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Work

I Saw the Gig Economy’s Bleak Future During a 96-Hour Work Marathon
The tech world’s obsession with productivity is quietly remaking the workplace, and freelancers are paying money for around-the-clock accountability.
Josh Gabert-Doyon
11.8.19
ergonomics

Should Massage Tables Replace Office Chairs? An Ergonomics Investigation
Chairs are bad for you and massage tables have a hole for your face to look at a screen on the floor. What could go wrong?
Jason Koebler
11.8.19
Worst Hot Take of the Week

Worst Take Yet: Jacob Rees-Mogg Thinks He'd Be Too Smart to Die at Grenfell
A Tory toofer of unforgivable callousness this week, also featuring the Etonian Slenderman's cheerleader Andrew Bridgen.
NEO
11.8.19
Hacking

Please Stop Trying to Pay Me to Advertise Fake iOS Jailbreak Websites
An internet marketing firm asked me to promote a series of fake iOS jailbreak sites, including ones for jailbreaks that don't actually exist.
Joseph Cox
11.8.19
Tedium

The Internet’s First Hit File Format Wasn’t the MP3. It Was MIDI
How the professional-minded MIDI format, for an incredibly short but memorable period of time, became the primary way music was shared on the internet.
Ernie Smith
11.8.19
شباب

How Tuk-Tuk Drivers Became the Unlikely Heroes of Iraq's Protests
They're using their humble three-wheelers to deliver first aid, water, helmets and anti-tear gas goggles to demonstrators.
مصطفى سعدون
Moustafa Saadoun
11.8.19
General Election 2019

Election Power Ranking: All the Idiots Running in the 2019 General Election
And boy are there a few!!!
Ruby Lott-Lavigna
11.8.19
The VICE Guide to Right Now

Bengaluru Police Have Filed a Case Against People Who Refused to Stand During the National Anthem
The same group of people who were called “Pakistani terrorists” are now being investigated to confirm whether “an instance of disrespect to the national anthem was observed.”
Shamani Joshi
11.8.19
CHEFS

A Big Batch of Ricotta Gnocchi Should Be Your Next Cooking Project
Chef Nick Elmi of Philadelphia's Laurel restaurant walks us through the fluffiest Parisian-style ricotta gnocchi.
Bettina Makalintal
11.8.19
Hip-Hop

How Hip-Hop Dance Groups Have Helped Asian Americans Find Belonging
While the art form has always been a space for community-building and resistance, its significance within Asian American youth culture can be tricky to parse.
Eda Yu
11.8.19
best of the 2010s

Arca Is the Artist of the Decade
Without the myriad musical personas 30-year-old Alejandra Ghersi has inhabited, some of the most vital, game-changing pop music of the 2010s simply wouldn't exist.
Patric Fallon
11.8.19
Recipe

Mochiko Chicken Recipe
FRIED CHICKEN IS NEVER A BAD IDEA.
Sheldon Simeon
11.8.19
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