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Behold the Rise of Dystopian 'Cli-Fi'
The new literary genre, an offshoot of science fiction, is getting some attention from book critics and publishing companies alike. Will the public care?
Brian Merchant
5.31.13
News

Occupiers Faced Down Cops in Istanbul's Taksim Square
After four days of nonviolent protests that brought the attention of celebrities and opposition politicians, and attacks by the police that included tear gas and water cannons, the burgeoning Occupy Gezi movement has won at least a temporary victory...
Text: Zeynep Lokmanoglu Photos: Nazim Serhat Firat
Zeynep Lokmanoglu and Esra Gurmen, Photos: Nazim Ser
5.31.13
Motherboard Blog

Bots, Brains, Biohacking, and Bitcoin: Join Motherboard at Brooklyn's Innovation Square
An eight-hour-long future orgy, with hackers, scientists, artists, inventors and other people already living in the future.
ALEX PASTERNACK
5.31.13
Design

Diller Scofidio + Renfro Want To Turn Penn Station Into A Futuristic "City Within A City"
The New York-based design practice plan to transform the busy transport hub into a cultural hotspot.
Kevin Holmes
5.31.13
Motherboard Blog

Sharks Are More Valuable as Tourist Attractions Than Soup
More sharks are caught yearly than is sustainable, but efforts to mitigate those losses have been met with opposition for decades.
Derek Mead
5.31.13
vice shorts

I'm Short, Not Stupid Presents: 'Successful Alcoholics'
In this short film, directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts and starring Lizzy Caplan and T. J. Miller, a couple is awesome at life, despite being hammered all the time. But when alcohol is taken out of the equation, they are forced to reflect on their lives.
Jeffrey Bowers
5.31.13
Music

Win Tickets to the Grove Festival from Our Friends at Bear Flag
But in case you’re super unlucky when it comes to contests, or not around the Toronto area, we put together a list of our must-see acts for this spring and summer’s season of music festivals across Canada.
VICE Canada
5.31.13
CAPS LOCK REVIEWS

30 Seconds to Mars' 'Love, Lust, Faith, and Dreams' Is Male Bare Midriff Music
JARED LETO IS ON SOME OTHER SHIT B. YOU'RE A PRETTY OKAY ACTOR MY GUY THIS WHOLE "I'M IN A ROCK BAND" SHIT IS WILD ANCILLARY. YOU COULD PROLLY EAT OFF DOING MOVIES WHERE YOU STARE LOVINGLY INTO CAREY MULLIGAN'S EYES OR SOME SHIT.
The Kid Mero
5.31.13
The Mercy Rule

The Joyless Joy of Bad Baseball
Watch a lousy team on a losing streak, though, and you'll eventually see what baseball skeptics see whenever they watch: a game that’s aimless and dull and stilted and long, and which isn't even quick about it.
David Roth
5.31.13
video

Vivid Sydney: The World's Largest Real-time Interactive Light Sculpture
Create your own painting on the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
TCP Staff
5.31.13
New music

Watch Mixhell's New Video, "The Way"
Mixhell wins the award for the most WTF video of the week.
Noisey Staff
5.31.13
Features

Win Free Tickets to see Tomahawk at the Best Buy Theater This Sunday, June 2!
Sundays are useless. So this Sunday, June 2, when our favorite supergroup, Tomahawk, plays the Best Buy Theater in New York, you should probably go see them. We've got a fistful of tickets to give away, and we'd like you to win them.
Noisey Staff
5.31.13
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