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Where Emoji Came From, and Why They're Everywhere Now

Now basically ubiquitous, emoji started off in 1999. But the roots of the pictographic communications system go back much further...
Samantha Cole
10.28.16
vines

RIP Vine: Here Are the Best Food Vines Ever

This is it: the definitive list of the best food Vines ever. They are truly legendary, and we’ll have them right here waiting for you if you ever need them again.
Munchies Staff
10.28.16
Film

Werner Herzog On Science, Language, Mars, and His Fever Dreams

A chat with the unstoppable filmmaker on Radio Motherboard.
ALEX PASTERNACK
10.28.16
thump news

Insomniac's Halloween Escape Festival Will Have On-Site Drug Education

It’s the first time the promoter has allowed this kind of service in over a decade.
Krystal Rodriguez
10.28.16
Drake

Listen to OVO's Favorite Texas Producer Eric Dingus' Smoked Out Halloween Mix

The Dream Sequence Records founder gives us 32 minutes of hazy rap edits and plenty of ghostly instrumentals.
Max Mertens
10.28.16
long reads or whatever

The Curious Appeal of Crunch

The reasons why developers work far too hard on their own games are more complex than you may think.
Tanya Short
10.28.16
Features

A Karaoke App Is Using Musical Data To Predict the Next US President

The Sing! Karaoke app is examining what songs people sing, and where, to figure out how swing states like Ohio and Arizona will vote.
David Garber
10.28.16
baylor

Baylor Regents: Art Briles Knew About "Horrifying" Sexual Assault Allegations

Baylor regents have revealed a little bit more information about the sexual assault scandal on campus.
Sean Newell
10.28.16
VICE Reports
23:09

Peacekeepers Turned Perpetrators

In this film, VICE examines widespread allegations of sexual abuse and rape at the hands of UN peacekeepers by the very women and children they pledge to protect.
student loans

'We Were All Lied To': The Students Forced to Pay Fraudulent Loans

The Department of Education has promised relief to Corinthian College students who were tricked into taking out loans for a fake institution of higher learning—but some of these fraud victims are now being faced with the threat of garnished wages.
Gabby Bess
10.28.16
Stuff

Meet the New Orleans Skaters Cleaning Up Lost Spaces

On an all new episode of 'ABANDONED,' we head to Louisiana to talk to locals about finding the strength to rebuild time and time again.
VICE Staff
10.28.16
FIGHTLAND

The Many Generations of Lookboonmee

Literally translated as the "Children of Boonmee," three local boys and the head trainer's two young daughters were all it took to start this incredible grassroots gym in Thailand.
Frances Watthanaya
10.28.16
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