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Killing It: Linkin Park Makes EDM, Will.i.am Gets Mad
Don't drink the Mollywatr!
THUMP Staff
9.27.13
Motherboard Blog

Protesters Are Dodging Sudan's Internet Shutdown with a Phone-Powered Crowdmap
SMS updates allow activists to keep up with protests despite the government's internet shutdown.
Amanda Sperber
9.27.13
Food

Katey Red’s Guide to Daiquiri Drinking
Earlier today we released a short documentary featuring a bunch of New Orleanians’ hootin’ and hollerin’ about New Orleans’ daiquiri culture. We explored the places that have made the drink so popular in the city, peaking under the hood at some of the...
Helen Hollyman
9.27.13
Words

How Nightwave Warms Up for Nightrave
The pre-game session has its special own soundtrack.
Jessica Gentile
9.27.13
Motherboard Blog

The Grimmest 21st Century Predictions from the Most Important Climate Report in 6 Years
Here are the nine bleakest projections and the five most terrifying graphs the world's top climate scientists released to warn us about the future.
Brian Merchant
9.27.13
Motherboard Blog

Do We Really Want Cops With Body Cameras Filming Everything They See?
There's a new sheriff in town, and it's a tiny wearable camera.
Meghan Neal
9.27.13
Design

Helsinki Design Week: "The Internet Of Things" And Laser-Etched Sausages
Our correspondent tells us about the best and brightest at the largest Nordic design fair.
Niina Virtanen
9.27.13
From the Eye of the Storm

A Tale of Two Birds and Tantric Meditation
I’ve just returned from my biannual meditation retreat focused on Phowa, a Tibetan Buddhist practice that prepares you to consciously transfer your mind stream from the body at the moment of death.
Zeena Schreck
9.27.13
Drake Week

The Pillage: Why Drake Is Bad for Hip-Hop
I have gazed into the abyss and staring back was Drake, smiling, encircled by fire and bathed in blood.
Barry Schwartz
9.27.13
Interviews

Meet Terrence Boyd, the Dude Who Loves Spice Girls So Much He Creates Spice Girls Paintings
This actually isn't that weird.
Nick Keppler
9.27.13
Motherboard Blog

The Lawsuit Against Google for Email Scanning Will Go Forward
A federal judge rules that reading your emails and creating a profile of you to sell isn't an essential part of being an email service. Go figure.
Ben Richmond
9.27.13
This Week in Racism

Forever 21 Wants to Sell Hip-Hop T-Shirts to White Kids
Selling shirts with famous black faces on it to white people isn't about destroying or cruelly appropriating black culture, it's just about making money.
Dave Schilling
9.27.13
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