Ingrid Walker @bad.academic on Threads

Writer & harm reductionist in the Puget Sound Coast Salish Territories. Book: High: Drugs, Desire, & a Nation of Users. TED Drugs & Desire. End the drug war.

[Ingrid Walker @bad.academic on Threads @badacademic]

Starting my final term (30 yrs!), I reflect that I’ve never been a good fit in academic life. But as a privileged member of this deeply flawed & problematic culture, I think we can do much better. It means taking a hard look at how & what we do as faculty. #AcademicTwitter 1/11

[Ingrid Walker @bad.academic on Threads @badacademic]

You + @TEDTalks = #Webbys People’s Voice VICTORY 🙌. They’re currently in 3rd place. VOTE RN: https://t.co/IsVq08ekSj

[Ingrid Walker @bad.academic on Threads @badacademic]

@ManishaKrishnan TY for writing about this issue. I am on a team that surveyed 600+ drug researchers about their lived experience. We're in the midst of publishing the outcomes, but it's clear that the majority who are PWUD would like to at least use their knowledge in crafting research topics.

[Ingrid Walker @bad.academic on Threads @badacademic]

I haven't been here for months, but want to say goodbye as I close out my acct. Sucks that a meglomaniac trashed it. It was a brilliant professional space to meet people. I learned a ton. I also absolutely appreciated the journalism here. Hope I see u on Threads: bad.academic.

[Ingrid Walker @bad.academic on Threads @badacademic]

@GhanaboyPharmd BRAVO. This article was pure garbage.

[Stephen Murray, MPH, NRP @stephenHRNRP]

If you need a spotter, we are ready for your call: 1-800-972-0590 - confidential, compassionate and safety-focused.

[Tacoma Action Collective @tacoma_action]

There's something unsettling about seeing "Trial for the Death of Manuel Ellis" on the livestream. He was MURDERED, and he's not on trial. It's the trial for Matthew Collins, Christopher Burbank, and Timothy Rankine.

[Ingrid Walker @bad.academic on Threads @badacademic]

Threatening election workers is an awful act of anti-democractic terrorism. But NO, the fentanyl was not the danger. Please stop reporting that skin contact with fentanyl is dangerous because it is not. Do better, Guardian (and the rest). https://t.co/pdcXMYSvCO
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[Ingrid Walker @bad.academic on Threads @badacademic]

@jamikafor3 YESSSSS!

[Ingrid Walker @bad.academic on Threads @badacademic]

@JoyceWhiteVance Washington!

[Ingrid Walker @bad.academic on Threads @badacademic]

Drug Twitter: Passing along a friend's request for research on the impact of 12-step programs on autistic folks. TIA!

[Ingrid Walker @bad.academic on Threads @badacademic]

Love that WA state brought back the stickers! Makes mail-in voting complete. #VOTE

[Ingrid Walker @bad.academic on Threads @badacademic]

I'm still gobsmacked that a company will take an item, send it all over the country, return it without a comment, and deny a claim for the damage they did. Unbelievable Parcel Stupidity. #UPSFail #UPSSucks 5/5

[Ingrid Walker @bad.academic on Threads @badacademic]

Bike Box: An Epic Journey. We got my father a trike so, at 80, he could keep riding after a bicycle accident wrecked his hip last winter. He lives in La Paz, MX. Box was sent through UPS directly to La Paz. 1/

[Ingrid Walker @bad.academic on Threads @badacademic]

To unpack it, to check for damage, we had to cut through this mess. We fixed the damage to the bike and we had to pay to have a new box built (it's not easy to find a trike box) and we shipped it, again. 4/

[Ingrid Walker @bad.academic on Threads @badacademic]

The slo-mo car wreck of theocracy taking over our major institutions in the U.S. seems to be leaving us all slack jawed gobsmacked but we shouldn't be.

[Ingrid Walker @bad.academic on Threads @badacademic]

@tacoma_action YESSSSSSS. It's been discredited by the Law Enforcement Action Partnership (formerly LEAP - Law Enforcement Against Prohibition).

[Ingrid Walker @bad.academic on Threads @badacademic]

@clairezagorski But...do we really think he had taken shrooms? I mean, it's a convenient defense and "it was the drugs" are the first stop people go to when they want to distance themselves from their behavior.

[Ingrid Walker @bad.academic on Threads @badacademic]

@jseattle Has there been any clarity about the criteria used to determine diversion vs. arrest?