Nick Batora
@nick_batora
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managing director @LeafWorksDNA; PhD in Genetics; plant metabolite ecology & evolution; opinions are my own, obviously.
Sebastopol, CA
Joined September 2014
I think we're in the Roman Republic dilemma at this point. You can't let people get away with this level of constitutional overreach without punishing them.But to punish them is to play right into the partisan tit for tat retribution cycle,which was what plagued Rome.("Lawfare"?)
@dccommonsense I would say truth and reconciliation, so that we can learn what happened and precisely how to avoid it happening again, but I have no faith in Americans to participate in a process wherein they must admit wrongdoing.
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@NandoElRando @skynet47397425 Virtually every large Vietnam protest involved illegal activity, occupying government or campus buildings, blocking access to induction centers, burning draft cards, and shutting down streets. Plenty of pot smoking, and lots of pelting police with objects. Find your own links or
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@skynet47397425 If you go back and look at the Vietnam War protests, they were often huge and violent. In the entire 10 years the only time people got shot, were twice by National Guardsmen, never by trained LEOs. But ICE has done it twice in one month, in the same city.
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I look forward to the day when AI takes the jobs of refs in the @NFL
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A new PNAS paper finds that polarization increased immediately after the invention of smartphones and the advent of social media, which both appeared around the same year, 2008. Both profoundly changed the way humans communicate and this rise of connectivity may have fueled
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How did people travel these seas 500 years ago
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World Health Organization Won't Ease Coca Leaf Ban, Even As Review Found Prohibition Is More Dangerous Than The Plant: "It’s unacceptable for humanity to demonize a sacred medicinal plant. It was more of a political decision than a scientific one." https://t.co/pWAV6Vkgol
marijuanamoment.net
“It’s unacceptable for humanity to demonize a sacred medicinal plant. It was more of a political decision than a scientific one.” By Mattha Busby, Filter The World Health Organization had a historic...
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Important to read in light of today's op ed on Glyphosate. "The afterlife of a ghost-written paper: How corporate authorship shaped two decades of glyphosate safety discourse" - ScienceDirect
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This goat put a bag on its head and terrified the whole herd in Turkey
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Journal Psychological Medicine: *EPA + DHA *SAMe *Curcumin *Saffron Have superior efficacy compared to antidepressants. According to a systemic review and meta-analysis evaluating nutraceuticals effectiveness. Journal: https://t.co/ZhD39hTg7H
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Higher Mushroom Consumption Is Associated with Lower Risk of Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies https://t.co/71OXipC1h3
@_INPST @DHPSP @drfherediaz @dronita_de @DrRPalmquist 🍄🟫🍄🟫🍄🟫
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There is nothing more terrifying than the ocean
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A man in California was stabbed after police said an argument broke out in a GameStop over Pokemon cards.
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A man in California was stabbed after police said an argument broke out in a GameStop over Pokemon cards.
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Even if farmers change their agricultural practices in response to higher temperatures, five out of six staple crops will still suffer severe losses due to climate change.
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Even if agricultural practices adapt in response to higher temperatures, five of the world's six main staple crops will suffer severe losses due to climate change
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A naturalist finds a hallucinogenic mushroom with the power to cure all ailments in the animated series Common Side Effects. Big Pharma is hot on his trail in this beautifully made show, says Bethan Ackerley
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A naturalist finds a hallucinogenic mushroom with the power to cure all ailments in the animated series Common Side Effects. Big Pharma is hot on his trail in this beautifully made show, says Bethan...
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A naturalist finds a hallucinogenic mushroom with the power to cure all ailments in the animated series Common Side Effects. Big Pharma is hot on his trail in this beautifully made show, says Bethan Ackerley
newscientist.com
A naturalist finds a hallucinogenic mushroom with the power to cure all ailments in the animated series Common Side Effects. Big Pharma is hot on his trail in this beautifully made show, says Bethan...
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