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Researchers published a cannabis study that’s dangerously misleading

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by on July 27, 2018 at 10:33 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Opinion


A recent study published by a team of researchers from Lancaster University and The University of Lisbon indicates long-term cannabis use could result in damage to the human brain. We’re not sure how they managed to come to that conclusion however, because the study was conducted using neither cannabis nor humans. While the study was widely reported, with news sites in several languages declaring that scientists had potentially determined the harmful side effects of habitual cannabis use, it was science news site Inverse that pointed out the problem. The researchers didn’t use cannabis. Here’s what happened, per a Lancaster University…

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Are people dumb? Or is the world just hard?

Jul27
by on July 27, 2018 at 7:45 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, distract, newsletter, Opinion


It’s hot in Europe right now. Like, really hot. It’s so hot that every time I stand up from sitting down, I leave another puddle, exposing my perpetual swamp ass to the world. I’ve taken four cold showers today, yet I still stink. Every time I accidentally come into contact with other human flesh, I instantly recoil in disgust. The boiling temperature is turning me into a kind of moist vampire. Pretty much all of Europe is sweating its balls off right now. At the time of writing this, the top trending search results in the App Store are almost…

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Are people dumb? Or is the world just hard?

Jul27
by on July 27, 2018 at 7:45 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, distract, newsletter, Opinion


It’s hot in Europe right now. Like, really hot. It’s so hot that every time I stand up from sitting down, I leave another puddle, exposing my perpetual swamp ass to the world. I’ve taken four cold showers today, yet I still stink. Every time I accidentally come into contact with other human flesh, I instantly recoil in disgust. The boiling temperature is turning me into a kind of moist vampire. Pretty much all of Europe is sweating its balls off right now. At the time of writing this, the top trending search results in the App Store are almost…

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Facebook will spend $10M on CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s private jets and security

Jul27
by on July 27, 2018 at 7:13 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Finance, Insider


The social network yesterday filed a report with the SEC, which disclosed CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s security allowance. All those extra trips to testify in front of Congress this year must have taken their toll, because he’s now allotted $10 million. That’s a significant increase over last year’s budgeted $7.3 million. Zuckerberg may be a billionaire, but he doesn’t pay his own private jet expenses. The filing, which you can read here, indicates the $10 million allowance is to: … cover the costs of security personnel for his protection; the procurement, installation, and maintenance of certain required security measures for his…

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Facebook will spend $10M on CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s private jets and security

Jul27
by on July 27, 2018 at 7:13 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Finance, Insider


The social network yesterday filed a report with the SEC, which disclosed CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s security allowance. All those extra trips to testify in front of Congress this year must have taken their toll, because he’s now allotted $10 million. That’s a significant increase over last year’s budgeted $7.3 million. Zuckerberg may be a billionaire, but he doesn’t pay his own private jet expenses. The filing, which you can read here, indicates the $10 million allowance is to: … cover the costs of security personnel for his protection; the procurement, installation, and maintenance of certain required security measures for his…

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