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David Caldicott

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Urgentiste / Disasterologist / Dissident. Handyman to the Human Body. Anti-Viral Agent. Bad typist. Twitter is to keep notes. All opinions are your own.
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Identification of the Novel Synthetic Opioid N‐Pyrrolidino Isotonitazene at an Australian Drug Checking Service

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By Blake Curtis, Douglas J. Lawes, David Caldicott, malcolm mcleod
| Wiley Online Library Verified
1 Introduction 2-Benzylbenzimidazole opioids and related derivatives, also known as ‘nitazenes’, present a growing threat to public health. Emerging in the recreational drug market in Europe in 2019 [1], the nitazene group of drugs is a recent addition to the novel synthetic opioid class characterised by variable structures and differing potencies that in many cases exceed that of fentanyl [2-6].
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Permission to Disappear: Why My Best Work Begins in the Dark

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By David Caldicott
| Medium
There are days I want to burn it all down — the agents, the systems, the six-week sprints of 18-hour breakthroughs. I don’t want to talk to anyone. I don’t want to be reached, improved, or inspired. I want to crawl into a dark room, roll a joint, queue up some moody music, eat something that’s 80% bread and cheese, and just be. No strategy. No optimization. Just indulgence, softness, solitude. Pizza. Sex. Games. Maybe a martini by a pool if the universe is generous. And I used to feel guilty about this.
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AiRetirement: How One City Can Redesign Work for the AI Age

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By David Caldicott
| Medium
When I first imagined AiRetirement, it wasn’t just about me. It was about everyone — from the cleaners who built our business with their hands, to the young parents juggling jobs they hate, to the elders in our city with a lifetime of wisdom and no clear path to share it. And I believe Norwich can lead the way. What Is AiRetirement? AiRetirement is a new way of living. Not retirement in the traditional sense — where you stop working forever. But retirement from having to trade your time for money.
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