The Numbers In Your Phone Can Reveal Your Illness, Religion, and Gun Purchases
This story came from Motherboard, our tech website. Read more at Motherboard.tv. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock In his January speech regarding the NSA's surveillance activities, President Obama...
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Kuwaii shirt. PHOTOS BY SCOTTIE CAMERON STYLIST: ANNA MACKENZIE Hair and Makeup: Holly-Rose Butler Producer: Wendy Syfret Models: Chloe Worthington, Daniel Love, Camille Macdonald American Apparel...
View ArticleTwo Years Later, Where Is Occupy's Internet?
This story came from Motherboard, our tech website. Read more at Motherboard.tv. Last we checked, Isaac Wilder had had enough of New York City. Isaac, who heads up the Free Network Foundation (FNF),...
View ArticleA Moment of Silence at South by Southwest
Photo via Wikimedia user Jdlrobson “Hope you’re OK! There was a crazy accident,” my phone flashed at 2:47 AM on early Thursday morning. I was walking out of South by Southwest's Warp x LuckyMe...
View ArticleMeet the Nieratkos: Thoughts on Steak and Blowjob Day, from a Woman Who...
My wife disputed the holiday this morning, saying "no holiday is legit without holiday music." Well, here's a really stupid theme song for today. I hope your meat is tenderized and your balls are...
View ArticleThe Magnificent Graves of Georgian Mafiosos
Once you’re dead, you won’t have the eyes and brain it takes to see and comprehend stuff. So it’s understandable if you don’t really give a shit about what your headstone looks like. Nevertheless, the...
View ArticleTransylvania Could Become a Barren Toxic Wasteland
Mining Watch Romania are mapping out all of Romania's mining projects Transylvania is a toxic wasteland waiting to happen. The region—which makes up a large chunk of central Romania—is rich in gold,...
View ArticleCry-Baby of the Week
It's time, once again, to marvel at some idiots who don't know how to handle the world: Cry-Baby #1: Randall Scott The incident: A teacher who repeatedly tweeted "OBAMA IS A PUSSY" was not invited to...
View ArticleLindsay Lohan’s Leaked Sexual Conquests, Ranked
Lindsay Lohan, who claims to have had sex. Photo via Flickr user Joel Kramer Have you ever created a list of all the celebrities you’ve fucked while playing Scattergories with your homegirls? Us...
View ArticleVICE News: Permanently Temporary: The Truth About Temp Labor - Part 4
Temp labor is one of the fastest growing industries in the US. Increasingly, temp workers are part of a business strategy to keep costs down and profits high. From mega-retailers to mom-and-pop shops,...
View ArticleIraq's Kurdish Refugees Celebrate International Women's Day
A Kurdish Syrian woman outside a women's meeting in Arbat, Iraqi Kurdistan. All photos by James Haines-Young Saturday, March 8, was International Women’s Day, a commemoration of the rights of women...
View ArticleLive from the Streets of Istanbul
VICE News correspondent Tim Pool is on the ground in the Okmeydani neighborhood of Istanbul, Turkey, where protesters are clashing with police after the funeral of 15-year-old Berkin Elvan. Berkin was...
View ArticleThe 50-Year-Old Agreement Preventing Marijuana from Treating PTSD
This story came from Motherboard, our tech website. Read more at Motherboard.tv. Photo courtesy of Shuttershock Dr. Sue Sisley does not smoke weed. As a researcher and professor at the University of...
View ArticleShorties: We Got 20 Strangers Who Aren't Models to Kiss Each Other
Earlier this week, an "arty" black-and-white video in which polite Americans kiss each other on the mouth made the internet squeal with excitement. The twist was, you see, that these people were all...
View ArticleThis Week in Racism: The 'Annie' Remake Is Just Hollywood Trolling Racists
Welcome to the "Hard-Knock Life" edition of This Week in Racism. I’ll be ranking news stories on a scale of one to RACIST, with “one” being the least racist and “RACIST” being the most racist. –Like...
View ArticleEnglish Idiots Hold Annual Stinging-Nettle Eating Contest
Contestants in the heat of battle. Photo courtesy bizarreoddities Over the course of one hour on the Saturday before the 2002 summer solstice, Simon Sleigh, an organic vegetable farmer from the...
View ArticleOops Artists Just Lost Heaps Of Money
Image via Artists have won their boycott of the Biennale. Transfield Holdings is no longer giving money to the event, and the Chairman has resigned. Woohoo! Now they can show their art without...
View ArticleWhy Can’t Gay People March in the Boston St. Patrick’s Day Parade?
The 2006 Saint Patrick's Day Parade in Boston. If this guy were holding a sign that said "I am gay," he wouldn't be allowed in the parade. Photo via Flickr user john and carolina The last time gay and...
View ArticleYou Should Damn Well Be Able to Buy Lingerie with Welfare
Photo courtesy of Flickr user Lagged On User Earlier this week, a news report in Louisiana broke a hard-hitting story to its viewers: A lingerie store in Gonzales, Louisiana called Kiss My Lingerie...
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