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Tech Sex & Drugs

The private vices and public systems shaping the body online.

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Latest Dispatches

DrugsJun 24, 20267 min

How Cannabis Works

THC, CBD, CB1 receptors, the endocannabinoid system, appetite, anxiety, sleep, pain, psychosis risk, dependence, and why chill still has pharmacology.

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DrugsJun 20, 20266 min

How MDMA Works

Serotonin release, norepinephrine heat, dopamine sparkle, oxytocin-adjacent bonding, CYP2D6 complexity, therapy hype, hyponatremia, and the empathy invoice.

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DrugsJun 18, 20266 min

How GHB Works

GABA-B agonism, endogenous GHB, dopamine weirdness, short pharmacokinetics, sleep-drug intimacy, overdose risk, withdrawal, and why the margin is the story.

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DrugsJun 16, 20266 min

How LSD Works

5-HT2A receptors, long strange duration, sensory meaning, network disruption, therapeutic promise, psychological risk, and why revelation is not a fact-checking method.

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DrugsJun 12, 20265 min

How Psilocybin Works

Psilocybin, psilocin, 5-HT2A receptors, default-mode network disruption, therapeutic promise, psychological risk, and why insight still needs aftercare.

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Technology

Interfaces, privacy, AI, surveillance, devices, and power.

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Sex

Desire, intimacy, sex tech, consent, bodies, and networks.

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Drugs

Psychoactives, nootropics, harm reduction, culture, and work.

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Intersections

Where the wires cross: bodies, markets, privacy, and altered states.

About the Voice

This is the zine for people who know the browser history is political and the body keeps asking better questions than the dashboard.

We write from the messy middle: sex-positive, privacy-paranoid, chemically curious, allergic to wellness grift, and more interested in consequences than purity rituals. The tone is intimate, skeptical, funny when the room can take it, and responsible when the stakes stop being cute.

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