Mike Rabin
@mikerabin.bsky.social
Pollinators for Change • regenerative economies • ethics of entheogenic medicines
📍Richmond, Virginia
📍Richmond, Virginia
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Mike Rabin
@mikerabin.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Consequences of the Psychedelic Renaissance
A critical study at the intersections of psychedelics, corporate capitalism, and this moment in history
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Until the modern era, never before in human history have psychedelic medicines intersected with corporate capitalism, institutionalized healthcare, popular culture, and disruptive technology.
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"Partisanship makes hypocrites of us all."
"It causes you to highlight the deficiencies of the other side while tempting you to rationalize or minimize the injustices on your own."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/o...
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"It causes you to highlight the deficiencies of the other side while tempting you to rationalize or minimize the injustices on your own."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/o...
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Opinion | Pope Leo Doesn’t Want to Be the Anti-Trump. But He Is.
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:38 PM
"Partisanship makes hypocrites of us all."
"It causes you to highlight the deficiencies of the other side while tempting you to rationalize or minimize the injustices on your own."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/o...
@davidfrenchjag.bsky.social
"It causes you to highlight the deficiencies of the other side while tempting you to rationalize or minimize the injustices on your own."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/o...
@davidfrenchjag.bsky.social
If left vs. right politics is creating more problems than it solves, let's stop reducing ourselves and others' entire worldviews to signposts. ⬅️ ➡️
Let's not be signposts. Let's be human.
Let's not be signposts. Let's be human.
September 13, 2025 at 12:19 AM
If left vs. right politics is creating more problems than it solves, let's stop reducing ourselves and others' entire worldviews to signposts. ⬅️ ➡️
Let's not be signposts. Let's be human.
Let's not be signposts. Let's be human.
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“Social media is a cancer on our society & I would encourage people to log off, touch grass, hug a family member, go out & do good in your community.” - Utah Republican Gov. Spencer Cox
September 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
“Social media is a cancer on our society & I would encourage people to log off, touch grass, hug a family member, go out & do good in your community.” - Utah Republican Gov. Spencer Cox
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I hesitate to even post this on the kind of platform fueling the crisis we're in.
It's almost certainly futile, as the algorithms don't want anyone to hear this kind of sentiment - which is a big part of the problem.
www.levernews.com/we-must-stop...
It's almost certainly futile, as the algorithms don't want anyone to hear this kind of sentiment - which is a big part of the problem.
www.levernews.com/we-must-stop...
We Must Stop This Civil War Before It’s Unstoppable
Once we accept deadly violence as a normal part of American life, we’re done for.
www.levernews.com
September 11, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I hesitate to even post this on the kind of platform fueling the crisis we're in.
It's almost certainly futile, as the algorithms don't want anyone to hear this kind of sentiment - which is a big part of the problem.
www.levernews.com/we-must-stop...
It's almost certainly futile, as the algorithms don't want anyone to hear this kind of sentiment - which is a big part of the problem.
www.levernews.com/we-must-stop...
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This is what democracy looks like! A people united will never be defeated. We want federal forces out of DC NOW! #WeAreAllDC #FreeDC
September 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This is what democracy looks like! A people united will never be defeated. We want federal forces out of DC NOW! #WeAreAllDC #FreeDC
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Incredible clip of tech CEOs fawning over Donald Trump. Someone store this clip in the underground archive vault
September 6, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Incredible clip of tech CEOs fawning over Donald Trump. Someone store this clip in the underground archive vault
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This is real, somehow
September 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
This is real, somehow
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Just Trump declaring war on a US city, a normal Saturday
September 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Just Trump declaring war on a US city, a normal Saturday
There won’t be a free election next year based on the rise in police intimidation and the January 6th precedent.
Folks need to wake up.
Folks need to wake up.
This is your Democratic campaign message for 2026
Trump on deploying the National Guard to Chicago: "I have the right to do anything I want to do. I'm the president of the United States."
August 26, 2025 at 9:52 PM
There won’t be a free election next year based on the rise in police intimidation and the January 6th precedent.
Folks need to wake up.
Folks need to wake up.
This is the winning position because it meets at the principles of the Constitution and its balance of powers — which are practical rather than political.
It’s higher ground that speaks to all people.
It’s higher ground that speaks to all people.
The State of Illinois at this time has received no requests or outreach from the federal government asking if we need assistance, and we have made no requests for federal intervention.
August 24, 2025 at 4:47 AM
This is the winning position because it meets at the principles of the Constitution and its balance of powers — which are practical rather than political.
It’s higher ground that speaks to all people.
It’s higher ground that speaks to all people.
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I am an American. In my country, law enforcement would show their faces, respect private property, not threaten people’s families, and follow the law. @hcrichardson.bsky.social
ICE try to break into barbershop when owner won't open door without a warrant—threaten to go after his parents.
Agent: "I'm going to go get your dad—and I'm going to get your mom!"
Witness: "Y'all can't tell him that, though. His mom?"
Agent: "Yes we can. That's how we do."
Lynwood, California
Agent: "I'm going to go get your dad—and I'm going to get your mom!"
Witness: "Y'all can't tell him that, though. His mom?"
Agent: "Yes we can. That's how we do."
Lynwood, California
August 22, 2025 at 11:39 AM
I am an American. In my country, law enforcement would show their faces, respect private property, not threaten people’s families, and follow the law. @hcrichardson.bsky.social
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👀 NEWS: IRS documents show conservative propaganda machine PragerU spent $650,000 on a gala at Mar-A-Lago - and soon after Trump targeted PBS for elimination, setting up PragerU to fill the educational void in schools across the country America.
www.levernews.com/prageru-is-m...
www.levernews.com/prageru-is-m...
PragerU Is Moving Into Sesame Street
Amid PBS funding cuts, right-wing agitprop Prager University aims for the head of the class.
www.levernews.com
August 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
👀 NEWS: IRS documents show conservative propaganda machine PragerU spent $650,000 on a gala at Mar-A-Lago - and soon after Trump targeted PBS for elimination, setting up PragerU to fill the educational void in schools across the country America.
www.levernews.com/prageru-is-m...
www.levernews.com/prageru-is-m...
This is the seal of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
August 14, 2025 at 12:03 PM
This is the seal of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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‘Help me, please!’
Plainclothes “ICE” agents snatch a man outside Los Angeles’ largest courthouse on Wednesday. A tactic that has been repeatedly condemned by the legal community.
Painful to watch. Even more painful knowing there are people who not only accept this, are happy about it.
Plainclothes “ICE” agents snatch a man outside Los Angeles’ largest courthouse on Wednesday. A tactic that has been repeatedly condemned by the legal community.
Painful to watch. Even more painful knowing there are people who not only accept this, are happy about it.
August 13, 2025 at 10:59 PM
‘Help me, please!’
Plainclothes “ICE” agents snatch a man outside Los Angeles’ largest courthouse on Wednesday. A tactic that has been repeatedly condemned by the legal community.
Painful to watch. Even more painful knowing there are people who not only accept this, are happy about it.
Plainclothes “ICE” agents snatch a man outside Los Angeles’ largest courthouse on Wednesday. A tactic that has been repeatedly condemned by the legal community.
Painful to watch. Even more painful knowing there are people who not only accept this, are happy about it.
Each of these cases are canaries in the coal mine. This is not about politics, it's about protecting our foundational rights under the U.S. and Virginia Constitutions as the federal government's violations grow crueler and closer.
Appreciate @senatorhashmi.bsky.social for this statement.
Appreciate @senatorhashmi.bsky.social for this statement.
When ICE agents arrest immigrants with legal status like Arman Momand, they erode necessary trust between communities and law enforcement, making everyone less safe.
August 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Each of these cases are canaries in the coal mine. This is not about politics, it's about protecting our foundational rights under the U.S. and Virginia Constitutions as the federal government's violations grow crueler and closer.
Appreciate @senatorhashmi.bsky.social for this statement.
Appreciate @senatorhashmi.bsky.social for this statement.
A currency is also a social contract.
If all we’re doing is “disrupting” the old game with technology, the direction we are all going socially is backwards.
www.espn.com/wnba/story/_...
If all we’re doing is “disrupting” the old game with technology, the direction we are all going socially is backwards.
www.espn.com/wnba/story/_...
Crypto group says it orchestrated sex toy tosses
A self-described cryptocurrency enthusiast told ESPN that the recent sex toy stunts that have disrupted WNBA games were orchestrated by a group he is involved in.
www.espn.com
August 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
A currency is also a social contract.
If all we’re doing is “disrupting” the old game with technology, the direction we are all going socially is backwards.
www.espn.com/wnba/story/_...
If all we’re doing is “disrupting” the old game with technology, the direction we are all going socially is backwards.
www.espn.com/wnba/story/_...
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To be clear i dont think people need to prove their ancestors were the first to crawl out of the sea onto the land they live on to be worthy of human rights
August 7, 2025 at 2:31 PM
To be clear i dont think people need to prove their ancestors were the first to crawl out of the sea onto the land they live on to be worthy of human rights
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Smart! Raven loves winning Tic Tac Toe.
August 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Smart! Raven loves winning Tic Tac Toe.
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At-Home Ketamine “Completely Irresponsible”, Says UK Expert
“In the psychedelic world, we are very aware that context is important,” Professor Celia Morgan said, referring to set and setting, as well as the social matrix surrounding the drug user.
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“In the psychedelic world, we are very aware that context is important,” Professor Celia Morgan said, referring to set and setting, as well as the social matrix surrounding the drug user.
psychedelicalpha.com/news/therapy...
August 5, 2025 at 1:44 PM
At-Home Ketamine “Completely Irresponsible”, Says UK Expert
“In the psychedelic world, we are very aware that context is important,” Professor Celia Morgan said, referring to set and setting, as well as the social matrix surrounding the drug user.
psychedelicalpha.com/news/therapy...
“In the psychedelic world, we are very aware that context is important,” Professor Celia Morgan said, referring to set and setting, as well as the social matrix surrounding the drug user.
psychedelicalpha.com/news/therapy...
Not good.
Why would the marketing team approve this?
You could argue that American Eagle was just copying old Calvin Klein ads w/Brooke Shields & didn’t mean to reference eugenics, but you’d be off.
Sydney Sweeney talks about “genes” being passed down from parents right before saying she has great “jeans.”
You could argue that American Eagle was just copying old Calvin Klein ads w/Brooke Shields & didn’t mean to reference eugenics, but you’d be off.
Sydney Sweeney talks about “genes” being passed down from parents right before saying she has great “jeans.”
July 28, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Not good.
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Florida's privately owned Brightline train has killed 182 people since 2017 www.miamiherald.com/news/local/a...
Brightline death toll surpasses 180, but safeguards are still lacking
Brightline trains have killed 182 people, significantly more than publicly known, an investigation by the Miami Herald and WLRN has found.
www.miamiherald.com
July 21, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Florida's privately owned Brightline train has killed 182 people since 2017 www.miamiherald.com/news/local/a...
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When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
July 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
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“If the world is to be healed through human efforts, I am convinced it will be by ordinary people, people whose love for this life is even greater than their fear.”
RIP, Joanna R. Macy (May 2, 1929 – July 19, 2025)
RIP, Joanna R. Macy (May 2, 1929 – July 19, 2025)
July 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
“If the world is to be healed through human efforts, I am convinced it will be by ordinary people, people whose love for this life is even greater than their fear.”
RIP, Joanna R. Macy (May 2, 1929 – July 19, 2025)
RIP, Joanna R. Macy (May 2, 1929 – July 19, 2025)
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This math applies to incarceration more generally. When we criminalize poverty, addiction, and mental illness it means we spend more money on incarceration than it would have cost to deal with the things we criminalized.
July 15, 2025 at 3:42 AM
This math applies to incarceration more generally. When we criminalize poverty, addiction, and mental illness it means we spend more money on incarceration than it would have cost to deal with the things we criminalized.
