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@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social

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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Marc Elias
@marcelias.bsky.social

I know that everyone is focused on Trump's attacks in California and Alaska. My team is fighting in court in both places. But understand the fight for free and fair elections is much broader. Elias Law Group is currently litigating 92 voting and election cases in 42 states plus DC.

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@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social

This is insulting to Liberace, even he spent less time talking about and admiring men's asses than Trump does.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Bill Clinton: "I think Congress made a mistake not protesting turning the Rose Garden into what looks like the entrance to Liberace's bathroom"

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@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social

Knowing Elon, he'll spend $420 million then post a very stupid tweet about it.

Dan Pfeiffer@danpfeiffer.bsky.social

Elon Musk is spending an unprecedented, absolutely disgusting amount of money to help Republicans. By some counts, it’s well north of $400 million in this cycle. Money matters, but Elon’s money comes with a political price. www.messageboxnews.com/p/why-elon-m...

messageboxnews.comWhy Elon Musk’s Money Could Backfire on RepublicansPlus: why red-state voters want a GOP Senate, Montana’s toss-up House race, Ukraine aid, ICE, and whether Trump can cancel the election
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@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social

A swami is literally "one who is one with themself," a Ramaswamy is "one who is one with their own vomit."

Chicago Tribune@chicagotribune.com

“Bad men gain power when we refuse to stand up and fight,” MK Pritzker said in a statement. “Vivek Ramaswamy represents everything that is wrong with our politics today: Arrogance, cruelty, dishonesty and the belief that it’s acceptable to say and do anything for power.”

chicagotribune.comIllinois first lady MK Pritzker commits $500,000 to Ohio’s Amy Acton after Ramaswamy ad featuring her mother

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Jason Koebler
@jasonkoebler.bsky.social

wrote about "Black October," the PHP vulnerability, and the AI-fueled dread and panic I'm seeing among almost all of the cybersecurity experts I've ever known. I think people w/ LLMs are brute forcing software the same way they brute forced social media w/ slop www.404media.co/php2shell-bl...

404media.coAI Is Changing Everything About Hacking. No One Knows What Happens Next'Black October:' The PHP vulnerabilities and a series of other hacks and bugs have cybersecurity experts freaking out and unsure what happens next.

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Christopher Webb
@cwebbonline.com

DON’T BE AFRAID, BE PREPARED. AG Todd Blanche was asked a simple question: Will the DOJ try to block states from certifying election results? He couldn’t give a simple NO. Instead, he left the door open to hypothetical scenarios. @marcelias.bsky.social

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@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social

BUT WHAT ABOUT THE GRASSED AREAS? It cuts off at the most important part, the part of the Reflecting *Pool* that has grassed areas. Is that why it was so green, they laid sod down underwater?

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

This is a good reminder that the Reflecting Pool STILL isn’t finished

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@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social

It's not that surprising that AI can get drunk when it hallucinates totally sober.

Doug McVay@dougmcvay.bsky.social

"UNSW researchers have shown that large language models (LLMs) can be pushed to imitate drunken behaviour – and that once they do, they are significantly more likely to leak confidential information and answer questions they are designed to refuse." www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/new...

unsw.edu.auResearchers get AI ‘drunk’ to expose new cyber security risks in chatbotsFine-tuning large language models on drunken text makes them more likely to leak secrets and answer harmful questions, new UNSW-led research shows.

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Ilhan Omar
@ilhanmn.bsky.social

I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.

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@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social

A drunk ICE agent attacked a 72-year-old man and his daughter, resulting in the ICE agent being shot in self-defense. If this is the kind of agents they are sending to California, I am not as concerned as I was about them being sent to the polls - they will be too drunk to function.

sfchronicle.comOff-duty ICE agent arrested in Fresno, shot by man who feared for his safetyOff-duty immigration agent David Gonzalez was arrested after police say he assaulted a 72-year-old man, who shot him in apparent self-defense.
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@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social

If you haven't voted already, just a couple of weeks remain until the 10/25 deadline for Americans For Safe Access' #2026CannabisSafetyAwards. Scan the QR code in the graphic to vote for my pioneering research on cannabis packaging waste in the Discovery category. #CannabisSafetyMonth

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@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social

If you aren't familiar with my findings, in a nutshell, cannabis packaging regulations that came with legalization dramatically increased the volume of waste being generated. Now, in California, cannabis packaging waste is a stream larger than motor oil or batteries, and as big as pharmaceuticals.

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@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social

Since publishing, I have presented my findings to cannabis regulators and advisory boards around the US and, despite a deprioritization of sustainability goals by the federal government, there has been renewed interest at the local and state levels. #2026CannabisSafetyAwards #CannabisSafetyMonth

safeaccessnow.org2026 Discovery Award Nominee: Mitchell ColbertMeet Discovery Award nominee Mitchell Colbert, whose research examines cannabis packaging waste and its environmental and community health impacts. Learn more about the nominee and cast your vote in t...
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@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social

Here's an article about my findings to get around the paywall on the full study. Since publishing, I have presented my findings to cannabis regulators and advisory boards around the US.

marijuanamoment.net'Outdated' Marijuana Packaging Rules Make It 'Impossible' For Cannabis Industry To Be Environmentally Sustainable, Study Says - Marijuana MomentA newly published study of product packaging from the commercial marijuana industry concludes that the market shift toward vape pens in recent years has been “a seismic event for cannabis waste,” with...

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Waffle 🧇
@wafflecut.bsky.social

Every couple months I check in on the latest Adrian Chiles articles and I’m always absolutely blown away. These are all from the last couple months. The man is operating at an incredibly high level.

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Ryan Goodman
@rgoodlaw.bsky.social

He is not wrong. "There are reasonable grounds to believe that the reported 68 attacks that killed 223 people constituted crimes against humanity of murder under customary international law" - United Nations Special Rapporteur on U.S. Killing “Narco-Terrorists” at Sea www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...

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Khashoggi's Ghost
@urocklive1.bsky.social

What would Jesus do? I'm pretty sure he wouldn't vote for the likes of Ken Paxton.

Amanda Marcotte@amandamarcotte.bsky.social

Win or lose, James Talarico's campaign is a major threat to the GOP, especially in the long term. Many evangelicals don't even know "liberal Christian" is a possibility. He is showing that it is. And the Christian right is *freaking out*. www.salon.com/2026/09/21/j...

salon.comJames Talarico’s campaign could do lasting damage to the GOPThe Texas Democratic nominee for Senate is teaching evangelical voters that Christians can be liberal
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@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social

Since this Russian psyop is making the rounds again... This is actually a Russian disinformation campaign. The yellow flag is the post has no external link to support their claims. The red flag is the lack of any good trusted sources supporting the claim.

share.googleDid Ukraine allegedly provide the US with "distorted intelligence"? The GUR rejected fakes from Kremlin bot farmsУНН War in Ukraine ✎ Distorted information about a French TV channel's story discrediting the activities of Ukrainian intelligence is being spread on social media. This in…
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat
@ruthbenghiat.bsky.social

Trump's ban on MSNOW, CNN, and Politico is not only part of the autocratic playbook, but the timing is no coincidence. Trump is well in the autocratic backfire process, thus, entire media outlets he sees as threats must be banished. This is a moment of reckoning for America.

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@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social

If one good thing can come out of this horrific policy change, can we all learn that it's spelled bestiality even though it's pronounced "beast?"

Middlerage@middlerage.bsky.social

WHAT? People who are forced into beastiality are a protected class, but teenage girls forced into sex are not to be believed.

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@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social

I can imagine it, and it's a world with less climate refugees, because we addressed the concerns raised way back in Kyoto, people who have more options in life because they are better educated, so there is less crime and terrorism and a more stable world.

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social

In the 25 years since 9/11, the United States has spent $8 trillion+ on wars that have taken millions of lives in the name of fighting "terror." Can you imagine if we had instead invested those funds here on climate, health care, housing, and education?

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Jon Cooper
@joncooper-us.bsky.social

"He said that I’m disrespecting Jesus. You want to know what actually disrespects Jesus? Kicking the sick off their healthcare to give tax cuts to billionaires. Bombing innocent schoolchildren in Iran, and sending our brave men and women off to die in another forever war." PLEASE WATCH AND SHARE!

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Team Talarico
@teamtalaricohq.bsky.social

James Talarico: Tarrant County, the largest swing county in the state of Texas, is closing 92 polling locations. They’ve suspended a million voter registrations in our state. To anyone in Texas watching this — I’m urging you to check your voter registration online and make a plan to vote early.

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@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social

As JD Vance would say it, enjoy celebrating 9/11 today. As a normal human being would say it, I hope this day doesn't bring up any difficult memories for you while people are commemorating the bravery of our first responders and average Americans today. Our VP is a wanker.

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@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social

While the 400% increase in preroll waste may seem shocking, it is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to cannabis waste. I'm glad Ross also touched on the need for improved infrastructure, which is even more important when it comes to vape devices that can cause fires at waste facilities.

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The Guardian
@theguardian.com

Lawmakers blast AI companies after researcher warns of human extinction by 2030

theguardian.comLawmakers blast AI companies after researcher warns of human extinction by 2030Former Anthropic employee Jacob Coxon said AI will become ‘superhuman systems’ that can cause human extinction by the end of the decade Just a day after three Anthropic researchers warned that artificial intelligence could kill off humanity within the decade, lawmakers have begun lashing out about the risks of the burgeoning technology. Ted Cruz, a republican senator from Texas, said in an interview on ABC’s The View, that AI poses a “catastrophic risk” and that he “read that whole tweet thread that that developer put out. It was highly concerning. Continue reading...
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@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social

And people talked shit about Mamdani?

CNN@cnn.com

President Donald Trump has for years told false or unproven stories about what he supposedly saw and did on 9/11 and soon after. As the 25th anniversary of the terror attack approaches, Trump told another story at the White House on Tuesday. | Fact check https://cnn.it/4dqJtAy

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@mitchellcolbert.bsky.social

Between South America and the Real Infowars we may have reached peak dumbest timeline and I'm loving it, and I'm here for it.

Forbes@forbes.com

The show said its name change was “inspired by the bravery and patriotism of Apple and Google,” both of which have complied with executive orders from Trump to change the names of places like Lake Ontario to Lake America.

forbes.com‘South Park’ Changes Branding To ‘South America’ In Latest Trump TrollingThe show said its name change was “inspired by the bravery and patriotism of Apple and Google,” both of which have complied with executive orders from Trump to change the names of places like Lake Ontario to Lake America.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers
@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social

The ultra-wealthy keep trying to pit the rest of us against each other with scare tactics ("communists!" "men in the ladies room!!" "brown people!!!" "drag queens!!!!") to keep us from noticing that our real problem is THEM. They want us to fight *any* war—except a class war. Happy Labor Day.

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AFL-CIO
@aflcio.org

Working people built this country, yet every day billionaires and wealthy elites get richer and richer while we fight for scraps. It doesn’t have to be this way. Join us this Labor Day as we get ready to fight and elect pro-worker candidates this November: Betterinaunion.org

betterinaunion.orgIt's Better in a UnionSupport Workers! Labor Day is a celebration of the power and solidarity our labor movement has when we come together. And this year, we're using it to speak up for working people. Find an Event Share Your Story Working people know it's better in a union...

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Jeff Berardelli
@weatherprof.bsky.social

You can see over the last few days the ENSO 3.4 region has jumped upward. No surprise here. A westerly wind burst is doing what it does. We are now 2.9C above avg and what’s crazy is the next closest year on this date is 1997 at 1.9C… a full 1C behind 2026… 1/

Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social

*Big El Niño Boost in next few weeks! Our already record El Niño is about to get a spike to “Historic”. Humans have never seen such an episode, so I’d expect some unprecedented events. A major push of west winds in the Tropical Pacific will surge warming. 1/