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I Am Letting the Machines Run My Fantasy Football Team

I wanted to be active in my fantasy football league this year but I forgot to show up for the draft and the computer picked my guys for me. I'm fine with it—the team's not that bad, and it's just a matter of time before robots run the rest of my life...
Drew Millard
9.10.12
Fashion

Telfar Makes Some Creepy Clothes and 'Gallery Girls' Still Hate on BK

I saw Telfar's NYFW show and realized that simplicity, functionality, and good fits actually have shock value these days. Then I went to the End of the Century gallery to get a glimpse of some reality TV drama up close.
Natasha Stagg
9.10.12
VICE News

Israel's Radical Left

VICE travels to Israel to meet young members of the growing radical left, in the lead up to the one-year anniversary of the biggest protest in Israel’s history. Last summer, while the world was busy following the Arab Spring, nearly half a million...
Milene Larsson
9.10.12
Motherboard Blog

Hot Links: U.S. Wastes 30% of Healthcare Spending, NYC Nixes Taxi Apps, German First Lady Sues Google

*Hot Links is Motherboard's weekly roundup of key weekend stories you need to read.* A new report states that the U.S. wastes about 30 percent of all healthcare spending. Sarah Kliff "helps explain why":http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein...
Derek Mead
9.10.12
The Weird Science Issue

A Puzzle

This is a short story by Lem that has remained unpublished in English until now. Its subject matter concerns a cyborg doctor of magnetics, robotic theology, “Jelly Brains,” and a lot of other esoteric and interesting topics.
Stanisław Lem
9.10.12
News

Who's Trying to Scare Israelis into Nuclear War with Iran?

A bunch of people, including one politician whose house I stand outside every day, shouting.
Roy Arad
9.10.12
Music

The Vapors

The Vapors made a name for themselves with their popular 1980 single "Turning Japanese" and though frontman David Fenton has always denied rumors of the innuendo behind it, the song will probably always be known as a euphemism for self-pleasuring.
Kristen Yoonsoo Kim
9.10.12
Features

Flying Lotus VS Frank Ocean: “Binge Eating Without You”

FlyLo makes Frank Ocean sound like a singing chipmunk.
Jo Fuertes-Knight
9.10.12
New music

Sure Thing: "Holding You Tight" (Video)

Bristol collective Sure Thing release a glittery disco track which isn't drum n bass or trip-hop.
Kieran Yates
9.10.12
New music

SpaceGhostPurrp: “Still Stickin”

New track from SpaceGhostPurrp which you'll have to listen to with the lights on.
Kieran Yates
9.10.12
New music

Disclosure Feat. Sam Smith: “Latch”

Disclosure serve a house inflected track with vocalist Sam Smith.
Kieran Yates
9.10.12
Features

Foals' Edwin Is In Deep Shit

As in Deep Shit, his new label that's putting out some pretty discerning house music.
Suze Olbrich
9.10.12
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