Can Psychedelics Break the Consumption Cycle?

Consumer culture doesn’t just shape what we buy — it shapes what we want. Here’s why that’s harder to escape than you think.

Feb 27 • Tripsitter and Justin Cooke 🍄

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What Ibogaine Can (and Can’t) Do: A Real Recovery Story

By the time Laura Shapiro found ibogaine, nothing else had worked — she was completely out of options.

Feb 11 • Tripsitter and Mags Tanev

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January 2026

Psychedelics Are Not Tools

Psychedelics don’t provide insight on demand, and they don’t reward effort.

Jan 29 • The Zen Psychedelic and Tripsitter

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Not Like This: Is It Time for a New Counterculture? ☮️

Something about the way we’re living no longer feels true — maybe it’s time we do something about it.

Jan 24 • Tripsitter and Justin Cooke 🍄

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Do Magic Mushroom Strains Actually Matter?

It’s tempting to believe that choosing the right magic mushroom strain lets you design your “ideal trip.” But biology refuses to cooperate. Here’s the…

Jan 17 • Tripsitter and Justin Cooke 🍄

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Synthetic Consciousness

We can map the brain, but not explain experience. As AI grows more humanlike, the question isn’t if machines become conscious — but whether or not we’d…

Jan 8 • Tripsitter and Justin Cooke 🍄

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New Psilocybin Study: A Breakthrough That Cuts Both Ways

New research shows how the psychedelic state can be guided to reshape consciousness. It’s a substantial breakthrough for mental health — but also raises…

Jan 1 • Tripsitter and Justin Cooke 🍄

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December 2025

Hippie Mafia: Inside the Brotherhood of Eternal Love’s Acid Empire

How a loose collective of surfers, bikers, and mystics became the most influential drug network of the psychedelic era.

Dec 27, 2025 • Tripsitter and Patrick McConnell

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Why “Stronger Acid” Is a Dangerous Lie (NBOMe’s)

Same blotter. Very different chemistry. NBOMes aren’t acid — and the margin for error is razor-thin.

Dec 19, 2025 • Tripsitter and Justin Cooke 🍄

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Beyond Cubensis: 4 Curious Psilocybes Worth Growing

Ready to level up from cubensis? These four species are where growers typically go next.

Dec 11, 2025 • Tripsitter and Connor McElroy

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Prohibition Returns in 2026: And It’s Worse Than Before

Instead of fixing the real problems — contamination, fake COAs, sketchy labs — lawmakers chose prohibition. And history tells us what happens next…

Dec 3, 2025 • Tripsitter and Justin Cooke 🍄

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November 2025

Is Kanna Really “Nature’s MDMA”?

Spoiler: No — but what it does do is far more interesting.

Nov 29, 2025 • Tripsitter and Justin Cooke 🍄

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