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A Week with Sportsfriends

Partying and playing with an indie gaming supergroup and their innovative, fundamentalist game suite, all under a Kickstarter countdown.
Colin Snyder
12.7.12
Stuff

Why Girls Should Never Have Babies

Just abort it.
Monica Heisey
12.7.12
Question Of The Day

What's the Smartest Thing You've Ever Done?

Humans are ugly creatures. We could go up to people and ask them about the worst shit they’ve ever taken while tripping on shrooms and get tons of gut-wrenching answers—but you know what? We’re tired of doing that. We’ve had a long week and we need...
VICE Staff
12.7.12
Motherboard Blog

Does the New Bitcoin Bank Defeat the Purpose of Bitcoin?

French bitcoin exchange Paymium says it plans to regulate and institutionalize the crypto-currency with Bitcoin Central.
Daniel Stuckey
12.7.12
major jams

The Holy Grail of Christian Psych

Fraction's entire album was cut live in under three hours back in 1971. First takes, no overdubs, live and on fire.
Paul Major
12.7.12
Motherboard Blog

Ones and Zeros: Punk Meets Tech, Ransomware, and Cheetahs

Our weekly roundup of the good, the bad, and the ugly on the 'net.
ALEC LIU
12.7.12
Travel

This Florida Cracker Lives in the Old bin Laden Mansion

About 20 miles from Disney’s Magic Kingdom sits another Florida kingdom of sorts, a 1928-built concrete block stucco mansion that looks straight out of a Billy Wilder film. It is surrounded by 13 acres of “Old Florida” views and has a bass-filled lake...
Christopher Balogh
12.7.12
Motherboard Blog

How Cat Parasite Toxoplasma Hacks Mice Brains to Eliminate Fear

Don't worry, only a quarter of humans have the parasite living in their brains.
Derek Mead
12.7.12
Music

Creators Remix Roundup: Passion Pit, Emily Kai Bock, Diplo, And Yeasayer

Viceroy ramps up Passion Pit, Owlle starts a multi-cultural dance craze, Diplo produces a slick new R&B track, and Yeasayer heralds the “return of the Mac.”
Jennifer Mills
12.7.12
Music

Reasons Why Canadian Music Is Better Than American Music

A collection of thoughts, by a guy in America, about how great Canadians are at making sweet tunes.
Ben Shapiro
12.7.12
Motherboard Blog

A $1.4 Billion Ticket to the Moon Is Too Good to Be True

Checked luggage is included, but there are very strict weight requirements.
Adam Clark Estes
12.7.12
Film

Hyped: The Week In Links 12/7

Busy week? Here’s somethings you may’ve missed.
Kevin Holmes
12.7.12
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