Yesterday I wrote about the world's first acid trip, which Dr. Albert Hofmann took, if unwittingly, on his bike ride home.
If you've ever been on an "acid trip," you know that it can include visions heavenly or hellish. The latter could describe what this cyclist--who, I assume, was not under the influence of LSD or any other substance--exprienced:
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| Photo by Alexander Ermochencko, for Reuters |
Reports I've read and heard say that Mariupol, a port city in Ukraine, has been "wiped off the face of the earth," or words to that effect. I have no reason to doubt such reports: The reports and accompanying images show steel stick-figures, the skeletons of destroyed buildings and rubble everywhere. And though there is death and destruction everywhere, thankfully, many have survived. Their lives, like the ride of that cyclist, will go on.
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