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Lulz and Leg Irons: In the Courtroom with Weev
On the morning of March 18, I was sitting at the Federal Courthouse in Newark, New Jersey, waiting to hear how long Weev would spend in jail. I didn't go there to write an article. I went because his conviction was wrong.
Molly Crabapple
3.19.13
Motherboard Blog

Martians, Chinese Hackers Had Nothing to Do With the Mars Rover Shutdown
The Curiosity's got a glitch, but NASA's on it.
Amy Shira Teitel
3.19.13
Motherboard Blog

The Undetectable Spyware Used by Repressive Arab Regimes Is Taking Over the World
At the end of the day, there's not really anything you can do about it.
Adam Clark Estes
3.19.13
News

Diazepam Is Killing Scotland's Drug-Using Poor
Thanks to the majority of late-20th-century American fiction, many of us have the mistaken belief that Valium is the preserve of the clinically bored, middle-aged housewife, when really the drug is killing Scotland's poorest men.
William Nicoll
William Nicoll, Photos: Harrison Reid
3.19.13
News

What the Hell Was That: Happy Tenth Birthday, Operation Iraqi Freedom
I got an @reply the other day from a guy I met ten years ago in Fallujah, where I was working as a reporter for MTV: a young captain in the 82nd Airborne who was part of the moveable feast of infantry interviews that made up my life at the dawn of the...
Gideon Yago
3.19.13
Features

The Making Of 'Descender': Andrew Wyatt on Creativity, Violin Repair Stores, and Discontent Orchestras
Sebastian Mlynarski's documentary charts the creative tribulations behind Wyatt's first solo album.
Kevin Holmes
3.19.13
Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'N' Roll

Medical Fetishism, Benzo Withdrawal, and the Swedish Avant-Garde
The more people I get to know (and I don't just mean that in the biblical sense), the more I learn that everyone is a pervert. Wave your freak flag high kids, we're all sexual deviants! If your porn search terms wouldn't give your grandmother a heart...
Sophie Saint Thomas
3.19.13
Stuff

A City Doesn't Suck Just Because You're Stupid
Hey everyone, there’s a new viral blog post to get mad about! This particular rage-freakout du jour is wildly misogynistic and narrow-minded, and it makes a poor attempt to shit on all the women in Toronto. One complaint is that there are “too many...
Patrick McGuire
3.19.13
Motherboard Blog

Abu Dhabi Built the World's Biggest Solar Power Plant With Oil and Mirrors
The United Arab Emirates show us all how high tech solar gets done right.
Brian Merchant
3.19.13
Motherboard Blog

When Governments Take Your Money, Bitcoin Looks Really Good
European officials are proposing directly picking the pockets of their citizens by going straight for their banking deposits. Incidentally, it's also turning furious (and fearful) Europeans to cryptocurrency.
ALEC LIU
3.19.13
News

Murderous Little Boys Are the Future of Mexico's Drug War
They're cheap, willing and they don't get in trouble for killing people.
Jake Hanrahan
3.19.13
Question Of The Day

Would a £50 Fine Stop You From Cheating On Your Partner?
"No, I think naming and shaming people would be much more effective."
Camille Standen
3.19.13
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