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Ryan Florig Blends Skate Photography with Guns, Weed, and Fire

Ryan Florig is an American in his mid-20s with a knack for the natural. Self-taught with disposable cameras, this Washington-based photographer thrives on the principles of street photography. He won't be found in the studio—most of his photo stories involve him passing by "the moment" while on his bike.

My Friend Is Wearing Abercrombie & Fitch for an Entire Year

Back in high school, I avoided Abercrombie & Fitch like botulism, because everyone I hated (or at least was forced to tolerate) was dressed tip to tail in this stuff. So when my friend, the artist Amanda Schmidt, told me that she was rocking 'Cromb for an entire year as a performance art/life project, I decided to pick her brain to figure out what the hell she's doing to herself.

Taji's Mahal

Jade's Roll

For this week's Mahal, in honor of the recent warm weather in New York City, I bring you Jade Katzenellenbogen's photographs of even warmer people. Here is what she had to say about the series: "I've learned over these past couple of years how important it is to keep taking film photos."

Come Watch Good Movies for Once with VICE and the Film Foundation

Movies used to be things you had to leave your house to watch. Martin Scorsese remembers that time, and he actually misses it. He and his company, the Film Foundation, have been restoring 35mm prints of classic movies. VICE and the Film Foundation will be screening the prints every month at the Nitehawk Cinema.

Is War Brewing in Niger?

The uranium-mining town of Arlit, Niger, is at the center of a potential conflict between American and French forces and the West African terrorists who want to expel the armies from the country for good. Understandably, all of this conflict is very hard on the residents.

Fringes

Deportee Purgatory

About 40 percent of Mexican immigrants deported from the US are sent back through Tijuana. Many of the deported border crossers have established a makeshift shantytown inside a dry, concrete riverbed where the Tijuana River once flowed—called 'El Bordo.' A camera crew from VICE Mexico recently went to El Bordo to meet its residents and the people trying to help them.

Meet the Nieratkos

Jeff Grosso Has a Beautiful Mind

Is Jeff Grosso the last vestige of free speech in skateboarding? We don’t know, but we like the way he talks about drugs.

The Creators Project

Turning CCTV Footage into Art

We're constantly being spied on by closed-circuit television cameras, those electronic eyes peering down at us and monitoring everything we do. But as Orwellian as it all seems, this invasion of privacy and erosion of our civil liberties can serve as a source for art. Art like Timo Arnall's short film 'Robot Readable World,' which was culled from found footage, and the paintings of William Betts.

This Week in Racism

Sergio Garcia Can't Wait to Serve Tiger Woods Fried Chicken

When asked if he would be inviting Tiger Woods over for dinner during the US Open, famous Spanish golfer Sergio Garcia responded, “We'll have him 'round every night. We will serve fried chicken.” I’m glad that Sergio already has his dinner menu planned so far in advance.

Carlos Rafael and His Fish Are the American Dream

I'm sitting with Carlos Rafael in "Carlos Seafood," an unremarkable looking seafood supply warehouse in an industrial park near the waterfront of New Bedford, a fishing port in southern Massachusetts that for 12 consecutive years has reported the most revenue from domestic fish landings in America. In 2011, that figure topped $369 million. Here, fishing is big business.

Pen Pals

HardWhite and Harry Potter

Harry Potter was fresh from the world and had a sickness to feed. The weakling fiend probably hated everything right now, but mostly he hated that his drug was gone. All Harry Potter will want is to get high and the boys are about to swarm on him. Little white wizards get no play in county lockup.

What Does Terrorism Mean in 2013?

Glenn Greenwald is a journalist, lawyer, and security expert who was partly responsible for former CIA official John Brennan not being made the Director of the CIA and forcing a UN investigation into the treatment of Bradley Manning. I called him up to see if he thought the whole "terrorism" thing had just become a label used to exaggerate crime committed by Muslims.

Director Alex Gibney on Hackers and Julian Assange

If Michael Moore is obsessed with outrage and Herzog is obsessed with dreams, Gibney is a master of moments. His style of circular storytelling punches the paradigm straight in the face, especially in his new documentary about Julian Assange, Bradley Manning, and Wikileaks.

May 24 2013 Daniel Stuckey Motherboard

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George's Fun Happy Place

George is ill and has a huge scar on the side of his body from surgery. He is in constant pain, but for whatever reason, the pressure of being buried in the sand or walked on gives him temporary relief. He has a lot of problems to overcome, but he's also capable of an incredible lightness.

MMA's Greatest Moment (and Ben Henderson's Worst) Makes Its Way into the Mainstream

As long as he lives, Ben Henderson—who is the UFC lightweight champion of the world—will never be free of Anthony Pettis’ mind-scrambling, sport-redefining, iconic leaping-off-the-cage head kick that capped off their championship fight, especially since it has been immortalized in the first MMA video game commercial.

May 24 2013 Josh Rosenblatt Sports

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