Allison Tierney, writing for VICE:
It was the late afternoon on the last day of the Gathering of the Juggalos, and we were looking for a cocaine dealer.
Great story and a hell of a lede. I've seen Bunk Police at a lot of the music festivals I've attended, but hadn't ever thought about whether they would go to other types of events. Visiting the Gathering of the Juggalos definitely pushed the envelope, and it's great to see that they are planning to expand to even more types of events.
Ed Yong, writing for The Atlantic:
Imagine emerging into the sun after 17 long years spent lying underground, only for your butt to fall off.
This fungus surreptitiously doses its host with a psilocybin-cathinone cocktail, driving the cicada to spread fungal spores far and wide, resulting in yet more fungus.
Gabriel Lefferts, writing for Tricycle:
Buddhist interest in psychedelics has been around for a long time. Many seekers like to refer to them as “entheogens” to emphasize their spiritual value. Entheogen, derived from the Greek adjective entheos, translates roughly as “God-inspired” and is the root of the English word “enthusiasm.” Almost a quarter-century ago, Tricycle published a special section titled “Psychedelics: Help or Hindrance?” to address Western Buddhists’ somewhat behind-the-scenes fascination with these substances. Now, the willingness to explore them has gone more public.
A brief introduction to an ongoing debate within the Buddhist community concerning whether the use of psychedelics is acceptable for one's Buddhist practice, an argument that takes center stage in the book Zig Zag Zen.
Drew Schwartz, writing for VICE:
After sundown on Friday night, a band of thieves allegedly snuck into a conservation area in the Arizona desert with flashlights and grocery bags, and started hunting. According to the Spur Cross Ranch Conservation Area, they'd come there to steal Sonoran Desert toads—innocent-looking little hoppers that produce one of the most potent natural psychedelics on Earth.
Almost seems like it's from a scene in a movie.
Sarah DiGiulio, writing for BETTER:
Whether you’re the reader who rips through a new book each week or the one still slogging through that bestseller your friend recommended months ago, psychologists (and their research) say your time is being well spent.
And if it’s been a while since your last date with a good book, the experts have a few reasons that might convince you to give it another go.
As science has shown, the act of reading comes with a ton of benefits. Books can provide a sense of human connection, the strengthening of social skills, and a healthy form of escape from real life. And if for some reason that's not enough to convince you to pluck a book off your shelf and give it a go, how about the fact that reading is very engaging for the brain and may actually even help us live longer? Be sure to check out this article and find out about why you should be reading more.
