I’m just going to put this on my l wish list just in case anybody is curious 😆
I imagine I’ll have to get it myself which is fine. It just won’t be anytime soon.
Have pity on me.
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On this day over 160 years ago, news of the Emancipation Proclamation reached the last enslaved people in Galveston, Texas. Juneteenth is a celebration of freedom, resilience, and the ongoing pursuit of justice. We still have work ahead of us to form a more perfect Union.
@RepCarbajal Thanks, Salud. Proud to live in the fourth-largest economy in the world and grateful to have a representative who values peace and working families. Thank you for your leadership and all you do for the Central Coast. 🙏
🚨 Time-sensitive opportunity in Santa Barbara.
Licensed California cannabis manufacturing & distribution platform with active state and local licenses, established operating history, existing infrastructure, and nearly $4M in audited revenue history.
Seeking either:
• Strategic acquisition partner
• Bridge financing partner
Immediate capital need: ~$34,000 to preserve the opportunity while larger transaction discussions continue.
Serious inquiries:
Aaron Schulman
805-637-0100
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The DEA published three new Federal Register notices today involving companies seeking federal registration to import or manufacture marijuana, marijuana extract, tetrahydrocannabinols and nabilone. https://t.co/dIRBRchi2A
To everyone so eager to cancel someone for a tattoo they got at age 22, a drunk text, a selfie they took in the middle of a mental health crisis:
Show us your laptop.
Show us your iCloud.
Open your entire digital life to your worst enemy. No context. No filter. No explanation.
You won’t.
You won’t because you know what I know. Any one of us, frozen at our worst moment, photographed in our lowest hour, looks like a monster. Looks like a stranger. Looks like someone who deserves to be cast out.
That is not who we are.
My mom and baby sister were killed in a car accident when I was just a kid. Cancer took my brother Beau, my best friend and my rock. I battled alcoholism. I battled addiction. I chose the coward’s way out more times than I can count.
For years I believed the defining chapters of my life were written by tragedy, loss, and shame.
I no longer believe that.
Pain can shape us. Loss can humble us. Failures can leave scars that never fully fade. But none of them have the authority to define us.
And it sure as hell ain’t the critic that counts.
That authority belongs to us alone-the person in the arena.
Every setback presents a choice. Play the victim, or cut the bullshit and take ownership for who we become next.
Life does not determine our character. It reveals it.
Again and again we are asked the same question. When shit happens, what next?
We are not defined by what happened to us. We are not defined by the worst photo, the worst text, the worst tattoo, the worst night. We are defined by the person we choose to become. And by the courage to choose that person, every single day.
So before you reach for the gavel - show us your laptop.
You won’t.
The whole world saw mine. And I am still here. Still becoming. Still choosing. Still standing.
That is the only definition that matters.
Rest in peace, David Hockney.
I grew up in Nichols Canyon and rode my bike on Mulholland, so Nichols Canyon and Mulholland Drive: The Road to the Studio feel personal to me. He once invited me to his house; I never went. I’ve always wondered what that conversation might have been.
Thank you for painting the roads that shaped my childhood.
#DavidHockney #HollywoodHills #NicholsCanyon #LosAngelesArt #CaliforniaArt
@AMartinelliWA That’s exactly what happened which makes me wonder how many people endorsing this are quietly involved in the illicit market. Could it be the prison industrial complex? Asking for a friend.
@CottageHealth just received a phone call from this number with an AI agent asking for my permission to access my data. Obviously, NOT Cottage Hospital or any affiliated companies, correct???
It was great to join CNN today with @repjeffhurd to talk about @problemsolverscaucus's bipartisan efforts to reform the redistricting process and restore trust in our elections.
Things the recovery industry will not tell you:
1. The drug worked. That is why people use it. Not weakness. Not moral failure.
A neurological event so complete and persuasive that any honest account of addiction has to start there.
The problem is not that the drug fails. The problem is that what it does is unrepeatable, and you will burn your entire life to the ground trying to get back to a place that no longer exists.
2. Shame is not guilt. Guilt says I did something bad. Shame says I am something bad. Guilt is appropriate. Shame is a cell with no windows. Most people use the words interchangeably. That mistake is lethal.
3. You cannot shame someone who has already named the thing you are holding over them. Say it first. Say it in plain light. The weapon drops.
4. Guilt can coexist with self-respect. Shame cannot. You can hold the damage and the dignity at the same time. I know because I live there.
5. Radical honesty does not give you back who you were. It hands you the clean slate of who you always wanted to be. The mask comes off. The cartoon other people drew of you stays on the page.
6. Nobody gets clean on a winning streak.
7. You have to be almost self-delusional in your forgiveness of yourself. (Go watch Chase Hughes)
8. The greatest sin was not the chaos. It was the absence. Being unavailable to the people who needed you.
9. Sustainable recovery starts with one thing: honesty with yourself. If you love an addict and want to help, that is the only door in.
10. I am only an expert on my recovery. Nobody is an expert on anyone else’s.
After nearly nine years building SBMS in Santa Barbara, we’re evaluating strategic partnerships and recapitalization opportunities for a licensed cannabis manufacturing and distribution platform.
Seeking conversations with operators, investors, and industry partners who understand the value of licensed infrastructure in California.
DMs open.
#CannabisIndustry #CaliforniaCannabis #SantaBarbara #BusinessOpportunity
Today would have been my father’s 92nd birthday.
As Pride Month begins, I’m remembering a man who lived in a different era in a world that still has work to do.
Here’s to authenticity, dignity, and the freedom to be yourself.
Happy Birthday, Dad. ❤️🏳️🌈
#PrideMonth#LoveIsLove #HappyBirthdayDad
Texas gas is cheaper largely because Texas produces massive amounts of oil, has lower fuel taxes, and fewer environmental regulations — not because California magically controls global oil prices. California also pays for cleaner air standards and a different energy strategy. Oversimplifying it into ‘Gavin bad’ is politics, not economics