The Baffler

• Today in Billionaires: Vincent Mehdizadeh, the inventor of a marijuana vending machine, has become legal weed’s first billionaire; read Adweek‘s interview with Mehdizadeh, in which he insists on referring to pot as “the medicine.” • Today in ...

What a Week This Was, Bafflers. By now you have probably noticed that we launched our brand new website featuring all 25 issues of our head-spinning salvos, which you can browse by issue or search through using this handy dandy index. So for the first time all in one place, ...

• Here is a tale of a journalist and a programmer who set out to make an interactive graphic of diversity in top editorial positions in American newsrooms, and failed. “As it turns out, there isn’t really enough data to make an interactive graphic about ...

• Today in Billionaires, from the Guardian: The UK’s National Union of Journalists has dubbed Richard Desmond “Britain’s Greediest Billionaire” after the media company he owns proposed to cut a third of all editorial staffers from the Daily Express, ...

•  “The City of New York approved a proposal by one of the largest real estate developers in the city to build in a ‘poor door’, or a separate door for residents living in affordable housing to enter their building,” writes the Daily Mail from New York Post ...

• The Reports Are In: “With four out of five pet owners considering their pet a member of the family and 79% saying the quality of their pet’s food is as important as their own, it’s not surprising that the premium sector accounted for 40% of the $26 billion U.S. pet ...

• Today in Bespoke: “One of the common links among our travelers is they’re curious, passionate and they’re looking for unique and authentic experiences,” said Lynn Cutter, executive vice president for travel and licensing at National Geographic Society, of her ...

Elaine Stritch in 2009 / Photo by Greg Hernandez • “For my money, insecurity, depression, etc., can be healed by way of El Morocco, sad songs at 4 a.m., and the pop of a champagne cork.” —Elaine Stritch. • City Limits reports on a non-profit ...