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Each April 20, weed aficionados everywhere celebrate the elevated state of being high. (In my hometown, an entire 4/20 festival—called Extravaganga—draws thousands of visitors.) And now that weed is being decriminalized and legalized around the country, we celebrate 4/20 more freely—some of us, anyway. But amid the… Read more…

It’s Apple day! And just when I was starting to wonder if the world still had the capacity to get excited about hour-long product announcements. At its “Spring Loaded” event, Apple roared out of the gate, announcing some pretty wicked upgrades to the Mac and iPad product lines. Thanks, M1 chip. I don’t really need…(Continue Reading)

Smoking marijuana is a lot more complicated that it used to be. The crackling old joints of yesteryear are but a footnote in the sprawling slate of intoxicating methods at the disposal of any seasoned pothead, not to mention newbies just beginning their journeys with cannabis. Read more…

Portal 2 turned 10 years old this week, giving us the perfect excuse to return to its timeless (and arguable unsurpassed) puzzle-platforming gameplay. But for those who know the game’s levels like the back of their Companion Cubes, you should check out the recently released free mod, Portal Reloaded, which adds an all… Read more…

Amazon Prime Video’s May slate of original series is a study in literary contrasts. On the one hand, we’ve got The Underground Railroad (May 14), a prestige limited series produced by Oscar-winner Barry Jenkins (Twelve Years a Slave), adapting Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name, a lightly… Read more…

This will be an extremely pedantic post, and one that I am terribly sorry to have to write. I’ve been into weight lifting (two words) for a long time, but over the past year or two I have gotten into weightlifting (all one word). It turns out these are two very different things. Read more…

Cryptocurrency continues to gain mainstream acceptance, as PayPal announced that they have added Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, and Litecoin to its Venmo app. With a user base of 70 million, the move will certainly make it easier for people to buy crypto—but it’s also a volatile investment that’s taxed like… Read more…

The State Department keeps a list of travel advisories for the world’s countries. Until recently, only about 30 of them were at Level 4: “Do not travel.” Today, an update brings more of them up to that level, due mainly to coronavirus risk. Read more…

You know we get our best ideas from TikTok, and so when we saw this recent video asking for your favorite hack, we had to test it. Read more…

Every enjoyer of THC is familiar with a little phenomenon known as “the munchies,” and a real bad case of them can leave you cramming in snack after snack, never feeling fully satisfied by the various flavors that are gracing your palate. I haven’t found a one-snack solution to the munchies, but I have found…(Continue Reading)