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New York City's Trees Saved Eight People From Dying Last Year

Not to mention generally cleaning the air and making us happier.
Mat McDermott
6.22.13
Travel

Dining for Free at the Venice Biennale

Eating free food during the intense press preview week of the 55th Venice Biennale requires work. You need to plan weeks ahead and RSVP (with the PR agencies, embassies, institutions, or other national pavilion organizers). With that one skill, you...
Nadja Sayej
6.22.13
News

Surveillance Culture Is Not a Two-Way Street

As the surveillance activity of the state has ramped up over the past several decades, the surveillance of the state by ordinary citizens has become increasingly punished. Whistleblowers get locked up and people who simply film police beatings are...
Nick Malinowski
6.22.13
Stuff

Into the Weird - My New Disorder Means I'll Never Have to Go to a Rave Again

In my 25 Earthling years of existence I have learned a lot, yet very few certainties other than this: things can always get weirder. My law-school educated parents moved me from St. Louis to a lizard-infested house on an island in the Caribbean to...
Sophie Saint Thomas
6.22.13
Motherboard Blog

Introducing the NSA-Proof Font

Well, maybe not. But it'd be nice, right?
Brian Merchant
6.22.13
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THUMP x Up Next Launch Party Photos

Over 30 breathtaking visuals from our party at Pier 84 featuring Zedd, thousands of party people, and a sky lit with fireworks.
THUMP Staff
6.22.13
Words

Journey to the Unknown

UTTU's freaky found-footage vids are making us feel funny.
THUMP Staff
6.22.13
mix

r/futurebeats Mix Series Vol. 9

DJ Spills brings you the newest and best cuts from the Futurebeats archive.
Spills
6.21.13
Words

Y U Mad?

Four Tet, XXYYXX and A-Trak make this list of the saltiest DJ/producers this week.
THUMP Staff
6.21.13
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Next Hype: Anna Lunoe + Free Download

An elegant DJ spreads bright, fun house sounds across the planet.
Jessica Gentile
6.21.13
Words

That's So Ravin': Burning Questions

Fuzzy boots and afterhours etiquette in this week's column. Email your dilemmas and rants to ravin.samoan@vice.com.
Ravin Samoan
6.21.13
Tech

We Want Our Organ Donors to Be Like Us

New research suggests that we prefer organ donations from people most like us in both body and mind. But should we trust those instincts before going under the knife?
Andrew Overton
6.21.13
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