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Weed

White Weed Entrepreneurs Are Gaming Programs Meant to Help People of Color
Berner's says it's San Francisco's first Black-owned dispensary, but critics claim its well-connected white partners got preferential treatment.
Chris Roberts
1.30.20
healthcare

Some Kid on TikTok Spread a Hoax About World Health Crises for Clout
Plenty of people believed the stunt thanks to surging coronavirus fears—which the video's creator later said was his Big Point About Society, though most viewers probably missed that part.
Katie Way
1.30.20
tech-science

Scientists Witnessed a Dead Star ‘Dragging’ the Fabric of Reality
Astronomers spent 20 years using a dead star as a gigantic "cosmic clock" to test a mind-blowing prediction of Einstein's general theory of relativity.
Becky Ferreira
1.30.20
impeachment

Lev Parnas Has a Wild Plan to Burn Trump With a Million Selfies
How a Soviet-born businessman is trying to take down a president and save his own skin.
Greg Walters
1.30.20
Rag Time

Justin Bieber Explains Everything but His Relationship With Selena Gomez
Unfortunately for Bieber, Gomez is prepared to talk about the past.
Allie Jones
1.30.20
sex tech

The Fisting Emoji Has Arrived
The Unicode Consortium has approved a bunch of new emojis, one of which is named “pinched fingers.” Sure.
Harron Walker
1.30.20
food news

Old Bay's Sold-Out Hot Sauce Is Now $50 a Bottle on eBay
The limited edition sauce went for $3.49 on the brand's website, but it sold out in an hour.
Bettina Makalintal
1.30.20
food news

A Shortage of Small-Breasted Chickens Is Hurting Fast Food Chains
As offerings like the Popeyes sandwich surge in popularity, there's a surprisingly big demand for little chickens.
Bettina Makalintal
1.30.20
CYBER

What's Actually on the Dark Web
Dark web researcher Emily Wilson explains the good, bad, and nefarious parts of the dark web to CYBER.
Ben Makuch
1.30.20
White Nationalism

US Coast Guard Officer Facing Gun Charges Researched ‘How to Rid the U.S. of Jews,’ Court Docs Reveal
He extensively researched bomb-making manuals, sniper attacks, “killing school,” firearms and tactical gear, and incels, and downloaded the manifestos of far-right terrorists.
Tess Owen
1.30.20
election 2020

Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren Are the Best Candidates on Internet Freedom
Sanders and Warren have better policies on privacy, surveillance, broadband access, net neutrality, and other internet freedom issues, a study by Free Press Action has found.
Kevin Collier
1.30.20
emoji

You're Using the New Emoji All Wrong
Absorb this information so you don't embarrass yourself in the group-chat.
James Greig
1.30.20
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