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Comic-Con Parties Are Where Nerds Go to Feel Sexy
When I first heard about this thing called "Comic-Con" many years ago, I was told that it wasn't just a great place to get back issues of The Amazing Spider-Man. It was also a nexus for the entire...
View ArticleVICE News: Egypt After Morsi - Part 3
The morning after the battle on July 5, both sides buried their dead and vowed revenge. More than 30 people were killed in one day of political violence across Egypt, and the country was spiraling out...
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A New Cryptocurrency Wants to Capture the Wasted Energy of Bitcoin's Algorithm
Image via Flickr Some of us are taken with bitcoin. We have learned its basics, and are more or less versed with its socioeconomic implications. We get it. But when an acquaintance of mine told me...
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Mexicalia: The Subway Gangs of Mexico City
NEWS The Subterranean Scene On the Rails with Mexico City’s Reggaeton-Loving Subway Gangs By Bernardo Loyola The subway authorities move passengers to different cars so that the Sikarios will bother...
View ArticleComic-Con 2013 Cosplay Photo Dump
Comic-Con is a special time of the year, but not just for sci-fi/fantasy enthusiasts. It's also like Christmas in July for photographers. Every eccentric within a 20 mile radius of Downtown San Diego...
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Taji's Mahal: Meet the Legends of the Lower East Side
Photo of Lower East Side legend Cochise by Clayton Patterson. Throughout the past year, Clayton Patterson has written about the crucial figures and courageous artists of the Lower East Side. He...
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Amanda Lucas Fights Her Way Out of Her Father's Shadow
Amanda Lucas Fights Her Way Out of Her Father's Shadow
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Philadelphia Is The Worst City To Perform Comedy
Image via Take My Country Back. It’s a fun uphill struggle, making health insurance as a comedian, actor, and author. But it’s hard to explain to people how I make a living. In New York, most people...
View ArticleWeediquette: Introducing Our New Weediquette Show
This past week was one of culmination and victory. After weeks of planning, shooting, and dabbing, the first episode of my new Weediquette video series premiered on VICE to great fanfare—including a...
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Things Nobody Cares About at Comic-Con
Each year, fans, celebrities, and business folk make the trek to San Diego, CA. Often referred to as “Vegas for the Awkwardly Bearded” or “Disneyland for the Affectionately Weird,” it’s easy to fall...
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The Hangover News
Trouble in Trappes THERE WERE TWO NIGHTS OF RIOTING IN A PARISIAN SUBURB Police decided to ignore protesters and everything got a bit out of control (via) Two nights of riots in the Paris suburb of...
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The Hi-Tech Guide to This Super-Gross Heat Wave
Image: Flickr Today, I arrived at the office for the fourth day in a row covered in a thin film of salty body moisture, huffing like I'd just completed a challenge on a reality show set in a jungle....
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The EDL Spent Saturday Bleeding All Over Birmingham
You might have thought that the English Defence League had already sufficiently exploited Lee Rigby's murder for their own Islamophobic ends. But Tommy Robinson and his merry band of blinkered...
View ArticleMy Life Online: Space Barbie
The world knows Valeria Lukyanova as the girl who turned herself into a real-life Barbie doll. Controversy has surrounded her every move since her computer-perfect visage went viral last year....
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I Spent an Entire Day On the Beijing Subway
Dongzhimen Station at morning peak. If Beijing's subway feeds the city's beating heart, then Line 2 is its circulatory system. Its looped route traces the path once taken by the ancient city walls,...
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Bad Cop Blotter: Routine Raid Terror
A training exercise conducted by the National Guard for US Marshals in Georgia. Photo via the Georgia National Guard's Flickr On Wednesday, a 59-year-old nurse named Louise Goldsberry was in her...
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Comics: Nick Gazin's Comic Book Love-In #93
Hello Everybody! In this column, I address such topics as comics, illustration, fine art, zines, and things of interest to people who like nerd stuff. I have two large milestones that are looming over...
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