There was a time when suburbanites were terrified of roving street gangs armed with ninja weapons. horizonmass.news/2025/04/11/mas… HorizonMass

ICYMI: How the 1970s kung fu craze and racist fear mongering resulted in Massachusetts being the last state to ban nunchucks. #mapoli #martialarts #kungfu #nunchucks #Brucelee horizonmass.news/2025/04/11/mas…

Is hemp getting too big to ban? #cannabis #texas forbes.com/sites/zackhuff…

A new map from the Indigenous Cannabis Industry Association and Vicente LLP shows over 100 Tribal communities are selling cannabis or hemp. @forbes forbes.com/sites/zackhuff…

I’m about to get a filling at the dentist office while keeping an eye on the budget markup for the ag subcommittee. I’ll let you know which was more painful.

Jose Canseco just wished me a happy Father’s Day!

My first article for the Nashville Scene. I had to hurry up and write about the state's hemp industry while it still exists.

It sucks for Karen Read supporters that there are no other people being falsely accused of committing crimes in Massachusetts. Back to looking for deals at Kohl's I guess.

Me when the Lime scooter app tells me not to ride after having a few beers

If you thought that the Texas Republican party was going to be friendly to intoxicating hemp, or cannabis more broadly, I'd suggest you read today's Cultivated Media on what went down in the special legislative session: "Law enforcement can tell you it's the new meth."

Prospective New York cannabis operators who applied for licenses in December of 2023 may have to wait a ~decade~ to actually open their stores. So that’s 2033. In today’s Cultivated Media, Zack Huffman breaks down what you need to know from Friday’s meeting.

ICYMI: some retailers will have to wait years before they can open.

A wildly out of context headline. One producer says he hopes for lobbying does not constitute a trend. I say that as someone who would be professionally intrigued if this was accurate.

First trailer for the new ‘THE OFFICE’ series ‘THE PAPER’ The series follows the Dunder Mifflin documentary crew as they focus on a dying Midwestern newspaper & its reporters. Releasing September 4 on Peacock.

can't be worse than the Newsroom...