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Should Trans People Have to Disclose Their Birth Gender Before Sex?

In the UK, it's now illegal for transgendered people not to disclose their parts to a future sex partner before having sex with them. You can be sent to prison for it, and some people already have been.
Paris Lees
7.1.13
Premieres

Stream Autopsy's "The Headless Ritual"

Listen to the death metal band's sixth studio album in full.
Noisey Staff
Noisey Redactie
7.1.13
Motherboard Blog

The Surprisingly Complex Etymology of 'Skittles'

In defense of a long, low-scoring Scrabble word that wasn't always a proper noun.
Ben Richmond
7.1.13
Tech

The Motherboard Guide to New Psychoactive Substances

Designer drugs are being tweaked, multiplied, and injected into the internet's one-stop pharmacies so furiously that authorities are scrambling to rejigger existing global drug laws that just can't keep up with today's synthetic speed. Here's what you...
Brian Anderson
7.1.13
Stuff

Snopes, Redux

Gary Indiana
7.1.13
Tech

Anatomy of a No. 1 Post on Reddit

In terms of exposure, it is the modern, DIY, 20-35 demographic equivalent of getting a story on the front page of The New York Times. And it had taken me about 20 minutes to write. Which is why, throughout the day, my moods blew through both euphoric...
Brian Merchant
7.1.13
Question Of The Day

Who Would You Clone?

"I wouldn’t clone anyone because I don’t need to clone anyone."
Beth Woodbridge and Joseph Cox
7.1.13
Sittin' Sidewayz... With Skinny Friedman

Ten Great Old El-P Productions

In celebration of El-P and Killer Mike's 'Run the Jewels,' we take a look back at some of El-P's great work that you might not be familiar with.
VICE Staff
7.1.13
News

Egypt Had Their Biggest Demonstration Since the Revolution

I went along to speak to Morsi's supporters and all the people who want him out of office.
Tom Dale
7.1.13
Motherboard Blog

An NSA-Themed Gift Exchange, Brought to You by Reddit and Motherboard

If any of you NSA analysts out there feel like joining in, try not to read your match's credit card history.
MOTHERBOARD STAFF
7.1.13
Interviews

Team Ghost on New Album Rituals, Louis C.K., and Why French Rock Never Took Off

This Franco quintet skillfully integrates noise rock with ambient music, house, and techno.
DJ Pangburn
7.1.13
News

Hanging with Morsi Supporters at a Muslim Brotherhood Rally in Cairo

Yesterday, Egypt saw the culmination of the Tamarod Campaign, a massive petition calling for the impeachment of President Mohamed Morsi. The left-leaning, antiMorsi group took to the streets in the largest Egyptian protest since 2011's uprising. In...
Max Siegelbaum
Max Siegelbaum, Photos: Max Siegelbaum and Tom Da
7.1.13
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