Douglas Small
@drdouglassmall.bsky.social
Drug Historian. Author of ‘Cocaine, Literature, and Culture, 1876-1930’. Histories of Victorian medicine & science. #c19th #medhums
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Website: https://douglassmall.com
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Website: https://douglassmall.com
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Douglas Small
@drdouglassmall.bsky.social
· Jul 14
A lovely surprise in the post today.
It seems that ‘Cocaine, Literature and Culture’ is now available in paperback!
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It seems that ‘Cocaine, Literature and Culture’ is now available in paperback!
@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social
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The Flayed Man’s Tale~ another concept design for @realgdt.bsky.social incredible FRANKENSTEIN! Always a wonderful collaboration with Guillermo and the amazing Mike Hill, working over in-progress body sculpt pics & trying different head/ jaw designs (originally a screaming skull in early concept)!
November 17, 2025 at 11:20 PM
The Flayed Man’s Tale~ another concept design for @realgdt.bsky.social incredible FRANKENSTEIN! Always a wonderful collaboration with Guillermo and the amazing Mike Hill, working over in-progress body sculpt pics & trying different head/ jaw designs (originally a screaming skull in early concept)!
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Half-Life 2 is 21 today!
The Citadel in City 17, art by the late Viktor Antonov (1972-2025):
The Citadel in City 17, art by the late Viktor Antonov (1972-2025):
November 16, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Half-Life 2 is 21 today!
The Citadel in City 17, art by the late Viktor Antonov (1972-2025):
The Citadel in City 17, art by the late Viktor Antonov (1972-2025):
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Trans Awareness Week: New game takes aim at transphobia in the British media
Trans Awareness Week: New game takes aim at transphobia in the British media
Ahead of Trans Awareness Week (13–19 November), creative agency Joint and national anti-hate crime charity Stop Hate UK launched Have I Got Phobia For You – a shareable online game that takes aim at t...
www.scenemag.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Trans Awareness Week: New game takes aim at transphobia in the British media
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Roses are red
Lilies are chaste
Lilies are chaste
November 16, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Roses are red
Lilies are chaste
Lilies are chaste
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Concept art by Chen-Yi Chang for Mulan (1998), dir. Barry Cook and Tony Bancroft, Walt Disney Feature Animation
November 16, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Concept art by Chen-Yi Chang for Mulan (1998), dir. Barry Cook and Tony Bancroft, Walt Disney Feature Animation
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It’s officially pub day for Opium Slavery: Civil War Veterans and America‘s First Opioid Crisis! Available at a bookshop near you. Thanks to everyone who made it possible to bring this research to life! 🗃️ @uncpress.bsky.social uncpress.org/978146968953...
October 28, 2025 at 11:27 AM
It’s officially pub day for Opium Slavery: Civil War Veterans and America‘s First Opioid Crisis! Available at a bookshop near you. Thanks to everyone who made it possible to bring this research to life! 🗃️ @uncpress.bsky.social uncpress.org/978146968953...
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If you care about the performing arts, give your money and attention to those who are engaged in the practice, not to those who want to press a button and monetize fame & past practice into fake stuff at the expense of the struggling, and sometimes starving, performers of the present and the future.
November 12, 2025 at 10:19 AM
If you care about the performing arts, give your money and attention to those who are engaged in the practice, not to those who want to press a button and monetize fame & past practice into fake stuff at the expense of the struggling, and sometimes starving, performers of the present and the future.
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Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
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Glasgow fought tuberculosis long after rates fell elsewhere in Britain. In 1957, the city launched a month-long mass X-ray drive—backed by a full media blitz. This ad appeared on the side of a tram. This image is from the Wellcome Collection, London.
#Glasgow #Scotland #PublicHealth #TB #MedHist
#Glasgow #Scotland #PublicHealth #TB #MedHist
November 10, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Glasgow fought tuberculosis long after rates fell elsewhere in Britain. In 1957, the city launched a month-long mass X-ray drive—backed by a full media blitz. This ad appeared on the side of a tram. This image is from the Wellcome Collection, London.
#Glasgow #Scotland #PublicHealth #TB #MedHist
#Glasgow #Scotland #PublicHealth #TB #MedHist
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Happy Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to those who celebrate.
November 10, 2024 at 1:12 PM
Happy Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to those who celebrate.
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Renders from my alternate history project wherein I designed 80s military spacecraft based on the ships from Star Wars; a world where the Strategic Defense Initiative conformed more strictly to its nickname.
November 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Renders from my alternate history project wherein I designed 80s military spacecraft based on the ships from Star Wars; a world where the Strategic Defense Initiative conformed more strictly to its nickname.
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November 5, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Sarah Cooper explains the mystery of the Techbros' strategy, and their growing love of the idea of Techserfs.™️
😎
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cJ1...
😎
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cJ1...
The History of Wealth Throughout History
YouTube video by Sarah Cooper
www.youtube.com
November 2, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Sarah Cooper explains the mystery of the Techbros' strategy, and their growing love of the idea of Techserfs.™️
😎
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cJ1...
😎
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cJ1...
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"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain." This James Baldwin quote is hitting harder than ever.
November 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain." This James Baldwin quote is hitting harder than ever.
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also Gilda is the story of a guy breaking up with his Nazi sugar daddy via the medium of Rita Heyworth
November 3, 2025 at 1:47 AM
also Gilda is the story of a guy breaking up with his Nazi sugar daddy via the medium of Rita Heyworth
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It's cool how every claim trans people make about our own lives must be backed up by peer reviewed randomized control trials but the claim an entire kind of person is a "contagion" (using the unweighted data of a community survey) is gospel the moment it's made
Yikes! This is fake news. More trans kids felt safe to come out, now they don't. Government's are painting a target on the back of trans kids backs, forcing them tk stay in the closet.
www.wsj.com/opinion/evid...
www.wsj.com/opinion/evid...
Opinion | Evidence Backs the Transgender Social-Contagion Hypothesis
The share of young people claiming another ‘gender identity’ exploded. Now surveys show it is receding.
www.wsj.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:24 PM
It's cool how every claim trans people make about our own lives must be backed up by peer reviewed randomized control trials but the claim an entire kind of person is a "contagion" (using the unweighted data of a community survey) is gospel the moment it's made
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How to Hibernate.
Scanned by us from the 1952 book Animal Fair, by the Provensens.
It’s time.
Scanned by us from the 1952 book Animal Fair, by the Provensens.
It’s time.
October 26, 2025 at 10:40 AM
How to Hibernate.
Scanned by us from the 1952 book Animal Fair, by the Provensens.
It’s time.
Scanned by us from the 1952 book Animal Fair, by the Provensens.
It’s time.
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not to brag but i can generate slop with natural intelligence
October 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
not to brag but i can generate slop with natural intelligence
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I've got an article in November's @historytoday.com on the remarkably durable hypothesis that Earth is hollow, from Halley to Symmes to underground feminist utopias to UFOs. You know the drill — to the centre of the Earth (I've probably used that one before).
October 28, 2025 at 8:16 AM
I've got an article in November's @historytoday.com on the remarkably durable hypothesis that Earth is hollow, from Halley to Symmes to underground feminist utopias to UFOs. You know the drill — to the centre of the Earth (I've probably used that one before).
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Designer: all right Mr. Del Toro here’s those Frankenstein’s monster designs, real sexy just like you asked for.
Del Toro: (nodding) this is exactly as sexy as I asked for.
Del Toro: (nodding) this is exactly as sexy as I asked for.
October 26, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Designer: all right Mr. Del Toro here’s those Frankenstein’s monster designs, real sexy just like you asked for.
Del Toro: (nodding) this is exactly as sexy as I asked for.
Del Toro: (nodding) this is exactly as sexy as I asked for.
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Every late 90s video game ad is like "What's up, coward. You still drowning in your own piss, or are you ready to actually live a little bit? Well, if you manage to find your balls, come play this game. If not, you're never getting laid. A Bug's Life, now on the Game Boy Color."
October 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Every late 90s video game ad is like "What's up, coward. You still drowning in your own piss, or are you ready to actually live a little bit? Well, if you manage to find your balls, come play this game. If not, you're never getting laid. A Bug's Life, now on the Game Boy Color."
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'Fog: Ladies crossing Piccadilly' (from 'The Colour of London', 1907) by Yoshio Markino
October 24, 2025 at 7:22 AM
'Fog: Ladies crossing Piccadilly' (from 'The Colour of London', 1907) by Yoshio Markino
Autumn be autumning 🍁
October 23, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Autumn be autumning 🍁
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For Tolkien fans, a timely passage for No Kings Eve, from WH Auden’s review of Lord of the Rings.
October 18, 2025 at 4:13 AM
For Tolkien fans, a timely passage for No Kings Eve, from WH Auden’s review of Lord of the Rings.