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NORTHMIX: HolloH

For this week’s instalment of Northmix, HolloH brings their UK and French influences to you.
THUMP Canada Staff
5.15.14
The Hate Boat

The Australian Border Force, Closing Detention Centres, and Labor's Slow Shift

Also, some poorly thought out Manus Island Riot commemorative t-shirts.
Mitch Parker
5.15.14
americas

Child Workers Are Getting Nicotine Poisoning on US Tobacco Farms

Interviews with laborers aged between seven and 17 on farms in the South revealed children with symptoms of Green Tobacco Sickness.
Kayla Ruble
5.14.14
Words

THUMPday Jams: Ben Klock, Ellie Goulding, HNNY, and more!

It's the weekly roundup of new singles to get you through the hump.
THUMP Staff
5.14.14
Thailand

Thailand on the Brink (Dispatch 2)

VICE News follows the PDRC protesters as they relocate their HQ to the official Government House.
VICE News
5.14.14
americas

The Pentagon Is Prepared for a Zombie Outbreak

“CONPLAN 8888,” or “Counter-Zombie Dominance,” is an authentic United States Strategic Command working paper.
John Dyer
5.14.14
Opinion and Analysis

The Military Wants to Build 'Moral' Robots — And Yes, That's Scary

Navy-funded research into robots that can make moral decisions is troubling because of the way humans define military morality.
Natasha Lennard
5.14.14
Ukraine

Doorstep Chaos Mounts in Eastern Ukraine as Kiev Talks Waver

Rebel leaders were notably absent after Kiev said that it refused to negotiate with terrorists who have "blood on their hands."
Harriet Salem
5.14.14
News

Is Obama Going to Do Anything About Dangerous Child Labor on Southern Tobacco Farms?

Short answer: Probably not.
Matt Taylor
5.14.14
Features

The Sound of (Posthuman) Music

Artificial intelligence is likely to surprise us in its complexity, its scope, its capacity for beauty—the same goes for the music it will make.
Claire L. Evans
5.14.14
Design

Haunting Data Visualizations Display The Aftermath Of 9/11

Timescape, the projected visualization at the new National September 11 Memorial Museum, spins a data-driven web of the event's aftermath.
Emerson Rosenthal
5.14.14
Drugs

Louisiana Lawmakers Say Their State's Execution Drugs Aren't Secret Enough

Despite legal challenges both in the state and elsewhere, Louisiana doesn't want to disclose the source of its lethal injection drugs.
Ben Richmond
5.14.14
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