It may seem implausible that the person in charge of overseeing Georgia’s gubernatorial race is also one of the candidates, but here we are. Georgia’s secretary of state Brian Kemp, who ran for governor against Stacey Abrams today, has made it notoriously difficult to vote in his home state—especially for people of color.
At approximately 4pm central time on Nov. 6—just a few hours before polls were scheduled to close—Beyoncé posted on Instagram in support of Beto O’Rourke, the Democrat candidate with a chance of unseating incumbent Ted Cruz as the junior senator for the pop star’s native state of Texas.
A single table-scape by the painter Manny Farber contains more life than many galleries. He painted surfaces littered with everyday detritus: handwritten notes on slips of paper, punnets of berries, root vegetables piled into colanders, vases of wilting homegrown flowers, rulers, matches, day planners, and half-finished glasses of water.
As of today (Nov.1), US doctors in all 50 states can legally prescribe an FDA-approved drug that contains compounds found in cannabis.
What is the sound that Slack makes when a new message arrives?
Please picture this case in front of Judge Judy.
Last week, I returned to work after some time away to get married. Twice! We divided our wedding into two celebrations on opposite coasts of the US, to make the most of our time with our family and friends. These occasions were each deeply, fundamentally awesome. The confluence of dearest loved ones embracing, laughing, dancing, eating, and just hanging out created some of the happiest memories I’ve got in the bank.
The neuroscientist and author Joseph LeDoux has called anxiety “the price we pay for an ability to imagine the future.”
Not to shame sexy Halloween or side-eye scary Halloween, but this year we’re kind of nostalgic for a good old-fashioned gross-out Halloween.
Walmart is curious about cannabis. On Tuesday (Oct. 9), a Walmart spokesperson told Reuters that the company’s Canadian division has done “preliminary fact-finding” on cannabis-derived products, but has no immediate plans to enter the industry.
Of all the essential equipment in my kitchen—the Kitchen-Aid mixer, the Le Creuset Dutch oven, the Instant Pot—there is one piece that rises above all the rest when it comes to delivering a delicious meal. It is made of light blue ceramic, fits in the palm of my hand, and has a top shaped like a small whale.
It was a “very stressful weekend” for the Hubble telescope, according to astronomer Rachel Osten, the telescope’s deputy mission head.
Google announced on Monday (Oct. 8) that it plans to shut down the consumer version of its Google+ social network over the next 10 months. In a blog post, Google disclosed that the social network has low usage and that 90% of user sessions last less than five seconds. It will live on as a “secure corporate social network” for businesses, said Google, adding that it will share more news about the enterprise version of Google+ in coming days.
US first lady Melania Trump is in Africa this week for humanitarian reasons, but she also may be attempting to resurrect Ralph Lauren’s now-defunct Safari clothing line. On a short safari in Kenya, she wore a crisp white button-up shirt, khaki jodhpurs, knee-high riding boots, and a blazing white pith helmet.
MedMen, a Los Angeles-based chain of cannabis dispensaries with stores in California, Nevada, and New York is working hard to become a household name. This year, the company has opened a flagship store on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, gone public on the Canadian stock exchange with a $1.6 billion valuation, and now, is launching its own in-house product line of cannabis flowers, pre-rolled joints, vaporizers, and tinctures to sell alongside the products already offered in its dispensaries.
Boobs are great. They come in all colors, shapes, and sizes, and are beloved by women, men, and babies alike. And they are all the rage right now. Not just any boobs, but fun, happy, cartoon boobs. These boobs are decidedly un-porny, not particularly sexual, and pretty friendly looking. They’re design boobs and they’re coming soon to a tote bag, towel rack, or throw pillow near you.
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Neil Waller and his cofounders started Whalar in 2016 after using social media to advertise their watch brand, Shore Projects, and struggling with the lack of infrastructure surrounding it. As the influencer advertising market has sky-rocketed since, it has become rife with fake followers, shady bots, and murky regulations. Today, Whalar is an agency and online platform that helps brands including Dior, Ralph Lauren, Topshop, Tommy Hilfiger, Nike, and Adidas navigate this $2 billion advertising market and connect with social media influencers to co-create and execute their marketing campaigns. Here’s how.
Pack your axe, Brooklyn lumberjack. Pick up your caftan, Silver Lake shaman. There’s a new throwback fashion icon in town. She is the “urban pioneer girl,” and she may be distinguished by the presence of a bonnet.
High-end luxury was once about scarcity and price-tags that made designer items rare investments. The RealReal, the leader in the the $6 billion global luxury resale market, turns that paradigm on its head by encouraging shoppers to buy pre-owned goods at a discount. The company, a high-end consignment service valued at $450 million, offers clients a chance to resell items they no longer wear, and gives them a cut of the sale price. The RealReal has consigned over 8 million pieces of pre-owned luxury clothing, accessories, and home goods via its website, pop-ups, and stores in New York and Los Angeles, and has over 9 million members. Rati Levesque, The RealReal’s San Francisco-based chief merchant, studied economics and owned a high-end boutique before she helped launch the company in 2011.
The name “squash” comes from a native American Narragansett word, askutasquash, that roughly translates to “green thing eaten raw.” But it’s something of a misnomer, as the vegetable lends itself easily to so many methods of cooking (and it’s not always green).
If you’ve ever planned a wedding, you may be familiar with the feeling of hemorrhaging money. My own is three weeks away, and I’m fairly certain I lost $3,000 just opening my email this morning. Thanks to Instagram influencer Chiara Ferragni, I now realize that’s because I’m doing it wrong.
On their faces, Thomas Page McBee and Bill Cunningham don’t appear to have much in common.
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