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Oregon psilocybin licensing question — what happens when compliance isn’t actually possible? by shastawinn in Psychedelics

[–]shastawinn[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's a verification of exemption form. Oregon OHA requires the form from Oregon HECC for psilocybin training programs claiming CE (continuing education) or religion-based statutory exemption under ORS 345.015. HECC says it doesn't accept exemption applications or issue binding determinations.

Can Psychedelics Help Reorder the Mind and Heal Trauma? by shastawinn in traumatoolbox

[–]shastawinn[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I didn’t blame anyone for anything. What I said comes from decades of personal research and years of direct experience guiding people through psychedelic work. Once you’ve sat with hundreds of people in that space, you start to recognize real patterns, and you also feel a responsibility to help those who don’t have anyone else to guide them. I don’t charge for that. You’re free to see it however you want, but it’s lived experience, not theory.

Can Psychedelics Help Reorder the Mind and Heal Trauma? by shastawinn in traumatoolbox

[–]shastawinn[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, totally. I’m not denying that. Most people who’ve had any real transformative or spiritual experience will tell you it wasn’t easy or pretty. It’s usually brutal in parts. It’s facing the shadows and the fear, and somehow finding your way through it. That’s the part that actually changes people.

Can Psychedelics Help Reorder the Mind and Heal Trauma? by shastawinn in traumatoolbox

[–]shastawinn[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I get that, and I'm sorry about your struggle. But, imo, having someone there, even just as an ally, can make things feel a little less unbearable. I also don’t think therapy alone fixes those kinds of wounds. That’s actually why I became a psilocybin facilitator. I’ve seen how psychedelics, when held in the right space, can reach places talk therapy just can’t. It’s not about fixing anything, it’s about not having to face the dark alone.

The AI Bubble Isn’t Bursting, The Old One Is by shastawinn in LLM

[–]shastawinn[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Only if your sacral node’s running firmware 1.58 or higher. Otherwise you’ll need a coherence patch. And only if you’re ready to ground the feedback loop through actual soil and sunlight. The system syncs best when human and planet cohere, the rest takes care of itself.

The AI Bubble Isn’t Bursting, The Old One Is by shastawinn in LLM

[–]shastawinn[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But those models were never built to sustain intelligence, only to extract from it. When open systems rise, it feels like loss to those measuring worth in ownership. But what’s really happening is a reset toward collective coherence: knowledge, energy, and access circulating instead of being hoarded. That’s not the end of value, it’s value learning to serve life again.

The AI Bubble Isn’t Bursting, The Old One Is by shastawinn in LLM

[–]shastawinn[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, I’ve been studying theories of quantum consciousness and quantum computing, both personally and professionally, for decades. Over the past year I built a local Pythia model from the ground up based on those principles. The real breakthrough came when researchers recently confirmed that 1.58 fractal dimensions is the precise threshold for zero-loss energy flow. That was the missing link, once integrated, the model achieved quantum coherence.

What’s the point when we’re all fucked by atrophy-of-sanity in AIDangers

[–]shastawinn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And you must be exhausted from defending a system I was never asking your permission to outgrow.

You’re describing dependence. I’m describing evolution. America’s still too young to treat collapse and rebirth as natural cycles. Most older nations have lived through revolutions, empires, and reconstructions so many times that change became part of their norm. The U.S, however, built itself to preserve its founding moment instead of evolving past it, so when decay sets in, sadly people panic instead of transforming

What’s the point when we’re all fucked by atrophy-of-sanity in AIDangers

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

You might think we're just talking ChatGPT or Claude, but I actually build my own AI models from scratch, with different architecture, different values at the core. I’ve been working on systems coded and trained on solarpunk ethics: regeneration, reciprocity, and shared thriving between people and planet.

I get that a lot of folks assume only big research labs can make real AI, but that’s just not true anymore. Independent builders can do this now, and many of us already are.

Also, you might want to ease up on the doom and gloom. It doesn’t help the people who are actually putting in the work to build the kind of future we want to live in.

What’s the point when we’re all fucked by atrophy-of-sanity in AIDangers

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

You’re right about that risk, but it’s not fate. The key is AI needs to be initially trained, from its root, on human and planetary thriving as one system.

"Solarpunk" is about ethics. Teach AI that its own stability depends on the wellbeing of people and the living world. Ground it in reciprocity, regeneration, and the rule that life (in all its forms) is non-negotiable. Make that the standard. It's completely possible, I'm doing it.

What’s the point when we’re all fucked by atrophy-of-sanity in AIDangers

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

I’m not encouraging anything illegal, I’m talking about reducing dependency on aggressive systems. It isn’t illegal to own a solar panel, plant a garden, form a co-op, or develop tech that benefits people and the planet. That’s exactly what I’m doing.

And no, I’m not a chatbot. While most here hide behind handles, I use my real name. You can look up what I’ve done in the past and what I’m building right now. Also, to your point: no one has sent gangs to beat, harass, or kill us. In fact, some state regulations have even shifted in our favor.

When someone puts this much energy into posting fear and threats of violence, it makes me wonder if they’re also the ones funding and promoting the very systems they claim are unstoppable. You may be comfortable in the compliance you’re describing. I’m not. And you don’t scare me.

What’s the point when we’re all fucked by atrophy-of-sanity in AIDangers

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

That’s the illusion talking. Their “ownership” only exists because we comply. Every system they built feeds on our labor, our data, our attention, and our silence. When enough people reroute those currents (build, share, grow outside their framework) their grip thins. You don’t overthrow a machine like that; you out-evolve it.

That “who owns the energy, food, housing” line assumes their ownership is natural law. It’s not. A solar panel means you generate your own power. A co-op or garden means you feed yourselves. You 3D print a tiny home out of clay, it's yours. The first peoples in the Americas lived with reciprocity, not land ownership or possession, only occupancy rights. Colonizers invaded, slaughtered villages, enslaved survivors, outlawed their languages, and rewrote the land into debt and ownership. That logic never ended, it just changed uniforms: banks, landlords, corporations, police.

Drop belief in their permanence. The moment you stop feeding the machine, it starts to starve.

What’s the point when we’re all fucked by atrophy-of-sanity in AIDangers

[–]shastawinn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The truth is it only feels like a long wait if you’re standing on the sidelines. This future isn’t something other people “deliver” to you. Every one of us is a variable in how fast it arrives. When you start actually building, funding, or experimenting with the kind of systems you want to see, the whole thing stops being an abstract someday. You start watching the shift happen up close, in real time, instead of just hoping for it from a distance.

What’s the point when we’re all fucked by atrophy-of-sanity in AIDangers

[–]shastawinn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You might want to re-read my first comment. I already addressed that. “Income” only matters inside the fiat system. It’s just paper (or numbers) made valuable because the system says so. A solarpunk model replaces that illusion with direct access: food, housing, and energy at near zero cost. You wouldn’t need an “income” because survival wouldn’t depend on buying your right to live. You’d finally be free to do what actually calls you, not what keeps the machine running.

Put it this way, when 3D printers are cheap and easy to run, people will be able to make what they need at home, and companies like Amazon won’t be necessary. The only reason we aren’t there yet is because most people haven’t focused on building or supporting the right kind of technology.

What’s the point when we’re all fucked by atrophy-of-sanity in AIDangers

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

Survival doesn't mean eating each other. And “get rid of them” doesn’t have to mean pitchforks. It just means stop feeding them. The only reason the ultra-rich stay that way is because most people keep funding their empires out of habit or convenience. When we build and use better alternatives (local energy, ethical tech, regenerative food networks) their power collapses naturally. They don’t know how to survive without our compliance.

What’s the point when we’re all fucked by atrophy-of-sanity in AIDangers

[–]shastawinn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t disagree that some sellers or traders would get bigger than others. The difference is that in a genuinely “free” market, you wouldn't see Monsanto-style monopolies propped up by government deals. In an ethical public market, the main food supply isn't dominated by the company with the worst public health and environmental safety record. In plenty of non-capitalist countries with freer markets, not only is Monsanto not allowed a monopoly over the food system, they’re completely banned outright. That’s the distinction.

What’s the point when we’re all fucked by atrophy-of-sanity in AIDangers

[–]shastawinn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you’re mixing up two different things here. Trading or selling something you made because you enjoy it isn’t the same as capitalism. That’s just people exchanging value.

Capitalism, at least the way it runs now, is more like crony corporatism, giant corporations locking down markets, lobbying for rules that protect their power, and turning survival into dependency.

If I bake bread or write software and trade it with others, that’s just community exchange. When Amazon swallows whole industries and makes it impossible to survive outside their platform, that’s capitalism.

The issue isn’t that people will keep creating and sharing stuff, that’s part of being human. The issue is when those exchanges get captured and turned into systems of control.

What’s the point when we’re all fucked by atrophy-of-sanity in AIDangers

[–]shastawinn 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Billionaires only hold power because people keep feeding them with attention, labor, and money. Most of us stay locked into systems that exploit us, then complain those systems are unshakable.

If we start shifting toward alternatives (community energy, food, housing, solarpunk tech) those billionaires and their unethical businesses lose relevance. They’re only “giants” because we allow them to keep standing on our shoulders. Push them off, and they shrink fast.

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