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WEBWORM / FLIGHTLESS BIRD / DARK TOURIST / TICKLED / MISTER ORGAN davidfarrier@protonmail.com | www.webworm.co

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Fixing Brains With Magic Mushrooms David Farrier's Webworm visits the Raison Lab at the University of Wisconsin to talk to Dr Charles Raison, a psychiatrist who’s interested in psilocybin and how it can help fight depression

i travelled to the university of wisconsin (home of the transdisciplinary center for research in psychoactive substances) to find out why they're dosing sleeping humans with psilocybin. i also talk a little about my *own* hallucinogenic trip: www.webworm.co/psilocybin/

09.03.2026 16:36 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Fixing Brains With Magic Mushrooms David Farrier's Webworm visits the Raison Lab at the University of Wisconsin to talk to Dr Charles Raison, a psychiatrist who’s interested in psilocybin and how it can help fight depression

i travelled to the university of wisconsin (home of the transdisciplinary center for research in psychoactive substances) to find out why they're dosing sleeping humans with psilocybin. i also talk a little about my *own* hallucinogenic trip: www.webworm.co/psilocybin/

09.03.2026 16:36 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Glossy Magazine That Catalogues Grim and Terrifying Deaths The story behind "That's Life!" - one of the strangest magazines Webworm has ever seen.

what is your favourite grim and terrifying death? www.webworm.co/thatslife/

09.03.2026 06:02 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Glossy Magazine That Catalogues Grim and Terrifying Deaths The story behind "That's Life!" - one of the strangest magazines Webworm has ever seen.

what is your favourite grim and terrifying death? www.webworm.co/thatslife/

09.03.2026 06:02 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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caught nine inch nails last night. this tour is a 10/10. so happy.

08.03.2026 01:06 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The time I met Karl Pilkington "If you don’t have a plan, you can end up doing some interesting things can’t you?"

i think interviewing karl pilkington in a london park back in 2009 is still one of my favourite things. here is the interview - in written form, and video: www.webworm.co/pilkington/

07.03.2026 17:13 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The time I met Karl Pilkington "If you don’t have a plan, you can end up doing some interesting things can’t you?"

i think interviewing karl pilkington in a london park back in 2009 is still one of my favourite things. here is the interview - in written form, and video: www.webworm.co/pilkington/

07.03.2026 17:13 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

the free version is still pretty good imo, and just email if you're in a tough spot and i can comp a full

07.03.2026 16:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

hope you dig webworm!

07.03.2026 16:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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so @nin.com: doors just opened a few moments ago. if you're sleeping on this tour... GO. my god it's good.

07.03.2026 02:52 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
plastic over everything

plastic over everything

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the hotel i am staying at is not finished and it feels like that scene in jurassic park???

07.03.2026 00:27 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Missive from Madison David Farrier's Webworm is in Wisconsin, talking cheese, magic mushrooms, and Nirvana The Band The Show The Movie

some thoughts from the road... for the worms (on magic mushroom research, wisconsin, substack, and sam altman): www.webworm.co/missive-from...

05.03.2026 16:20 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Parallel Culture of Evangelicalism Making sense of the world right now means making sense of Evangelicalism.

Evangelicalism Is Not Just a Religion: It’s a Parallel Culture: www.webworm.co/evangelicali...

05.03.2026 23:13 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Parallel Culture of Evangelicalism Making sense of the world right now means making sense of Evangelicalism.

Evangelicalism Is Not Just a Religion: It’s a Parallel Culture: www.webworm.co/evangelicali...

05.03.2026 23:13 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

*worried i over complicated this tweet but multi-part murders = serial killers getit

05.03.2026 23:02 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

we have moved out of multi-part docs unpacking old multi-part murders into muliti-part docs unpacking old multi-part reality tv shows

05.03.2026 22:59 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Schizophrenia Simulator David Farrier's Webworm talks to Canadian artist Christopher Grant about his Schizophrenia diagnosis, and work making "schizophrenia simulator" videos and art as an Mi'kmaq person.

thank you! here is the webworm it was based on (free to read): www.webworm.co/schizophrenia/

05.03.2026 22:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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feel really happy how this week's episode of flightless bird turned out (on all podcast platforms & youtube). it's adapted from my original reporting on webworm (www.webworm.co/schizophrenia/) - a story with chris, who has schizophrenia. i couldn't stop thinking about him & his brain.

05.03.2026 18:58 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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feel really happy how this week's episode of flightless bird turned out (on all podcast platforms & youtube). it's adapted from my original reporting on webworm (www.webworm.co/schizophrenia/) - a story with chris, who has schizophrenia. i couldn't stop thinking about him & his brain.

05.03.2026 18:58 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Missive from Madison David Farrier's Webworm is in Wisconsin, talking cheese, magic mushrooms, and Nirvana The Band The Show The Movie

some thoughts from the road... for the worms (on magic mushroom research, wisconsin, substack, and sam altman): www.webworm.co/missive-from...

05.03.2026 16:20 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
frozen lake

frozen lake

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madison is pretty!

03.03.2026 21:47 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

thanks, chuck!

01.03.2026 15:03 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

by the way if you have not seen tickled by buckaroo @davidfarrier.com it really is in top three documentaries i have ever seen. just incredible. and give him a follow on here david has made a life of consistently fighting the good fight and proving love

28.02.2026 17:53 πŸ‘ 120 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
A female kākāpō looking out of a nest, with one small chick showing. Credit: Andrew Digby

A female kākāpō looking out of a nest, with one small chick showing. Credit: Andrew Digby

Female #kakapo Kohengi on her nest with a newly-hatched chick and an egg (unseen). We removed the egg from underneath her and gave it to another female (Phoenix) who had infertile eggs. We're trying to ensure each female on Anchor Island has 1-2 fertile eggs to hatch. #kakapo2026 #conservation

01.03.2026 07:27 πŸ‘ 831 πŸ” 180 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 7
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We've Woken Up To War David Farrier's Webworm on Trump and Israel's war on Iran.

webworm readers, i figured we could have a place to talk today - in a stable and sane comments section. thanks for being here: www.webworm.co/wokenuptowar/

28.02.2026 16:51 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We've Woken Up To War David Farrier's Webworm on Trump and Israel's war on Iran.

webworm readers, i figured we could have a place to talk today - in a stable and sane comments section. thanks for being here: www.webworm.co/wokenuptowar/

28.02.2026 16:51 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

deeply glad i took webworm (www.webworm.co) off substack

28.02.2026 05:54 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The Substack right has now unironically adopted the end of Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile as their talking points.

28.02.2026 02:23 πŸ‘ 1514 πŸ” 208 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 6
(CNN) β€” The death of a nearly blind refugee in Buffalo, New York, days after Border Patrol agents dropped him off at a coffee shop alone, has prompted an investigation into the circumstances of his final days and drawn sharp criticism from state and local officials.

(CNN) β€” The death of a nearly blind refugee in Buffalo, New York, days after Border Patrol agents dropped him off at a coffee shop alone, has prompted an investigation into the circumstances of his final days and drawn sharp criticism from state and local officials.

fuck ICE forever

27.02.2026 18:28 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

thankyou!

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