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Non-toxic gamer. Published cannabis waste researcher. Animal lover. Sustainability advocate. Journalist with over 200 articles in over a dozen outlets (High Times, etc). A contemporary Renaissance man gifted with bardic knowledge. linktr.ee/mitchellcolbert
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Raising the Volume: How Regulations and Consumer Market Trends Have Increased the Volume of Cannabis Packaging Waste in California
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The ASTM International just published my study on #cannabis #CPG #waste. If you are interested in cannabis and #sustainability, do yourself a favor and check it out.
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In 2019, after Epstein was arrested, Trump told reporters he was “not a fan of his, that I can tell you.” Trump also said he hadn’t spoken to Epstein in 15 years, which would have been 2004.
But the just released emails prove they spent Thanksgiving together just TWO YEARS earlier. Donald's a liar.
But the just released emails prove they spent Thanksgiving together just TWO YEARS earlier. Donald's a liar.
November 13, 2025 at 9:45 PM
In 2019, after Epstein was arrested, Trump told reporters he was “not a fan of his, that I can tell you.” Trump also said he hadn’t spoken to Epstein in 15 years, which would have been 2004.
But the just released emails prove they spent Thanksgiving together just TWO YEARS earlier. Donald's a liar.
But the just released emails prove they spent Thanksgiving together just TWO YEARS earlier. Donald's a liar.
100% and it's not just the illegal drug market that has major environmental impacts, so does the legal market. Drug policy regulators need to consider the impacts of policies, like child proof packaging, on waste.
November 13, 2025 at 10:51 AM
100% and it's not just the illegal drug market that has major environmental impacts, so does the legal market. Drug policy regulators need to consider the impacts of policies, like child proof packaging, on waste.
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Jeffrey Epstein: "I have met some very bad people. None as bad as Trump. Not one decent cell in his body."
November 13, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Jeffrey Epstein: "I have met some very bad people. None as bad as Trump. Not one decent cell in his body."
Bingo bango bongo, exactly this.
How does a legitimate reporter not report on this story? Asking as a journalist who is pretty sure our job is breaking the news, not *breaking* the news.
Pretty sad to see how broken mainstream journalism is now.
How does a legitimate reporter not report on this story? Asking as a journalist who is pretty sure our job is breaking the news, not *breaking* the news.
Pretty sad to see how broken mainstream journalism is now.
I don't think legacy media is reading the room correctly on the Epstein Files. Many of us are asking why they have ignored this story for the last decade? Why did they dismiss all of us who were concerned that Trump might be compromised? And where is their fucking contrition and apology now?
November 13, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Bingo bango bongo, exactly this.
How does a legitimate reporter not report on this story? Asking as a journalist who is pretty sure our job is breaking the news, not *breaking* the news.
Pretty sad to see how broken mainstream journalism is now.
How does a legitimate reporter not report on this story? Asking as a journalist who is pretty sure our job is breaking the news, not *breaking* the news.
Pretty sad to see how broken mainstream journalism is now.
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“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein
November 12, 2025 at 7:54 PM
“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein
Trump pressuring two women to cover up his abuse of other women is so on brand its like a mobius strip of infinite abuse.
The White House wants everyone to know that Trump has nothing to hide with regard to his longtime connection to Epstein, but also that republicans had better keep hiding information if they know what’s good for them.
www.axios.com/2025/11/12/e...
www.axios.com/2025/11/12/e...
Trump pressures Boebert, Mace to back down on Epstein files
If any GOP member were to remove their name, the petition would no longer have the necessary support.
www.axios.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Trump pressuring two women to cover up his abuse of other women is so on brand its like a mobius strip of infinite abuse.
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Jeffrey Epstein advised Steve Bannon that the lawyers representing Brett Kavanaugh in his confirmation hearing should accuse Christine Blasey Ford of being on medications that cause false memories or memory loss.
November 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Jeffrey Epstein advised Steve Bannon that the lawyers representing Brett Kavanaugh in his confirmation hearing should accuse Christine Blasey Ford of being on medications that cause false memories or memory loss.
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Here’s a gift link (no paywall) to the article, “Catholic bishops condemn ‘indiscriminate mass deportation’ in rare statement”:
wapo.st/448fDw6
wapo.st/448fDw6
November 13, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Here’s a gift link (no paywall) to the article, “Catholic bishops condemn ‘indiscriminate mass deportation’ in rare statement”:
wapo.st/448fDw6
wapo.st/448fDw6
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Can we just take a minute and acknowledge that our POTUS is right OUT IN THE OPEN lobbying Congressional members to vote against releasing the Epstein files?! Like... what the fuck else does anyone even need to know?
November 13, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Can we just take a minute and acknowledge that our POTUS is right OUT IN THE OPEN lobbying Congressional members to vote against releasing the Epstein files?! Like... what the fuck else does anyone even need to know?
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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Trump’s trying to intimidate voters by sending the DOJ to CA to “monitor” the election.
Here’s the thing—over 5.9 million ballots have already been returned in the Prop 50 special election. Most folks, like myself, are dropping theirs off and couldn’t care less about the scare tactics. #YesOnProp50
Here’s the thing—over 5.9 million ballots have already been returned in the Prop 50 special election. Most folks, like myself, are dropping theirs off and couldn’t care less about the scare tactics. #YesOnProp50
November 3, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Trump’s trying to intimidate voters by sending the DOJ to CA to “monitor” the election.
Here’s the thing—over 5.9 million ballots have already been returned in the Prop 50 special election. Most folks, like myself, are dropping theirs off and couldn’t care less about the scare tactics. #YesOnProp50
Here’s the thing—over 5.9 million ballots have already been returned in the Prop 50 special election. Most folks, like myself, are dropping theirs off and couldn’t care less about the scare tactics. #YesOnProp50
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Congratulations, Andrew Cuomo!
I know how hard you worked for this.
I know how hard you worked for this.
![Red Trump-style graphic with images of Donald Trump and Andrew Cuomo.
At the top it says, "I'm going to pick [Cuomo]." - Donald Trump, 60 Minutes Interview, 11-2-25
Then beneath it
TRUMP ENDORSES CUOMO](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j5hrotody26iqi24hcusufxu/bafkreib7wnor7hl45ryvmifde4sov74rrnexa3iecbyu7zxjx6brrslsiy@jpeg)
November 3, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Congratulations, Andrew Cuomo!
I know how hard you worked for this.
I know how hard you worked for this.
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Don’t take it from me, listen to Snopes! Speaker Johnson signed a bill to cut $186 billion from SNAP. And again, it’s HIS party that won’t help millions of Americans put food on the table this month.
House Speaker Mike Johnson signed bill cutting $186B from SNAP in July 2025
Users shared this true claim amid uncertainty regarding whether Americans would receive federal food benefits during the 2025 government shutdown.
www.snopes.com
November 2, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Don’t take it from me, listen to Snopes! Speaker Johnson signed a bill to cut $186 billion from SNAP. And again, it’s HIS party that won’t help millions of Americans put food on the table this month.
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President Trump's administration faces deadlines on Monday to tell two federal judges whether it will continue to fund SNAP, the nation's biggest food aid program, using contingency funds. n.pr/490aPMO
Trump administration faces Monday deadline on use of contingency funds for SNAP
President Trump's administration faces deadlines on Monday to tell two federal judges whether it will continue to fund SNAP, the nation's biggest food aid program, using contingency funds.
n.pr
November 3, 2025 at 6:58 AM
President Trump's administration faces deadlines on Monday to tell two federal judges whether it will continue to fund SNAP, the nation's biggest food aid program, using contingency funds. n.pr/490aPMO
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Can't wait to lease my Lex Luther-owned space pod and receive my Prime oxygen ration, hoping the subscription rates on air don't go up again. It's so convenient; it just pipes right into the pod. Or, you know, not.
Lunacy. tech.yahoo.com/science/arti...
Jeff Bezos Says He Doesn't Understand Why Anybody Alive Now Would Be 'Discouraged'—Because Soon, 'Millions Of People Will Be Living In Space'
Jeff Bezos says the future is so bright, he "doesn't see how anybody can be discouraged who is alive right now." Speaking at Italian Tech Week 2025 earlier this month with Ferrari and Stellantis chair...
tech.yahoo.com
October 25, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Can't wait to lease my Lex Luther-owned space pod and receive my Prime oxygen ration, hoping the subscription rates on air don't go up again. It's so convenient; it just pipes right into the pod. Or, you know, not.
STOP GIVING HIM IDEAS.
If a temporary resident of the White House can totally demolish the East Wing to build a gaudy ballroom, without any authority, approval, or regulation, he can tear down the rest of the White House to build a Walmart. That this destruction is allowed underscores how off the rails our country is now.
October 25, 2025 at 11:39 AM
STOP GIVING HIM IDEAS.
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It's been a week of ostentatious bigotry in American politics, David A. Graham argues in The Atlantic Daily.
It’s Not a Dog Whistle If Everyone Can Hear It
A week of ostentatious bigotry in American politics
bit.ly
October 19, 2025 at 11:15 AM
It's been a week of ostentatious bigotry in American politics, David A. Graham argues in The Atlantic Daily.
This issue with Pentagon press passes isn't getting nearly enough attention.
Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says. n.pr/4q87Jwb
Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass
Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says.
n.pr
October 14, 2025 at 10:15 AM
This issue with Pentagon press passes isn't getting nearly enough attention.
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Who was president in 2020? There appears to be a concerted effort to get you to forget
www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/p...
‘Who was president in 2020?’ Trump and GOP want you to think it was Biden | CNN Politics
If you asked people what the worst one-year period in recent American history was, it’s a good bet that many would choose roughly between January 2020 and January 2021.
www.cnn.com
October 13, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Who was president in 2020? There appears to be a concerted effort to get you to forget
www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/p...
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FLORIDA now requires public schools to share space with charter schools, and “one charter operator intends to occupy space in more than 100 public schools (!)” 🤔
Privatizing public schools at breakneck speed, filling their pockets with taxpayer funds. www.fox13news.com/news/charter...
Privatizing public schools at breakneck speed, filling their pockets with taxpayer funds. www.fox13news.com/news/charter...
October 14, 2025 at 12:50 AM
FLORIDA now requires public schools to share space with charter schools, and “one charter operator intends to occupy space in more than 100 public schools (!)” 🤔
Privatizing public schools at breakneck speed, filling their pockets with taxpayer funds. www.fox13news.com/news/charter...
Privatizing public schools at breakneck speed, filling their pockets with taxpayer funds. www.fox13news.com/news/charter...
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"Support the troops, y'all!"
October 13, 2025 at 11:18 PM
"Support the troops, y'all!"
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See more job postings from ICE, courtesy of New Yorker Humor: https://www.newyorker.com/humor/shouts-murmurs/ice-job-postings
October 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
See more job postings from ICE, courtesy of New Yorker Humor: https://www.newyorker.com/humor/shouts-murmurs/ice-job-postings
Who was it that decided every scandal needed to be a "gate?"
Watergate was Watergate because that was the hotel's name. We could just as easily picked the "water" half instead of "gate."
Bring on Fajitawater, Climatewater, and Gamerwater.
Or would water go first? Waterfajita? Watergamer?
Watergate was Watergate because that was the hotel's name. We could just as easily picked the "water" half instead of "gate."
Bring on Fajitawater, Climatewater, and Gamerwater.
Or would water go first? Waterfajita? Watergamer?
October 12, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Who was it that decided every scandal needed to be a "gate?"
Watergate was Watergate because that was the hotel's name. We could just as easily picked the "water" half instead of "gate."
Bring on Fajitawater, Climatewater, and Gamerwater.
Or would water go first? Waterfajita? Watergamer?
Watergate was Watergate because that was the hotel's name. We could just as easily picked the "water" half instead of "gate."
Bring on Fajitawater, Climatewater, and Gamerwater.
Or would water go first? Waterfajita? Watergamer?
With the economy in the shitter I just rewatched the original Cowboy Bebop (subbed) and Firefly. Do yourself a favor and reconnect with your roots and stories about diverse crews overcoming impossible odds by working together.
October 11, 2025 at 4:25 AM
With the economy in the shitter I just rewatched the original Cowboy Bebop (subbed) and Firefly. Do yourself a favor and reconnect with your roots and stories about diverse crews overcoming impossible odds by working together.
Seeing this polling says a lot about the people who don't support releasing the Epstein files.
September 27, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Seeing this polling says a lot about the people who don't support releasing the Epstein files.