newly-minted therapist (psychodynamic). writer. recovering journalist. ex academic. prodigal poster.

St. John's, NL
Joined May 2011
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im not a deleuzian but you do have to hand it to him: when he cooks he cooks on an unbelievable level
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One must write just enough to be worth inviting to parties, and one must party just enough to have material worthy of writing
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nightmare world and an end result of the cult of the neurotransmitter. bug men who understand their moods, desires, and relationships as chemical states to be managed.
Palmer Luckey reveals the startup he'd build today: oxytocin doping to end divorce "I would try to end the tragedy of divorce with oxytocin doping for marriage counseling." "We understand mammal pair bonding pretty well. There's a lot of people who want to stay together. Most of the people who don't want to stay together should stay together, especially for their kids." "And we can, if people think SSRIs are fine, which they're not, but if they were, then oxytocin doping to stay together is definitely fine." "It's the mammal pair bonding chemical. There's things you can do to increase the uptake, and it's very well understood. Also, totally unregulated, which is great. Unregulated spaces are a lot easier to do. You can go buy a kilogram of oxytocin on Sigma Aldrich Chemical Supply right now, and if you do that, maybe you won't die alone." "It's pure biology. It's used for women who don't bond with their kids, and now for women who don't bond with their husbands. It's also used for kids with various neurological issues, some kids with autism who struggle with pair bonding." "The cool thing is it's a self-reinforcing loop. We understand that very well. Unlike most drugs, it doesn't form a chemical dependency. It actually unburdens you from a chemical dependency."
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giving Goodreads users quarter stars is like giving a medieval peasant a particle accelerator
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Spent a few weeks earlier this year roaming a Hollywood almost entirely reoriented around the production of “microdramas,” which are kind of like soap operas except they’re short and completely demented and optimized for your phone. Started as one kind of sad story and ended as another, differently sad kind of story. You can read it now in @NYTmag nytimes.com/2026/10/06/magaz…
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for @thebafflermag: I wrote about Chris Hansen, TO CATCH A PREDATOR, and PRIMETIME as a definitive post-9/11 document. (link below)
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It's called "managed decline" dude. It's so sick. Ok, so get this. There's no national project or anything to believe in but the elites will impotently gesture at previous periods of national progress without understanding the context for that period of prosperity. It rocks.
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American decline in a single sentence
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Hey man, me and the guys weren't sure how to say this, but you just haven't been the same since you started those anti-psychotics. You used to be fun, and cool, and spontaneous. Now? You've lost your spark, dude. They stole your spark. And we all noticed, and like you a lot less.
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you people live in cages of your own design
You know it amazes me that so many people still listen to music from the 70's. I promise you, in the 1970's no one was listening to music from the 1920's.
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Sarajevo, 1992.
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gambling apps are a non problem if you dont gamble.. like dont download the app? people need to take responsibility for themselves.
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Replying to @tolstoybb
Our plans are measured in centuries.
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To be more geographically centered, the EU capital should be moved from Brussels to St. John's, Newfoundland.
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BREAKING: For the first time since the Iran war began, JPMorgan says it no longer has a baseline view on oil, writing "we simply don't know how to model the endgame," and that the assumption that the Middle East disruptions are temporary is "becoming increasingly difficult to sustain," per JPMorgan Global Research. The bank says it had assumed there were economic red lines the Trump administration would be unwilling to cross, and that six months later "many of those lines have been crossed, yet the exit strategy is less clear, not more." Chevron's CEO said this week the Great fuel crisis has officially arrived, as Trump officials continue to claim the disruption temporary.
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the kids are risk averse because they live under a surveillance state we did not and one single mistake will follow you for life and everyone will find out
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in another life, i’ve never heard of cpi. i do not know what a central bank does. i smile more often
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★ - A guy you posted on a forum with 10 years ago has beef ★★ - A group chat is pissed with you ★★★ - "The Thread" ★★★★ - You get a cool new nickname ★★★★★ - Mom is calling ★★★★★★ - All of South America wants you dead
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I am grateful to the Toronto Star for giving me the space to write stuff like this:
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