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Tao Lin's iPhone Photos of Taipei

Taipei Signs

In celebration of the forthcoming release of Tao Lin's latest novel, 'Taipei,' we will be featuring a weekly selection of iPhone photos taken by the author during his recent trip to Taipei, Taiwan. In this selection, Tao shows us some of his favorite signs around the city.

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Triple Hate - Part 1

'Triple Hate' is a four-part documentary about Nathan Bedford Forrest, the Memphis City Council, the Klan, the Crips, Ulysses S. Grant, racism, and the specter of history. It will be airing every day this week, only on VICE.com.

Did I Discover YelaWolf?

This. CD. It looked like… I really can’t even explain its levels of wrong. Imagine the worst possible images you have ever seen, all in one spot: the worst possible fonts, the worst possible colors, the worst possible photoshopping, title, spelling, whatever—everything—the worst.

I'm Hunting Down the Fat Fetishist Who Has My Stolen Laptop

After the police continued to ignore him, Matt set up a blog he called Plumpergeddon (presumably inspired by the fat fetishist) and began posting the photos he'd captured and the evidence he was gathering about the guy who was now in possession of his stolen computer. I got in touch to get the latest on his laptop quest.

Did a Murderer Just Give Himself Away on Yelp?

On May 3rd, a 36-year-old Iraq war veteran and college student named Maribel Ramos was reported missing by her family, after failing to turn up to several events in Santa Ana, California. A couple of days later Maribel's roommate KC Joy started posting super weird stuff on a Yelp thread.

Here Comes the White-Power Safety Patrol

They Want to Clean Up Your Campus

Matthew has formed a group called the White Student Union that advocates for “persons of European heritage”—what most of us call “white people.” It comes as a surprise to the African American students who feel targeted by the night patrols Matthew began conducting in March.

Let VICE School You on the Web This Internet Week

There's a lot more to the web than carnal perversions and dwarf felines. To help you get a grip on all of this high-tech shit and the ways it enhances our lives, VICE is joining in on the nerdy hoopla that is Internet Week and hosting a series of panels, along with a keynote address by Shane Smith and Tom Freston.

My Dead Grandparents Make My Mom Win Big in Vegas

Two years ago my mother's mother, my baubie, suddenly passed away—and ever since, my mom’s been unstoppable at gambling. I’m a staunch atheist, and yet I'm pretty sure my dead grandparents have given my mom the power to win big in Vegas.

How Are We Supposed to Know What the Government Does?

The most important reason that the media exists is to tell the public what’s happening and what the people in power are doing about it. That’s increasingly difficult when the decisions that matter are shrouded in multiple levels of secrecy.

Dogmageddon

Don't Bet on the Apocalypse

Remember those billboards during the summer of 2011 that boldly claimed the world was going to end on May 21 of that year? Those predictions were put together by a California-based Christian cult who is now destitute, because they spent all their money thinking there'd be no need for cash post-Rapture.

Here Is Action Bronson's New Video, Featuring Riff Raff and Some Pit Bulls

You already know Action Bronson (a.k.a. Bam Bam Bigelow, a.k.a. Ill Prosciutto, a.k.a. Bronsolino). Here's his new video for "Strictly 4 My Jeeps," which is set in Queens and features Riff Raff, pit bulls, and some big beautiful women.

May 20 2013 Noisey Staff Music

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Gay Men and Their Not-So-Cute Misogyny Problem

What’s up with all the misogyny, gay dudes? Seriously. I’m not saying you have to staple a copy of 'Feminine Mystique' to your forehead while blasting Julie Ruin, but could some of you (emphasis on SOME) not have such thinly veiled contempt for women?

The Strongest Dwarf in New Jersey

When I was a toddler in New Jersey, my only playmate was the seven-year-old dwarf who lived next door. And although I don't blame him for anything, that dwarf came to physically torment me to the point of bruises and diapers full of sand.

Saudi Arabia Isn't Having a Feminist Revolution

When it comes to women's rights, Saudi Arabia takes baby steps to a whole new level of infancy. (In utero steps? Spermy steps?) They just released their first ever anti-domestic-violence ad, so I guess that's something, but women are still unable to defend themselves against those cases in court. I spoke to Nouf Alhimiary, a 20-year-old photographer from Jeddah, about the challenges she faced when trying to put on an art exhibition about Saudi women.

Weev Is Being Treated Horribly in Prison

Andrew “Weev” Auernheimer, who is currently serving jail time for exposing an AT&T security hole, got an in-person visit from his lawyer Tor Ekeland on Sunday. He learned Weev was sharing a ten-by-ten cell in solitary with a cell mate and is let out three times a week for a 15-minute shower. And that’s it. Ekeland called this treatment “odd for someone convicted of a nonviolent computer crime."

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Hearing from Three Guantanamo Bay Prisoners Who've Been on Hunger Strike for 100 Days

Yesterday was the 100th day of the inmates' protest against their treatment and, out of the 166 still being held at Guantanmo, 102 are on hunger strike, with 30 being force-fed. Authorities shackle hunger-strikers to chairs and insert tubes into their noses and stomachs to force-feed them for up to two hours at a time.