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The Reluctant Roma Cannibals of Romania

Conditions in Nazi concentration camps were so horrible, many Roma were forced to eat their children. Romeo Tiberiade is making a documentary about this terribly depressing story, which chronicles the deportation of Roma people from Romania to...
Mihai Popescu
9.20.12
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The Origins of Libyan Rage: From CIA Waterboarding to the Post-Gaddafi Power Vacuum

Earlier this month, Human Rights Watch released a remarkable report titled "Delivered Into Enemy Hands":http://www.hrw.org/reports/2012/09/05/delivered-enemy-hands It's based on interviews with 14 former detainees of the United States government, most...
Michael Arria
9.20.12
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The iPhone 5, Now With Millions Of Tons Of E-Waste

Considering that Apple has sold more than 400 million iPhones, iPads and iPods, it’s a safe bet that the new iPhone 5 will be a huge success. Once people pick up their new toys, old iPhones will end up on eBay, Craigslist and, inevitably, in the trash...
Keith Wagstaff
9.20.12
Film

Watch A Luminescent Snail Invent The Wheel And Experience A Cultural Revolution

The spiral of a snail shell is matched with the idea of exponential acceleration.
Kevin Holmes
9.20.12
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Mob Rule at Mauerpark Karaoke

This is Andy Warhol’s prediction come to life: “in the future, everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes.” Warhol overestimated the individual’s fame allotment by about eleven minutes, but the basic principle is there.
Al Burian
9.20.12
Art

Data Visualization Sculpture Shows Twitter Reactions To London 2012 Olympic Games

The team behind Emoto tracked tweets during the London Olympics and analyzed people’s reactions, turning the data into an interactive sculpture.
Julia Kaganskiy
9.20.12
Music

A Peek Inside the Life of the Real Mrs. Kanye West

I am standing beneath an enormous lobster, thinking about David Foster Wallace and how good Klonopin tastes, and it is 3:30, which I feel quantifies Mrs. West's directions to meet her at 41st and Seventh at " around 3/4".
B. David Zarley
9.20.12
one hit wondering

One-Hit Wondering - Haddaway

What is love? Not making me listen to all six of your albums for a week straight.
Kristen Yoonsoo Kim
9.20.12
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Edgeplay Isn’t Your Grandmother’s BDSM Scene

“Edgeplay… ends up being whatever your circle deems ‘edgy,’” says Madeline, who is nude. As she talks, Z jabs a needle in her back and a cup at the end is filling up with her blood. He twists off the cup and takes a sip before throwing it back like a...
Rachel Rabbit White
9.20.12
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Bask In the Hilarious Beauty of Mitt Romney's Inexhaustible Awkwardness

Some of the most unsung heroes of the Internet are those enterprising souls who spend their enormous amounts of free time to whips together giant mixtapes of absurd video footage. YouTube has democratized the TV Carnage, and the Nic Cage freakout video...
Derek Mead
9.20.12
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Google Bought Photo App Snapseed, Continues to Take Over the World

Google just bought Nik Software, the guys who created photo editing and filter app Snapseed, for probably much less money than Facebook paid in its dramatic takeover of Instagram not even half a year ago. It’s an obvious move for Larry Page and...
ALEC LIU
9.20.12
Takeshi Murata

Takeshi Murata's Uncanny Images Sit Somewhere Between Pixar And Surrealism

Murata’s images are caught between waking life and the dream world.
Kevin Holmes
9.20.12
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