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Seattle Votes to Decriminalize Psilocybin and Similar Substances [ungated] - "Seattle's city council voted unanimously to relax its rules against naturally occurring drugs, joining a handful of other cities that have decriminalized psilocybin and similar substances since Denver kicked off a wave of such changes three years ago." [more inside]
posted by kliuless at 10:04 PM PST - 17 comments

The Ship that Became a Bomb Stranded in Yemen’s war zone, a decaying supertanker has more than a million barrels of oil aboard. If—or when—it explodes or sinks, thousands may die. SL NewYorker. [more inside]
posted by lalochezia at 5:22 PM PST - 32 comments

Armando Iannucci wrote an epic poem about COVID-19. [more inside]
posted by youarenothere at 4:58 PM PST - 12 comments

Facebook is down, along with Whatsapp and Instagram. Post your conspiracy theories here. [more inside]
posted by mpark at 2:40 PM PST - 183 comments

William Shatner is still alive, and he's heading for the final frontier.
posted by chavenet at 9:45 AM PST - 62 comments

The four members of Korean pop group BLACKPINK have released some of the hottest videos in history, by viewership standards. JENNIE released SOLO 2018. JISOO had HABITS (Stay High). Other videos include ROSÉ's On the Ground 2021, and LISA's LALISA hit 242M in 3 weeks.
posted by kfholy at 9:13 AM PST - 25 comments

Whistleblower Frances Haugen will give congressional testimony later this week about internal Facebook research and communications she gave to the SEC, in the form of tens of thousands of pages that document the company's deliberate and deceitful amplification of hate, violence, and disinformation to maintain ad revenue and profits, across all its social media network properties. A former product manager at Facebook, Haugen gave an interview with CBS News 60 Minutes that was broadcast last night. [more inside]
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