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These Calvin and Hobbes GIFs Are Absolutely Wonderful

Hilarious Tumblrs are a dime a million these days, but as humorous as corgi lists, "donuts and literature":http://doughcountryforoldmen.tumblr.com/, and reaction GIF aggregators are, it's rare that a Tumblr transcends one-dimensional punnery and...
Derek Mead
8.16.12
Bombay Sapphire Presents: Artist 2 Artist

Elan Marks

VICE Staff
8.16.12
Film

Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker Inspires Experimental Animations From Yoshi Sodeoka And More

19 animators create their vision of ’the Zone".
Kevin Holmes
8.16.12
Motherboard Blog

The U.S. is Going After Bradley Manning's Friends, So David House Trolled Them Back

The trial of U.S. Army private Bradley Manning doesn't begin until September. But since the former intelligence analyst was placed under military detention over 800 days ago, accused of prying thousands of secret diplomatic cables and one notorious...
Michael Arria
8.16.12
The Creators Project: São Paulo 2012

Karol Conka At The Creators Project: São Paulo 2012

Karol Conka was the talk of Brazil before her recent show at our <a href="http://www.thecreatorsproject.com/blog/what-you-missed-at-the-creators-project-s%C3%A3o-paulo-2012-art-panels...
The Creators Project
8.16.12
Music

Karol Conka Performs "Corre, Corre Erê" At The Creators Project: São Paulo 2012 [VIDEO]

After her unforgettable live performance, we filmed Karol Conka rapping in front of the artwork at our São Paulo event.
The Creators Project Staff
8.16.12
Music

A Brief History of Prince Ripoffs

Go to your trendiest of juke joints even today and only the most jaded of cool-kid scum would turn his or her nose at the spin of the man’s greatest hits disc.
Alex Koenig
8.16.12
Motherboard Blog

Want to Punch Harder? Be a Black Belt, and Use Your Brain

In "a study":http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/newssummary/news_15-8-2012-12-15-31 that has nothing to do with the fact that a third _Kill Bill_ movie is being "made":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X86mswvoUAY , British...
Ben Richmond
8.16.12
Motherboard Blog

Livestream: Watch Julian Assange's (Potential) Great Escape

h5. ^Will Oliver/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images^ After a bit of waffling, Ecuador has officially "granted Julian Assange asylum":http://betabeat.com/2012/08/ecuador-officially-grants-asylum-to-julian-assange-u-k-promises-to-extradite-him-anyway...
Derek Mead
8.16.12
Stuff

The Juggalo Summer Reading List

Yeah, Juggalos read books. They actually probably read more than you do, whoever you are reading this. I spent a while the other day going through Juggalo profiles on Myspace, OKCupid, and Wicked Nation (the terrifying Juggalo-only Myspace knock off...
Blake Butler
8.16.12
Photo

Angry People in Local Newspapers

Can you imagine how depressing it must be being the professional photographer whose job it is to get the photos of a woman looking sad because a dog pooed at the end of her driveway or whatever? Eugh.
Alistair Coleman
8.16.12
Motherboard Blog

Furry Animals Doing the Dry-Shake in Super-Slow Motion for Science and Entertainment

Researchers took this high-speed video for the sake of science, to unlock the mysteries of mammalian dryness. Which is actually a quite impressive feature of mammals, the ability to dry themselves really, really fast. For example, a large dog can rid...
Michael Byrne
8.16.12
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