Sheldomar
@sheldomar.bsky.social
He/him
Graduate student researching psychedelics and consciousness @ UOttawa
Usually thinking and doing around food justice, Black food sovereignty, and psychedelic humanities with a severe case of tragic optimism
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Toronto, CA
Graduate student researching psychedelics and consciousness @ UOttawa
Usually thinking and doing around food justice, Black food sovereignty, and psychedelic humanities with a severe case of tragic optimism
🎶 | 🎮 | 🌱 | 🇵🇸🇸🇩🇨🇩
Toronto, CA
We're Not Ready for Superintelligence
YouTube video by AI In Context
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October 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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More than 460 people were reportedly killed in a North Darfur hospital that was overrun by Sudanese paramilitary forces, the WHO said
WHO Says Over 460 People Reportedly Killed At A Hospital Taken By Sudanese Paramilitary Forces
The head of the U.N. health agency says more than 460 people were reportedly killed in a hospital in Sudan's western Darfur region.
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October 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
More than 460 people were reportedly killed in a North Darfur hospital that was overrun by Sudanese paramilitary forces, the WHO said
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The government shutdown has put SNAP benefits at risk for millions of Americans. Travis Peters, an urban farmer in Detroit, is giving out free produce tomorrow
'If it's getting tight, my food is free. Don’t even sweat that'
'If it's getting tight, my food is free. Don’t even sweat that'
As SNAP benefits come under threat, a Detroit farmer is stepping up to help fill the void
The federal shutdown has put SNAP benefits at risk for millions of Americans. Urban farmers like Travis Peters are stepping up to ensure their communities can eat.
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October 27, 2025 at 11:06 PM
The government shutdown has put SNAP benefits at risk for millions of Americans. Travis Peters, an urban farmer in Detroit, is giving out free produce tomorrow
'If it's getting tight, my food is free. Don’t even sweat that'
'If it's getting tight, my food is free. Don’t even sweat that'
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A Brief History of Halloween Isn’t Fun Anymore
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October 26, 2025 at 6:58 PM
A Brief History of Halloween Isn’t Fun Anymore
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I have studied the targeting of journalists for many years, but the scale and public display of these killings is truly shocking: “Israel admits deliberate attack on the journalist, known for frontline coverage, in a strike on a tent outside al-Shifa hospital“
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Anas al-Sharif, prominent Al Jazeera correspondent, among five journalists killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza
Israel admits deliberate attack on the journalist, known for frontline coverage, in a strike on a tent outside al-Shifa hospital
www.theguardian.com
August 11, 2025 at 7:26 AM
I have studied the targeting of journalists for many years, but the scale and public display of these killings is truly shocking: “Israel admits deliberate attack on the journalist, known for frontline coverage, in a strike on a tent outside al-Shifa hospital“
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
“Then imagine a fortified medieval town in the middle of the plain, called The Psychedelic Village. This is a very small group of people who have declared themselves the Elders and Gatekeepers of psychedelic culture.”
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Nine things you should know before entering the psychedelic industry
On psychedelic gatekeepers, and other challenges
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July 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
“Then imagine a fortified medieval town in the middle of the plain, called The Psychedelic Village. This is a very small group of people who have declared themselves the Elders and Gatekeepers of psychedelic culture.”
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"Lichens—which are part fungi, part photosynthetic microorganisms—are best understood as living, interdependent communities... They teach us that our fixation on individualism is not only inaccurate biologically, it’s a dead end."
-Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian
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-Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian
truthout.org/articles/que...
Queer as Fungi: What Mushrooms Can Teach Us About Resistance and Community
For powerful lessons about organizing and queer community, let’s look beneath our feet.
truthout.org
July 2, 2025 at 3:11 AM
"Lichens—which are part fungi, part photosynthetic microorganisms—are best understood as living, interdependent communities... They teach us that our fixation on individualism is not only inaccurate biologically, it’s a dead end."
-Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian
truthout.org/articles/que...
-Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian
truthout.org/articles/que...
Psychedelic therapy shows promise for trauma, but for communities of colour, it recalls a legacy of exploitation, leaving mistrust around racialized risks.
Register below to learn more about what happened in Lexington, Kentucky from the 40s to the 70s!
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#psychedelicsky #blacksky
Register below to learn more about what happened in Lexington, Kentucky from the 40s to the 70s!
shorturl.at/ZlB5L
#psychedelicsky #blacksky
May 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Psychedelic therapy shows promise for trauma, but for communities of colour, it recalls a legacy of exploitation, leaving mistrust around racialized risks.
Register below to learn more about what happened in Lexington, Kentucky from the 40s to the 70s!
shorturl.at/ZlB5L
#psychedelicsky #blacksky
Register below to learn more about what happened in Lexington, Kentucky from the 40s to the 70s!
shorturl.at/ZlB5L
#psychedelicsky #blacksky
During the Cold War, the CIA sponsored unethical drug experiments—often on incarcerated Black men—in pursuit of "mind control."
Fifty years later, we’re uncovering this hidden history and its lasting harm. Learn more through our website here: shorturl.at/U5g7Y
#psychedelicsky #blacksky
Fifty years later, we’re uncovering this hidden history and its lasting harm. Learn more through our website here: shorturl.at/U5g7Y
#psychedelicsky #blacksky
Home | Building a History
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May 23, 2025 at 3:58 PM
During the Cold War, the CIA sponsored unethical drug experiments—often on incarcerated Black men—in pursuit of "mind control."
Fifty years later, we’re uncovering this hidden history and its lasting harm. Learn more through our website here: shorturl.at/U5g7Y
#psychedelicsky #blacksky
Fifty years later, we’re uncovering this hidden history and its lasting harm. Learn more through our website here: shorturl.at/U5g7Y
#psychedelicsky #blacksky
Did you know that incarcerated Black men were experimented on for decades? From 1947 to 1974, the CIA used and exploited Black men in studies to test psychedelic drugs for mind control.
Want to learn more about our research project attempting to uncover the truth? Sign up below!
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Want to learn more about our research project attempting to uncover the truth? Sign up below!
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Building a History: Uncovering Unethical Mind Control Research in Kentucky, Tue, May 27, 2025, 12:00 PM | Meetup
Did you know that incarcerated Black men were experimented on for decades? From 1947 to 1974, the CIA used and exploited Black men in studies to test psychotropic drugs for
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May 23, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Did you know that incarcerated Black men were experimented on for decades? From 1947 to 1974, the CIA used and exploited Black men in studies to test psychedelic drugs for mind control.
Want to learn more about our research project attempting to uncover the truth? Sign up below!
shorturl.at/sUhA1
Want to learn more about our research project attempting to uncover the truth? Sign up below!
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The only tier list that I'm actually considering. @andrewsage.bsky.social
Prefigurite politics is a solid recommendation offered at the end of the video. I'm definitely going to learn more about it. How can we build a new society within the shell of the old?
youtu.be/bTp7TILYfkE?...
Prefigurite politics is a solid recommendation offered at the end of the video. I'm definitely going to learn more about it. How can we build a new society within the shell of the old?
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Ranking the Myths of the System
YouTube video by Andrewism
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April 15, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The only tier list that I'm actually considering. @andrewsage.bsky.social
Prefigurite politics is a solid recommendation offered at the end of the video. I'm definitely going to learn more about it. How can we build a new society within the shell of the old?
youtu.be/bTp7TILYfkE?...
Prefigurite politics is a solid recommendation offered at the end of the video. I'm definitely going to learn more about it. How can we build a new society within the shell of the old?
youtu.be/bTp7TILYfkE?...
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"Gaza has been deported to another dimension in which no rules apply." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Politicians want to normalise what’s happening in Gaza. Our moral outrage won’t let that happen | Nesrine Malik
The more shocking the carnage becomes, the more people are punished for speaking out. This just makes it clear how much is really at stake, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
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April 7, 2025 at 7:48 AM
"Gaza has been deported to another dimension in which no rules apply." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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This is for all the politicians, doctors, health officials and journalists who, since 2020, have been decrying the “politicization” of public health—a deeply unhelpful, misleading framing of public health that has facilitated its partisan capture and destruction now. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
March 12, 2025 at 11:51 AM
This is for all the politicians, doctors, health officials and journalists who, since 2020, have been decrying the “politicization” of public health—a deeply unhelpful, misleading framing of public health that has facilitated its partisan capture and destruction now. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
How do we centre community in this work?
"As the use of plant medicines has developed within the wellness space, psychedelics have inevitably become commodified, because we cannot escape capitalism. We’re embedded in it."
newsletter.doubleblindmag.com/p/why-psyche...
#psychedelicsky #PAT
"As the use of plant medicines has developed within the wellness space, psychedelics have inevitably become commodified, because we cannot escape capitalism. We’re embedded in it."
newsletter.doubleblindmag.com/p/why-psyche...
#psychedelicsky #PAT
Why Psychedelic Healing is Bigger Than the Self
Indigenous plant medicine is rooted in community, but Western retreats often turn it into an
newsletter.doubleblindmag.com
March 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
How do we centre community in this work?
"As the use of plant medicines has developed within the wellness space, psychedelics have inevitably become commodified, because we cannot escape capitalism. We’re embedded in it."
newsletter.doubleblindmag.com/p/why-psyche...
#psychedelicsky #PAT
"As the use of plant medicines has developed within the wellness space, psychedelics have inevitably become commodified, because we cannot escape capitalism. We’re embedded in it."
newsletter.doubleblindmag.com/p/why-psyche...
#psychedelicsky #PAT
Very proud of my brother Chef Bashir Munye for developing the first ever African Food Studies Centre in Canada! & introducing Afro-Culinary Futurism, a tool for cultural reclamation, economic empowerment, and sustainability. Learn more about it below
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#BlackFoodSovereignty
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#BlackFoodSovereignty
How Afro-Culinary Futurism Impacts the Food on Our Plates | The Social
YouTube video by The Social CTV
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March 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Very proud of my brother Chef Bashir Munye for developing the first ever African Food Studies Centre in Canada! & introducing Afro-Culinary Futurism, a tool for cultural reclamation, economic empowerment, and sustainability. Learn more about it below
youtu.be/KuEHzO27wNQ?...
#BlackFoodSovereignty
youtu.be/KuEHzO27wNQ?...
#BlackFoodSovereignty
Gentle reminder that we're all going to die!... so what do you want to do before it happens?
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I help people die – here’s what they’ve taught me about living | Alua Arthur
YouTube video by Big Think
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March 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Gentle reminder that we're all going to die!... so what do you want to do before it happens?
youtu.be/WPQ-UihGYQA?...
youtu.be/WPQ-UihGYQA?...
Another banger from @dasiasade.bsky.social reminding us to dance in the rain even when the world feels like it's coming to an end
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The importance of still showing up for life even when it feels like the world is crashing out.
YouTube video by Dasia Sade
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February 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Another banger from @dasiasade.bsky.social reminding us to dance in the rain even when the world feels like it's coming to an end
youtu.be/n61YHkJjKdA?...
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"The tech industry likewise runs on a narrative that AI is merely revealing or passively promoting a natural "weirdness" or malleability in reality, in which AI acceleration is inevitable and evolutionary. In fact, this instability is being deliberately engineered"
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Notes on Psychedelic Nihilism
When everything is a game, it's possible you might get played
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February 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
"The tech industry likewise runs on a narrative that AI is merely revealing or passively promoting a natural "weirdness" or malleability in reality, in which AI acceleration is inevitable and evolutionary. In fact, this instability is being deliberately engineered"
open.substack.com/pub/edpridea...
open.substack.com/pub/edpridea...
“The media’s the most powerful entity on Earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that’s power.” — Malik El-Shabazz (Malcolm X)
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/cult...
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/cult...
Beyond Stereotypes: Black Muslim Representation
During this Black History Month and every day of the year, let's celebrate Black identities, including voices that bravely stand at the intersection of multiple vulnerabilities.
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February 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
“The media’s the most powerful entity on Earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that’s power.” — Malik El-Shabazz (Malcolm X)
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/cult...
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/cult...
Essential read discussing the intersections of psychedelics, AI, and billionaire dystopian fantasies.
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February 26, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Essential read discussing the intersections of psychedelics, AI, and billionaire dystopian fantasies.
akjournals.com/view/journal...
akjournals.com/view/journal...
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It’s International Day of Women and Girls in Science 🧪 and what better then to share my current favorite nutrition fact. Blending two of my passions. Nutrition Science and Mycology.
February 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
It’s International Day of Women and Girls in Science 🧪 and what better then to share my current favorite nutrition fact. Blending two of my passions. Nutrition Science and Mycology.
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"In the crowds is a man with a white beard walking with determination alongside his family. In one hand, he carries a blanket and a few meagre possessions. In the other, he holds onto his adult son, who has Down Syndrome."
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/...
Exhausted Palestinians arrive in Gaza City to no homes, killed family
Thousands of Palestinians have returned to northern Gaza for the second day, walking kilometres to reach home.
www.aljazeera.com
January 29, 2025 at 4:53 PM
"In the crowds is a man with a white beard walking with determination alongside his family. In one hand, he carries a blanket and a few meagre possessions. In the other, he holds onto his adult son, who has Down Syndrome."
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/...