University of Tartu dissertation regarding selected features of Ayahuasca: in some European neoshamanic brews, DMT concentrations were high and traditional plants were replaced by other plants or chemicals

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A Cree Healer and His Medicine Bundle (2015) and Plant Teachers: Ayahuasca, Tobacco, and the Pursuit of Knowledge (2021) productively bring together two ways of seeing

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In an interview with DW, Mark Galeotti explains why the West did not believe Russia would invade Ukraine and how he sees the war playing out in 2023

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I enjoy reading a newsletter from Phillips P. O’Brien; the most recent one I’ve read is entitled: “Weekend Update #7: Some ideas on how the war is being presented and analyzed – oldies and not goodies.”

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‘All good theatre’: Niagara-on-the-Lake council defers speaking to Bill 23: Councillor’s motion deferred until Dec. 20 council meeting – Dec. 16, 2022, Hamilton Spectator

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Opinion: Ford lied about Greenbelt. Now, Bill 23 will be bad for Niagara – Comment from David Israelson, Dec. 15, 2022 – NOTL Local

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Sideways (2022) highlights how Google tried and failed to get a foothold in land use in Berlin and Toronto

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Control: The Dark History and Troubling Present of Eugenics (2023) is among many books I’ve read about the topic

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NOTL Local newspaper shares news update regarding Niagara- on-the-Lake response to Bill 23

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Haberman (2022), Galeotti (2022), and O’Kane (2022) among others are exemplars of the gangster genre of literary nonfiction

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