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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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Raising the Volume: How Regulations and Consumer Market Trends Have Increased the Volume of Cannabis Packaging Waste in California
www.astm.org
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.
#ASTM #ASTMInternational
#ASTM #ASTMInternational
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Two days after the House of Representatives voted to restore collective bargaining rights to federal employees, Trump moves to illegally end collective bargaining for TSA workers.
Trump may be the most anti-union president in American history.
Trump may be the most anti-union president in American history.
December 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Two days after the House of Representatives voted to restore collective bargaining rights to federal employees, Trump moves to illegally end collective bargaining for TSA workers.
Trump may be the most anti-union president in American history.
Trump may be the most anti-union president in American history.
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I am not live posting the whole argument here because I want to listen closely to Trump v. Slaughter. But the solicitor general for Trump just said the point here in killing the independence of agencies like the FTC is that executive branch officers must “fear and obey” the president. Wow. #SCOTUS
December 8, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I am not live posting the whole argument here because I want to listen closely to Trump v. Slaughter. But the solicitor general for Trump just said the point here in killing the independence of agencies like the FTC is that executive branch officers must “fear and obey” the president. Wow. #SCOTUS
Happy flat fuck Friday!
Be like the gator and slide headfirst into some good vibes.
Be like the gator and slide headfirst into some good vibes.
a picture of a crocodile with the word me written on its face
ALT: a picture of a crocodile with the word me written on its face
media.tenor.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Happy flat fuck Friday!
Be like the gator and slide headfirst into some good vibes.
Be like the gator and slide headfirst into some good vibes.
Something something something support our troops.
Alameda amassed nearly $400 million to transform an ex-naval base into a veterans clinic. The Trump administration torpedoed the project, declaring it dead without telling the people in charge.
Alameda lined up $400 million in federal funds to build a veterans clinic. Then Trump stepped in
Alameda amassed nearly $400 million to transform an ex-naval base into a veterans clinic. The Trump administration torpedoed the project, declaring it dead without telling the people in charge.
bit.ly
December 13, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Something something something support our troops.
If you've never read or heard of "Repent Harlequin!" Said The Ticktockman, do yourself a favor and read a funny short story about a hero standing up to fascism.
files.libcom.org
December 13, 2025 at 7:00 AM
If you've never read or heard of "Repent Harlequin!" Said The Ticktockman, do yourself a favor and read a funny short story about a hero standing up to fascism.
Just watched the documentary Santa Camp and I'm pretty sure this guy was in it.
It's a heartwarmingly sweet doc.
It's a heartwarmingly sweet doc.
December 13, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Just watched the documentary Santa Camp and I'm pretty sure this guy was in it.
It's a heartwarmingly sweet doc.
It's a heartwarmingly sweet doc.
Accepting donations of $67 to pay people $67 to get 67 tattooed on themselves
Let's enable an entire generation to get terrible tattoos.
Let's enable an entire generation to get terrible tattoos.
December 13, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Accepting donations of $67 to pay people $67 to get 67 tattooed on themselves
Let's enable an entire generation to get terrible tattoos.
Let's enable an entire generation to get terrible tattoos.
If I claimed to be a presidential ballroom, could I get some of those corporate donations?
December 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
If I claimed to be a presidential ballroom, could I get some of those corporate donations?
It's a strange time where 6-7 anything gets a bigger reaction then O 69 in bingo.
December 6, 2025 at 5:29 AM
It's a strange time where 6-7 anything gets a bigger reaction then O 69 in bingo.
I wish I still lived in the Bay Area to go to this.
As a writer and photographer I've almost certainly had my works stolen but I don't even have a way to know for sure right now, let alone, get paid for copyright violations.
As a writer and photographer I've almost certainly had my works stolen but I don't even have a way to know for sure right now, let alone, get paid for copyright violations.
If you only knew how close we are...
If you are in the Bay Area, please go to March2Testify.org and sign-up. Dec8th CA-AB 412: Generative artificial intelligence: training data: copyrighted materials.
Every single one of these AI bills matter right now. Every single one!
#March2Testify
If you are in the Bay Area, please go to March2Testify.org and sign-up. Dec8th CA-AB 412: Generative artificial intelligence: training data: copyrighted materials.
Every single one of these AI bills matter right now. Every single one!
#March2Testify
December 4, 2025 at 7:59 AM
I wish I still lived in the Bay Area to go to this.
As a writer and photographer I've almost certainly had my works stolen but I don't even have a way to know for sure right now, let alone, get paid for copyright violations.
As a writer and photographer I've almost certainly had my works stolen but I don't even have a way to know for sure right now, let alone, get paid for copyright violations.
It's nights like tonight, when I'm freezing my ass off inside, that I think about how hard life is for the unhoused.
And then I'm grateful that, as hard as things have got at times, I've never truly been homeless.
Be grateful for what you've got and try to have some perspective for others.
And then I'm grateful that, as hard as things have got at times, I've never truly been homeless.
Be grateful for what you've got and try to have some perspective for others.
December 1, 2025 at 8:10 AM
It's nights like tonight, when I'm freezing my ass off inside, that I think about how hard life is for the unhoused.
And then I'm grateful that, as hard as things have got at times, I've never truly been homeless.
Be grateful for what you've got and try to have some perspective for others.
And then I'm grateful that, as hard as things have got at times, I've never truly been homeless.
Be grateful for what you've got and try to have some perspective for others.
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They're not hiding it, folks—straight up neo-Nazi advertising, from the font to the language to the 11 stars for the Confederacy. Then you have the DHS openly using white nationalist language of "remigrate", which means ethnic cleansing.
This is who MAGA is now.
This is who MAGA is now.
November 30, 2025 at 6:43 AM
They're not hiding it, folks—straight up neo-Nazi advertising, from the font to the language to the 11 stars for the Confederacy. Then you have the DHS openly using white nationalist language of "remigrate", which means ethnic cleansing.
This is who MAGA is now.
This is who MAGA is now.
David Tennant always has and always will be my Doctor.
"In recent history, the Doctor Who actor has repeatedly made headlines thanks to his allyship towards trans and gender non-conforming people – most notably with a subtle gesture during a TV interview that wound up helping to raise £18,000 for the LGBTQ+ youth charity AKT."
'F*** Off And Let People Be': David Tennant Doubles Down On Support For Trans People
"People are trying to create division... and it's so f***ing unnecessary."
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 7:36 AM
David Tennant always has and always will be my Doctor.
If you do not fact check memes before posting them prepare to be unfollowed or muted, I don't condone Blue MAGA on my feed.
November 23, 2025 at 7:44 AM
If you do not fact check memes before posting them prepare to be unfollowed or muted, I don't condone Blue MAGA on my feed.
I need you to fact check your easily disproven memes.
It's very cold out now and I don't want to have to go out for a rage smoke over how dumb you are...
Seriously, if I can do one 30 second Google search so can you...
It's very cold out now and I don't want to have to go out for a rage smoke over how dumb you are...
Seriously, if I can do one 30 second Google search so can you...
November 23, 2025 at 7:35 AM
I need you to fact check your easily disproven memes.
It's very cold out now and I don't want to have to go out for a rage smoke over how dumb you are...
Seriously, if I can do one 30 second Google search so can you...
It's very cold out now and I don't want to have to go out for a rage smoke over how dumb you are...
Seriously, if I can do one 30 second Google search so can you...
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It feels GREAT to cancel my NYTimes subscription.
November 18, 2025 at 6:20 PM
It feels GREAT to cancel my NYTimes subscription.
Just going to leave this here...
"Adolf Hitler most likely suffered from ... a micropenis."
Modern research has proven what many long suspected about dictators.
"Adolf Hitler most likely suffered from ... a micropenis."
Modern research has proven what many long suspected about dictators.
Hitler's DNA reveals Nazi leader likely had syndrome that can affect genitals, researchers say
Researchers behind the "Hitler's DNA" documentary say the Nazi dictator likely had Kallmann Syndrome, a rare genetic condition which can cause undescended testicles and a micropenis.
www.cbsnews.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Just going to leave this here...
"Adolf Hitler most likely suffered from ... a micropenis."
Modern research has proven what many long suspected about dictators.
"Adolf Hitler most likely suffered from ... a micropenis."
Modern research has proven what many long suspected about dictators.
If I fact check your meme it has nothing to do with this being Bluesky or me being a scold and everything to do with your meme being factually inaccurate.
I've always had a low tolerance for BS and that feeling has been cranked up to 11 in recent years.
I've always had a low tolerance for BS and that feeling has been cranked up to 11 in recent years.
Bluesky daily usage is down in Oct 2025.
Shame that people went back to The Bad Place.
While this article calls users judgy: I get on average 95% good comments here.
A scroll through Threads, they receive 75% bashing.
The internet is hateful & judgy, bottom line.
www.forbes.com/sites/conorm...
Shame that people went back to The Bad Place.
While this article calls users judgy: I get on average 95% good comments here.
A scroll through Threads, they receive 75% bashing.
The internet is hateful & judgy, bottom line.
www.forbes.com/sites/conorm...
November 18, 2025 at 8:18 AM
If I fact check your meme it has nothing to do with this being Bluesky or me being a scold and everything to do with your meme being factually inaccurate.
I've always had a low tolerance for BS and that feeling has been cranked up to 11 in recent years.
I've always had a low tolerance for BS and that feeling has been cranked up to 11 in recent years.
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Andrew Johnson claimed to an alleged child molestation victim that Trump's pardon entitled him to multi-million dollar reparations.
Pardoned Capitol Rioter Tried to Hush Child Sex Victim With Promise of Jan. 6 Reparation Money, Police Say
Pardoned Capitol rioter Andrew Johnson tried to keep a child sex abuse victim quiet with claimed $10 million Jan. 6 reparations, police say.
interc.pt
November 18, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Andrew Johnson claimed to an alleged child molestation victim that Trump's pardon entitled him to multi-million dollar reparations.
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The Truth is out there, and it's blasting the MAGA lies on their own platform. 😂
November 12, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The Truth is out there, and it's blasting the MAGA lies on their own platform. 😂
"And I think: how is it possible to save the planet without relearning the rhythm of the earth?"
This writer has bars and makes a lot of sense.
This writer has bars and makes a lot of sense.
‘The haste feels contagious … I fear it’: a Xipaya journalist on attending Cop30
‘The haste feels contagious … I fear it’: a Xipaya journalist on attending Cop30
An Indigenous journalist’s experience of entering the belly of Cop where time does not flourish, it is consumed
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:37 AM
"And I think: how is it possible to save the planet without relearning the rhythm of the earth?"
This writer has bars and makes a lot of sense.
This writer has bars and makes a lot of sense.
This feels like the doing of the PayPal Mafia and the same geniuses who flew migrants to Martha's Vineyard with no warning.
Details have emerged about the controversial scheme to take Palestinians out of Gaza, run by Al-Majd Europe.
What’s the shadowy organisation taking Gaza Palestinians to South Africa?
Details have emerged about the controversial scheme to take Palestinians out of Gaza, run by Al-Majd Europe.
bit.ly
November 16, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This feels like the doing of the PayPal Mafia and the same geniuses who flew migrants to Martha's Vineyard with no warning.
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I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
So much for Republicans ending the War on Christmas...
"In east Charlotte, two workers were hanging Christmas lights in Rheba Hamilton's front yard on Saturday morning when two Customs and Border Patrol agents walked up."
"In east Charlotte, two workers were hanging Christmas lights in Rheba Hamilton's front yard on Saturday morning when two Customs and Border Patrol agents walked up."
Federal officials confirm officers have begun Charlotte immigration enforcement
Federal officials have started a surge of immigration enforcement in Charlotte, North Carolina.
www.ksbw.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:44 AM
So much for Republicans ending the War on Christmas...
"In east Charlotte, two workers were hanging Christmas lights in Rheba Hamilton's front yard on Saturday morning when two Customs and Border Patrol agents walked up."
"In east Charlotte, two workers were hanging Christmas lights in Rheba Hamilton's front yard on Saturday morning when two Customs and Border Patrol agents walked up."