Samuel Paul Douglas, PhD
@psychedelicoverground.com
Psychedelic nonprofit cat-herder/space-holder, writer & philosopher. Will exchange words & knowledge for $. All opinions my own etc. He/him.
Website: https://www.psychedelicoverground.com/
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/dr-samuel-douglas-62061871
Website: https://www.psychedelicoverground.com/
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/dr-samuel-douglas-62061871
Ken Jordan, co-founder of Reality Sandwich and Lucid News, in the Epstein files:
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
February 1, 2026 at 6:24 AM
Ken Jordan, co-founder of Reality Sandwich and Lucid News, in the Epstein files:
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
Stuart Hameroff
February 1, 2026 at 2:29 AM
Stuart Hameroff
THE AUSTRALIAN PSYCHEDELIC SOCIETY IS EXCITED TO BE HOSTING NATIONWIDE SCREENINGS OF THE MONUMENTAL FILM:
👁️ EDGE OF LIFE 👁️
SYDNEY DETAILS:
TUESDAY 10TH MARCH, 6:30 PM PALACE CINEMAS NORTON ST
TICKETS: fan-force.com/box-office/
LIMITED SEATS - BOOK NOW 👁️
👁️ EDGE OF LIFE 👁️
SYDNEY DETAILS:
TUESDAY 10TH MARCH, 6:30 PM PALACE CINEMAS NORTON ST
TICKETS: fan-force.com/box-office/
LIMITED SEATS - BOOK NOW 👁️
January 30, 2026 at 8:41 AM
THE AUSTRALIAN PSYCHEDELIC SOCIETY IS EXCITED TO BE HOSTING NATIONWIDE SCREENINGS OF THE MONUMENTAL FILM:
👁️ EDGE OF LIFE 👁️
SYDNEY DETAILS:
TUESDAY 10TH MARCH, 6:30 PM PALACE CINEMAS NORTON ST
TICKETS: fan-force.com/box-office/
LIMITED SEATS - BOOK NOW 👁️
👁️ EDGE OF LIFE 👁️
SYDNEY DETAILS:
TUESDAY 10TH MARCH, 6:30 PM PALACE CINEMAS NORTON ST
TICKETS: fan-force.com/box-office/
LIMITED SEATS - BOOK NOW 👁️
Ah yes, Serco, the company known for *checks notes* operating inhumane offshore detention centres and providing training to ICE agents. That's exactly who our government should pay to help with NDIS case management.
January 25, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Ah yes, Serco, the company known for *checks notes* operating inhumane offshore detention centres and providing training to ICE agents. That's exactly who our government should pay to help with NDIS case management.
Stop scrolling & post two characters who bring you happiness.
January 15, 2026 at 9:53 AM
Stop scrolling & post two characters who bring you happiness.
Found in the wild on Reddit. Guess ‘Microslop l’ isn’t going anywhere. www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterra...
January 10, 2026 at 5:01 AM
Found in the wild on Reddit. Guess ‘Microslop l’ isn’t going anywhere. www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterra...
I have many questions, none of which were answered by reading this patent application.
December 3, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I have many questions, none of which were answered by reading this patent application.
Still recovering from 4 days of extreme socialising, information overload and sleep-deprivation at Entheogenesis Garden States: Regeneration.
Currently starting a write-up for the next issue of The Ethical Trip. I'd love to hear from anyone else who was there (on or off the record.)
Currently starting a write-up for the next issue of The Ethical Trip. I'd love to hear from anyone else who was there (on or off the record.)
December 2, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Still recovering from 4 days of extreme socialising, information overload and sleep-deprivation at Entheogenesis Garden States: Regeneration.
Currently starting a write-up for the next issue of The Ethical Trip. I'd love to hear from anyone else who was there (on or off the record.)
Currently starting a write-up for the next issue of The Ethical Trip. I'd love to hear from anyone else who was there (on or off the record.)
EGA Garden States outfit sorted:
November 13, 2025 at 9:22 AM
EGA Garden States outfit sorted:
Somehow, in writing about Compass Pathways patent us20250302851a1, I’ve managed to get some pretty good Google rankings.I’d hoped the blog post would do well. But my Etsy listing for a shirt with a couch and a patent number on it at number 3? Did not expect that.
November 7, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Somehow, in writing about Compass Pathways patent us20250302851a1, I’ve managed to get some pretty good Google rankings.I’d hoped the blog post would do well. But my Etsy listing for a shirt with a couch and a patent number on it at number 3? Did not expect that.
All-new KambōSync™ integrates biometric feedback with karmic alignment, delivering amphibian peptides through a patented transdermal patch on your wrist.
Your certified AI-Shaman™ adjusts your dose in real-time, ensuring your purge aligns perfectly with your scrum sprints and your social life.
Your certified AI-Shaman™ adjusts your dose in real-time, ensuring your purge aligns perfectly with your scrum sprints and your social life.
November 3, 2025 at 1:46 AM
All-new KambōSync™ integrates biometric feedback with karmic alignment, delivering amphibian peptides through a patented transdermal patch on your wrist.
Your certified AI-Shaman™ adjusts your dose in real-time, ensuring your purge aligns perfectly with your scrum sprints and your social life.
Your certified AI-Shaman™ adjusts your dose in real-time, ensuring your purge aligns perfectly with your scrum sprints and your social life.
Today I learned that there is a brand of clothing called Soft Goat.
October 30, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Today I learned that there is a brand of clothing called Soft Goat.
I decided there weren’t enough shirts that captured my sense of ‘WTF?’ at the world of psychedelic business & politics.
theethicaltrip.etsy.com
theethicaltrip.etsy.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:45 AM
I decided there weren’t enough shirts that captured my sense of ‘WTF?’ at the world of psychedelic business & politics.
theethicaltrip.etsy.com
theethicaltrip.etsy.com
What plant is this? I know, and I think many of you do too.
But I bet most of you won't get *where* I found it.
Let me know your best guesses in the comments.
But I bet most of you won't get *where* I found it.
Let me know your best guesses in the comments.
October 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
What plant is this? I know, and I think many of you do too.
But I bet most of you won't get *where* I found it.
Let me know your best guesses in the comments.
But I bet most of you won't get *where* I found it.
Let me know your best guesses in the comments.
‘Top 100 Psychedelic Thought Leader,’ they said. I was flattered. But I was also curious.
I took a look at the business behind what should have been a PR slam dunk. What I found was more, but also somehow less, than I imagined.
www.psychedelicoverground.com/blog/thought...
I took a look at the business behind what should have been a PR slam dunk. What I found was more, but also somehow less, than I imagined.
www.psychedelicoverground.com/blog/thought...
October 7, 2025 at 8:19 AM
‘Top 100 Psychedelic Thought Leader,’ they said. I was flattered. But I was also curious.
I took a look at the business behind what should have been a PR slam dunk. What I found was more, but also somehow less, than I imagined.
www.psychedelicoverground.com/blog/thought...
I took a look at the business behind what should have been a PR slam dunk. What I found was more, but also somehow less, than I imagined.
www.psychedelicoverground.com/blog/thought...
Ethnobotany, psychedelics, philosophy, activism, business, research - this conference has something for anyone interested in visionary & healing plants and fungi.
Places are limited and this only runs every few years. So get those tickets now or risk missing out.
Places are limited and this only runs every few years. So get those tickets now or risk missing out.
October 1, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Ethnobotany, psychedelics, philosophy, activism, business, research - this conference has something for anyone interested in visionary & healing plants and fungi.
Places are limited and this only runs every few years. So get those tickets now or risk missing out.
Places are limited and this only runs every few years. So get those tickets now or risk missing out.
The arguments that politicians deploy against drug checking remain highly dubious. The idea that pill-testing/drug-checking somehow sends ‘the wrong message’ about drugs in a way that increases community harms is so thoroughly debunked as to not be worth discussing.
October 1, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The arguments that politicians deploy against drug checking remain highly dubious. The idea that pill-testing/drug-checking somehow sends ‘the wrong message’ about drugs in a way that increases community harms is so thoroughly debunked as to not be worth discussing.
I see lots of psychedelic startups not really knowing the answers to these questions. Heck, I’m guilty of that myself, partially because it took me a while to realise how this applied outside of commercial situations.
September 30, 2025 at 9:19 AM
I see lots of psychedelic startups not really knowing the answers to these questions. Heck, I’m guilty of that myself, partially because it took me a while to realise how this applied outside of commercial situations.
If you see this picture post a random image from your device
September 29, 2025 at 11:15 AM
If you see this picture post a random image from your device
Got blocked for leaving this as a comment under a certain psychiatrist’s self-congratulatory post. Not sorry.
August 26, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Got blocked for leaving this as a comment under a certain psychiatrist’s self-congratulatory post. Not sorry.
Issue #11 of The Ethical Trip is out!
- How hard is it to certify psychedelic practitioners as ethical & safe?
- What is the moral significance of luck in a ‘fair’ society?
- Are there different kinds of burnout?
theethicaltrip.beehiiv.com/p/the-phanto...
- How hard is it to certify psychedelic practitioners as ethical & safe?
- What is the moral significance of luck in a ‘fair’ society?
- Are there different kinds of burnout?
theethicaltrip.beehiiv.com/p/the-phanto...
August 22, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Issue #11 of The Ethical Trip is out!
- How hard is it to certify psychedelic practitioners as ethical & safe?
- What is the moral significance of luck in a ‘fair’ society?
- Are there different kinds of burnout?
theethicaltrip.beehiiv.com/p/the-phanto...
- How hard is it to certify psychedelic practitioners as ethical & safe?
- What is the moral significance of luck in a ‘fair’ society?
- Are there different kinds of burnout?
theethicaltrip.beehiiv.com/p/the-phanto...
Got my topic for next week’s ethics & psychedelics essay locked in. (As it happens, a former colleague did some research on the ethics of radical life extension, so I’ve got a head start.)
August 1, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Got my topic for next week’s ethics & psychedelics essay locked in. (As it happens, a former colleague did some research on the ethics of radical life extension, so I’ve got a head start.)
A Compass Pathways exec walks into an ayahuasca ceremony.
They patent the bucket as a ‘portable purge receptacle’ and begin legal action against Bunnings.
They patent the bucket as a ‘portable purge receptacle’ and begin legal action against Bunnings.
July 31, 2025 at 12:37 AM
A Compass Pathways exec walks into an ayahuasca ceremony.
They patent the bucket as a ‘portable purge receptacle’ and begin legal action against Bunnings.
They patent the bucket as a ‘portable purge receptacle’ and begin legal action against Bunnings.
