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The Rise of Wikipedian Statecraft: How Azawad, Spurned by the U.N., Earned Its Recognition Online

No foreign government or supranational organization has recognized Azawad's sovereignty, and none seems forthcoming. But Wikipedia does.
JONATHAN LIU
4.24.12
Motherboard Blog

The Rise of Wikipedian Statecraft, Part 2

JONATHAN LIU
4.24.12
Music

OFF! Has a New Song to Blow Your Face Off

"Cracked" is going to make you pee.
Kelly McClure
4.24.12
Design

Robot Exoskeletons Will Make Us all Superhumans

The Tokyo University of Science has developed wearable robotic musclesuits which are scheduled for release next year.
Kevin Holmes
4.24.12
Fashion

How to Dress Like a Right-Winger

If this crazed-right-wing-gunman thing becomes a trend, politics aside, it's going to be much, much safer to dress like a conservative.
Harry Cheadle
4.24.12
Film

Light Painting In Bullet Time: Man Ray Meets The Matrix

Lighting painting taken to the next level.
Kevin Holmes
4.24.12
Music

Bad Brains in 2012: Close Enough

Bad Brains rules, and everything else does not.
Lou Doggs
Sports Staff
4.24.12
Fashion

Get Your Style from the Newspaper of Bad Taste

Dora Moutot's website La Gazette Du 'Mauvais' Gout is essential reading for anyone willing to look like a freak for the sake of staying ahead of fashion trends.
THAIS MENDES
4.24.12
Motherboard Blog

Incredible: These Bowerbirds Grow Flowers to Impress Mates

Anyone who paid attention to LL Cool J circa 1989 knows that a little bling (and possibly a dookie chain-wearing panther) helps one impress the ladies. It's a fairly simple facet of sexual behavior throughout the animal kingdom: flash a little cash...
Derek Mead
4.24.12
News

Quango - Let's Fix British Politics!

Let's face it, our politics are shit. So let's make them better!
Gavin Haynes
4.24.12
Motherboard Blog

Will Iran’s Halal Internet Be the New Template for the Islamic World?

Once again, Iran has been making noise about its ambitious plans for internet censorship. In open admiration of China’s innovative censorship advances, Iranian officials have been talking about their plans for a halal internet, which would essentially...
Ana Tiwathia
4.24.12
Dogmageddon

Horror Screenplay

It involves breaking and entering, cannibalism, name-calling, and lesbian witch-hunting—all in the name of God.
Rick Paulas
4.24.12
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