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Drones Are Making UFO Sightings Even Less Credible

After a string of YouTube videos showing what could have been a UFO floating over Toronto took hold on social media, the reality is that we’re putting more and more weird flying things in the sky, which makes the sky-watchers even less reliable.
Zack Kotzer
8.1.14
Longreads Or Whatever

House Music Comes Home: How Chicago's Summer of Music Festivals Has Reinvigorated the City's Dance Spirit

As EDM grows nationwide, Chicago is cashing in on its history and looking to put its own spin on the culture.
Britt Julious
8.1.14
Toronto

Chef's Night Out: Fat Pasha

Toronto chef Anthony Rose of Fat Pasha takes us out on the town for oyster's at Rodney's, negronis at Northwood, and a party filled with chopped brisket at Big Crow. Enjoy.
Anthony Rose
8.1.14
Stuff

How to Break Up with Someone Like a Decent Human Being

I just broke up with my best friend, a man I've shared the last half-decade of my life with. And yet, I don't hate him. It's odd, not hating him. Not only do I not hate him, I still love him (albeit non-romantically.) I still want him in my life.
Megan Koester
8.1.14
Design

Brain Activity Changes The Colors Of This Crystal Headpiece

Featuring 4,000 special-growncrystals immersed in their proprietary "magick" ink, this color-changing headpiece is a testament to mystical thinking.
Emerson Rosenthal
8.1.14
Internet

Russia Built an Underwater Cable to Bring Its Internet to Newly Annexed Crimea

The Kerch Strait cable provides a link between the Crimean peninsula and Russia's Rostelecom.
Joseph Cox
8.1.14
Film

Sundance NEXT FEST Is Coming to Los Angeles Next Week

Sundance NEXT FEST, a film festival that combines music and cinema, starts August 7th in Downtown LA. Films from Aubrey Plaza, Jason Schwartzman, and Kendrick Lamar are amongst the films screening during the week-long event.
VICE Staff
8.1.14
A Few Impressions

The Power of the Past in Cormac McCarthy's 'Wake for Susan'

My adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s third novel, Child of God, is in theaters tomorrow, so I wrote about McCarthy's first published short story, “Wake for Susan,” to show that he has had a fascination with death since the beginning and is the...
James Franco
8.1.14
Features

Every Influence Your Shitty Band Isn't Allowed To Have Anymore

So you've read 'A Clockwork Orange' and listened to Joy Division. How unique of you.
8.1.14
today in shitty tweets

How to Trash Talk Detroit Teams Without Being a Total Jerk

Poverty isn't a punchline.
Lindsey Adler
8.1.14
Words

Trying to Explain Tomorrowland to People That Have Only Watched Their YouTube Channel

I went to Belgium to find out if the festival actually exists.
Matthew Francey
8.1.14
Culture

You Should Always Ride Shotgun in an Uber

Okay, it might get a little weird, but that's the point.
Ashwin Rodrigues
8.1.14
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