Steve Ditko, legendary comic book artist and co-creator of Spider-Man and Doctor Strange with Stan Lee, has died at the age of 90. The New York Police Department confirmed Ditko’s death to Variety, adding that the artist died in his apartment in late June. No cause of death was provided. …
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For decades, ballroom, ball or house culture has been a way for queer blacks and Latinos to live their best lives – that is, to figure out how to respond to a society that devalued their lives and attempted to erase their presence. Through elaborate performances incorporating and commenting on …
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Before pot was legal in states across the U.S., determining how to handle stoned drivers was simple: possession or any levels of THC in the body was illegal, case closed. But as marijuana becomes legal in more jurisdictions, drug-impaired driving is becoming a worry to more and more legislators. And …
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A toke might make things feel a little simpler, but there’s no denying that marijuana laws are downright complicated. While marijuana is legal for recreational use in nine states and the District of Columbia, that could mean anything from dispensaries on every block to a complicated system of “gifting” pot. …
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Bicycle Day is observed around the world on April 19th, though it’s not exactly a celebration of the bicycle. Instead, the international holiday honors the fortuitous trip made on a bicycle on the day Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann discovered the psychic effects of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide while riding home from …
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The second of two Canadian drug mules that documented their luxurious cocaine-smuggling journey on Instagram was sentenced to spend seven years in an Australian prison for her crimes. Melina Roberge, along with cohort Isabelle Lagace, were named “the worst cocaine smugglers of all time” when Rolling Stone profiled the pair …
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In June 2012, Nora Vasconcellos quit her day job, packed her bags, grabbed her skateboard and took a 71-hour train ride from Pembroke, Massachusetts to California. It was a leap of faith, setting aside fears and facing her anxiety to pursue a life in skateboarding. In less than five years, …
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Donald Trump‘s presidential campaign hired American data-analysis firm Cambridge Analytica and its London-based parent company Strategic Communications Laboratories to gather data from over 50 million Facebook profiles to predict the behavior of American voters, according to investigations by The New York Timesand The Guardian. Over the weekend, Christopher Wylie, a …
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This story was originally published by Grist and appears here as part of an ongoing collaboration. Millions of geeks watched with unbridled glee this week as Elon Musk‘s private rocket company, SpaceX, launched a red Tesla Roadster into space. Within minutes, there were live views of our beautiful planet from …
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A lifelong speed skater but a newcomer on the ice, Erin Jackson never expected to make the 2018 Winter Olympics. But on January 5th at the USA Olympic trials in Milwaukee, the 25-year-old became one of two African-American women, along with short track speed skater Maame Biney, to qualify for …
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