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Jennifer Aniston Might Be Secretly Creeping Your Instagram

Brendan Bures
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Jennifer Aniston Might Be Secretly Creeping Your Instagram

Jennifer Aniston is a creeper. How do we know this? Because she cops to it in a recent InStyle profile, where the actress covers everything from the never-ending rumors about her love life to the #MeToo movement.

Aniston doesn’t have any public social media accounts. Not Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. She believes negativity breeds in these online spaces, though the actress “will totally admit that I can dip into Instagram and sort of be a secret voyeur.”

The interviewer—none other than Molly McNearney (Jimmy Kimmel’s wife and co-head writer)—accuses Aniston of being a creeper and the actress did nothing to deny the accusation.

“I’m a creeper,” she told InStyle. “There are times when I’ll look through and think, ‘Oh my god, what a time suck!’ I’ve been with people who spend maybe an hour figuring out this one post, and you’re like, ‘That just took up an hour of your life, and it’s gone in 60 seconds.’

Though she creeps, Aniston doesn’t participate because she believes “iPhones and Snapchat and all this stuff is just fueling narcissism.” She worries what effect the technology has on younger generation, who are “are using filters and all sorts of tools to mask who they really are.”

“It feels like we are losing connection. I think we’re losing conversation,” Aniston told InStyle. “It’s hard enough being a teenager and feeling like you fit in. Now we’re actively creating an environment and a platform for you to tell someone, ‘I like you’ or ‘I don’t like you.’ That seems like an unhealthy formula for already-insecure adolescents. We’re pouring fuel on a fire.”

You can check out more of the actress’ thoughts on our current affairs, and her own, here.

Manhattan Is Loosening Its Cannabis Laws, But What About The Rest of NYC?

Mary Schumacher
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Manhattan Is Loosening Its Cannabis Laws, But What About The Rest of NYC?

On September 1, officially, smoking or possessing pot in public will not be considered a jailable crime in Manhattan, instead there’ll be summons issued and people will stop having college funding taken away or spending time locked up for cannabis.

There are a few stipulations, like if the person has a warrant or is on probation they will still be arrested, but already there has been a steep drop in prosecuted cannabis cases since the new legislation was announced.

However, there are five boroughs that make up The City That Never Sleeps, and not all are on board with the looser approaches to marijuana. In Queens, The Bronx and Staten Island a person will still face criminal prosecution and all the downfalls that come with it.

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. is behind Manhattan’s move to make pot not a crime and he projects that cannabis prosecutions will go from around 2,000 annually to less than 200. Of those 200 will be those who are on parole or probation, those making a nuisance of themselves, i.e. sparking up on a public bus, and those who are otherwise already breaking the law.

So as it stands, there’s not much to worry about as a pot enthusiast in Brooklyn and Manhattan as long as your ducks are in a row. In all truth, these two boroughs are ahead of the curve in New York. As the gubernatorial primary approaches with wafts of weed in its debates and current NY Governor Andrew Cuomo educates himself more and more about weed, it’s likely that the state will be legalized in the not too distant future.

In the meantime, while summons are not crimes and don’t carry with them stigmatized background checks, they do carry fines and a day in court. There’s no mailing in of a check and having the initial fine of $100 (Second time offenders are looking at $250) taken care of, instead a day must be taken away from childcare, work or school in order to pay the fine, not to mention $120 in court fees.

They’re still a steps in the right direction and is line with the positive cannabis progression across the nation that seems to have something new happening every day now. New York has always been on the cutting edge; it’s high time they left cannabis users alone and focused resources elsewhere.

Facebook Just Cut Off User Data Access To Hundreds Of Apps

Maria Loreto
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Facebook Just Cut Off User Data Access To Hundreds Of Apps

A recent Facebook blog post claims that hundreds of apps have just lost the ability to access Facebook’s user data.

The post — dated July 31, and written by Ime Achiborg, VP of Product Partnerships — explained that these apps were deactivated due to the fact that on March, the company announced that all apps using Facebook’s API would now have to provide  more detailed information for them to remain active on the site and to have access to users’ personal data. These apps had until August 1st to provide the required information.

The post continued by explaining that all apps, even the ones that were approved, will be submitted to periodical reviews, even though they’d still have access to Facebook’s API. Developers of the app would have a limited amount of time to respond and to provide the required information.

Via Facebook:

Our goal with all these changes is to ensure that we better protect people’s Facebook information while also enabling developers to build great social experiences.

After Facebook’s troublesome year, the company has faced backlash from all directions and have been forced to up their security measures while assuring users that their private information is not being mishandled. Even though the company has made all sorts of statements and invested a lot of money on ads, people can’t seem to trust them anymore. A 2018 study conducted by the Ponemon Institute claims that only 27 percent of people think that Facebook would protect their data. In 2017, that number was much higher. Back then, 79 percent of users trusted Facebook with their information.

Prince Harry Is Selling His Audi On Auto Trader For A Cool $94K

Amy Hansen
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Prince Harry Is Selling His Audi On Auto Trader For A Cool $94K

The car that made headlines last year when Prince Harry was seen driving (then girlfriend) Meghan Markle to Pippa Middleton’s wedding reception is for sale. The Duke of Sussex is selling his like-new Audi RS6 Avant for $94,000.

The car is being sold on Auto Trader after only a year.

According to the Daily Express, the car only has 4,500 miles on it and is in excellent condition, adding that the Audi RS6 4.0 Avant Tiptronic Quattro 5-door is the sportiest in its range and is equipped with nearly $15,000 of hand-picked extras, such as a panoramic sunroof and privacy glass.

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Erin Baker, Auto Trader’s editorial director, told the Express that the Audi is a “smashing car perfectly suited to any aspiring royal.”

The car boasts a 17 reg and low mileage, so it begs the question why is the prince selling so soon? Maybe he’s on the market for a bigger family car, in which case we’d recommend a Skoda Superb. Maybe he’s after an electric car, having driven Meghan away after their wedding in an electric Jag?

The car’s original list price was $119,117.

Meanwhile, The Queen is selling her vintage Rolls Royce. It’ll be auctioned off in the U.K.. next month. According to CNN:

Among the most anticipated lots is a 1953 Rolls-Royce Phantom IV State Landaulette, used by the Queen on state occasions and kept by the British royal family for more than 40 years. The vehicle, which has a top estimate of $2.6 million (£2 million), is the same model as the one used by Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, on her wedding day in May.
A 1985 “Centenary” Silver Spur Saloon used by Princess Diana is expected to sell for as much as $197,000.

The Time Seth Rogen Introduced Tom Cruise To Internet Porn

Brendan Bures
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The Time Seth Rogen Introduced Tom Cruise To Internet Porn

Back in 2006, Tom Cruise was interested in making a romantic comedy, so he approached director/screenwriter Judd Apatow about possible ideas. Apatow’s usual collaborator Seth Rogen was in the room and the Knocked Up star exploded Cruise’s mind. Yes, it was the time Seth Rogen introduced Tom Cruise to internet porn.

“So we’re talking to him and I don’t know how it came up, but it usually comes up with Seth where he starts talking about marijuana and pornography,” Apatow said on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert”, adding:

And he starts talking about watching adult films on the internet and Tom Cruise goes, ‘What? Wait, you’re saying that there are adult films on the internet?’ And Seth is like, ‘Yeah, there’s all these movies on these websites.’ And Tom Cruise is like, ‘Wait a second, you’re saying if I go on the computer, on the worldwide web, there are people having sex on this [information super] highway?

Apatow says he couldn’t determine if Cruise seriously didn’t know about internet porn or if he was “being very polite.” He assumes it’s the latter, but, “Who knows? We’ll never know.”

Rogen confirmed the story to Vulture. While attending the premiere of the Netflix film Like Father, which is directed and written by his wife, Laura Miller Rogen, and features the actor in a supporting role, Rogen expounded upon the Cruise meeting.

“I didn’t remember that until I heard Judd tell that story,” Rogen said. “I obviously had no recollection of that, and then when I saw him tell it, I was like, ‘Oh, yeah! I told Tom Cruise that internet pornography exists, and he didn’t know.’ Which is crazy!” Don’t worry, Rogen told Cruise how wild this revelation was. “I probably was like, ‘This is crazy you don’t know this.’ I mean, I can’t remember—it was like 12 years ago or something like that. I think generally my reaction was, ‘You are a very sheltered man.’”

In true Rogen fashion, there’s more hijinks involved in his meeting with Cruise. Note to anyone about to meet Tom Cruise at his house: use the bathroom before you arrive.

“That day in Tom Cruise’s driveway, I got to his house, and I had to pee so bad,” he told Vulture. “I very vividly remember this, and he has a very long, winding driveway, and I didn’t want to show up at his house and just pee right away, because I thought it would be an awkward thing,” he said. “So as I was driving up his driveway, I stopped halfway through it and peed in a Snapple bottle I had in my car. And then sealed it up and finished the ride up the driveway, and greeted Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes and his newborn baby, Suri.”  So you know about the time Seth Rogen introduced Tom Cruise to internet porn.

Illinois Now Allows Medical Marijuana In Schools

Sara Somerset
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Illinois Now Allows Medical Marijuana In Schools

Governor of Illinois Governor Bruce Vincent Rauner signed legislation Wednesday allowing the use of medical marijuana in schools. House Bill 4870, also known as Ashley’s Law, amends the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act.

House Bill 4870 was originally filed on February 14th by Representative Lou Lang (D) 16th District. Representative Kelly M. Cassidy (D) of the 14th District was the chief co-signer on February 27th.

The bipartisan initiative of House Sponsors includes Reps. Lou Lang – Kelly M. Cassidy – Carol Ammons, Nicholas K Smith and Laura Fine while Senate Sponsors include Cristina Castro – Laura M. Murphy – Linda Holmes – Iris Y. Martinez – Patricia Van Pelt and Neil Anderson.

According to the bill’s status on the Illinois General Assembly’s website, House Bill 4870, “Amends the School Code. Requires a school district, public school, charter school, or nonpublic school to authorize a parent or guardian of a student who is a qualifying patient to administer a medical-cannabis-infused product to the student on school premises or a school bus if both the student (as a qualifying patient) and the parent or guardian (as a designated caregiver) have been issued registry identification cards under the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act.”

House Bill 4870 will bring relief to students who suffer from a host of disruptive and debilitating medical afflictions such as epilepsy, Autism, Tourette’s Syndrome, and ADHD. 

Medicines to treat such conditions derived from cannabis include cannabidiol (CBD) or Epidolex, which treat rare forms of epilepsy, Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, and Dravet syndrome.

Medical marijuana can be more effective and have fewer side effects than other medications when treating some conditions, as medical marijuana naturally reduces inflammation, which is the root of many ailments.

The bill includes a caveat that “a parent or guardian may not administer a medical cannabis infused product if the administration would create disruption to the school’s educational environment or would cause exposure of the product to other students.“

Members of the school’s staff are not required to administer a medical cannabis infused product to a student.

House Floor Amendment No. 1 describes that in addition to a parent or legal guardian of a registered and qualified medical marijuana patient, an adult individual registered with the Department of Public Health as a designated caregiver may also administer medical cannabis infused product to that student.

The provision is referred to as Ashley’s Law, after an 11-year-old girl from northern Illinois who attends school in Schaumburg. Ashley’s school denied her medication, prompting her parents to sue their local school district.

“Children should not have to choose between their medication and their education,” said Senator Cristina Castro. “Qualified patients have the right to have access to their medicine no matter where they are. I am happy to see this measure signed into law.”

House Bill 4870 passed the Senate and House with unanimous support and went into effect immediately in the state of Illinois.

Why Do Some Men Feel Sad After Sex?

Amy Hansen
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Why Do Some Men Feel Sad After Sex?

For the first time ever, researchers have discovered that many men suffer from something called Postcoital Dysphoria — in other words, post-sex depression. 

Until now, the condition was thought to only effect women.

“We had conducted research on PCD in women, and the findings on the percentage of women who experience PCD seemed robust,” Robert Schweitzer, an author of the latest study from QUT’s School of Psychology and Counselling, told Newsweek. “And yet there were no similar studies relating to men.”

The study, published in the Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, was conducted by scientists from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane, Australia, who analyzed the results of an international survey involving more than 1,200 men from the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom, Russia, New Zealand, Germany and other countries.

According to the study:

41 percent reported experiencing PCD in their lifetime and 20% reported experiencing PCD in the previous four weeks. Between 3 – 4 percent of the sample reported experiencing PCD on a regular basis. PCD was found to be associated with current psychological distress, childhood sexual abuse, and several sexual dysfunctions.

Those dealing with PCD described feelings of wanting to be left alone, dissatisfaction, and general feelings of being “down in the dumps.” One participant described feeling “emotionless and empty”, while others described a sense of shame or feeling that something was wrong with them, reports Newsweek.

Schweitzer says this phenomenon is “counterintuitive, especially given the dominant cultural beliefs (or silence) round the experience of males,” especially in Western culture.

“These assumptions are pervasive within masculine subculture and include that males always desire and experience sex as pleasurable,” he said. “The experience of PCD contradicts these dominant cultural assumptions about the male experience [of] sexual activity and of the resolution phase.”

While it’s still unknown what causes PCD, there are likely several factors at play, both biological and psychological, according to researchers.

Now You Can See Exactly How Much Time You Waste On Instagram

Amy Hansen
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Now You Can See Exactly How Much Time You Waste On Instagram

Oh, lordy. We knew this was going to happen. Social media is slowly draining our life battery and now we can find out exactly how much. Both Facebook and Instagram have made it possible for us to find out exactly how much time we spend on the apps.

If you want to find this metaphorical nuclear button, here’s what you do. For Instagram, go to your Profile, select Settings, and tap Your Activity. And then close your eyes and squeeze something tight, preferably your knees while softly rocking back and forth in a dark corner. Because here you will have access to a bar graph that breaks down the average amount of time you spent on the app per day (or week, if you want to ease into this mess).

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Now, if you are not happy with that number, you have the option to Set A Daily Reminder and Notification Settings to help you manage your time on social media. Daily Reminders allow you to choose how much time you want to spend on Instagram each day, while Notification Settings allow you to “mute” notifications for up to eight hours.

The same goes for Facebook. To find out how much time you waste on the FacePlace (as moms like to call it), go to your Settings, and tap Your Time On Facebook.

It’s been documented that having access to social media can be beneficial to your health — keeping up with friends, seeing dog and baby photos, etc. —but when you start using the apps for evil, like stalking your ex or and just generally giving yourself a sense of 24/7 FOMO, things start to take a hard left. These new features will hopefully reduce the stress associated with this type of participatin. But let’s be real, they probably won’t.

[h/t Refinery29]

This ‘Game Of Thrones’ Castle Is For Sale And Cheaper Than A New York Apartment

Brendan Bures
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This ‘Game Of Thrones’ Castle Is For Sale And Cheaper Than A New York Apartment

“Game of Thrones” fans now have a chance to live inside the show they love so dearly. Northern Ireland’s Gosford Castle, which serves as the fictional Riverrun in Season 3, has hit the market and it’s cheaper than buying a Manhattan apartment.

The castle listed on the market at £500,000 (about $656, 267). The median price of a Manhattan apartment in 2015 was $915,000.

“GoT” fans will recognize Gosford as the ancestral castle of House Tully and central to Robb Stark’s storyline in the third season. While he was plotting his fatal campaign against the Lannisters, he lodged in the castle. The exterior of the castle loomed in the background when Robb memorably executed former ally Rickard Kastark, a move that would lead to his eventual doom.

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But the castle’s real-life history is fascinating. Check the listing information:

Built in the mid-1800s by the 2nd Earl of Gosford, Archibald Acheson, Gosford Castle is a grade A listed building.  It was designed in the Norman Revival style by London architect Thomas Hopper and was occupied by the Earls of Gosford until 1921. During the Second World War the Castle was commandeered and used to accommodate troops and prisoner of war camp was set up in the estate.

Following the war the Achesons sold the Castle to the Ministry of Agriculture who established the 590 acre demesne as Gosford Forest Park which was later designated Northern Ireland’s first conservation forest in 1986. The castle fell back into military use during The Troubles before being run as a hotel from 1983.

Part of the castle underwent renovations to convert the castle into luxury-style apartment units for potential investors to maximize profits. But come on, we all know the real selling point is ‘Game of Thrones’ here. Just don’t host any wedding here, please.

Check Out This ‘Shark Tank’ Inspired Marijuana Competition

Brendan Bures
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Check Out This ‘Shark Tank’ Inspired Marijuana Competition

To foster entrepreneurship and innovation in healthcare at its school, Thomas Jefferson University developed the Jefferson Acceleration Zone, or JAZ. Every year the school hosts a “Shark Tank”-style competition called the JAZ Tank, and hemp and marijuana start-ups will headline in 2018.

Though past winners have featured innovation in chemotherapy and artificial insemination procedures, cannabis will be the theme this year. “CannaVation” is what organizers are calling it, and the competition is open to Jefferson students, staff, and alumni, as well as the general public.

Considering the contest’s focus on health care, the cannabis theme could present some exciting potential. Whether it’s vaporizer dose control or re-inventing the grow house process, the CannaVation competition should create positive developments in using medical cannabis to treat patients.

“We want to see creative and different approaches to the industry, especially in ancillary businesses,” said Zoe Selzer McKinley, who serves as director at the Jefforson’s Lambert Center for the Study of Medicinal Cannabis and Hemp. “We want businesses that have some development already in place,” he added.

The grand prize winner will be handsomely rewarded with a cash prize of $10,000, plus free consulting services and legal support for patent application. Judges will also reward up to two runners-up, who will receive $5,000 and the same legal services. A fun small print detail for potential applicants: “JAZ reserves the right to award additional prizes.”

If interested in joining the CannaVation competition, the online application is due by August 20. Go here to learn more about the competition.

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