ChatGHB

Meditations on ChatGHB Back in my BurningMan days, I had a lot of friends who used the drug GHB, gamma-hydroxybutyrate, a central nervous system depressant with limited medical uses, which as a party drug can lead to loss of inhibition, impaired judgment, memory gaps,...

Framing the present moment through radical green politics for resisting dictatorship in the twenty-first century

Democracy is not “under threat.” It is being abandoned.  The U.S. is sliding toward dictatorship.Europe is following closely behind.Much of the “liberal West” is choosing appeasement over resistance. This is not a sudden crisis. It is the predictable outcome of a...

CDoH x Planetary Health

Planetary health is not being undermined by abstract “human activity” but by specific, organized commercial strategies that systematically convert profit-seeking into ecological breakdown. The commercial determinants of health name this upstream layer of causation:...

The Wrong Way to Photograph Climate Change

The images of these November 2025 floods in South East Asia show so starkly the total waste of whatever reasoning allows us to continue global warming. The economy isn’t getting better. People aren’t getting healthier or happier. We are trashing our planet...

Sacred Bears and Profane Cats: Rethinking Japan’s Wildlife Crisis Through Terror Management Theory

Introduction: The Paradox of Fear and Death in Contemporary Japan In 2023, Japan witnessed an unprecedented 219 bear attacks, resulting in six human fatalities. The media response was immediate and visceral—front-page stories, emergency government meetings, and calls...