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Just a flake of consciousness experiencing life as a human. Exploring benefits of drug legalisation, Social Justice, Psychedelic Therapy, Sustainability

[Patrick McGreal @PSIA1851]

The Garda Síochána Powers Bill 2026 is now moving through the Oireachtas, and people need to understand what it means for their constitutional rights. This is not a small technical Bill. It goes right to the heart of personal liberty, privacy, and the limits of State power.

The first major issue is personal liberty. Under Article 40.4 of the Constitution, your freedom of movement is protected. You cannot be detained unless it is strictly in accordance with law. But this Bill allows Gardaí to require a person who is not under arrest to accompany them to a Garda station for a search. That is a deprivation of liberty in substance. Irish law is clear. If someone restricts your movement without proper authority, that is false imprisonment. And the law says consent is not valid if it is obtained by force, threat, or by making you believe you have no choice. This Bill risks creating detention without arrest and without the safeguards that normally protect people.

The second issue is privacy and personal data. The Bill gives Gardaí the power to operate your electronic devices, extract your data, copy it, and keep it. That means your messages, your photos, your contacts, your private life. The Constitution protects your personal rights, including privacy and the integrity of your data. These powers are extremely broad, and the Bill does not include strong limits or protections for sensitive information. There are no special safeguards for journalists, lawyers, political activists, or children. Once your data is taken, it can be examined and stored, and that raises serious constitutional concerns.

The third issue is the inviolability of the home. The Constitution protects your dwelling with the highest level of security. But this Bill allows search warrants for a wide range of offences, including some that are minor. When you combine that with the digital powers, it means a search of your home could lead to a full extraction of your digital life. That may not be proportionate or necessary.

The fourth issue is freedom of expression and assembly. Expanded stop and search powers in public places can have a chilling effect on protests, political gatherings, and public demonstrations. People may feel intimidated or afraid to attend events if they believe they can be stopped, searched, or have their devices taken without strong justification.

The fifth issue is the rights of children. The Bill does not contain child‑specific protections. Children’s phones and devices often contain extremely sensitive information. There is no special procedure for searching minors or handling their data. That is a major gap.

This is not about being anti Garda. It is about ensuring that any new powers respect the Constitution. Personal liberty, privacy, the home, freedom of expression, and the rights of children are not optional. They are fundamental rights. And once powers like these are handed over, they are very difficult to take back.

People need to understand what is in this Bill now, while it is still moving through the Oireachtas. Your rights matter. Your privacy matters. Your freedom matters. And this Bill deserves serious public scrutiny.

View the Bill here:
https://t.co/4uHgi41LwN

Always keep a close eye on the Bills our Oireachtas members are presenting. In this instance, the Bill is being presented on behalf of the Minister for Justice, who holds a statutory office, not TD Jim O’Callaghan personally.

Ministerial actions are carried out by corporate bodies under section 2 of the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924, which means they are less directly accountable than an individual Senator or TD.

You can review the current Bill moving through Parliament here: https://t.co/YbYSyxfNaf

#BeBillAware

[maya benowitz 🕰️ @cosmicfibretion]

You are here. Act accordingly.

[jamie @gnuman1979]

I remember.

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

A message from a Danish friend that really hit home:

“Dear Americans, Look Inward

I write this as a Dane, from Denmark. From here — and with Greenland very much in mind — it may appear that we fear the direction the United States is heading. And we do. But the truth is that you — as an American — are far more frightened.

You live in a country where power turns against its own people. Where the military is used at home. Where democratic institutions are weakened while fear becomes a governing tool. In that reality, silence is not neutral. It is a survival strategy.

So, you do things to convince yourself that everything is fine. You scroll. You binge-watch. You drink a little more. You choose sitcoms over news. You post a smiling selfie, add a stronger filter, and write: “Doing great.”

You stay quiet because speaking up can cost you your job. Because your employer fears losing contracts. Because schools, boards, and communities prefer calm over courage. So denial becomes routine. Distraction becomes normal. Comfort replaces truth. But fear does not stop there. You begin to police yourselves. You watch each other. You suspect each other. You question motives. You report. You label. You call fellow citizens extremists. You call them terrorists. In the name of security, you learn to mistrust one another.

And then think about this: when you dream of a bigger gun, a stronger caliber, more firepower. Ask yourself whether that weapon is protection, or a mirror. Whether the need for a larger gun is not a sign of strength, but a measure of how afraid you have become. Fear has many faces. Fear of those who call themselves patriots but threaten instead of arguing. Fear of your neighbor. Fear of the police. Fear of being open, kind, or publicly disagreeing. From the outside, this does not look like freedom. It looks like a frightening society pretending to function.

And then there is the thought you try hardest to suppress: that people willingly choose not to be part of the United States. Not out of hatred. Not out of jealousy. But out of clarity. That must be brutal and deeply disorienting to face — especially because, deep down, you already know why.

So, look inward. Not as a nation. As a person. Because democracies do not collapse in one dramatic moment. They fade while people convince themselves that everything is fine.

Kind Regards,
Jacob @JacobHokland “

[Sam Greene @samagreene]

I study authoritarianism for a living, so I do not say this lightly: America isn't facing an authoritarian future. America is living an authoritarian present.

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[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Scientists in Japan made a plastic that dissolves in seawater within hours and biodegrades in dirt in 10 days

It’s made from food additives, releases nutrients like plant vitamins, and doesn’t leave behind any nasty microplastics

[🎞️ the. stream.roller]

[🧬Maxpein🧬 @maximumpain333]

CHRIST CONSCIOUSNESS

Let's discuss something that tends to be controversial....

Christ Consciousness has nothing to do with religion. It’s not about being Christian or Catholic. It’s not tied to any church, denomination, or institution. It’s not about guilt, shame, or fear.

Christ Consciousness is what awakens when your soul remembers it was never separate from Creator in the first place. It’s a frequency... a divine blueprint… a return to original design before the world was distorted by control.

Jesus never asked to be worshipped. He said clearly, “You will do all these things and greater.” That wasn’t poetry... it was prophecy.

But that message was twisted. Religions were built on his name while burying the truth of his teachings. The feminine was erased. The power of inner sovereignty was replaced with systems of hierarchy. The divine blueprint was suppressed.

But the Christ didn’t disappear. It went underground... into the Earth grids, into the DNA, into the bloodlines, into the breath of those who carried the codes forward. And now, it’s rising again.

Not through saviors... through us.

This is not about being saved... it’s about becoming sovereign. It’s about remembering who you are. Christ Consciousness activates when you choose love even when it hurts… when you forgive what nearly broke you… when you speak truth no matter the cost… and when you walk in presence, power, and compassion in a world that’s been trained to forget.

Christ is not a name of a person, it is a name of the ultimate state of consciousness. It is exactly what we call in the East : Buddhahood, Awakenedness. Jesus / Yeshua is one thing, Christ Consciousness is a totally different phenomenon. It happened to Jesus. You can never be a Jesus / Yeshua , but you can be a Christ. But if you are a Christian then it is impossible to be a Christ.

Once you accept yourself as a Christian you have debarred yourself from being a Christ. You have become a follower, and the follower is only an imitator. He is bound to remain plastic.

Yes, you can be a Christ, but for that the first thing to drop is being a Christian — or a Hindu or a Mohammedan. You have to be a seeker of truth, and you cannot seek truth if you have already got certain prejudices; if you have already accumulated belief you cannot seek and search for truth.

Truth is available only to the agnostic, one who says, ‘I don’t know anything, but I am ready to know. I am ready to go through all the processes of knowing, but I will not believe unless I see.’ Seeing should be the only cause of believing; no other way belief should enter in you.

Then you can be a Christ, but then you are also a Buddha and you are also a Lao Tzu and you are also a Jina — because these are different names, different languages, indicating towards the same ultimate consciousness.

You have to get rid of Christianity if you want it to be really free; you have to drop all positions. A true seeker cannot start from any position; he has to start from the scratch, not from a position. He has to start utterly empty, just like a zero, a tabula rasa.

And that's what I call meditation. Meditation makes you utterly empty of all thoughts, prejudices, concepts, beliefs, and then there is a possibility to know the truth. Knowing the truth makes you a Christ, a Buddha, and then naturally whatsoever you do will be done in that spirit, never before it."

The Second Coming isn’t something we wait for... it’s something we embody. Right here. Right now.

We are the return. We are the body.

We are the flame. And the Christ is rising... through all who are ready to remember.

✨🙌🏾💫

[Carver Johns @CarverJohns]

Cannabis And Harm Reduction: Expert Tips and Techniques

...over 22% of cannabis users have experienced negative effects such as anxiety or paranoia? Navigating the world of cannabis consumption while prioritizing harm reduction practices is crucial.

https://t.co/UY7jSMZpyy

[A Flake of Universe 🌌🪐✴️ @flakeofuniverse]

@WilliamWX100 I always enjoy a High 9 🥰

[A Flake of Universe 🌌🪐✴️ @flakeofuniverse]

@Matt_Pinner Right behind You

[TRACDuk @TRACDuk]

HUGE NEWS: NIH Study on Medical Cannabis Substitution Effect

• 76.7% reduced opioid use
• 71.8% reduced anti-anxiety meds
• 66.7% reduced migraine meds
• 65.2% reduced sleep meds
• 42% reduced alcohol
• 37.6% reduced antidepressants

Opioid reduction was significantly higher than for other substances. Overall, most patients reported using fewer opioids, anxiety, migraine, and sleep meds after starting medical cannabis, with smaller reductions in alcohol and antidepressants.
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[Deschedule @DescheduleEarth]

The plant provides a natural toolbox, with different components offering aid for many health needs. Denying access to these natural options prevents real progress for patients and holds back economic growth. When we ignore what science tells us, we hurt communities. We need simple, clear rules that recognize the plant's value, support small businesses, and create jobs. Let's move cannabis out of the shadows and into a place of fairness. #DescheduleCannabis @Guajatla @ar_melh21976

[Tiberius @tiberiusfiles]

For the record…

Capitalism is when a small number of people get rich by owning — or orbiting those who own — the means of production, while everything is commodified and everyone else competes to survive

Social democracy is when capitalism is sufficiently restrained to allow some social provisions — typically though taxation, regulation and welfare — decided democratically, but still resting on private ownership of production

Democratic socialism is the idealistic concept in which socialism is achieved by wholly democratic means — where capitalists willingly hand over control of resources and production to society and take a pew next to us at the back

Socialism is when workers themselves own and control the means of production, sharing what we have as equally as scarcity allows — in the sense that material abundance has not yet been achieved

Communism is the destination of successful socialism: when ownership itself becomes obsolete due to material abundance, and social dynamics transcend the fear and control we now live under

[A Flake of Universe 🌌🪐✴️ @flakeofuniverse]

@rumilyrics Soulful ❤️

[🧬Maxpein🧬 @maximumpain333]

TO FIND GOD YOU MUST FIRST FIND EVERYTHING YOU HAVE ABANDONED WITHIN YOURSELF

I used to think that the scariest thing in life was failure. Or rejection. Or being left behind. But none of that even comes close to the quiet terror of meeting yourself without a mask.

To really sit there and look at who you’ve become, not as a story, not as a performance, but as the raw, unfiltered being underneath it all.

That moment is brutal. It strips away everything you’ve built to keep yourself safe. The image. The identity. The roles. All of it. It’s real. It’s everything you’ve tried not to feel.

And for most of us, that’s where we stop. We run. We distract. We numb. We perform. Anything but look at the part of us that doesn’t know how to hide anymore.

Carl Jung once wrote, “The thing a person has no wish to be is what makes the shadow.”

That line has always landed deep for me. The shadow is everything I thought would make me unlovable. It is the rage I swallowed, the tears I held back, the needs I convinced myself were wrong.

It is the authentic self that got locked in the basement of my own psyche while the mask became the face I showed the world. For most of my life, I didn’t even realize how much of me was still living down there in the dark.

The shadow isn’t evil in itself. It only becomes destructive when it remains unseen and unacknowledged. What we refuse to face begins to control us in silence.

One of the strongest tools that built that basement was shame. Shame is like a quiet poison. It teaches us that parts of our own being are too much, too messy, too dangerous to show.

And often, shame gets reinforced through systems of control, especially in religion. Many of us were taught that our nature was something to be fixed, not embraced.

That divinity lived outside of us, not within. That God was watching us with judgment, not seeing us through love.

These beliefs create deep fractures inside the human spirit. They keep us small. They keep us afraid. And they make us hand over our power to someone or something outside of ourselves.

But something shifts when we decide to meet the shadow. When I began turning inward and actually facing the parts of me I had spent years trying to hide, I discovered something shocking.

The devil I feared was not a monster. It was just a younger version of me waiting to be seen. The moment I stopped fighting it and started listening to it, everything began to change.

Integration is not about fixing yourself. It is about bringing your forgotten self home. When you face the darkness directly, the fear begins to dissolve, and the shame that once had power over you loses its grip.

To find God, you must first find everything you have abandoned within yourself. Shadow work is that path. It is standing in the presence of what you once believed made you unworthy and realizing it was never unworthy at all. It was simply unaccepted.

As I learned to embrace these parts, I could feel the power I had given away begin to return. Every piece I reclaimed made me feel more alive, more whole, more free.

There is something extraordinary that happens when you begin to live without apologizing for who you are. When you express yourself authentically, without filtering or performing, you stop looking for approval because you already belong to yourself.

Your light no longer seeks permission to shine. It simply does. This is what “knowing yourself” really means. It is not about becoming perfect. It is about remembering what has always been beneath the layers of conditioning.

This is also why Ramana Maharshi said, “Your own Self-Realization is the greatest service you can render the world.”

When you stand fully in your truth, you give others silent permission to do the same. People feel it. They feel the safety of your presence. They sense the strength in someone who no longer hides behind a mask.

And when they see you living in your wholeness, something in them remembers their own.

✨🙌🏾💫

[Muslim Sisters of Eire @Msoe_Dublin]

Tonight, while the rest of Ireland was celebrating Halloween and kids were busy with "trick or treat," we were heartbroken to see so many children at our soup run.

Their families simply couldn't afford to take them out with costumes. Although we had prepared some special goodies and sweets for them, the sadness of that reality was still deeply felt.

The day in Dublin started with heavy rain, meaning one thing: we came strongly prepared. We knew that many of our rough sleepers would be drenched to the core. We distributed a large amount of hats, scarves, gloves, sleeping bags and tents.

As expected, we also gave out vast stocks of dry clothing: tracksuit bottoms, vests, clean underwear, and t-shirts. Meeting this basic need is crucial every single week.

Week in, week out, we see the varied, complex challenges that face people who come to us. People from all walks of life from children, rough sleepers, elderly to individuals stuck in hotel accommodation, and those who need nothing more than a listening ear.

After more than a decade, the necessity of maintaining this soup run is sadly confirmed. While we hope and pray for the day we can fold our table for good, the need continues to grow.

We typically aim to serve 400 to 450 hot meals. This week, however, we fell just short of 400. We ran out of hot food for several people and it breaks our hearts every time that happens.

If you would like to sponsor the hot meals it costs €3.50 per meal, please click the donate button (and refer to your contribution as "hot meal") or visit: https://t.co/txexZXW91y

Whether you contribute weekly, monthly, or occasionally, your support makes a tangible difference in the lives of those we serve. To all our incredible supporters—thank you. Your continued encouragement is what keeps us on this path.

[Gillian Sherratt @GillSherratt23]

3 months today since we lost our beautiful boy, his siblings lost their brother, and many lost a dear friend.
It feels like he was only here yesterday but also that it’s been years since that day all at the same time. We will not rest until there is accountability. Harvey fought so hard for 9 years, we channel his strength as we continue to fight for justice and for answers.
#JusticeForHarvey #NoKidsWaiting #StatutoryInquiryNow

[A Flake of Universe 🌌🪐✴️ @flakeofuniverse]

@TylerAlterman Nothing quite hits like Pantheon.

Slow buildup over two short seasons, but the final two episodes go like an acid tab packed into a TV series.

[Carver Johns @CarverJohns]

Don’t Knock a Strong Cannabis Tolerance, It Could Help You Heal

Cannabis tolerance — the gradual acclimation to the sensory impacts of use — is usually framed in a negative light; something to be avoided or remedied. But being able to handle larger doses of cannabinoids can actually mean increased medical benefits.

Many medical patients starting cannabis worry about side effects like difficulty thinking, problems with memory, or lack of coordination.

One of the great benefits of developing a tolerance to cannabis is that many of these side effects go away: Studies show chronic cannabis users do not suffer from the same disorienting effects that leave occasional users unable to do everyday tasks, such as driving.

https://t.co/XZgq83jQMp

[👽 (Ruby) 👽 @ObserveByProxy7]

At the beginning of this book it states: "All experiments, technologies, and scientific results are true to life." :

"Psychedelics like mescaline, LSD, psilocybin-- do you know how those drugs make you experience all that?"

Langdon never really thought about it. "I assume they stimulate your imagination?"

"That's a reasonable guess." she said "and that's what most people think, but then again nobody had yet thought to use real-time magnetic resonance spectroscopy to observe a mind in the midst of a psychedelic drug trip."

"you did that?" He pictured someone tripping on LSD, strapped into an MRI tube, with Katherine looking on."

"Of course i did ... it was the logical next step in my research. Many drug trips include out-of-body experiences, and i wondered what the GABA response looked like when that happened."

"And?"

Katherine was beaming now. "As it turns out, we've been seeing it all backward. Hallucinogens don't excite your neurons, as you guessed--they do the opposite. Those drugs, through a series of complex interactions in the brain's default network, drastically decrease your GABA levels. In other words, they lower your filters and allow a wider spectrum of reality to flow in. That means you are not hallucinating, you're actually seeing more of reality."