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PSYCHEDELIC CITY: Magic mushrooms grow in therapy use but some at-home users may face ‘psychedelic trauma’

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This is the second story in a series about psychedelic drugs in Denver. Read the first here.

DENVER – Brendan Caldwell had enjoyed plenty of magic mushroom trips. So he expected the same when he took just a little bit of the hallucinogen before hosting his birthday party.

Instead, Caldwell’s experience resulted in what he calls “psychedelic trauma.”

“I’ve had lots of positive, really positive experiences with psilocybin mushrooms, but this one in particular was just very, very difficult,”

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Forget Ozempic face… be wary of ‘Wegovy butt’! Weight loss jabs are leaving users with saggy bums

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It’s the blockbuster weight loss drug adored by Hollywood, despite being armed with powerful side effects. 

But now users of slimming jab semaglutide are warning about another unwelcome consequence — ‘Ozempic butt’. 

Slimmers who’ve lost up to 141lbs (64kg) claim they’ve been left with ‘saggy’ bums.

Others have complained about their derrières flattening like a ‘pancake’, including one who once underwent a Brazillian Bum Lift (BBL). 

The effects, albeit in the bum, are similar to those who’ve battled ‘Ozempic face’

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I’m a cyclist and these are the 14 road users that scare me the least and the most on my commute

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I’m the MailOnline Travel Editor and began cycling to work seven years ago – since then I’ve clocked up around 1,000 pedal-powered commutes between my East Dulwich home and the Mail’s High St Kensington HQ.

I turned to pedal power mostly because I was struggling to find time to exercise as a father. Then it became apparent riding a bike to work was twice as fast as using public transport (30 vs 60 minutes) – and addiction to pedal power

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Netflix users are CANCELLING their accounts as the password sharing crackdown is rolled out

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Netflix users are not happy following the streaming giant’s decision to roll out its password sharing ban. 

Under rules brought to 103 countries including the US and UK this week, people who were watching Netflix under someone else’s account now have to create and pay for their own logins.

Alternatively, those who still want to share an account with people in a different home have to sign up to ‘paid sharing’ at a cost of £4.99/month ($8/month in the US). 

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How The Twitter Algorithm Affects Users And Advertisers

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Twitter recently released its algorithm source code on GitHub, which was met with debate and controversy.

The release comes to increase transparency and give users a chance to offer feedback on how content is allegedly curated.

How Do Social Networks Generate Revenue And Why It Matters?

Social media companies generate revenue primarily from advertising, as shown in recent quarterly financial earnings reports from Twitter ($1.18 billion), YouTube Ads ($8.6 billion), and Meta ($32.2 billion).

Ad publishers charge advertisers based on

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TikTok has ‘secret sauce’ that keeps users engaged and allows protesters to communicate

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One morning, a little over a week ago, boys at Rainford High in Merseyside turned up in class wearing skirts over their school uniform.

It was a show of solidarity in support of female pupils who were — still are — embroiled in a row over the thorny subject of skirt lengths. It’s a familiar classroom battle up and down the country.

The ‘skirt-wearing’ was the prelude to a demonstration during the day which had been planned on social media. 

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Prince Harry’s People cover mocked by social media users

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Prince Harry’s upcoming People magazine cover is being mercilessly mocked by social media users – who accused the outlet of ‘photoshopping’ his bushy hair, bright blue eyes, and full beard.

The Duke of Sussex, 38, posed for the cover of the magazine’s January 23 issue, while promoting his brand new memoir, Spare – his latest in a slew of press appearances over the last few weeks in which he has continuously slammed his family members, shared intimate details on his

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Twitter users react to Elon Musk’s plans to charge $20/month for verification 

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People aren’t happy with new Twitter owner Elon Musk’s ‘greedy’ plans to charge users to have their accounts verified with a blue tick. 

The controversial plan, leaked by Twitter employees at the weekend, will force users to pay $20/month to have a blue tick next to their account name. 

Blue ticks will only be available under Twitter Blue, the platform’s paid subscription service that gives access to exclusive features. 

Twitter Blue is currently $4.99 a month, but under Musk’s plans

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Twitter users report losing followers after Elon Musk takeover

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Billionaire Elon Musk has only owned Twitter for a day but already he’s already having a volatile effect on the platform.

Multiple Twitter users have posted that they’ve been losing followers since the $44 billion (£38 billion) takeover was completed on Thursday. 

It’s possible people are losing Twitter followers – described as ‘The Great Purge’ by one user – because users are deactivating their accounts in protest at Musk’s purchase. 

Another possibility is that Musk has already got to work

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Netflix users threaten to CANCEL their subscriptions if it starts showing adverts

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Netflix customers are threatening to cancel their subscriptions if the streaming service starts showing adverts to those on cheaper deals.

Yesterday it emerged that Netflix has sped up plans to introduce a lower-priced ad-supported subscription plan, following its first fall in subscriber numbers in a decade.

The new plan is now expected to be introduced by the end of the year, according to a note to employees, obtained by The New York Times on Tuesday.

However, Netflix subscribers have not

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