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.
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
@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.
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.
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.
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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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
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/
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/
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.
@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.