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Clive Palmer Is Actually Headlining a Poetry Festival

At the age of 26 an aspiring bard named F. Clive Palmer published a collection of poems. Now he's set to appear at the Queensland Poetry Festival.
Dan Nulley
8.5.15
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Odd Mob Go Large with the Help of Bertie Blackman on "This Game"

A strange match made in EDM trap heaven.
THUMP Australia
8.5.15
News

The ACT Wants Australia’s First Permanent Domestic Violence Court and Magistrate

Supporters hope victims will feel more confident to move forward with domestic violence cases and press charges if they know the person hearing their case is experienced.
Wendy Syfret
8.5.15
The Make Believe Issue

Why Chad's Muslim Population Didn't Oppose the Country's Burka Ban

In June, the government announced that burkas, turbans, and other religious face coverings would be banned nationwide. Interestingly, local Muslims raised seemingly little outcry.
Mark Hay
8.5.15
The Make Believe Issue

How NASA Developed the Psychedelic Blueprints for the First Cities in Space

Forty years ago, the first serious blueprint for building cities in space was drawn almost on a whim. The artists NASA hired ended up making something that looks like 2001: A Space Odyssey on ayahuasca.
Brian Merchant
8.5.15
The Make Believe Issue

Sri Lanka Massacred Tens of Thousands of Tamils While the World Looked Away

Sri Lankan soldiers recorded these terrible crimes on their mobile phones and camcorders—and over the past four years, more and more of this footage has emerged.
Callum Macrae
8.5.15
The Make Believe Issue

Azerbaijan Is Trying to Attract Tourism with Its Crude Oil Spas

While getting your crude oil all over the place is usually frowned upon, there's one town in Azerbaijan that's tied its fortune to dunking tourists in the stuff.
Ryan Max
8.5.15
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Friendships Open the Gates to Paradise with this Kirin J Callinan Remix

Plus check out the huge first lineup announcement for Paradise 2015.
Lachlan Kanoniuk
8.4.15
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Some Cops in California Are Claiming a Video of Them Eating Edibles During a Marijuana Raid Violates Their Privacy

Surveillance video footage also shows the officers joking about kicking the dispensary manager, an amputee, "in her fucking nub."
Arielle Pardes
8.4.15
wine

​Artificial Intelligence’s Latest Trick: Predicting the Price of Wine

A former hedge fund algo trader is trying to bring machine learning techniques from research to the real world.
Victoria Turk
8.4.15
Los Angeles

The Man Who Gave LA's Students Free Dinners May Also Have Embezzled Millions

David Binkle increased food access for tens of thousands of low-income students in LA. But unfortunately, he also blew millions of the school district's dollars in questionable ways.
Javier Cabral
8.4.15
middle east

Ever the Firebrand, Ahmadinejad Seems to Want to Mount a Comeback in Iran

Recently, the former Iranian president broke a two-year silence, calling on supporters to "begin working energetically in the provinces" and reminding them that "the US is our enemy.”
Arthur White
8.4.15
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