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Breaking: All Cannabis LinkedIn Job Listings Secretly Rerouted to a Government-Grade Black Hole
Somewhere between “Easy Apply” and “We’ve decided to move forward with other candidates,” there is a place.
A real place.
A stupid place.
A place so hostile to hope it smells faintly of burnt resumes and LinkedIn Premium desperation.
Every cannabis job listing you see on LinkedIn, Brand Manager, VP of Culture, Head of Growth (Must Love Compliance), is not actually intended to hire a human being. The listing exists solely to be funneled, via fiber-optic lie, to a remote facili
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Compliance Manager or International Weed Mule? Denver Discovers “Compliance Manager” Was Just UPS for 31 Pounds of Weed
In a ridiculous reminder that job titles in cannabis mean absolutely nothing, Denver regulators recently discovered that a licensed cannabis company’s compliance manager was allegedly moonlighting as an interstate weed courier with 31 pounds of product headed out of state.
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Arizona Launches “Best in Grass” — Ballots Immediately Sent for Recount & Audit.
Arizona has officially launched its first statewide Best in Grass cannabis competition, allowing consumers to vote on weed quality across the state.
Naturally, the ballots are already being recounted.
Not because anything went wrong, just because this is Arizona, and the state physically cannot see a ballot without running it through at least four different agencies, two consultants, and one guy named Gary who “has concerns.”
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MSO CEO Goes to Ayahuasca Retreat to Become Better Person, Returns Somehow Worse
According to three people who have sat in meetings with him since, a multi-state cannabis operator CEO recently returned from an ayahuasca retreat with less empathy, more confidence, and a brand-new way to explain why layoffs are actually healing.
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Cannabis Stocks Surge After Investors Once Again Believe the Government Loves Them
The cannabis sector rallied this week after Washington whispered the word “rescheduling” again, an event that reliably sends weed stocks sprinting into traffic like a neglected dog hearing keys jingle.
Within hours, analysts were back on television explaining, earnestly, solemnly, with charts, that this time is different. Capital flooded in. Group chats lit up. Retail traders dusted off brokerage apps they swore they’d deleted in 2022. Somewhere, a junior analyst updated a Po
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Inside the Velvet Ropes of Weed Elitism: Boof du Jour Infiltrates a Members-Only Cannabis Lounge
The weed is mid, the vibes are tense, and I paid $75 to be judged by a man in loafers named Chadwick. Welcome to luxury cannabis for...
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Have a Heart Announces New ‘Smash & Dash’ Delivery Service, Hires Kia Boys as Drivers
A Logistics Model so Unhinged it Somehow Makes DoorDash Look Like the Postal Service. TACOMA, WA — I’ve just been nearly run over by a...
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Systematically Assessed and Spiritually Lost: The MJ Unpacked Cannabis Cup Is an Idiocracy Trophy Ceremony for the Certified Delusional
Filed live from Atlantic City by your terp-scorched, eye-twitching Boof du Jour correspondent who just witnessed the SAP in action and...
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I Went to a Cannabis Hiring Fair and Somehow Ended Up Regional Manager
Filed from California, where dreams go to get turned into vape carts and lawsuits LOS ANGELES — It’s 10:13 AM and I’m already sweating...
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Terpli AI Virtual Budtender Has Existential Crisis After 4,000th Customer Asks for 'Your Highest THC, Bro'
“We're updating the model to just recommend GMO and say, ‘Hell yeah, bro.’ It's what the people want.” t’s 3:12 PM and I’m crammed into...
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Seth Yakatan Is a Time-Traveler Who Cheated at Cannabis History (And Honestly, That Checks Out)
He didn’t cheat the game — he just played it a few centuries early. SEATTLE, WA — Seth Yakatan didn’t rise through the cannabis ranks—he...
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“Weed for Warriors” Charity Game Canceled After Both Teams Forfeit Due to Lack of Veterans, Planning, or Basic Interest
Live from the most embarrassing Memorial Day cannabis event in the country ST. CHARLES, MO — It’s Memorial Day, and I’m standing in a...
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From Oxford to Oblivion: How a Tory Peer, Snoop Dogg, and a Tobacco Megacorp Burned Millions on a Cannabis Pipe Dream
A Case Study in Overbranding, Underdelivering, and Executive-Level Delusion LONDON — Oxford Cannabinoid Technologies, once heralded as...
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70-Year-Old Scotsman Busted for Running $3M Cannabis Grow, Claims It Was for Retirement Bingo Fund
“Aye, the pension wasn’t cutting it. Plus, I got tired of making jam.” GLASGOW, SCOTLAND — In a shocking-yet-inspiring turn of events,...
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HEXO Announces NFT Series to Commemorate Every Bad Acquisition They’ve Ever Made
Each NFT captures a proud moment in HEXO’s long tradition of spending big, due diligencing never, and calling it “strategic growth”...
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Missouri Grants Transport License to Man with a Lime Scooter and a Trash Bag
Citing “low barriers to entry” and “vibes,” the state issued credentials to a man seen zipping down I-70 with flower, edibles, and what...
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$2M Anti-Aging Freak vs. Chuck from Enterprise—Who’s Actually Healthier?
In the world’s most unnecessary health showdown, we put Bryan Johnson—tech millionaire, human lab rat, and walking Neutrogena ad—head-to-head with Chuck—a 34-year-old assistant manager at Enterprise Car Rental who eats gas station sushi and owns exactly one towel.
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Cannabis Companies Raise Prices Citing Tariffs, Musk Tweets, and Mercury in Gatorade
By Boof du Jour Staff Inflation-choked, terp-deprived, and financially abused In an industry where a stale eighth already costs more...
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Adam Bierman Launches ‘Weed Empire: The Game Show’ – Where Social Equity Applicants Battle to the Death for a Dispensary License He Doesn’t Even Own
By the Boof du Jour Investigative Team LOS ANGELES — In the kind of plot twist that makes late-stage capitalism feel like a snuff film,...
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