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New York City Is Shut Down, But Its Black-Market Weed Is Booming
Posted in: Culture Features“There’s a morgue with refrigerated trucks down the street from me,” says one West Village customer. “If I could live in my bong right now, I’d do it”
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COVID-19 Is Traumatising All of Us. How Will We Cope After It’s Over?
Posted in: Culture FeaturesWe feel helpless, misled, and let down by the people who were supposed to protect us — and we’ll need a different kind of vaccine for that.
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Amazon VP Quits After Company Fired Warehouse Workers Who Spoke Out About COVID-19 Safety
Posted in: Culture NewsTim Bray, a top engineer, said internet giant’s actions are “evidence of a vein of toxicity running through the company culture”
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New Documentary Recounts Michelle McNamara’s Attempt to Catch the Golden State Killer
Posted in: Culture NewsHBO’s I’ll Be Gone in the Dark recounts how Michelle McNamara wrote her book about the serial killer who terrorized northern California in the 1970s and 1980s
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‘TFW No GF’ Is a Deeply Uncomfortable Portrayal of Incel Culture
Posted in: Culture FeaturesDocumentary director Alex Lee Moyer explores the world of young, disaffected white men — from their perspective
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There’s Now a Resource Platform for All Trans and Gender Diverse People in NSW
Posted in: Culture NewsAs governmental and medical bodies drag their feet on creating safe spaces for transgender Australians, ACON has taken a huge leap in providing much-needed information to trans and gender diverse people in NSW, as well as allies and health providers.
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Scientific Study Looks at Praying COVID-19 Away
Posted in: Culture News“It has to be a true supernatural intervention,” Dr. Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy said
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‘Reply All’ Hosts Premiere Podcast for People Who Are Terrified of Horror Movies
Posted in: Culture NewsPodcast hosts PJ Vogt and Alex Goldman have launched a new podcast for the horror-adverse, ‘The Scaredy Cats Horror Show’
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‘Last Book on the Left’ Cuts Serial Killers Down to Size
Posted in: Culture FeaturesA new book from ‘Last Podcast on the Left’ creators reexamines well-known murderers — without getting hung up on nostalgia
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How Lawrence Wright’s New Novel Predicted the Pandemic
Posted in: Culture FeaturesThe Pulitzer Prize winner’s new book ‘The End of October’ imagines a global plague worse than what we are facing now
