Katowice Is a Paradise
Katowice is no paradise in the ordinary sense—unless you're a big fan of Polish mining towns with gray skies, crumbling walls, and abandoned buildings. Those who were born and raised here, like me,...
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Kyary Pamyu Pamyu Is the David Lynch of J-Pop
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu. Photo courtesy Charlie Engman. All other photos by Benjamin Shapiro J-pop is one of Japan’s major soft-power exports. Even if you haven’t heard the music, chances are you’ve got an...
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Cracking Crackland
A woman walks down the street in the area of São Paulo, Brazil, known as Crackland. Photo by Rafael Tognini Since the 90s, downtown São Paulo, Brazil, has been home to a roving open-air drug market...
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Nancy Grace's Insane, Murder-Fueled Twitter Brilliance
Out of the frothy, weird sea of people typing stuff into Twitter, hardly anyone makes me laugh as often as, or genuinely shocks me more than, Nancy Grace. Thousands upon thousands of wannabe writers...
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How Sad Young Douchebags Took Over Modern Britain
Photo by Jamie Taete Venture out into the towns and cities of the UK on any weekend, and you'll find it hard to avoid the conclusion that young British men are in the midst of a crisis. A crisis of...
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A Hacker Scrubbed Child-Porn Links from the Dark Web's Most Popular Site
This story came from Motherboard, our tech website. Read more at Motherboard.tv. Accessible only with anonymizing Tor software, the deep web is an important bastion for private communication, as...
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How to Kill a Wolf
Opening photo by Martyn Stewart. All other photos by the author The best way to fatally wound a wolf without killing it instantly is to shoot it in the gut, preferably with armor-piercing ammunition....
View ArticleNoisey: Chiraq - Part 8
In our final episode of Chiraq, we discover what the Nation of Islam thinks about the Chiraq phenomena, then finally get an audience in the court of Almighty Sosa, a.k.a. Chief Keef, a.k.a. young...
View ArticleHere are Some More Photos of Disneyland's Awkward Gangs
Editor's note: Earlier this week, we ran a story about social clubs that hang out in Disneyland. We continue to find the phenomenon fascinating, and so when photographer Joshua Cobos sent us some...
View ArticleEpicly Later'd: Ed Templeton - Part 4
In part four, Ed finds himself out of work and in the depths of an uninspired era for skateboarding. But out of the dregs of the 90s came Ed's ambition to strike out on his own and found a scrappy...
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Brazil's First Gay Church Preaches Family Values
The Igreja Cristã Contemporânea (Contemporary Christian Church), Rio de Janeiro What do a young gay Brazilians do when they’re devoted to God but told by their church that enjoying physical intimacy...
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Your Gonorrhea Is Getting Harder to Fight
This story came from Motherboard, our tech website. Read more at Motherboard.tv. Nelsseria gonorrhoeae, the bacteria responsible for gonorrhea. Image via ShutterStock Antibiotic resistance may often...
View ArticleVICE News: Venezuela Rising - Part 6
On March 8, thousands gathered in the center of Caracas yet again to protest the food shortages in Venezuela, for which they hold the government responsible. The opposition's former presidential...
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Hill William Sings Ghost Country
Writers are traditionally very bad singers. Their voices shake from insecurity and malnourishment, and even the ones with a velvety-smooth reading voice couldn’t carry a tune in a bucket. But Scott...
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We're Giving Away Dick Insurance!
One of the best things about being rich and famous is that you can afford to take out insurance on any body part—your tits, your legs, your butt, or even your middle finger. Whatever you consider to...
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How Far Can Amazon Push Its Customers' Loyalty?
This story came from Motherboard, our tech website. Read more at Motherboard.tv. Photo courtesy of Scottish Government I'm an Amazon Prime addict. I started using the service in college when my...
View ArticleFringes: French Drag Queen Dance Battles
Voguing is an urban dance inspired by model poses in the pages of Vogue, where dancers gather to compete in Voguing "battles." Following its creation in 1980s New York, the movement has spread to...
View ArticleVICE News: Russian Roulette: The Invasion of Ukraine - Part 7
In part seven, Simon is back in the Crimean capital of Simferopol, where both pro and anti-Russia demonstrations are dividing the region. Pro-Russia protesters believe that the country's strong...
View ArticleMcDonald's Accused of 'Wage Theft' by Thousands of Employees in Lawsuits
McDonald's Accused of 'Wage Theft' by Thousands of Employees in Lawsuits
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