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Europe Moves To Drastically Cut Crop-Based Biofuels

America should be paying close attention.
Michael Byrne
9.14.13
Tech

'Informant' Gives Brandon Darby an Unnecessary Propaganda Megaphone

Brandon Darby, the subject of the new documentary film Informant, is an opportunist at war with himself and the world. His legacy is synchronous with COINTELPRO and every other effort to neutralize America's various revolutionary and progressive...
DJ Pangburn
9.14.13
Motherboard Blog

Earth Isn't So Much Wet As It Is Just Kinda Damp

And most of that dampness is still totally worthless to us.
Michael Byrne
9.14.13
taji's mahal

Journey Through Clayton Patterson's Front Door Portal

For this week's Mahal, I headed to the Lower East Side to check out Clayton Patterson's newly painted front door. After decades of taking portraits outside the door and decorating it with graffiti, Clayton has transformed it into a portal. To find out...
Taji Ameen
9.14.13
Munchies Moments

When a Couch Potato Needs a Dip

When Mike DaRonco of McClure's is feeling like a couch potato and some Netflix, there are few foods he finds more satisfying than some quick chips & dip.
VICE Staff
9.14.13
Conor Lamb's NYFW Photo Blog

On the Street at New York Fashion Week

During NYFW, the best looks come from kids on the street. Without them there wouldn't be anyone to perpetuate the delusion that fashion actually has any inherent value. In between shows, amidst the snobby bullshit, Conor photographed some of those...
Conor Lamb
9.14.13
into the weird

The Year My Volcano Exploded

In retrospect, I shouldn’t be surprised I broke up with my boyfriend the same week I got a tattoo of a goddess holding a severed man's head in her hand. This change was a long time coming.
Sophie Saint Thomas
9.14.13
Money

Will Pummel for Money: the Business of Floyd Mayweather

The world's consistently highest paid athletes have always been American boxers, though it does not follow that boxers as a subset are the highest paid athletes. In 2013, one of the fortunate few on the sunny side of the fight game’s shrinking middle...
Bryan Armen Graham
Bryan Graham
9.14.13
Motherboard Blog

How To Live Forever By Being Mostly Dead

Life or something like it among California's bristlecone pines.
Alicia Puglionesi
9.14.13
Motherboard Blog

Pedro Reyes Reclaims Guns and Turns Them Into Musical Instruments

... with a little help from Mexican drug cartels.
Laura Feinstein
9.14.13
Photo

Photos of the Bad Part of Town

One of the great things about Google Street View (aside from generating the occasional murder scare,) is that it allows you to visit parts of your town that you would usually be too terrified to set foot in. The "bad part of town." Within this post is...
Glen Coco
9.14.13
You Need to Hear This

The Lone Taxidermist: "S.L.A.G"

This is skewed glam electro pop with a disconcerting and psychedelic edge.
John Doran
9.14.13
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