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earth

A Satellite Image Tour of Planet Earth on Fire
Meanwhile, the 2014 wildfire season is just getting started.
Michael Byrne
7.27.14
defense & security

In Photos: The World's Largest Naval Exercise, RIMPAC 2014
VICE News is out at the world's largest international naval exercise shooting for an upcoming episode of "War Games."
Ryan Faith
7.27.14
WEEDIQUETTE

It's Always Best to Keep Your Mouth Shut
Over the years, I’ve learned that it’s generally best to keep your mouth shut in a sticky situation. It took me a few run-ins with the police in my teenage years to figure this out.
T. Kid
7.27.14
the vice reader

Whore to Culture
The first thing I realize about grad school is that it's not like a strip club: There is no saying “fuck you” to a patronizing middle aged man who tries to tell me what to do and still waltzing across town and clearing a grand at another club by the...
Tara Burns
7.27.14
Afghanistan

Rare Sectarian Attack Leaves 15 Dead in Central Afghanistan
The majority of those killed on Friday, including three women and one child, were reported to be from the nation’s Shia minority.
Ali M Latifi
7.27.14
we saw this

Gilead Fest Is an Indie Metal Head's Dream
What other festivals could learn from Gilead.
Jonathan Dick
7.27.14
we saw this

Humans of Nick Cave: A Very Bad Seeds Ethnography
"I thought he was this amazing mash-up of Elvis Presley, Jim Morrison, and Satan."
Zach Schonfeld
7.27.14
hacktivism

Anonymous's Offensive Against Israel Reveals the Splintered State of Hacktivism
Hacktivists have been vandalizing Israeli websites, but the landscape of online activism has changed since Israel's 2012 clash with Gaza.
Patrick McGuire
7.27.14
Travel

Actually, Comic-Con Is Fucking Awesome
Despite some people thinking Comic-Con is the worst place ever, it's actually a fantastic spectacle of well-made costumes, nerd comradery, free drinks. There are free drinks!
Jeremy Azevedo
7.27.14
Sex

High School Urban Sex Legends
Do you know the story about the hot dog girl? It went something like this.
Sam Henderson
7.27.14
americas

An Anti-Terror Law is Inflaming Tensions in Chile's Indigenous Turf War
Political debate grows over classifying attacks related to the conflict between Mapuche activists and local landowners as terrorism.
Sam Edwards
7.27.14
New York

To Manage New York City's Garbage, Suck It
For decades, solid waste collection in the city has been inefficient at best and corrupt at worst. Pneumatic tubes may be the way out.
Alexander McQuilkin
7.27.14
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