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Do not take yourself too seriously. Laugh loudly.
Stay optimistic, accept rejection, learn from mistakes, work hard, forgive first, show up on time, fight against sense of entitlement, hold doors open a bit longer, and travel light without carrying resentment or bitterness.
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If you expensed $16,000 in hotels at your job, you’d be fired.
In Doug Ford’s government, you get a raise.
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This Thursday evening I'll be opening my order book for my recycled silver casts of real flowers (snowdrop, lily of the valley, wild carrot) & nature finds such as jay feathers and tiny wearable sculptures of garden birds. There'll be a few one-off pieces in my shop and I'll be able to take a limited number of orders for🎄.
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Thomas Sowell explains why being willing to admit you’re wrong is one of the most important parts of intellectual growth.
The goal isn’t to defend your opinions at all costs. It’s to follow the evidence, even when it forces you to change your mind.
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50 Years of Cannabis studies confirm: THC, CBD & synthetics kill cancer cells!
Plant-based, body-made, and synthetic cannabinoids all showed anti-cancer effects in lab tests and animals.
How well they work depends on:
The type of cancer
The dose and form of the cannabinoid
How many “docking spots” (receptors) the cancer cells have for the cannabinoid
The two most studied cannabinoids (THC and CBD) mostly work by attaching to the body’s built-in cannabinoid receptors (called CB1 and CB2), but they can also work through other receptors and channels (like GPR55, TRPM8, TRPV1, etc.).
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Left joint (light gray/white ash): more complete combustion — residual carbon burned off, leaving mostly the inorganic mineral ash (which is pale). Right joint (black ash): incomplete combustion with more unburned carbon/char left behind.
What actually drives the difference
Moisture level and how well it was dried/cured (too wet or poorly cured → cooler, incomplete burn → darker ash)
How the joint was rolled/packed (airflow and density matter a lot)
Burn temperature and how it was smoked (draw style, lighting, etc.)
Minor contributions from mineral content or particle size, but these are secondary
What the popular claim gets wrong
The common story that white ash = properly flushed / clean / high-quality and black ash = residual nutrients or contaminants is not well supported.
Controlled trials (including the RX Green Technologies flush study) found that flushing barely changes nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, or other minerals left in the flower, and it doesn’t consistently produce whiter ash or better THC/terpene levels. In the trial that actually rated ash color by flush length, white ash was the rarest result across every group.
Black ash does not prove the weed was dirty, stretched, or unflushed. White ash does not prove superior potency, safety, or grow quality. Cigarettes routinely burn to white ash, which is a useful reality check.
Bottom line
Ash color is a useful clue about that particular burn (moisture + airflow + combustion completeness). It is a weak or misleading proxy for overall flower quality. Better signals are smell, taste, smoothness of the smoke, effects, and (when available) lab results for potency and contaminants.
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Do not fall for this mentality of ease and comfort; we are actually tough creatures built to learn from and adapt to pressure, harnessing it for our own power.
