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Your Ex Is the Greatest Threat to Your Online Privacy

Your ex is probably hacking your email right now.
Kelly Bourdet
2.8.13
vice shorts

I'm Short, Not Stupid Presents: 'Spider'

I think everyone can relate to the main character, Jack, who's always running headfirst into things and not thinking them through. You can see the climax of this short coming a mile away, but when it comes you realize objects far away are a lot bigger...
Jeffrey Bowers
2.8.13
Stuff

Hey Homophobes, Stop Calling Individuals "Organizations" to Make Yourselves Seem More Legit

On Wednesday, a coalition of over 40 homophobic hate groups got together to run an ad in 'USA Today' urging the Boy Scouts of America to continue discriminating against gay people. Looking down the list of "undersigned organizations" in the ad, I'd...
Jamie Lee Taete
2.8.13
Features

An Ode to Pen & Pixel Album Covers

Major labels got you art direction. Indie rappers got Pen & Pixel to photoshop them on to a pile of gold holding a Glock.
Skinny Friedman
2.8.13
Fashion

Portland's Wildfang Wants to Clothe Hot Tomboys

Nestled closely to that reindeer Portland sign you see at the opening credits of 'Portlandia' are the offices for the newest clothing collection you were destined to love: Wildfang.
A. Wolfe
2.8.13
Features

Interview: Coffee, Pie, and Death with Chelsea Wolfe

"Everything just melted together and became whatever the fuck I am."
Paula Mejia
2.8.13
Motherboard Blog

The Vicious, Mysterious Cycle of Yemen's Blackouts

“As much as I hate them, a part of me appreciates the blackouts,” a friend who grew up in an impoverished village southwest of Sanaa once told me. “[The saboteurs] show people in Sanaa how the rest of Yemen lives.”
Adam Baron
2.8.13
Motherboard Blog

Hurricane Sandy Turned These Photos Into Acid Dreamscapes

I wish I could say "Hurricane Sandy developed this guy's film," or some such punched-up header, but as whimsically dream-like as these images are, that likely isn't the case.
Brian Anderson
2.8.13
Motherboard Blog

Get What You Want from People by Making Them Think They Have a Choice

Remember, "freedom is slavery."
Austin Considine
2.8.13
Motherboard Blog

Prime Numbers Are the Devil's Work

But finding the biggest one is worth a $100,000 prize.
Michael Byrne
2.8.13
Stuff
Matt Shea
2.8.13
Film

Simon Klose Made a Film About the Guys who Founded The Pirate Bay

We spoke to him when he wasn't "AFK".
Caisa Ederyd
2.8.13
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