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You may know me from @Joystiq, @Engadget, or @BusinessInsider. Or maybe you know me from The New York Growers Cup / ALL CAPS! [email protected]

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I might be a little less distrustful of AI if the dudes promoting it, supporting it, insisting on it, and advocating for it weren’t the worst fucking people on the planet.
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You’ve gotta use AI because it’s the future. But also it’ll take your job. But also it’ll create a paradise on earth and solve most of our problems. But also it’ll end humanity soon. But also you’ll get left behind if you don’t use it right now.
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Ben Gilbert retweeted
Double Fine has announced it will make BRUTAL LEGEND 2 if the company's new Kickstarter raises $100M
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Got our judges kit for the 2025 NY Growers Cup. Excited to be apart of this!
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Congrats to the homie @THCaeczar who’s strain Sour Spritzer just won the Sour category at The New York Growers Cup grown by and award won by Uncle Plant Daddy! 🎊🎊🎊
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Full video:
Guys will see this and just think "hell yeah"
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You should definitely check out this podcast I’m working on bts about the NY cannabis scene & legalization. It’s already been sourced by the NY Post, and its hosts mentioned in the NY Times, New Yorker and more! + it features good friend @RealBenGilbert! youtu.be/Ut00PBoQn74?si=S4WU…
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I Put $50,000 in a Shoe Box and Handed It to a Stranger Because He Said He Could Get Me Into Helldivers 2 hard-drive.net/hd/video-game…
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Kelce going home to get the most mid head of his life tonight 🙏
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Always interesting hearing traditional retail techniques being applied to cannabis. Most don't work
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Tearful ceremony today at the DeSantis campaign headquarters, as he was lowered via chain into molten steel while giving his team the thumbs-up
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Ben Gilbert retweeted
Please upload your trailer to my website so that we can get traffic. Please. Please help my website. Please help me please help me ͕͗P͕͕͗͗l͕͕͗͗e͕͕͗͗a͕͕͗͗s͕͕͗͗e͕͗ ͕͗H͕͕͗͗e͕͕͗͗l͕͕͗͗p͕͗ ͕͗M͕͕͗͗e͕͗
.@RockstarGames — gaming is one of our most popular topics. Drop that trailer here — give the people on @X what they want!!
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Smoked a lot of weed and ate a lot of pirogies. A+ time
The 2023 New York Growers Cup!
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So many dope growers and people the vibes were high all night.
The 2023 New York Growers Cup!
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Ben Gilbert retweeted
Snoop Dogg giving up pot would be like me giving up potato chips...and pot.
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Few truisms are more central to 21st century Silicon Valley than "Our technology will be worth a lot less if we have to compensate people fairly for their labor"
“Andreessen Horowitz is warning that billions of dollars in AI investments could be worth a lot less if companies developing the technology are forced to pay for the copyrighted data that makes it work.” This is NOT from the @TheOnion www-businessinsider-com.cdn.…
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Media Request: What is your cannabis company doing while waiting for a rescheduling decision from the DEA? How is this affecting your business plans now and potentially in the future? Please respond here or send me a message to talk more!
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Know what? Legacy cannabis farmers are: Carpenters, electricians, plumbers, farmers, scouts & security, networkers, real innovators. True craftsman & craftswomen. This is why dedication wins. #legacy 👨‍🌾 #cannabis #NY 🥉New York Growers Cup 2022
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Regulate cannabis like coffee.
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