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Syria's Christian Minority Are Fighting Back
All photos by: Achilleas Zavallis. A volunteer from one of the Christian militias in the Hasakah Governorate, northeast Syria The security office is so neatly tucked away into a small side street that...
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Cyborg Cockroaches Can Now Make Their Own Power
Cyborg Cockroaches Can Now Make Their Own Power
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How to Get Laid at Fashion Week
Getting laid at fashion week is remarkably easy. Everyone is exhausted, hungover, or still drunk and in the middle of a bender. You can see it in their faces. People are shattered and have lost all...
View ArticleVICE News: Warlords of Tripoli - Part 2
The war in Syria is dragging neighbouring Lebanon to the edge of the abyss, and nowhere is the growing chaos more stark than in the second city of Tripoli. Sunni militants aligned with the Syrian...
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This Guy Wants to Help You Download Your Brain
Image via Ever wanted to download a copy of your own brain? Say you went through a serious car crash, for example—wouldn't it be nice to take out your damaged brain and replace it with a replica you'd...
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Goodbye Great Barrier Reef, Hello Dredge Dumping
Image via Imagine you work for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. Your job, as quoted from the website, is “to ensure all human uses of the Park are ecologically sustainable and that the...
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Canadian Cops Launched a Sting Operation Against Sex Workers Last Month
Police target. Photo via. January was global Human Trafficking Awareness Month. In the wake of the Bedford Supreme Court decision decriminalizing sex work, police across Canada coordinated and carried...
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A Few Impressions: Philip Seymour Hoffman's Light Touch
Philip Seymour Hoffman in The Master. I didn’t know Philip Seymour Hoffman personally. I only met him a few times over the years. The first was in the early 2000s in a bathroom at the MCC Theater,...
View ArticleWhat I Learned About Style from Shakira's "Can't Remember to Forget You"
What I Learned About Style from Shakira's "Can't Remember to Forget You"
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My Brooklyn Neighbors Hate Me
Crown Heights via. Last week, I wrote about my painful transition to living in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. I admit it: I overreacted. Crown Heights is not that bad a place. Now that the entire...
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The Harper Government Insists it’s Legal to Collect Metadata
John Forster, head of CSEC, testifying yesterday. Via the Senate/CBC. Last Friday, Canada got its first major taste of Snowden’s trove of surveillance files when it was revealed through the CBC that...
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Arguing About Nothing
A few months ago, I flew to Nashville, Tennessee, to watch the founders of the Sunday Assembly establish one of their “atheist churches” there. While on the trip I was reading about congregational...
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Third-Hand Smoke Could Kill You
Image via the Flickr account of DCist UC Riverside published the results of an experiment last week, concluding that "third-hand smoke," i.e. that rich, burnt oatmeal smell emanating from grandpa's...
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The Internet Black Market That Brings Online Browsing to Life
“I do not know what I am saying!” Internet Dude screamed out tweets as he walked through the rows of market sellers, from the URL Lottery to Firefox tattoos. This past weekend was the biggest net-nerd...
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The Environmental Martyr of the Sochi Olympics
Photo via In 2012, Russian environmental activists Evgeny Vitishko and Suren Gazaryan removed a section of fence near Sochi in order to gain entry to a public forest. The fence had been erected as...
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Phillip Seymour Hoffman Should Wake Us Up to the Reality of Addiction
No matter how many years of sobriety you have, the battle of addiction lasts your lifetime. Photo via. When I found out Philip Seymour Hoffman died, I was on the phone with my mom. She was telling me...
View ArticleSherborne, Dorset Is a Paradise
According to brochures, Sherborne the market town in northwest Dorset, England is "a small, historic market town boasting a vibrant culture and prestigious schools." To the over-60s and commuting city...
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Learning to See the Future at Psychic School
An artist's impression of the author flirting with a psychic hippie girl. Illustrations by Will Laren "Whenever I do psychic readings for someone, it's always bad news," says Bill with a heavy sigh....
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