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Roundabouts and Revolutions: The “Arab Street” Begins and Ends In a Circle

By now, perceptive news watchers know that Cairo’s Tahrir Square is not in the least square—it’s a traffic circle. Now attention has turned to Bahrain’s increasingly ecumenical revolt against its ruler, Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa (a mere emir before...
JONATHAN LIU
2.20.11
Motherboard Blog

Odd Future Kills Them All

Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All (OFWGKTA) is the name of a loose collective of rambunctious friends from Los Angeles who make their own beats, write their own raps, and film videos of themselves slapping each other.
CREATORS PROJECT
2.20.11
the vice guide to travel

Mongolian Yak Festival

VBS travels to the vast epic-ness of Khovsgol Province in northern Mongolia to check in on the second annual Yak Festival.
VICE Staff
2.20.11
Motherboard Blog

Pictures of Kim Jong Il Looking At Things

North Korea's Dear Leader likes to look at things.
leonel sousa
2.19.11
Motherboard Blog

What Some of Our Thoughtful Human Friends Think About Watson

h3. _Some thoughts from Sherry Turkle, Jason Silva, Ben Huh, David Weinberger, Ray Kurzweil, Kenneth Livingston, Zach Kanin, Rita King, J-Bot, Doug Rushkoff, Tim Hwang, Shane Hope, Paola Antonelli, Tim Wu, Stuart Watson_ Is anyone really surprised...
MOTHERBOARD STAFF
2.19.11
Motherboard Blog

ONES + ZEROS 021811: The Government's 'Sockpuppet' Army

h4. "Ones and Zeros":http://motherboard.tv/profiles/ones_and_zeros/posts is Motherboard's daily investigation into the particle accelerator that is the internet. Ones, you’ll come to expect, represent what’s “good” and zeros, what’s “bad.” Get more...
Ones Zeros
2.19.11
Art Talk

Douglas Gordon

Turner Prize-winning artist Douglas Gordon is one of our favorite artists.
VICE Staff
2.19.11
Motherboard Blog

New Global Warming Studies: Buy A Raft

This week, the U.S. House of Representatives laid out budget cuts that effectively kill federal government spending on climate change research--at least in 2011. It's not something worth spending money on, in other words. This is, of course, partisan...
Michael Byrne
2.18.11
Vice Blog

GO SEE PUTTY HILL THIS WEEKEND

VICE Staff
2.18.11
Motherboard Blog

Top 5 Literature/Game Crossovers We Want To See

When Electronic Arts announced their videogame adaptation of _Dante's Inferno_ a couple years back, the English majors among us had a bit of a tantrum. Maybe it had to do with the fact that the game began to out-rank The Divine Comedy on "Google...
Janus Rose
2.18.11
Music

OK Go's GPS iPhone Art Project

OK Go are using their iPhones to draw all over the streets—and they’re inviting fans to do it, too.
Dylan Schenker
2.18.11
Stuff

Friday Tyrant - The Best American Bullshit of 2010

I am always looking out for the best. For example, there are anthologies of what are called "the best" short stories. In fact, there are many of these anthologies.
GIANCARLO DITRAPANO
2.18.11
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