The April Fools' Epidemic of Teenaged Drinking, Drug Use, and Violence
A teen drinks a can containing "Foolio," a beverage that has killed dozens of young people but remains popular throughout the English-speaking world. Photo via Flickr user Ian T. McFarland Eugene P....
View ArticleHow Does CSEC Work with the World’s Most Connected Telecom Company?
Some servers in a data centre, suckin' up your data. via Flickr user Sean Ellis. When Glenn Greenwald and Ryan Gallagher worked with the CBC earlier this year to report that CSEC was using free...
View ArticleTalking to Girls About the Good Ol' Number-Two Taboo
Manna wears Ann-Sofie Back neon jacket, Diesel sweatpants, Dr. Martens vintage shoes. PHOTOS BY FELIX SWENSSON STYLIST: SARA BROLIN WORDS BY CAISA EDERYD Special thanks to Ibeyo, Lydmar Hotel, Rolfs...
View ArticleI Went on a Triple Blind Date with a Goth and a Man Who Celebrates Christmas...
"Mr. Christmas" (left) with a hostess at the Smeeters date. Photos by Chloe Orefice Smeeters is a new dating website that, like many new dating websites, seems to think the world needs yet another...
View ArticleNew York City's Greek Fascists Can't Keep a Dinner Date
This photo was posted to the Golden Dawn's first website before the site was taken down by hackers. On the evening of March 23, I found myself in the back of the Taverna Greek Grill, a small, family...
View ArticleClark Allen Takes Great Photos of Baby Deer and Dead Raccoons
About a year ago, I was emailed an image of a beached whale and a dead raccoon in a bag. No text, no link—just two jpgs. Feeling like I had just received a digital kiss of death, I instantly Googled...
View ArticleThe French Far Right Won Big This Weekend
Marine Le Pen, leader of the Front National, on the campaign trail. After far-right politician Jean-Marie Le Pen placed second in France’s 2002 presidential elections, the country's left lost its...
View ArticleWe Talked to Reggie Watts About 'Doctor Who' and Losing His Virginity on...
Photos by Megan Koester Reggie Watts is in demand, and if you’ve ever seen one of his dizzyingly original performances, you know exactly why. There is absolutely no one on the planet like him. I...
View ArticleMark McCloud Has 30,000 Tabs of LSD in His House
Mark McCloud has about 30,000 tabs of LSD. He collects them, frames them, and catalogues them in his San Francisco home, which is why Mark gets periodically arrested by the DEA. Most of the tabs are...
View Article“The Risk of Climate Change Is Clear," Exxon Says, Will Burn All Its Oil Anyway
“The Risk of Climate Change Is Clear," Exxon Says, Will Burn All Its Oil Anyway
View ArticleKetamine Fixed Me
Image via According to the World Health Organization, 121 million people worldwide have been diagnosed with depression. The latest ground-breaking treatment for those 121 million is Special K, or if...
View ArticleWhy Are New York City Cops Cracking Down on Subway Panhandlers?
Buskers on the New York City subway. Photo via Flickr user Gary H. Spielvogel If you live in a large American city, chances are you've had an encounter with a panhandler on public transit. Perhaps the...
View ArticlePhotos of the Mining Boom That Is Transforming the American West
Lucas Foglia's new project, Frontcountry, took seven years to complete. Edited down from 60,000 photos to just 60, his pictures document the current mining boom transforming the American West....
View ArticleJapan's Biggest Organized Crime Syndicate Now Has a Web Site and Theme Song
Japan's Biggest Organized Crime Syndicate Now Has a Web Site and Theme Song
View ArticleAre You Ready To Fuck Like a Nerd?
Photo via Flickr user Catherine Snodgrass The 1980s image of nerds as desexualized virgins was as outdated then as it is laughable now. For a start, there's no longer one kind of nerd. The intense...
View ArticleVICE News: South Africa's Illegal Gold Mines
In the 1970s, South Africa was the world's most prolific exporter of gold. Over the years, industrial decline has seen widespread closures of the mines across the country. However, Johannesburg sits...
View ArticleI Took My Tinder Date to a Montreal Peep Show
It was the kind of place where the mysterious stains are exactly what you think they are. Wherever there are people, there is masturbation. From the plains in Africa to the mines in Mongolia, to the...
View ArticleExploring Kashmir's Idyllic Meadow of Death
A farmer and woodcutter, 65-year-old Mohammad Abdullah Malik, lost his hand in 2010 while cutting grass in the meadow. Kashmir's tourism ministry has done a pretty good job promoting their portion of...
View ArticleThis Danish Guy Has Legal Sex with His Dog
Illustration by Cei Willis It hasn't been long since the Copenhagen Zoo pissed off the entire internet by turning a young, healthy giraffe named Marius into lion food. But last week, they were at it...
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