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texting

Sorry, I'm Too Busy Doing Nothing to Text Back

Why it's so hard to reply to people, including the ones you love, right now.
Leila Ettachfini
5.12.20
Coronavirus

Elon Musk Is Offering Tesla Workers a Deal: Violate California's Stay-at-Home Order or Don't Get Paid

“If you do not feel comfortable coming into work, you can stay home and will be on unpaid leave,” Musk wrote in an email obtained by The Guardian.
Alex Lubben
5.12.20
Games News

You Must Play the Trippy 1998 PlayStation Game 'LSD: Dream Emulator'

The cult game, which has the player wander through an increasingly bizarre dreamscape, has finally been translated into English after more than 20 years.
Jordan Pearson
5.12.20
supreme court

Trump's Lawyers Just Told the Supreme Court That He’s Completely Above Criminal Law

“The president is not to be treated as an ordinary citizen,” Trump’s lawyer Jay Sekulow said.
Greg Walters
5.12.20
Bad Politicians

Be My Mayor, Anne Hidalgo

Our current mayor can’t handle this. Please save us.
Aaron Gordon
5.12.20
Streaming

We Asked 13 Artists How Spotify's 'Tip Jar' Is Working Out for Them

Amber Coffman, Of Montreal, and Zola Jesus gave VICE their thoughts on asking for donations on the multi-billion-dollar platform after coronavirus put them out of a job.
Emilie Friedlander
Josh Terry
Drew Schwartz
5.12.20
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater

I Really Need This 'Tony Hawk's Pro Skater' Remaster to Not Suck

After a series of middling and bad entries in the late 2000s, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 and THPS2 are coming back in September.
Matthew Gault
5.12.20
Film

The World's Last Blockbuster Remains Open, Pandemic and Netflix Be Damned

"I had a customer come in and she said, 'I am so grateful that you reopened, because I couldn't flip through Netflix one more time.'"
Jelisa Castrodale
5.12.20
identity-culture

Stick-and-Poke Tattoos Are Giving People Stuck at Home a Sense of Control

As they swing between fear and boredom, people are turning to hand-poked tattoos for a creative (and cool-looking) distraction from their day-to-day realities.
Emma Grillo
5.12.20
super smash bros

Archivists Frantically Hunt Footage of 1999 Super Smash Bros. Boxing Match

The best we have right now are low-res screenshots of Mario fighting Donkey Kong from an ancient internet livestream.
Jason Koebler
5.12.20
Coronavirus

Fauci: There's ‘No Guarantee’ We'll Ever Have an Effective Coronavirus Vaccine

He told a Senate committee that the idea there would be a treatment or a vaccine by the fall is "a bridge too far."
Cameron Joseph
5.12.20
Ahmaud Arbery

Georgia Attorney General Now Wants Arbery Prosecutors Investigated for Possible Misconduct

The AG's letter to the bureau of investigation says one prosecutor even steered police away from arresting the McMichaels before he was formally appointed to the case.
Emma Ockerman
5.12.20
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