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Freelance journalist tweeting about freelance opportunities. Work: @travelleisure, @foodandwine, @goodhousemag, etc. Previous: @latimes @globalpost
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How the Rest of the World Controls Guns-And What Americans Can Learn

How the Rest of the World Controls Guns-And What Americans Can Learn

Glamour — Many gun laws around the globe make it harder for people to obtain weapons that could kill multiple people in quick succession, and multiple studies have shown that stricter gun legislation leads to fewer firearm-related deaths. Forty minutes.
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I Visited Panama to Try the World's Most Expensive Coffee - and Now You Can, Too

I Visited Panama to Try the World's Most Expensive Coffee - and Now You Can, Too

Travel + Leisure — Michael Janson isn't in a hurry. At 76 years old, the coffee farmer has significantly slowed down with age, taking his time to step down from his four-wheeler and onto the ground below. But that new pace seems to fit him just fine.
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Coronavirus stole the sweet magic of kissing. Will we ever get it back?

Coronavirus stole the sweet magic of kissing. Will we ever get it back?

Los Angeles Times — Seth Brown's first interaction with romance didn't quite go as planned. At age 10, the Venice resident had his initial brush with true love with a girl named Nikki on his schoolyard's blacktop. "Her friend dared her to kiss me, but instead she head-butted me because she wasn't comfortable with it yet," he says of the swing-set encounter.
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Intrepid's New Kenya Tour for Women, Led by Women, Will Inspire Female Travelers

Intrepid's New Kenya Tour for Women, Led by Women, Will Inspire Female Travelers

Travel + Leisure — It's a sweltering September morning in Nairobi when I make my way into a gas station to grab cold water for the road. My 10-day journey with Intrepid's first female-only expedition through Kenya has only just begun.
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The 7 things you have to spot in L.A. before you can really say you live here

The 7 things you have to spot in L.A. before you can really say you live here

Los Angeles Times — Season 2 of "You" - available on Netflix - gets one thing right about moving to Los Angeles: It's a city that's easy for East Coasters to fall in love with despite every expectation. Our home is a place outsiders love to hate out of pure, unadulterated envy.
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Jesse Billauer​​​​​​​ Conquered Machu Picchu in a Wheelchair - and He Let Us Come Along

Jesse Billauer​​​​​​​ Conquered Machu Picchu in a Wheelchair - and He Let Us Come Along

Travel + Leisure — Jesse Billauer is deliberate. That was clear from the second we met as we took off on a plane from our shared hometown of Los Angeles, California for a five-day journey to Peru.
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We Went to the California-Mexico Border. This Is What We Witnessed.

We Went to the California-Mexico Border. This Is What We Witnessed.

Glamour — As Attorney General Jeff Sessions declared last week, "Generally, claims by aliens pertaining to domestic violence or gang violence perpetrated by nongovernmental actors will not qualify for asylum." But there, in the community where Alejandra grew up and where she left her mother and father behind, she explained, they would not be able to afford a ransom if their children were kidnapped.
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Cultus Camp: Searching for UFOs at the Mojave Desert's Most Exclusive Airbnb

Cultus Camp: Searching for UFOs at the Mojave Desert's Most Exclusive Airbnb

Travel + Leisure — "It's almost 9:18; the man in the can should be here," Jeremy Corbell, a man with the youthful face of an early 20-something but the white streaked beard of a guy who's seen a thing or two in his day says to me with a concerned tone as we sit together in near silence and total darkness.
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Wash, Rinse, Redeem: A Look Inside A Beauty School-In A Men's Prison

Wash, Rinse, Redeem: A Look Inside A Beauty School-In A Men's Prison

GOOD — THE FIRST TIME Andrew Jones got busted was after stealing a car in Placer County, California in 2003. He was 23, and after being found guilty theft, served eight months in prison. Five months after his release he was arrested again for stealing another car and sent back to the inside.
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Billabong XXL Awards celebrate big-wave surfing

Billabong XXL Awards celebrate big-wave surfing

LA Times — What's it like to stare down a 78-foot wave? It's really no big deal. Or so big-wave legend Garrett McNamara claims. "I got desensitized by riding so many big waves that I don't really get a rush anymore," McNamara said with a laugh, adding, "I'm hoping I get the rush someday when I find a big enough wave." It's hard to tell if he's kidding because McNamara has ridden many of the world's largest waves. So many that it's hard to keep track of all his record-setting rides.
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The science of selfies is serious business -- and seriously revealing

The science of selfies is serious business -- and seriously revealing

LA Times — After combing through 656,000 photos on Instagram from five global cities, a team of data researchers has come to a conclusion: Selfies say more about you than you think. The science of selfies is serious business, says Lev Manovich, project coordinator behind SelfieCity.net. "Selfies, you know we have interesting opinion, but they are just based on maybe a few thousand selfies we look at," said the Russian-born researcher and author in heavily accented English. "We thought, why don't we take a more objective look." To study the selfie phenomenon, Manovich -- a computer science professor at City University New York -- and a team of seven researchers scanned the globe.
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Women, you'll likely die before there's gender parity among leaders

Women, you'll likely die before there's gender parity among leaders

LA Times — Most women working today will not live to see the day that women reach parity with men in leadership roles in business, politics and more. That won't happen for 71 years, according to a new report. The Women's Media Center report, released this week, on the status of women in media takes a close look at women's present role in news, television, tech, entrepreneurship and social media, and their findings are bleak. The report sums it up: "Progress is slow." So slow that women won't have equal footing with men in leadership roles in politics, business, entrepreneurship and nonprofits until 2085, according to the report.
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Big announcement for women's surfing: Find out at our live chat

Big announcement for women's surfing: Find out at our live chat

LA Times — Forget the year of the horse; 2014 is the year of the female surfer. In September, the Assn. of Surfing Professionals announced that women -- who never have competed at one of surfing's most famous breaks, Lower Trestles in northern San Diego County -- will finally get the chance to show off their moves as part of the 2014 world tour. But wait, there's more exciting news for female surfers -- a surprise to be unveiled by the association exclusively during an L.A. Times chat set for 10 a.m. Tuesday. The current women taking part in the 2014 Assn.
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Live video chat with Reddit's Alexis Ohanian on Thursday

Live video chat with Reddit's Alexis Ohanian on Thursday

LA Times — The cofounder of Reddit joins host Stacey Leasca for AMA video chat in the newsroom. Hard work, determination, blind optimism and sheer luck: Those are a few ways Alexis Ohanian has reached the front lines of a digital-first world. We've upgraded our reader commenting system. Learn more about the new features. Los Angeles Times welcomes civil dialogue about our stories; you must register with the site to participate. We filter comments for language and adherence to our Terms of Service, but not for factual accuracy. By commenting, you agree to these legal terms. Please flag inappropriate comments.
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Colorado replaces marker 420 with 419.99 to foil 'weed enthusiasts'

Colorado replaces marker 420 with 419.99 to foil 'weed enthusiasts'

LA Times — Marijuana plants are seen under multi-colored grow lights in the growing... (EPA/ Bob Pearson ) This week, Colorado replaced mile marker 420 after it was repeatedly stolen following the state's legalization of marijuana. Why? Could be because 420 is pop-culture code for cannabis. The Colorado Department of Transportation assumed it was being lifted by "weed enthusiasts," according to NBC News. To combat further theft, the department altered the sign to "MILE 419.99."
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Female surfers will be allowed to compete at Lower Trestles

Female surfers will be allowed to compete at Lower Trestles

LA Times — The top 17 female surfers in the world, a list that currently includes Alana Blanchard, Carissa Moore, Sally Fitzgibbons and Lakey Peterson, will finally get their shot at showing the boys that surfing like a girl can be a good thing. On Tuesday, the Assn. of Surfing Professionals announced in a tweet that female surfers will finally have the chance to compete at Lower Trestles in northern San Diego County, one of surfing's most revered breaks, as part of the 2014 ASP Women's World Championship Tour.
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Reddit Meetup: Can users turn online connections into real ones?

Reddit Meetup: Can users turn online connections into real ones?

LA Times — What do President Obama, Morgan Freeman, NSA document-leaker Edward Snowden and some guy who goes by the name "probably hitting on you" have in common? They all know what time "the narwhal bacons." Specifically, they know "the narwhal bacons at midnight," because they are all part of one of the Internet's worst-kept secret societies. They are all Redditors, like me. My fondness for the user-generated content website grew out of a love of Internet memes and, frankly, wasting time. For the uninitiated, Reddit is a link-sharing website. The premise is simple: Reddit allows its disparate global user base to decide what is popular on the Web by a public vote.
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Hope for elephants: Retired circus elephants find new home

Hope for elephants: Retired circus elephants find new home

GlobalPost — Hope, Maine has a population of 1,310. And two elephants. The tiny coastal New England town recently became the home of Rosie and Opal, two 40-something retired circus elephants, who came to live and work with their old trainer, Dr. Jim Laurita.
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Take an Inside Look at Turkey's Most Famous Baklava Bakery - Which You Can Visit Now Too

Take an Inside Look at Turkey's Most Famous Baklava Bakery - Which You Can Visit Now Too

Food & Wine — The Shangri-La Bosphorus is offering an exclusive Baklava Butler Experience, which includes spending the day with a 5th-generation baklava baker in Istanbul.
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The Wellness Trip Travelers Actually Need Isn’t a Spa—It’s a Safari

The Wellness Trip Travelers Actually Need Isn’t a Spa—It’s a Safari

Travel + Leisure —
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This Tiny European Nation Has Turned Mushroom Foraging Into a National Sport

This Tiny European Nation Has Turned Mushroom Foraging Into a National Sport

Food & Wine —
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