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markmetz, 9 months ago to random

About freaking time. Long overdue!

“Marijuana is currently classified as a schedule I drug under the Controlled Substances Act, meaning it has a high potential for abuse and no accepted medical use, along with drugs like heroin and LSD.

HHS is recommending reclassifying marijuana to say it has a moderate to low potential for dependence and a lower abuse potential, which would put it in a class with ketamine and testosterone.

If marijuana classification were to ease at the federal level, that could allow major stock exchanges to list businesses that are in the cannabis trade, and potentially allow foreign companies to begin selling their products in the United States.”

US health officials look to move marijuana to lower-risk drug category | Reuters https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/hhs-official-calls-move-marijuana-lower-risk-drug-category-bloomberg-news-2023-08-30/

markmetz, 11 months ago to climate

In today’s No Brainer department. (Gift link, no paywall)

“By installing cool roofs, air conditioning use could be cut by about one-third in warm regions, estimates Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. If all large North American cities — those with populations above 1 million — adopted passive cooling on roofs and pavement, we’d prevent the equivalent of the world’s total annual greenhouse gas emissions, or 57 billion tons of carbon dioxide.”

We’re building roofs wrong. A different approach can save money and lives.

#Climate https://wapo.st/3NlbwE1

markmetz, 5 months ago to random

Would Putin pour gasoline on the fire in the Middle East in order to win the war in Ukraine?

You bet he would.

markmetz, 1 year ago to vinylrecords

Kicking off with Booker T & the MGs LP McLemore Avenue.

They covered Abbey Road track for track, including the cover

Spinning tonight 8-11, links belew ;-)

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markmetz, 6 months ago to random

Gee, he seems nice. Another Florida man in the news today.

“Hogue is facing charges of burglary of an unoccupied conveyance with an enhancement of crossing county lines, felony petit theft, fleeing to elude, conspiracy to commit burglary, possession of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, and resisting arrest without violence.”

Car burglaries’ suspect with ‘All Gas, No Brakes’ tattoo crashes during chase, deputies say

https://www.local10.com/news/local/2023/11/14/driver-with-all-gas-no-brakes-tattoo-ends-series-of-car-burglaries-with-crash-during-chase/

markmetz, 4 months ago to random

Something to keep in mind during election year.

markmetz, 3 months ago to random

Louder, for the folks in back.
1/

Mike Johnson is bought and paid for by the people making bullets for Russia.

“He is also a part owner of Tula Cartridge Works, which has been supplying ammunition for Russian forces during its invasion of Ukraine.”

Who Is Konstantin Nikolaev? Putin Ally Behind Mike Johnson Campaign Donation

https://www.newsweek.com/who-konstantin-nikolaev-money-mike-johnson-1870600

markmetz, 9 months ago to random

Xi88er: another day, another downgrade. This clown really hates the media.

Elon Musk to remove headlines from news articles shared on X | Fortune

https://fortune.com/2023/08/21/elon-musk-plans-remove-headlines-news-articles-link-shared-on-x-twitter/

markmetz, 9 months ago to vinyl

Countdown to PopUp!

Mid-day jams on the turntables... maybe some rock LPs today?

10:30-1:30(pst) listen live at the links below

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Gilda Radner switchboard operator gif

markmetz, 4 months ago to random

Good luck with that.
(Seen in Texas)

markmetz, 3 months ago to random

Beware the #ConCon

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“100 legislators from across the country headed to Mount Vernon—George Washington’s former plantation in Virginia—for a four-hour planning session on how to win the thirty-four states needed to make the plan a reality.

In the decade since those first secretive meetings, Meckler’s Convention of States has managed to rack up wins in nineteen states for a convention that would address sweeping proposals to radically curtail the powers of the federal government. ALEC-led groups also claim to have twenty-eight states behind their call for a more limited convention to propose a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution.”

markmetz, 1 year ago to random

Dear #Türkiye;

Please kick your autocrat to the curb.

Sincerely,

Your Western Liberal Democracy Friends.

markmetz, 1 month ago to random

Be on the lookout!
(great work from Mastodon user @jensorensen as always!)

markmetz, 6 months ago to jazz

Not how you want to treat your records...
So you can listen to mine instead - on tonight 8-11
Spinning some Saturday evening vinyl for you.
LP #CoverArt threaded below.
#Jazz #Blues #Soul

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video/mp4

markmetz, 4 months ago to random

Remember Sully?
15 years ago!

markmetz, 10 months ago to random

ICYMI: Musk got set up in the privatize space kleptocracy project by none other than Putin’s favorite Congress critter Dana Rohrabacher.

markmetz, 9 months ago to random

Jesus Christ on a cracker… I turn on AM talk radio for 30 seconds and there’s a guy calling in who calls himself “the gay Dennis Prager” and I just wanna scream and rip my eyeballs out…

markmetz, 9 months ago to random

New ruzzian handler…

Rupert Murdoch’s New Flame Elena Zhukova Was Once Married to a Russian Billionaire

https://www.thedailybeast.com/rupert-murdochs-new-flame-elena-zhukova-was-once-married-to-a-russian-billionaire

markmetz, 9 months ago to random

Great! Now do billionaires!

The IRS plans to crack down on 1,600 millionaires to collect millions of dollars in back taxes | AP News

https://apnews.com/article/irs-millionaires-back-taxes-2624282ac20388311bd03ee76ae36f70

markmetz, 10 months ago to random

Ahem…

markmetz, 7 months ago to random

Oh c’mon… who among us doesn’t make 200K a year and have no bank account…?

What Is Happening With Mike Johnson’s Money? | The New Republic https://newrepublic.com/post/176550/where-mike-johnson-money-bank-account

markmetz, 10 months ago to cars

Chevrolet Vega 1977
Petaluma High School Alumni Car Show.
#Cars
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markmetz, 5 months ago to random

What worries me isn’t so much the idea that Trump might win next year, because I really don’t think he will.

I’m more worried about what happens if MAGA and the GOP eventually get back the reins of power in this country.

And unfortunately, the way things work in this country odds are that one day they will.

markmetz, 17 days ago to random

bUt rUzzia feElz THREATENED! tHey hAz nO cHoiCe!

markmetz, 9 days ago to random

😡