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Copyright King: Why the "I Have a Dream" Speech Still Isn't Free
We might hold it to be self evident that it can be spread freely. Nope.
ALEX PASTERNACK
1.17.12
The Children of the Dragon Issue

Schizophrenia Not Caught on Tape
To get a read on how accurate Hollywood's portrayal of mental illness is, I asked four gentlemen diagnosed with schizoaffective disorders to watch some films that feature "crazy" characters.
Illustration by Nick Gazin
A. Wolfe, Illustration by Nick Gazin
1.17.12
Motherboard Blog

Investigating Global Warming's Absolute Worst-Case Scenario, Venus Syndrome
When we think of global warming, we think of things really sucking: rising oceans, catostrophic new weather patterns, disrupted food supply chains, Alaskan beach resorts. It's all awful and very likely to happen, for global warming to hit its current...
Michael Byrne
1.17.12
Stuff

Nikanor Teratologen’s Rolodex of Atrocities
"Assisted Living" is a nonstop stream of human cruelty led by Grandpa, one of the more repugnant characters ever put on paper.
Blake Butler
1.17.12
News

Quango - Yacht Rock Anthem
The Great British public are a bunch of penny-pinching prole-mouths who want The Queen to cry.
Gavin Haynes
1.17.12
Motherboard Blog

Jason Silva's PSAs for the Future
Our friend "Jason Silva":http://motherboard.vice.com/search/posts?keyword=silva&commit=Search - the futurist media personality, model, death-hater, likely cryonics / cyborg candidate - recently spoke at Lucid NYC with a couple of his recent videos...
ALEX PASTERNACK
1.17.12
Motherboard Blog

AT&T Could Have Bought the Internet in 1971
Recent victories over Hollywood's Stop Online Piracy Act have reinvigorated the fight against a corporate takeover of the internet.
Janus Rose
1.17.12
Motherboard Blog

Despite Delays, the SpaceX Dragon Capsule is Still the Future of Private Space Transport
If Elon Musk can take over delivering payloads to low Earth orbit, NASA will be free to focus on long-term goals like interplanetary flight.
Amy Shira Teitel
1.17.12
girl eats food

Rainbow Cake
No one should have to go through a seizure on an empty stomach.
Jo Fuertes-Knight
1.17.12
Motherboard Blog

SOPA Is On The Chopping Block, But The Fight Has Only Just Begun
After increasingly cacophonous online outrage, it’s finally looking like the momentum behind the internet censorship bills is beginning to wane. But don’t get too excited — there is still a long fight ahead.
Janus Rose
1.17.12
Menk, by John Doran

No Way to Control It, It's Totally Automatic
If I go on TV, will people end up dying?
John Doran
1.17.12
Stuff

Michael Holden's Deleted Scenes - Pram War
Mother-in-law versus mother-in-law - it's a pram pissing contest.
Michael Holden
1.17.12
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