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How I Accidentally Became a Popular Wedding DJ—And Learned to Love It

So much more goes into DJing the most important party of someone's life than just showing up and playing fun songs.
James Mulry (as told to Ali Gitlow)
10.5.16
Premieres

Welcome Winter With Icelandic Black Metal Newcomers Endalok

Stream 'Englaryk,' the diabolical debut from Iceland's newest (and gloomiest) black metal prodigies.
Kim Kelly
10.5.16
saving women's soccer

NWSL Commissioner on Abby Wambach and Bill Simmons: "Women's Soccer Doesn't Need Saving"

Bill Simmons and Abby Wambach have some sort of plan to save women's soccer. The commissioner of the NWSL doesn't need it.
Howard Megdal
10.5.16
thump news

Skrillex to Deadmau5: "Stop Being a Fucking Bully"

In a new interview with Complex, Skrillex speaks candidly about his longtime acquaintance.
Alexander Iadarola
10.5.16
FIGHTLAND

Coker Undeterred by Potential of Public Backlash Ahead of Bellator's Israel Debut

Ahead of their concerts in Israel, Paul McCartney got death threats and J-Lo was accused of "entertaining children's killers," but Scott Coker isn't worried about any backlash as Bellator gears up for its first visit to the region.
Peter Carroll
10.5.16
Stuff

This Artist Travels the Country Painting Pictures of Sears Stores

"Once you get the itch to paint Sears, it never goes away."
Jennifer Swann
10.5.16
News

It Turns Out the ‘Western Lives Matter’ Story Is Worse Than We Thought

Really? Really?
Sarah Berman
10.5.16
Twitter

Why Would Salesforce Want to Buy Twitter? Your Data

The world’s most powerful sales company combined with Twitter’s endless stream of thoughts could produce valuable insights.
Ben Sullivan
10.5.16
FBI

FBI Arrests NSA Contractor on Suspicion of Leaking Hacking Tools

This comes after 'The Shadow Brokers' dumped a cache of NSA tools online.
Joseph Cox
10.5.16
Stuff

Sex Workers Explain the Struggles of Running an Illegal Business

Cut off from legal protections, unable to access financial services, harassed by police—what do sex workers do when their work isn't legal?
Matt Baume
10.5.16
THE FUTURE

Why the Meat Factories of the Future Will Look Like Breweries

"If you tour a meat factory in the future, it will look like a brewery—basically with big meat fermentors," says Bruce Friedrich of the Good Food Institute, an organization that helps to fund research and policy initiatives to develop cultured meat...
Gigen Mammoser
10.5.16
Organic farming

This Man Is Helping the Entire Country of Bhutan Go Organic

From 2008 to 2013, Dr. Appachanda Thimmaiah served as the organic agriculture consultant to Bhutan and set in motion a plan to turn the whole country organic by 2020. Spoiler alert: The secret is cow piss.
Clarissa Wei
10.5.16
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