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https://theconversation.com/friday-essay-cure-or-kill-the-deadly-serious-world-of-poison-gardens-and-why-i-planted-my-own-238080

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/oct/30/victoria-medical-cannabis-driving-licence-cancellation-exemption-proposal ^ Victorian drivers may get some reprieve.

https://www.middleeasteye.net/discover/palestine-plants-symbolic-meanings

I seem to cultivate more snails in my garden than I do plants. I don't mind them. I usually throw them over the front fence, onto the nature strip. But wouldn't you know, some of them cross the footpath, climb the brick wall, heading back to their favourite spot in my garden. I've read about snail homing before, so it was interesting to observe. Found this guide to studying snail movements in your garden: http://www.urbanfieldnaturalist.org/resources/guide-to-snail-homing snailhoming-printshortedge.pdf

I've now watched 2 documentaries based on original post. The Phenomenon (2020) and The Ariel Phenomenon (2022). Both captivating (the latter featuring John Mack, the Harvard researcher mentioned above). Some of the Zimbabwean elders describe a cultural history of observing UFOs.

Could it be Lord Elon's StarLink satellite train? What a blight on the night sky.

Not so "safe and effective": https://naomiwolf.substack.com/p/the-pfizer-papers-prizers-crimes?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=676930&post_id=150351239&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=axosb&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-30/min-min-lights-seen-in-outback/10317058

https://russellbroadbent.com.au/australiansdemandanswers/ Some distinguished co-signatories in this parliamentary letter to Albo, calling for an immediate suspension of mRNA vaccine deployments in Oz, pending precautionary investigation of synthetic DNA contamination claims. Just saying.

In that case I'll definitely be hunting for roots. Do mesembrine alkaloids (like SSRIs) inhibit the effects of other psychoactive plant medicines? Or would they (like MAOIs) potentiate them? I have my suspicions, but wonder what others might be able to report.

Compared with S. tortuosom, I'd say fermented/dried A. cordifolia doesn't taste as good in a tea. And neither (for me) did it have as noticeable an effect. I took my samples at different stages of their respective growth cycles (Sceletium stems were dry and woody. Greener Aptenia material yielded a more vigorous fermentation). Alchemica is vastly more experienced in growing, preparing and researching these plants, worth contrasting with my subjective impressions:

Aptenia was found to contain mesembrine alkaloids in significant concentrations, relative to the other taxa examined [e.g. Delosperma, Lampranthus], although these were only 13.6% of those seen in Sceletium. The ethnopharmacological significance of very low alkaloid levels in the majority of genera examined is clear: it would be almost impossible to achieve any pharmacological response from genera other than Sceletium, since approximately 60–80 kg of plant material (fresh weight) would have to be ingested to achieve a response. It is clear also that since Aptenia lacks mesembrenone its ‘fermentation’ would fail to produce elevated levels of this alkaloid. ^ from a 1998 article that may be of interest. https://sci-hub.ru/https://doi.org/10.1076/phbi.36.3.173.6350

https://www.motherjones.com/criminal-justice/2024/09/drug-test-pregnancy-pennsylvania-california/

Unwanted gifts, mainly concerned with economic/legal/drugs policy in Africa. Could be of interest to someone here? Let me know.

Nitazenes in fake Xanax, ecstasy tablets and "THC" vapes? Sheesh.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_Australian_seasons I lived briefly in the NT, where they had only two seasons: Wet and Dry. Elsewhere I've lived in Oz, the standard is four - probably derived from European observation. But maybe it's an (increasingly?) open question. Along the lines of, how long is a piece of string? What happens when species X doesn't return some year? Any thoughts?

https://medium.com/@adamdemartino/you-cant-eat-technology-325f604fe394 Mycelium needs a middle ground, a happy medium.