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
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...
I love this old Rushkoff speech.
"There's two kinds of people in this world: people who believe there's two kinds of people and people who don't believe there's two kinds of people. I used to be the kind of person who believed there were two kinds of people."
Incredible opening!
"There's two kinds of people in this world: people who believe there's two kinds of people and people who don't believe there's two kinds of people. I used to be the kind of person who believed there were two kinds of people."
Incredible opening!
Find the Others | Douglas Rushkoff | Disinfo.Con (2000)
YouTube video by Douglas Rushkoff
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I love this old Rushkoff speech.
"There's two kinds of people in this world: people who believe there's two kinds of people and people who don't believe there's two kinds of people. I used to be the kind of person who believed there were two kinds of people."
Incredible opening!
"There's two kinds of people in this world: people who believe there's two kinds of people and people who don't believe there's two kinds of people. I used to be the kind of person who believed there were two kinds of people."
Incredible opening!
Reposted by Rich Haridy
Damn straight, @starrevartan.bsky.social! This is top of my holiday reading pile - can't wait to get into it.
November 25, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Damn straight, @starrevartan.bsky.social! This is top of my holiday reading pile - can't wait to get into it.
This data analysis kinda paints the wrong picture. It implicitly damns streaming services for their limited selection but film access has always been limited.
Back in the video store days every store ALWAYS HAD THE SAME few thousand titles. It was infuriating.
Back in the video store days every store ALWAYS HAD THE SAME few thousand titles. It was infuriating.
The Streaming Iceberg: Why 88% of Movies Aren't on Netflix, Disney+, or HBO Max
Only 12% of movies are on the top 8 streaming services. Why 88% of content lives elsewhere—and what it means for licensing and distribution strategy
data.reelgood.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
This data analysis kinda paints the wrong picture. It implicitly damns streaming services for their limited selection but film access has always been limited.
Back in the video store days every store ALWAYS HAD THE SAME few thousand titles. It was infuriating.
Back in the video store days every store ALWAYS HAD THE SAME few thousand titles. It was infuriating.
I realized how much I live in a bubble over the last wkend when I was talking to a bunch of people about the curse of AI and em dashes, and no one knew what an em dash was.
Common ground was, it's like a semicolon...
Common ground was, it's like a semicolon...
November 24, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I realized how much I live in a bubble over the last wkend when I was talking to a bunch of people about the curse of AI and em dashes, and no one knew what an em dash was.
Common ground was, it's like a semicolon...
Common ground was, it's like a semicolon...
Reposted by Rich Haridy
On the same day CSIRO announced it was cutting 350 jobs, the Australian newspaper ranked the country's top 250 researchers and institutes by field.
Don't mean to yuck yums but... Citations and metric ranking feels like a bad idea folks!!!!! 🧪
nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/are-you-in...
Don't mean to yuck yums but... Citations and metric ranking feels like a bad idea folks!!!!! 🧪
nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/are-you-in...
Are You in Australia's Top 250 Researchers? Who Cares!
(Yet) An(other) argument for science journalism in the newsroom.
nobreakthroughs.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:38 PM
On the same day CSIRO announced it was cutting 350 jobs, the Australian newspaper ranked the country's top 250 researchers and institutes by field.
Don't mean to yuck yums but... Citations and metric ranking feels like a bad idea folks!!!!! 🧪
nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/are-you-in...
Don't mean to yuck yums but... Citations and metric ranking feels like a bad idea folks!!!!! 🧪
nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/are-you-in...
Holy shit! Someone needs to audit this. What a scam.
BOM reveals new website cost $96.5m, not $4.1m as first announced
Federal Environment Minister Murray Watt has asked the weather agency's new boss to examine how the website's cost and redesign went so wrong.
www.abc.net.au
November 23, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Holy shit! Someone needs to audit this. What a scam.
I've got a feeling the DOGE story has yet to be told and there are a few journalists digging into it right now.
Either it failed in its goal of making government more efficient or it succeeded in a totally different goal that none of us were aware of.
Either it failed in its goal of making government more efficient or it succeeded in a totally different goal that none of us were aware of.
‘That doesn’t exist’: Doge reportedly quietly disbanded ahead of schedule
Statement by Trump administration confirms longstanding suspicions that Musk-led agency is on its way out
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I've got a feeling the DOGE story has yet to be told and there are a few journalists digging into it right now.
Either it failed in its goal of making government more efficient or it succeeded in a totally different goal that none of us were aware of.
Either it failed in its goal of making government more efficient or it succeeded in a totally different goal that none of us were aware of.
Reposted by Rich Haridy
About that exclusive, "closed-to-press" MAHA summit last week with RFK and JD Vance: I got in.
Here's what I saw. 🧵 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Here's what I saw. 🧵 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
November 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
About that exclusive, "closed-to-press" MAHA summit last week with RFK and JD Vance: I got in.
Here's what I saw. 🧵 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Here's what I saw. 🧵 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Was not prepared for how philosophically rich Pluribus has turned out to be.
Dostoevsky would've been proud of one long conversation scene in this week's episode.
Dostoevsky would've been proud of one long conversation scene in this week's episode.
November 22, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Was not prepared for how philosophically rich Pluribus has turned out to be.
Dostoevsky would've been proud of one long conversation scene in this week's episode.
Dostoevsky would've been proud of one long conversation scene in this week's episode.
Great excerpt from Graham St John's @gmantic.bsky.social new Terrence Mckenna bio
How DMT Converted Terence McKenna Into a Psychedelic Edge Runner
After a mind-bending trip at nineteen, Terence McKenna, or “America’s shaman,” spent his adult life transforming a molecule into a cultural sacrament.
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
November 21, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Great excerpt from Graham St John's @gmantic.bsky.social new Terrence Mckenna bio
