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Is Disclosure's New Video Based on a Weird Christian Meme?

The video to this hook-heavy earworm may actually be based on an old internet joke called “Baptazia” that was passed around the UK bass music scene back in 2010. Suddenly, what could have just been a music video is looking a lot more like culture jamming.
Michelle Lhooq
6.3.13
Art

Ron Arad Turns iPad Drawings Into Diamond-etched Glass Paintings

A selection of artists create drawings which are etched on glass using a diamond ring in Arad's piece for the Venice Biennale.
Kevin Holmes
6.3.13
Stuff

Nothing Is Less Funny Than Scientologists Doing Comedy

It's as if aliens with no conception of how human humor works had decided to mimic 'Saturday Night Live,' but without any cursing. Like aliens, the participants have a kind of emotional impermeability to them. It's fascinating to watch, but also...
Gavin Haynes
6.3.13
Sittin' Sidewayz... With Skinny Friedman

The Five Best Things Made Out of Leather at Summer Jam 2013

Including 2 Chainz's pickelhaube, Raekwon's leather hood, and the back of Sean Kingston's shirt.
Skinny Friedman
6.3.13
News

Bradley Manning's Trial Starts Today

On Saturday, nearly 2,000 supporters of Army Private Bradley Manning drove or took the bus from all over the country to march in support of the soldier on the eve of what, in the best way possible, means the beginning of the end.
Andrew Blake
6.3.13
News

Public Schoolteachers' Pensions Are Partially Funded by Private Prisons

Retirement funds for public school teachers (as well as other government employees) in several states have a combined $90 million invested in Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and GEO Group, one of the largest private-prison companies in the...
Ray Downs
6.3.13
Dogmageddon

Sacrificing Virgins

Back in the day, if you wanted God to bless your crops and make them grow high to the heavens, you prayed for rain. If that didn't work, you built a temple or maybe slaughtered a goat. And if that didn't work, well, then you just hacked up the nearest...
Rick Paulas
6.3.13
Motherboard Blog

The Next Five Years of Explosive Internet Growth, in Seven Graphs

Globally, we're now producing and using more data than we ever have before, and that growth isn't slowing down soon.
Derek Mead
6.3.13
Film

Watch Jonah, A Visually Rich And Magical Short Film About A Giant Fish

Kibwe Tavares, from Factory Fifteen directs this stunning film about tourism and change in Zanzibar.
Kevin Holmes
6.3.13
Motherboard Blog

A Summer of Hurricane Hell Is Upon Us, and We're Firing Storm Forecasters

We're in for an extra-nasty hurricane season, but Republican budget cuts are leaving some of our most crucial services in the dark.
Brian Merchant
6.3.13
Travel

The Mating Rituals of the Renaissance Pleasure Fair

In many ways the fair is an elaborate mating ritual complete with pregaming, peacocking, and corsets. Inhibitions dissipate, marriages open up, and mistakes are made. But don’t worry, what happens at the faire is between you and your god, and as the...
Maude Standish
6.3.13
Motherboard Blog

Facebook Can Boost Your Self-Esteem, If You Use It Sparingly

Looking at your Facebook profile can actually raise your self-esteem.
Ben Richmond
6.3.13
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