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Instagram Hit 150 Million Users, Plans on Bringing Ads

As it nears its third birthday, Instagram is showing no signs of slowing down.
Derek Mead
9.9.13
Nocturnal Submissions

The Whore On the Floor

In a brothel in the back of a Tijuana bar I find a room with a checkerboard floor and dead-center double-bed that looks like it was designed by Stanley Kubrick. The whore standing outside of it smiles at me. “You want pussy?”
Scot Sothern
9.9.13
New music

Skream - "Roller Coaster" (Feat. Sam Frank)

World's ending, might as well throw a rager.
Noisey Staff
9.9.13
Fashion

The Exploitation and Crushing Capitalism of Fashion Week

Fashion week's upper class doesn’t have to do anything other than show up and get their photo taken. The people doing the least matter the most. If you can manage to pull off doing absolutely nothing other than standing there with a manicured smile...
Mike Abu
9.9.13
Premieres

Listen to Tal National's New Album 'Kaani'

Stream the West African highlife experts' newest album.
Noisey Staff
9.9.13
News

A Munitions Expert Weighs in on Last Month's Chemical Attacks in Damascus

Independent munitions expert Eliot Higgins, a.k.a. "Brown Moses," has put forward a particularly convincing case linking the regime to the sarin gas attacks, which corroborates firmly with the information gathered by NGOs and the intelligence agencies...
Oz Katerji
9.9.13
Motherboard Blog

The People Waiting in Line for a New iPhone Don't Know What They're Waiting For, or How Long

Once Apple announces its new phones on Tuesday at 1pm, two young men from Cincinnati are hopeful that their camping trip will only last another week or so.
Daniel Stuckey
9.9.13
Motherboard Blog

The Shape of Sex Toys to Come

When will we reach dildo UI nirvana?
Jacqui Cheng
9.9.13
Art

Mark Amerika Discusses Corrupting Lake Como, His Inspirations, And The Spy State Economy

One of net art's early practitioners, the artist talks us through his new exhibition and why he works with transmedia narratives.
Kevin Holmes
9.9.13
News

The First World Is Destroying the Third World Through Climate Change

To put it bluntly, we’re reaching peak everything. We’ve blown through our one-time inheritance of natural capital (fossil fuels, topsoil, groundwater, biodiversity) like the crazy, hairless apes we are.
Nathan Curry
9.9.13
News

It Seems as if the Conservatives Are Getting Away with Election Fraud

You may remember when we first told you about the Conservative party’s robocall scandal being a pretty big deal, but you certainly wouldn’t be alone if you’ve kinda forgotten about it since then. That’s what happens when Federal investigations take...
Joel Balsam
9.9.13
Music World

Metal Church

Outside Bogotá, Colombia, the Communidad Pantokrator meets every Saturday to rock out in the name Jesus Christ. We spent an enthralling evening in Pantakrator's mosh pit of raw emotion and got a glimpse of how some cast off rockers have found...
Krishna Andavolu
9.9.13
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