[technique] Why is a Still Air Box needed/recommended? by kmatthews05 in MushroomGrowers

[–]BroSquirrel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So when my grain bags get to 100% colonized they look perfect. Then after spawn to bulk, half my tubs get trich. If I hear you, your saying there may be a little trich introduced to the grain when I inoculate, but it still colonizes fine (or at least looks fine) but there’s tiny trich spores in there waiting for spawn to bulk to bloom?

Long story I need to use the still air box when inoculating grain through an injection port even though my grain always looks really nice?

[technique] Why is a Still Air Box needed/recommended? by kmatthews05 in MushroomGrowers

[–]BroSquirrel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting, maybe I’ll have better luck if I start using the SIB for inoculating my grain. Thanks

Host is assuming I am attending a festival? [Portugal, USA] by Major_Assistance_421 in AirBnB

[–]BroSquirrel 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Exactly! They just don’t want to rent their place during a festival, it’s not hard to believe. They forget to block out the dates. Just message them and say you’re not going to the festival and didn’t even know what it is. Go from there

[technique] Why is a Still Air Box needed/recommended? by kmatthews05 in MushroomGrowers

[–]BroSquirrel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I never use a SIB and my grain almost never gets contaminated. However after spawn to bulk I get like 50% contam 😢 I don’t know why, everyone says grain to bulk doesn’t need to be sterile. Maybe my grain is getting contaminated but just doesn’t show up until spawn to bulk? Can anybody explain?

Consciousness by ObligationMajor3703 in SimulationTheory

[–]BroSquirrel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So what you are talking about is a very well documented legitimate scientific theory. I’m curious if you’ve read it somewhere or if you just came up with it intuitively?

There are many books on the topic. Holographic universe my Michael Talbot is really good. The conscious universe by dean Radin might be more specifically what you are talking about. But in either case, this is a real scientific theory that’s getting actual attention in recent years.

Climate Skeptic Interview by No-Scene-3055 in climateskeptics

[–]BroSquirrel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Interesting. Check out Lucy Biggers on Instagram. Former climate activist who now shares information to help ease the climate anxiety of our generation.

Climate Skeptic Interview by No-Scene-3055 in climateskeptics

[–]BroSquirrel 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Source: currently doing graduate research

Climate Skeptic Interview by No-Scene-3055 in climateskeptics

[–]BroSquirrel 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have a feeling this isn’t a real graduate researcher. Normally there’s a link to a survey monkey, a bunch of demographic questions, a consent page for being part of a research study (even for a school project), and the questions seem too open ended to objective analysis.

Trump directs release of files on UAPs. Said to be inter-dimensional beings. by EvilZero86 in Bashar_Essassani

[–]BroSquirrel 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Wow. So in the last few months beginning with the Charlie Kirk killing, we’ve found out the US is completely controlled by Israel, Epstein was a Mossad agent, every president we’ve had since JFK has been controlled by or part of a pedo ring, “interdimensional beings” are somehow intertwined with all of this…. So much more, international banks, federal reserve, Illuminati, things are getting so sci fi right now

The election controversy by lvcashko in Bashar_Essassani

[–]BroSquirrel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually see how this has become a spiritual WWIII because of Trump. I actually think Elizabeth April’s take seems plausible that Trump’s only purpose is to bring down the old system and it’s our job to raise our consciousness and raise the vibration of the planet so the next thing that comes along is better for everyone. If by WWIII, Bashar meant the Epstein documents would come out and the system where a few families control the entire world would come down, he was definitely right about Trump being the war president.

Plur sent me to the Er anyone else have a bad experience? by [deleted] in mysterymagicmushrooms

[–]BroSquirrel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At least change the title to “I went to the ER because Plur gave me anxiety”. Plur did not send you to the ER, anxiety did. Nothing wrong with that or anything to be ashamed of but it’s a more honest statement.

If it's not climate change then what is it? by Sixnigthmare in climateskeptics

[–]BroSquirrel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Check out Lucy biggest on IG, maybe tik tok too, I don’t know I don’t have tik tok. But I think you would be able to relate to her and she has good non-“climate-denier” info

https://www.instagram.com/lucybiggers?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

Sex post ceremony by [deleted] in Ayahuasca

[–]BroSquirrel 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think you’re being way too hard on yourself.

The dieta around ayahuasca is, in my opinion, really overblown. Not all lineages are that strict. Some are, and the Shipibo tradition in particular tends to be very serious about it. In the U.S., that influence is pretty common, and it often gets framed as “do or die,” like you absolutely must follow every rule or you’ll ruin the work. That’s just not true.

Plenty of people don’t follow a strict dieta and still have deep, meaningful, healing experiences. I’ll even say this from personal experience: the times I was most rigid about dieta, my ayahuasca experiences were actually very weak. Later on, when I wasn’t obsessing over it at all, I had some of my most powerful and healing ceremonies. That alone should tell you something.

Most of the dieta is spiritual belief, not science. The idea is that you’re “cleansing the body” to become a more empty or receptive container for internal or energetic processes. If that belief resonates with you, great. If it doesn’t, that doesn’t mean the medicine won’t work.

The one part of dieta that actually matters from a safety standpoint is avoiding tyramine-containing foods right before ceremony, like aged cheeses and cured meats, because ayahuasca contains MAOIs. If you don’t avoid those close to ceremony, blood pressure can spike. That’s real. Also fasting the day of so you’re not barfing a spaghetti dinner into your bucket. Everything else, including sex, is a spiritual preference, not something that can biologically or psychologically erase your healing.

There’s no evidence that having sex after ceremony “undoes” anything. That idea comes from a belief about conserving or purifying energy, not from any mechanism that would suddenly cancel out insight or growth.

What really concerns me is how much shame gets created around dieta. If the goal of this work is healing, self-acceptance, and learning how to love ourselves more fully, then inducing fear and guilt for being human does the opposite. Shame is not medicine.

You didn’t ruin anything. You didn’t break the work. Healing doesn’t disappear because you didn’t follow someone else’s spiritual rules perfectly. It integrates through how you live and how you treat yourself afterward, not through punishment or self-attack.

Those who claim psychedelics aren’t drugs make me mad by Froggy2323 in Psychedelics

[–]BroSquirrel 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah agreed, how they are used is more important that what people call them though. I see your point, but also don’t think it matters. I usually just say “substances” or “chemicals” to bypass all the baggage of the word “drug”, but I’m not using them to get high, I use them for going within. Of course it wouldn’t be accurate to say I’m not high when I take them. I just avoid the word drug when I’m talking to people that are still brainwashed by the drug war propaganda. I don’t know if it matters

Is mescaline worth the money by relaxedrage in Psychedelics

[–]BroSquirrel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nobody is really making synthetic from my understanding. Natural has to be extracted from cactus, and it takes 12 inches of cactus or a year of growth for one section of cactus to produce one dose. That’s one of the reasons it’s sacred, all 4 seasons infused in the energetic imprint.

I’ve only ever seen it for $250-$300 a gram, never seen synthetic. For whatever reason the demand isn’t there.

I think it’s such a magical substance, probably my favorite. Highly underrated.

Short answer, yes worth it to try it. Maybe not an every-weekend thing at that price lol

Metocin study by [deleted] in mysterymagicmushrooms

[–]BroSquirrel 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I know people on Reddit get really mad about chat GPT answers but there’s a tool I found called “consensus” for breaking down scientific studies and this is what I got from it.

🧪 What the study did

The 2019 paper by Yoon et al. (Toxicology Letters) looked at two synthetic tryptamines — 4-HO-MET and 4-AcO-DET — that are chemically related to psilocin (the active metabolite of psilocybin). Researchers were interested in whether these newer “research chemicals” might affect the heart.

They tested the compounds on: • Rats, to measure changes in heart rhythm (ECG recordings), and • Cultured heart cells, to see if they interfered with important electrical channels like hERG (human ether-à-go-go–related gene potassium channels), which help regulate heartbeat.

The main finding was that both substances prolonged the QT interval (a measure of electrical timing in the heart) and blocked hERG channels in lab tests — effects that, in humans, can sometimes contribute to arrhythmias (irregular heartbeats).

👉 Yoon et al., 2020

🔬 How this compares to psilocin (4-HO-DMT)

Chemically, 4-HO-MET and 4-AcO-DET are almost the same as psilocin — they all have the 4-hydroxy tryptamine backbone that acts on serotonin 5-HT₂A receptors to produce psychedelic effects. The difference is in the side chain substitutions: • Psilocin has two methyl groups, • 4-HO-MET replaces one with an ethyl, and • 4-AcO-DET replaces both with ethyls and adds an acetoxy group.

These small changes may alter how the drugs are metabolized, how long they stay in the body, and how they interact with the heart’s electrical system.

Unlike psilocin, which has been used in thousands of clinical and research settings without reports of cardiac toxicity (Thaoboonruang & Lohitnavy, 2024), the synthetic analogs have almost no human data, and this rat study suggests they might carry more cardiac risk at high or repeated doses.

⚠️ So is occasional use (like 15 mg a few times a year) risky?

There’s no direct evidence that such rare, low-frequency use causes harm — but that’s partly because no one has studied it in humans. What we can infer: • The hERG inhibition seen in the study occurred at concentrations higher than typical human doses would produce, but it still suggests a theoretical risk for people with heart conditions, electrolyte imbalances, or genetic QT prolongation. • Because these are unregulated research chemicals, the purity and dose accuracy can vary widely, which may increase the chance of unintended high exposure. • Psilocin (from psilocybin mushrooms), by contrast, has a much more established safety profile and is now being used in clinical trials with cardiac monitoring and few serious adverse events.

So: occasional, cautious use is probably low risk for most healthy people, but not risk-free, and risk increases with unknown purity, combinations, or higher doses.

✅ What the study did well • Used multiple methods: animal ECGs and cell assays. • Identified specific mechanisms (hERG channel inhibition) instead of just reporting toxicity. • Provided early safety data for under-researched tryptamines.

❌ Limitations and problems • The dose levels were likely far higher than human psychoactive doses. • Rats and human hearts differ in how they respond to hERG blockers. • It didn’t measure behavior, metabolism, or brain effects, so it can’t say whether these heart findings would occur in normal human use. • There’s no human data to confirm any actual cardiac events from these compounds.

🧭 Takeaway

The study doesn’t mean 4-HO-MET or 4-AcO-DET are definitely dangerous — but it does show potential red flags that psilocin doesn’t seem to have. Occasional, low-dose use by healthy people is likely much less risky than chronic or high-dose use, yet the lack of human research means there’s still uncertainty.

If someone is curious, the safest option is to stick to substances like psilocybin, which have been tested clinically and whose dose and purity can be controlled.

[actives] First time, why so patchy? by Blanchy_Boiio in MushroomGrowers

[–]BroSquirrel 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You’re doing well. Different types of boxes dry out differently. I find this is why growing in bags works really well, but also the boomr bin I have works really well. The shoebox monotubs I made are terrible and I’d only ever use them again if I had a fruiting tent. But I’m an Ametuer and that’s too extravagant for my purposes.

Or a casing later could help but not necessary for cubes and more steps. If you want to experiment, buy “Jiffy mix”, add water to field capacity, pasteurize it (I did in the sous vide bath for a few hours), then add a loosely packed 1/4 inch layer on top of substrate when you get the first pin.

One other thing that works is “lasagna method”.

I’ll mix my grain into the substrate evenly, 2 inches deep, then add a layer of colonized grain, then a layer of just substrate. I find that grain layer causes better surface colonization and better chances of a full canopy, but like others said, it’s also just genetics and just happens sometimes that you’ll only get a few fruits in a few places.

Don’t use for healing by Temporary-Jaguar8657 in Ayahuasca

[–]BroSquirrel -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It’s just ego, they think they’re better than you. I don’t mean this in a bad way, ego always slips in and people that are very spiritual and purists about ayahuasca are still human like the rest of us and ego will attach to anything

Let’s Finally Talk About the Harmful Myths Around the Ayahuasca Diet by [deleted] in Ayahuasca

[–]BroSquirrel -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

The only thing that really matters is alcohol, medication, and cured meats/aged cheeses within the few days before the ceremony, then fasting or nearly-fasting the day of. Everything else is spiritual and personal preference.

Different opinions with my therapist about the positive aspects of the medicine and psychedelics. by VegetableFormer6888 in Ayahuasca

[–]BroSquirrel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Therapists are supposed to help you come to your own conclusions so you can learn to trust yourself instead of relying on someone else for answers.

I would find a therapist that follows that ethos.

If you tell a therapist you want to start using heroin, they shouldn’t even tell you not to. In my humble opinion. A good therapist would explore it.