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The Director of National Intelligence Asks Why People Trust Facebook More Than the Government

Hint: Facebook can't put you in jail or worse.
Daniel Stuckey
7.20.13
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Comic-Con 2013 Cosplay Photo Dump

Comic-Con is a special time of the year, but not just for sci-fi/fantasy enthusiasts. It's also like Christmas in July for photographers. Every eccentric within a 20 mile radius of Downtown San Diego can be seen puttering around the convention, either...
Dave Schilling
7.20.13
into the weird

Hurricanes and Projectile Vomiting Painkillers

I had thrown up before during Hurricane Marilyn, but this was when I was seven years old, and drugs and alcohol were not the cause. Rather, it was the sounds of my childhood home crumpling on top of my family as we huddled in a closet that made me...
Sophie Saint Thomas
7.20.13
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Pics Or It Didn't Happen: Camp Bisco Day Two & Three

By the looks of it, day two of the three-day festival acheived legendary status as latecomers flocked into the camp grounds en masse.
THUMP Staff
7.19.13
Design

The Fathers of Digital Architecture Are Reunited In a New Exhibition

Exploring the development of digital architecture, American architect Greg Lynn and the Canadian Center for Architecture bring a new perspective to the medium's history.
Benoit Palop
7.19.13
Motherboard Blog

It's Too Hot to Do Anything but Watch 'Under the Dome'

CBS' sci-fi horror miniseries "Under the Dome" is the right way to enjoy your A/C.
Fruzsina Eordogh
7.19.13
Motherboard Blog

A Brief Guide to Surviving Comic Con

Complacency really does come with experience in situations such as these.
Ryan Haupt
7.19.13
Motherboard Blog

Tumblr Is Making Its Porn Disappear

You know what's isn't cool? Censorship.
Meghan Neal
7.19.13
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That's So Ravin': I Am The Great K-holio

Getting into a K-hole, getting out of one, flirting with DJs... Ravin Samoan dishes out more keen advice in this week's column.
Ravin Samoan
7.19.13
News

The Canadian Government Is Withholding Documents Concerning the Torture of Children

Despite numerous testimonies stating that children who attended St. Anne's residential "Indian" school were sexually abused and sat in an electric chair, the Canadian government refuses to release 7,000 pages of investigative documents that seemingly...
Dave Dean
7.19.13
Words

Killing It

Daft Punk get condoms, Treasure Fingers gets a taint bump, and PLUR goes to the hood. This week's best electronic music gossip.
THUMP Staff
7.19.13
Motherboard Blog

The Navy's New Communication Satellites Have 16 Times More Bandwidth Than the Old Ones

Who's going to be the first to send top secret plans via Snapchat?
Derek Mead
7.19.13
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