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Most of the data doesn’t reflect the people doing the hardest work. Most of the training doesn’t account for cultural reality. And most leadership pipelines quietly reproduce the same blind spots we claim we’re trying to heal. This March, that changes. HyphaeLeaks is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.

Note from Reggie (AKA HNIC): I decided we needed to write this piece because every time I share a photo of myself with Steve DeAngelo-like the one below-my DMs light up with people from the cannabis world telling me he “ruined the weed game” or personally engineered the one-acre-cap disaster that crushed small farmers.

We are the longest-running mushroom potency testing lab in the world. Since we started six years ago, plenty of companies have jumped in to try and compete with Hyphae Labs. They’ve offered faster turnaround times, cheaper prices, and all sorts of bells and whistles. But here’s what none of them have matched: the level of security and privacy we offer. In my book The Business Secrets of Drug Dealing, co-authored with Matt Taibbi, one of our core rules is simple: we don’t trade years for minutes.

Before we get started I wanted to let you know that 9/20 (International Mushroom Day!) is on the way and we will be having a gathering in North Beach, San Francisco at Professor Seagulls Smart Shop to celebrate.

There are mushroom cups, and then there’s "The Cup". For a half a decade, the Hyphae Cup has been more than a competition - it’s been a crucible. A proving ground. A launchpad for some of the most respected names in psilocybin cultivation, testing, community and brand building. You don’t win the Hyphae Cup for clout, you win it because your mushrooms are unique, your craft is disciplined, and your test results speak for themselves.

Hey yall! In this special live recording of Hyphae Leaks at Akoma Entheogenic Church, we sit down with our friends Izzy Ali the interim Director of Policy/co- ED of MAPS and Kevin Balktick the Director of MAPS Psychedelic Science 2025 to talk about where the psychedelic movement stands today—and where it might be heading. We ask: Why is the cost so damn high? What role does MAPS still play in a movement it once helped define? Is leadership in the psychedelic space evolving?

In Oakland, revolutions aren’t just remembered – they’re happening right now. This Easter weekend, April 19–20, 2025, Oakland’s activist spirit collides with the psychedelic resurgence in a conference unlike any other. The 2025 Oakland Psychedelic Conference + Spirituality & Beyond 5 sponsored by SUPERMIND coffee is more than a meeting of minds – it’s a rallying point for a movement.

In an era where the psychedelic movement is often reduced to sanitized corporate retreats and commodified spirituality, Oakland stands as a defiant outlier, championing authenticity and grassroots innovation.

March is Women’s History Month, but let’s be real—women have been writing, rewriting, and reimagining history long before the world decided to acknowledge them. And when it comes to healing, mothering, and guiding people through transformation, women have always been at the center.

Valentine’s Day is over, but let’s be real-intimacy, connection, and self-discovery don’t run on a holiday schedule. Maybe you spent it with someone you love. Maybe you spent it reflecting on what love, desire, and connection actually mean to you. Either way, the conversation continues. On Saturday, February 22nd, we’re gathering at Akoma Entheogenic Church for something deeper.