5 things we’re reading this weekend
Welcome to the latest installment of a series where we point you to what we’ve found fascinating, amazing, entertaining, and interesting this week.
Cannabis crackdown?: As more states legalize recreational marijuana — Massachusetts voters are likely to decide whether to join them in November — there are increasing signs that the federal government could move to shut the industry down. [International Business Times] –Adam Vaccaro
We can’t all be Asher: If you’re into features on productivity, you’ll enjoy this piece about self-improvement boot camps in Silicon Valley. You’ll also enjoy this sentence, which is an actual sentence: ‘‘Asher is a singing, freestyle rapping, former international Quidditch All-American turned software engineer.’’ [The New York Times Magazine] –Dan Fogarty
Presidential candidates are finally being honest about addiction in New Hampshire: Until recently, presidential candidates would rarely (if ever) risk discussing addiction in a frank, open way. But with deaths linked to opiate overdoses doubling in New Hampshire over the last two years, candidates campaigning in the Granite State, like Jeb Bush and John Kasich, have opened up about an issue that affects families nationwide. [New York Times] –Kevin Slane
These are the women working in men’s professional sports: This week the Buffalo Bills made headlines when they announced they’d hired Kathryn Smith as a special teams quality-control coach, making her the first full-time female coach in the NFL. She joins the ranks of a handful of women working in men’s professional sports. [New York Magazine] –Dialynn Dwyer
Cosmopolitan debunked Tom Brady’s insane diet: In light of Brady’s food standards becoming a trending topic after his personal chef disclosed how strict the quarterback’s diet is, Cosmo decided to “parse through the hodgepodge of dietary insanity.’’ [Cosmopolitan.com] –Bryanna Cappadona
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