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These New Puritans: "Fragment Two" by Daniel Askill

Directed by Daniel Askill, the video is an emotive journey across serene and surreal landscapes.
TCP Staff
6.13.13
Words

DB's No School Like the Old Skool: Adam X

Vintage photos and a 1993 NASA DJ mix from hard techno legend Adam X.
DJ DB (aka DB Burkeman)
6.13.13
Stuff

What Are These Freaks Reading?

When summertime rolls around, all I want to do is stay inside and try not to sweat. I guess that’s why summer reading lists are a thing. In celebration of the year's most hellish season, I asked some writers I admire what books they’ve got piled up and...
Blake Butler
6.13.13
Tech

Hiding Your Calls and Texts from Big Brother

Silent Circle is a company that offers a way for individuals and companies to protect their communications from everyone from the NSA to run-of-the-mill identity thieves. They say they don't store your data and that their system is so secure that even...
Harry Cheadle
6.13.13
Greg Palast's Column

The Drone Ranger: Obama’s Dirty Wars

Is the President making martyrs out of innocent teenagers?
Greg Palast
6.13.13
The Jaded Punk

"Punk" is the Grossest Word in Music

If everything is punk, then nothing is punk.
Dan Ozzi
6.13.13
Stuff

There's a Video Game Church (and It's Totally Lame)

While hanging around E3 in spite of myself, I heard about a Christian gaming organization called Gamechurch with a booth on the ass end of the convention center that was supposedly giving away free beer to anyone desperate enough to talk to them.
Dave Schilling
6.13.13
Design

Get A 3D Printed Action Figure Of Yourself (And Your Cat)

Following on from the Japanese 3D printing photo booth, now a German company are offering people the chance to immortalize themselves as 3D figurines.
Kevin Holmes
6.13.13
Motherboard Blog

Scientists Are Trying to Make Fear Extinct

Scientists are racing to discover what facilitates a process called fear extinction, which could be crucial in fighting PTSD. Some are looking to new kinds of antidepressents, others to marijuana.
Andrew Overton
6.13.13
Motherboard Blog

Human Genes Can't Be Patented Unless They're Custom Made

But hey, at least the DNA you were born with is still yours, right?
Derek Mead
6.13.13
Stuff

Meet the Lawyer Representing Osama bin Laden's Son-in-Law

The term "polarizing figure" has become a lazy way to describe politicians, pundits, and media figures for essentially being very loud about mostly superficial things. But there are still a number of people around who fit the definition perfectly...
Richard Potter
6.13.13
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Surfer Blood's 'Pythons' Is for When I Want to Have a Carefree Afternoon Full of Aggression

I'M GONNA GO FILM A SKATE VIDEO PART TO THE SHIT.
The Kid Mero
6.13.13
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