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We Interviewed Drunk Bastard from Two Man Advantage About the NHL's Contract Concerns

Fifty-five days ago the contract between NHL team owners and the NHL Players Association expired without a new agreement in place, and as of right now they still haven't pulled one together.
Miles Raymer
11.9.12
Features

Plies Is Way Less Terrible Than You Think

In fact, Plies is sort of a genius.
Skinny Friedman
11.9.12
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Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: A Public Artwork Paints The Sky With Light

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer creates art and relational architecture to foster community, thinking of his interactive works as "public fountains." His latest installation, Open Air, records voice messages via smartphone app and translates them into...
The Creators Project
11.9.12
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer Takes Us Behind The Scenes Of Open Air [Video]

Open Air, was the largest crowd-sourced public art project Philadelphia has ever seen.
Julia Kaganskiy
11.9.12
Tech

Beijing Blocked Google

China just took one giant step closer toward its own Internet.
ALEX PASTERNACK
11.9.12
Stuff

Is Mercury Retrograde to Blame for Everything Bad that's Happening Right Now?

Mercury is in retrograde right now, so before we all freaked out and presumed our computers were about to explode, we spoke to an astrologer to get some advice on how to deal.
Patrick McGuire
11.9.12
Motherboard Blog

Coal Company Fires 56, Blames Obama's Reelection, Gets Exposed on Reddit

Obama got reelected, so a bunch of rich assholes say they have no choice but to fire their employees. There are now "reports trickling in":http://twitchy.com/2012/11/08/layoff-bomb-detonates-large-corporations-join-small-businesses-in-announcing-mass...
Brian Merchant
11.9.12
News

The Greek Police Got to Use Their Shiny New Water Cannon

Yet again, the familiar sight of Greeks fighting Greeks hit the news on Wednesday as protesters clashed with riot police in Athens. One hundred thousand protesters crammed into Syntagma Square on the second day of a 48-hour strike, coinciding with a...
Henry Langston
11.9.12
Fringes: Stories from the Edge

War Gin

Ugandans are the hardest drinking Africans in the motherland, both in terms of per capita consumption and the hooch they choose to chug. Waragi, or "war gin," is what they call the local moonshine, and it makes the harshest Appalachian rotgut taste...
Thomas Morton
VICE Video
11.9.12
Motherboard Blog

Surfers Bring Solar Power to Sandy Victims in the Rockaways

Bringing clean power post-Sandy
Brian Merchant
11.9.12
The Recent Unpleasantness

Reality Quiz

Greetings! In light of this week's election, your local GOP committee is sending out this quiz to gauge our party's commitment to reality. As a registered Republican, your input is crucial to determining future party direction. Remember, there are no...
Sam McPheeters
11.9.12
Features

The GRM Daily Roundup

Chatting with Ludacris and new music from BBK's Frisco.
GRM Daily
11.9.12
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