John Plummer, founder and co-owner of Bull Run Craft Cannabis in Boring, Oregon, got his first hint that the state was careening toward a marijuana glut two years ago. In early 2016, his company received one of Oregon’s first few licenses to grow recreational cannabis. In June of that year, …
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There’s a popular porno on XVideos that begins with a woman standing naked in heels with her back to the camera, swishing her long, bleach blonde hair. After a few seconds she turns around and instantly becomes recognizable – it’s Game of Thrones‘ Emilia Clarke. Or rather, it’s a blurry, …
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Last week, Stormy Daniels filed a lawsuit alleging that a non-disclosure agreement she signed prior to the election about an alleged affair she had with President Donald Trump is invalid. Her lawyer, Michael Avenatti, claimed that because Trump hadn’t signed his name, the NDA didn’t carry legal weight. At the …
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In 2013, Ela Darling tried VR and watched her world explode. Called Blue Marble, the experience sent her in to space, listening to David Bowie and watching asteroids go by. Soon there was an alert: “Oxygen – 50 percent.” She kept floating, mesmerized by the combination of “Space Oddity” and …
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