
I mean, either the body keeps the score or it doesn't...
Dance teacher wins payout after yoga course triggers emotional breakdown
Melissa Revell was ‘retraumatised’ and now cannot look after herself or exercise
www.independent.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 8:53 PM
This is an interesting case.
It raises an issue about liability. If these kinds of treatments do have the capacity for healing that their advocates claim then it is reasonable to suggest a greater duty of care in contexts such as this.
I mean, either the body keeps the score or it doesn't...
It raises an issue about liability. If these kinds of treatments do have the capacity for healing that their advocates claim then it is reasonable to suggest a greater duty of care in contexts such as this.
I mean, either the body keeps the score or it doesn't...