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Are We Already Running Out of Useful Smartphone Apps?

Games and novelties aside, there are simply fewer and fewer areas of daily life that remain to be "disrupted" by utopian-minded Silicon Valley geeks. The golden age of the app may be coming to an end.
Peter Lawrence Kane
10.1.14
Highlights

Kansas City Comes Back In 12th Inning To Beat The A's

Kansas City came back to win a thriller in 12 innings.
Sean Newell
10.1.14
Stuff

We Talked to Some Kitties on Their Last Day of Freedom

As of October 1, the cats of Melbourne’s Yarra Ranges are under house arrest. We asked them how they felt about that.
David Allegretti
10.1.14
Highlights

Brandon Moss Blasts Second Home Run Of The Game

The Royals pull James Shields to avoid Brandon Moss matchup, Moss goes yard anyway.
Sean Newell
10.1.14
Words

We Are Live Streaming VIA Festival in Pittsburgh This Weekend

Tune in to watch crazy things like Zebra Katz, L-Vis 1990, Traxman, Blue Hawaii and more get down in a historical bank vault.
THUMP Staff
10.1.14
Words

Flemish Trio Vuurwerk Flips Arsenal's "Lie Low" Into a Slice of Dark Dance Heaven

This tune is like a solar eclipse. We're still figuring out what that means.
THUMP Staff
10.1.14
News

Facebook Could Become Drag-Queen-Free Tomorrow

On October 2, Facebook will suspend the accounts of drag performers around the globe unless they change the names used on their profiles to their “real” names. Naturally, they're pretty upset about this.
Paul Gregoire
10.1.14
Words

Oliver on Daft Punk Comparisons, Confessions About Miley, and Getting Blanked by Tchami

...And the duo drop the realest of real talk about their ghostwriting side gig.
Jemayel Khawaja
9.30.14
Environment

Over Half of Earth’s Wildlife Has Been Killed in the Past 40 Years

Global animal populations dropped 52 percent between 1970 and 2010, driven largely by high levels of consumption in rich nations and at the expense of poor ones.
Robert S. Eshelman
9.30.14
Opinion and Analysis

Occupy Central Is Not Like Previous Protest Movements

The Hong Kong pro-democracy protests borrow from a global language of dissent, but are reflective of the very specific politics and history of the administrative region.
Natasha Lennard
9.30.14
ferguson

Ferguson Officials Aren't Telling You What Happened to Mike Brown

Police and city officials have made it extremely difficult for anyone to access public records concerning Brown's death and the harsh response to protesters.
Alice Speri and Jason Leopold
9.30.14
Cheese

How to Make the Best, Prettiest Cheese Plate in the Whole World

There are instructions in countless books out there that echo forth authoritative, decisive guidelines as to the how's and why's of the plate du fromage. Well, I am here—little humble me—to let you know that it’s all utter bullshit.
Charlotte Kamin
9.30.14
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