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A Day in the Life of a San Franciscan

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Stefanie Doucette

8 A.M.

You wake up to your Alexa alarm clock playing your favorite Spotify playlist, but the mood is ruined when you see a barrage of news alerts on your phone from three different news apps. North Korea, health care, Trump’s Twitter wars. You’re pissed. But then you remember The Bold Italic article your roommate showed you about channeling your inner Jedi toward the resistance, and you feel better.

The Jedi’s Guide to Defeating Trump

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“Whether it’s the Paris Agreement, the trashing of the Constitution, Yemen, police brutality or an absent father who turned to the dark side, there’s always so much to lash out at in anger. Life is one big trigger warning! But for Binks’ sakes, not giving into anger and fear is like the first day of Jedi kindergarten. You might as well be buying yourself a one-way ticket to Darksideville, cuz that’s where you’re headed, kid.” Read more…

2 P.M.

It’s lunchtime, and your tech company’s cafeteria just isn’t cutting it for you anymore. Sure, the free Cliff bars and organic kale salads were great at first, but you need to mix it up. So you head to Walgreens — secretly, of course. Your coworkers can’t know that that’s where you get your sushi.

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“This was all we had in terms of capital-C culture, and to us, these spaces were more than merely something corporate. To quote Leonard Cohen: ‘There’s a crack in everything — that’s where the light gets in.’ Sometimes it even gets in at Walgreens.” Read more…

9 P.M.

You just got home, and boy, are you stressed. Your new Tinder fling ghosted, and your start-up is really under pressure to lock down that Series B funding. Plus, you’ve eaten sushi from Walgreens every day this week, so your health isn’t that great. Thank God for that new dispensary next door.

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“Upon entering the cannabis industry, D’Ambrosio saw people getting much, much better. ‘It was a revelation to me that a plant that has been so vilified and so demonized over time has such potential for so many different people, so many different ailments…I couldn’t stand by and not let its wonderful abilities be accessible to the public.’” Read more…

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