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The Arab Spring's Forgotten Uprising
Never heard of Ahwaz? That's because, officially, it's called Khuzestan and is home to one of Iran's longest running independence movements—a movement that Iran has been fighting and brutalizing to keep quiet.
Henry Langston
8.14.12
Motherboard Blog

Fukushima's Mutant Butterflies Aren't Pretty
It's been nearly 18 months since the Tohuku earthquake and tsunami decimated northern Japan, and the locals are still dealing with the fallout. Literally.
Adam Estes
8.14.12
Film

Filmmaking Collective UZi Capture The LA Party Scene Through The Glitchy Filter Of VHS Cameras
Video portraits of Grimes and LA scenesters captured in old school glory.
Justin Hampton
8.14.12
Motherboard Blog

Immaculate Telegraphy: Building a Stone Age Electronic Network
Today's the ninth anniversary of the Northeast blackout "that left around 55 million people in the dark":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_blackout_of_2003. I was comfortably nestled in Northern California back then, and honestly blackouts weren't...
Derek Mead
8.14.12
Question Of The Day

Do You Like the Police?
Are all coppers really bastards?
Phoebe Hurst
8.14.12
Music

Mom's Musical Corner
Rather than do what we normally do with 97% of our submissions (which is definitely not throw them in the trash), we thought, "Who better to review mom pop than a mom?"
VICE Staff
8.14.12
News

Paul Ryan, All-American Teenager
Hey, have you guys heard about this Paul Ryan character yet? He sure is divisive! Just a few short days after he was announced as Mitt Romney’s running mate he’s become one of the Top Things To Have An Opinion On. But I think we are being a bit too...
Harry Cheadle
8.14.12
Motherboard Blog

Global Warming Just Shut Down a Nuclear Reactor
So, thanks to record-breaking temperatures, more than half the nation's counties are in a declared state of emergency—drought and heat waves, as you're likely aware, have been the norm this summer. The hot-as-hell temps are wreaking all sorts of havoc...
Brian Merchant
8.14.12
Motherboard Blog

The Golden Gate Bridge Is at the Edge of Anti-Suicide Infrastructure
On its opening day in 1937, the Golden Gate Bridge bore no protective barrier beyond railings. "This bridge needs neither praise, eulogy nor encomium," boomed engineer J. Strauss, who designed the bridge. "It speaks for itself. We who have labored long...
Brian Anderson
8.14.12
Tech

Olly Riley and the New UK Tween Twitterati
They're vain, inane, and attention seeking, and they're more famous than you'll ever be. But exactly who are they? I dipped my toe into the murky world of the Teenybopper Trolls to find out.
Clive Martin
8.14.12
Art

Feast Your Eyes On Atelier Olschinsky's Deconstructed Digital Illustrations
Architectural and abstract forms combine to remarkable effect.
Kevin Holmes
8.14.12
Noisey

Vybz Kartel - "My Crew" (Official Video)
This video was shot by Danilo Parra and VICE Global Editor Andy Capper, who told us they put this thing together on a budget of "like $200." They produced the video way out in the Portmore area of Kingston, Jamaica, a zone that Vybz and his crew have...
Noisey
8.14.12
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