A GOLDEN GUIDE: HALLUCINOGENIC PLANTS (1976).
“Bring into your imagination now all of life. Not just your life, but all life, all that is living. Imagine all life on every level: quanta, molecules, cells, organs, organisms, families, communities, societies, cities, countries, continents, planets, solar systems, galaxies, universes. Life is huge! It is very difficult to hold that fact in one’s mind - the immensity of living - of all that is alive. But you see, as complex and beautiful and terrifying as life is, it is only one side of a great coin. When you flip that coin over, that is death, and it is just as rich, complex, sophisticated, beautiful, and terrifying as life, but we completely ignore it, even though for countless ages we have passed from one side of the coin to the other.”
— Gnostic Instructor
help-n-quotes
I enjoy controlled loneliness. I like wandering around the city alone. I’m not afraid of coming back to an empty flat and lying down in an empty bed. I’m afraid of having no one to miss, of having no one to love.
Kuba Wojewodzki (via help-n-quotes)
Source: help-n-quotes
“Anarchists know that a long period of education must precede any great fundamental change in society, hence they do not believe in vote begging, nor political campaigns, but rather in the development of self-thinking individuals.”
— Lucy Parsons; The Principles of Anarchism (1905)
But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin.
— Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
Dumpster Diving/Regular Life Tips: getting pulled over
When driving around at night, cops will enter in your information BEFORE pulling you over.
If you are being tail-gated on an empty road at night (or whenever) SLOW DOWN. Go 20 mph below the speed limit if it’s safe to.
Regular people will get annoyed and go around you.
Cops will continue to tail-gate you. (Even if you switch lanes)
Once you realize you are being followed by a cop, follow traffic laws meticulously. Be annoying about it.
From a post by @snommelp
From the ACLU website (save this link)
If you are stopped for questioning, DO...
- DO ask “Am I free to go?” If they say ‘yes,’ leave calmly. If they say ‘no,’ DO ask to know why by saying, “Can you tell me why you are stopping me?”
- DO exercise your right to remain silent. Say “I want to remain silent.” You cannot be arrested or detained for refusing to answer questions. But it can look suspicious to the police if you answer questions and then suddenly stop. Make it your practice to always remain silent.
- DO make sure the officer knows you do not agree to be searched (they might search you anyway, but make your opposition known). Say “I do not consent to a search.”
- DO, if you are being given a ticket, give your name and birth date, and sign the ticket. If you don’t, you may be arrested.
If you are stopped for questioning, DON’T...
- DON’T disrespect a police officer. Although you have a constitutional right to do so, it could lead to your arrest.
- DON’T run away or physically resist a “pat-down” or search. Say “I do not consent to a sea rch.”
- DON’T lie. Tell the police you don’t want to talk to them. Say “I want to remain silent.”
- DON’T forget that police are legally allowed to lie, intimidate, and bluff.
- DON’T discuss your citizenship or immigration status with anyone other than your lawyer.
If you are stopped in your car, DO...
- DO show your license, registration, and proof of insurance when asked, if you were driving.
- DO keep your hands on the wheel and let the officer know what you are doing (“I’m going to reach for my registration now.”).
- DO say “I do not consent to a search.”
- DO sign your ticket if you are given one. Otherwise, you may be arrested.
- DO take the DUI test, unless you are willing to risk your license being suspended.
- DO keep your car interior clear of unnecessary objects. It may give the police reason to search the car.
- DO ask if you can park your car in a safe place or have a licensed driver take it away, if you are arrested, to avoid towing or impoundment fees.
NOTE: An AB 60 license should be accepted by state and local law enforcement in California, the same as other state-issued IDs.
If you are stopped in your car, DON’T...
- DON’T physically resist a search. Say “I do not consent to a search.”
- DON’T refuse to sign a ticket. You can be arrested for it.
- DON’T search for your license or registration until asked. It may look as if you are trying to hide something.
- DON’T disrespect the officer. Although you have a constitutional right to do so, it could lead to your arrest.
- DON’T attempt to bribe the police.
- DON’T play music loudly when the police walk up to your car.
- DON’T have any objects hanging from your rearview mirror. It may give police a reason to pull you over.
flip of Peso by Asap Rocky
Welcome Back - What to Say After You Respond to an Overdose With Naloxone
We recently had the pleasure of speaking with The DOPE Project (Drug Overdose Prevention and Education) team about what to do and say after you’ve used naloxone to reverse an overdose from opioids.
Experiencing a medical emergency like an overdose is traumatic and we can support people returning to consciousness with kindness and without judgment.
ID: Tiles with rainbow gradient and large type: WELCOME BACK What to say after you respond to an overdose with naloxone. Waking up from an overdose can be traumatizing. As someone starts to wake up, give them a little bit of space and gently welcome the person back into consciousness. “Hi, friend. I’m [name] and I just had to give you Narcan. I’m sorry you don’t feel good. Sit up when you’re ready. You’re safe. I’m glad you’re alive. I’ve got you.” Repeat until the person is fully awake. If they are disoriented, give them more space. If they want to leave, don’t try to make them stay. Try to stay with the person for 90 minutes and remember to take care of yourself as well. After a medical emergency like an overdose, it is not the time for: Arguing, Shaming, or Shouting. When we are gentle with others, we also learn to be more gentle with ourselves.
SP. A mechanical casing for the brain.
Ghost in the Shell (1995)
Watched both Bladerunner films with my roommate Don between last night and today. One of my favorite subjects lately has been what constitutes personality-identity-persona, and a lot of that seems to be rooted in memories. How do the memories I choose to fixate on shape the person I’m growing into?
Adult stem cell study shows fish oil may help with depression
A study published in Molecular Psychiatry shows that patient-derived adult stem cells can be used to model major depressive disorder and test how a patient may respond to medication.
Using stem cells from adults with a clinical diagnosis of depression, the University of Illinois at Chicago researchers who conducted the study also found that fish oil, when tested in the model, created an antidepressant response.
UIC’s Mark Rasenick, principal investigator of the study, says that the research provides a number of novel findings that can help scientists better understand how the brain works and why some people respond to drug treatment for depression, while others experience limited benefits from antidepressant medication.
“It was also exciting to find scientific evidence that fish oil — an easy-to-get, natural product — may be an effective treatment for depression,” said Rasenick, UIC distinguished professor of physiology and biophysics and psychiatry at the College of Medicine.
Major depressive disorder, or depression, is the most common psychiatric disorder. Around one in six individuals will experience at least one depressive episode in their lifetime. However, antidepressant treatment fails in about one-third of patients.
In the study, the UIC researchers used skin cells from adults with depression that were converted into stem cells at Massachusetts General Hospital and then directed those stem cells to develop into nerve cells. The skin biopsies were taken from two types of patients: people who previously responded to antidepressant treatment and people who have previously been resistant to antidepressants.
When fish oil was tested, the models from treatment-sensitive and treatment-resistant patients both responded.
Rasenick says the response was similar to that seen from prescription antidepressants, but it was produced through a different mechanism.
“We saw that fish oil was acting, in part, on glial cells, not neurons,” said Rasenick, who is also a research career scientist at Jesse Brown VA Medical Center and president and chief scientific officer at Pax Neuroscience, a UIC startup company. “For many years, scientists have paid scant attention to glia — a type of brain cell that surrounds neurons — but there is increasing evidence that glia may play a role in depression. Our study suggests that glia may also be important for antidepressant action.
“Our study also showed that a stem cell model can be used to study response to treatment and that fish oil as a treatment, or companion to treatment, for depression warrants further investigation,” Rasenick said.
Source: today.uic.edu