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This Visualization of NYC's Taxis Shows the Promise and Pitfalls of Big Data

Big data needs to be anonymized to protect privacy, but it's increasingly apparent that anonymization isn't truly possible.
Jason Koebler
6.23.14
Deliver Us From Evil

Interview with the founder of the Institute of Metaphysics

Have you ever considered a career in the paranormal? It takes a very special type of person.
STAFF
6.23.14
Deliver Us From Evil

The Case

A look at the case file.
STAFF
6.23.14
News

This Small Prison in Rural Alabama Is One of the Most Violent Places in America

St. Clair Correctional Facility has seen three fatal stabbings in the past ten months.
Ray Downs
6.23.14
earth

You Have Officially Lived Through the Hottest May Ever Recorded

Three top climate agencies now say last month was the most blistering May on the books.
Brian Merchant
6.23.14
Design

Here's A Year's Worth Of NYC Taxi Rides Brilliantly Visualized

Due to a data leak, every cabbie in NYC has been doxxed. Now you can guess where it's hardest to catch a ride.
Andrew Nunes
6.23.14
Premieres

Watch the Striking Video for "Family Matters," the Lead Single from Childish Major and Matik Estrada's Upcoming Joint EP

One of Atlanta rap's brightest new talents returns to his roots.
Kyle Kramer
6.23.14
The Battle for Iraq

The Battle for Iraq (Dispatch 2)

Trying to find out what really went wrong in Mosul.
VICE News
6.23.14
Spain

Spain Held Its Annual Devil Baby Jumping Festival

A northern Spanish village marks the feast of Corpus Christi by getting men to dress as the devil and hurdle newborn babies in the street.
Olivia Becker
6.23.14
Europe

Video Emerges of Polish Fascist Attack at London Festival

On Saturday, a group of about 20 Polish far-right nationalists attacked the audience at a family event called Music Day in Tottenham.
Oz Katerji
6.23.14
Photo

Hector's Pets and Fletcher C. Johnson Hit The Road: Photos by Brayden Olson and Adam Fithers

Brooklyn-based rock band Hector's Pets recently went on tour through the Midwest, down South to SXSW, around the Gulf of Mexico, and back up the East Coast to New York. Here's the photographic evidence.
VICE Staff
6.23.14
Fiction

Cooking with Sylvia Plath Was Exhausting

I left the butcher store with a $93 leg of lamb that weighed in at 7.1 pounds—the exact weight of my son at birth!—and set home to cook my Plath-inspired dinner so I could blog about it. After devouring the meal, the only remnants of the night included...
Kelsey Osgood
6.23.14
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