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VICE News Capsule - Friday, May 9

Syrian rebels blow up hotel, Venezuelan security arrest students, American fast food workers plan strike, Pakistan's polio vaccine problem.
تجربة
5.9.14
Power

There Aren't Many People Watching the Watchers in the UK

A new report criticises the oversight of agencies including GCHQ as embarrassing and outdated.
Victoria Turk
5.9.14
Stuff

A Kid Got Suspended from School for Refusing to Recite the Pledge of Allegiance

This week: A kid growing his hair for a cancer charity got kicked off his baseball team, and another kid got suspended from school for refusing to stand during the Pledge of Allegiance.
Jamie Lee Taete
5.9.14
Paris Lees

You Need to Learn to Handle the Truth

A few years ago, I asked a pregnant friend what she'd do if her baby was born fugly. "I'd want people to lie," she said. "I'd want people to tell me she's the most beautiful baby in the world." Isn't that rather meaningless?
Paris Lees
5.9.14
The Profiles Issue

Uruguay's Jose Mujica - President Chill

Profiling the world's chillest and most badass head of state who might just hold the key to ending the global drug war.
Krishna Andavolu
5.9.14
Features

The Performance Never Ended

Five Years Of Posh Isolation.
Tao Scienceskyrocket
5.9.14
You Need to Hear This

Sleeve Notes: Bo Ningen x Unknown Japanese Music

"Part of the reason I chose all Japanese bands is that I don't think they get enough exposure. We always try and bring more Japanese bands over here"
Jak Hutchcraft
5.9.14
Berlin

Surveillance Cameras for the Unborn Will Capture One Image Over 100 Years

An artist is asking people to stash pinhole surveillance cameras around Berlin for an exhibit in 2114.
DJ Pangburn
5.9.14
robots

A Thousand of These 'Droplet' Robots Will Test Swarm Algorithms

A university crowdfunding campaign wants to create a "liquid that thinks" with a horde of swarming robots.
DJ Pangburn
5.9.14
Fashion

Long Legs, Constructivism, and Eastern European Kitsch

Photos from Kiev's youngest fashion week, Kiev Fashion Days.
Ira Lupu
Ira Lupu, photos: Kristina Podobed
5.9.14
domestic violence

Tor Is Being Used as a Safe Haven for Victims of Cyberstalking

"Technology is agnostic," says the Tor Project director, a long-time domestic violence activist.
Meghan Neal
5.9.14
Words

Meet THESUPERMANIAK, Canada's Number One EDM Photographer

Maria Jose Govea talks about the battle as a female photographer, drum and bass nostalgia and getting kicked in the face by Die Antwoord’s Yolandi Visser.
VICE Thump
5.9.14
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