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James Franco on 'The Bling Ring' and Celebrity Culture

How we feel about fame, what we’re willing to do to achieve it, and why we even want it, is a topic both fascinating and insidious. James Franco contemplates if the Bling Ring teens are just today's punks?
James Franco
5.8.14
News

The Human Cost of Your Mother's Day Flowers

This Mother's Day weekend, Americans will purchase more than $2 billion worth of flowers. Almost 80 percent of those come from Colombia, a country where women toil under dangerous conditions in vast farms and factories to cut roses for export. Maybe...
Michael Zelenko
5.8.14
Features

The Misfits Respond to Danzig's Lawsuit "Tantrum"

This is becoming the Black Flag of 2014.
Dan Ozzi
5.8.14
Stuff

Eating Burnt Steak in Mac Demarco's Apartment

Welcome to the world of Thanks for Nothing, a gritty and gonzo talk show where you can expect our guests to have their boundaries pushed by "Chas," an avid reader who started smoking cigarettes at age 29. In this episode, Chas visits indie wunderkind...
Chas
5.8.14
Design

This Is the Most Accurate Simulation Of The Universe Ever

From out Earthly perspective, the universe appears to be unchanging. But of course, it isn’t.
Amy Shira Teitel at Motherboard
5.8.14
war and conflict

Global Jihadists in Pakistan's Mountains are Threatened by a Possible Peace

Meet the men from China and Turkey who have gathered in Pakistan to learn jihad from the Taliban, but are now worried by peace negotiations.
Gohar Mehsud
5.8.14
Stuff

Komplaint Dept. George W. Bush: Even the President of the United States Must Sometimes Have to Paint Naked

At least Bush is honest about his abilities, which is more than can be said for the "respectable" artists we're meant to take seriously.
Bob Nickas
5.8.14
Space

It Took a Pair of Top Supercomputers Three Months to Simulate the Universe

8,000 computer processors running in parallel across two countries took 16 million total hours to recreate the universe.
Jason Koebler
5.8.14
Features

I've Been Playing 'Snood' for 14 Years, and It Won't Stop Insulting Me

All we ever do is chisel away until finally our screen is cleared.
Jenn Frank
5.8.14
Firsties and Faves

Firsties and Faves: TOKiMONSTA

We grabbed electronic whizz TOKiMONSTA at Moogfest to talk synths, rule breaking, and breaking into her own house.
Davo McConville
5.8.14
meat locker

Britain Is Freaking Out Over Halal

Since The Sun newspaper ran its front page splash on how a British restaurant chain served only halal meat, Britons have been up in arms over animal rights. But there's something darker at play.
Eleanor Morgan
5.8.14
Stuff

An Open Letter to Online Commenters

The comments sections of online articles are where discourse goes to die.
Megan Koester
5.8.14
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