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Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off" Video Isn't Dumb At All

There is a competence that wafts around everything she does, as if she read a stage direction at the beginning of her life that said “spunky yet poised”
sam wolfson
8.19.14
Drugs

Meet the 'Fake Heroin' Behind the Next Overdose Epidemic

Acetyl fentanyl, packing many times the punch of heroin, is now making its way into the United States' narcotic supply.
Michael Byrne
8.19.14
Stuff

David Miliband Can't Speak About British Politics Any More

But I asked him about it anyway.
Tess Reidy
8.19.14
scotland

MUNCHIES Guide to Scotland - Episode 2

Charlet takes to the seas for a few hair-of-the-dog drams at a Hebridean whisky distillery, followed by a spot of lobster fishing (and cooking) with a die-hard steampunk fan.
Charlet Duboc
8.19.14
Space

The World's Most Powerful Space Camera Begins Another Year of Incredible Photos

The Dark Energy Survey returns this fall. If it's anything like the first, expect many more wild space discoveries.
Becky Ferreira
8.19.14
News

Changes to Australian Security Laws Will Make Illegally Obtained Evidence Permisable in Court

It will also grant intelligence personnel immunity when they break the law, allow the use tracking devices without warrants, and increase jail terms from 2 to 10 years for leaking information. More stunningly, the bill is being passed by politicians...
Alison Bevege
8.19.14
Photo

Sînziana Velicescu Loves Cities So Much She'd Like to Escape Them

Her photos of California look at the juxtaposition between each city's citizens and structures.
Mircea Topoleanu
8.19.14
Travel

Polish Knights Want Medieval Combat to Be Europe's Leading Martial Art

An interview with Thomas Duda, representative of the Polish Association of Medieval Combat.
Paweł Mączewski
8.19.14
News

Are Neo-Nazis Running a Vegan Cupcake Shop in London?

White flour in Camden.
James Poulter
8.19.14
Travel

Away from the Strip: One Night at Las Vegas Lounge

T-girls, tweakers and terrified taxi drivers.
John Lucas
8.19.14
News

How the Islamic State Became the Juggernaut It Is Today

The region has always been treacherous ground for foreign intervention, but many of the reasons for Western failure to read the situation in the Middle East are recent, and self-inflicted.
Patrick Cockburn
8.19.14
Words

Nicolas Jaar and Dave Harrington Bring Darkside to a Close

We pay tribute to the iconic Other People duo.
Ziad Ramley
8.19.14
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