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We Spoke to the Guy Who Wrote the Real Screenplay for 'Argo'
Contrary to how Affleck's film portrays it, the script for 'Argo' wasn't just some jokey, throwaway nonsense a hack writer shat out. It was the opening salvo for a dream that would change the world written by Barry Ira Geller.
Rick Paulas
3.3.13
Travel

Our Constipation Tour of India
The Indian tourism industry has become so efficient at safely shepherding Westerners past the country’s landmark sights that pale-skinned travelers like ourselves could glide by easily without being touched by more than a few crumbs of dirt.
Aaron Hamburger
3.3.13
Motherboard Blog

The US State Department Says the Keystone XL Pipeline Is Good to Go
The State Department just gave the tar sands oil pipeline the green light.
Brian Merchant
3.2.13
Motherboard Blog

DARPA's Big Dog Just Got Violent (And More Useful)
Big Dog didn't get a gun or a laser or anything like that, though. It got a really strong arm, and somehow that's more startling.
Adam Clark Estes
3.2.13
News

When Will South African Police Stop Dragging People from Their Vans?
This week, South African police attached a man to a van and dragged him for nearly 500 yards. The man was found dead a few hours later in a police cell. While it's clearly an atrocious, shocking story, extreme police violence has become a regular...
Claire Simpson
3.2.13
Stuff

The Passing of a Magnificent Wind
In not-really-that-surprising news, this week the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ordered Fung Wah Bus, the notorious progenitor of low-cost interstate bus services, off the road. This news hit me especially hard. Not only because I...
John Liam Policastro
3.2.13
taji's mahal

Taji's Mahal - Costa Rican Roll
For this week's Mahal, I decided to get our last roll of film from Costa Rica developed to reminisce about the fun times we shared with my aunt and her friend Hitch last month. I think it's safe to say that Costa Rica is the happiest place in the world...
Taji Ameen
3.2.13
Stuff

Face Shapes and Blood Types: Wading into the World of Online Dating in China
It was flattering but not altogether too surprising that within minutes of activating my profile, my inbox was flooded with messages. The first came from a 26-year-old, O-type, triangle-faced man named “Poisonsc…” But as I browsed through his profile...
Miranda Lin
3.2.13
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In Pursuit of the Four-Month-Long Orgasm: Getting Off with OneTaste Orgasmic Meditation
I am surrounded by 50 strangers—half of them females naked from the waist down, legs butterflied open. I glance back at the face of the woman I’m intertwined with. Her eyes are closed. We just met. I think her name is Amy. I hear a voice above me...
Roc Morin
3.2.13
Film

Let’s Apocalypse! A Discussion with the Anti-Banality Union
The ABU edits countless Hollywood popcorn films together, forming orgies of death and destruction at the hands of our society’s hopeless antagonisms. Drawing clips from such box office hits as 'Independence Day' and 'The Dark Knight,' they reveal the...
Jarrod Shanahan
3.2.13
Motherboard Blog

Stop Saying You "Believe" in Global Warming
Real world concerns, like new Arctic shipping lanes, don't need your leap of faith.
Michael Byrne
3.2.13
Music

Virtual Psychedelia: Enter Vinyl Williams' Surreal Jungle
Explore the interactive, lo-fi music video filled with oversized diamonds, trippy sounds and views of outer space.
Adriana M. Padilla
3.1.13
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