I've been reading a lot on Nietzsche and criminality lately for a potential paper, and I don't think it's emphasised enough his unique critique of punitivism. A lot of the commentary seems to use Nietzsche's belief in mercy over revenge as a counter to the penal populist herd - but I've never been one to believe that Nietzschean insights are only comprehensive to an elite few (he was too influenced by the social Darwinism of his time).

Re-watching this classic for @SinisterSissies

Oh here we go... theaustralian.com.au/commentary/gre… @PaulFletcherMP - let's have a look at things that have been refused classification under the two decades old laws you're championing here...

Alright, let's provide a bit of context to this article on Colorado - because these are stats you commonly see being cited by anti-legalisation folks! /1 abc.net.au/news/2019-06-0… Cannabis Hyperemesis Syndrome (CHS) is totally a thing. We don't have any good numbers on prevalence, but it's generally considered "rare" or "very rare" and only an issue if you are a heavy, daily user of cannabis ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29327809 /2

Quickie thread: You are likely to see certain anti sex industry activists start putting forward arguments in favour of the Nordic Model, two rules of thumb: (i) Check the footnotes; (ii) Remember basic guides to academic references from first year university /1 Nordic Model advocates will link to the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women in Australia's document "Demand Change: Understanding the Nordic Approach to Prostitution" - if a student submitted this in one of my classes, they would fail. catwa.org.au/wp-content/upl… /2