BY: LAURA ROJAS With all that talk about “manspreading,” and all the petty debates that surrounded it, it really got me thinking- if people knew the basic rules of transit etiquette this whole thing would have been over before it…
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You might be surprised to know 40 percent of Americans don’t have Internet access
BY: AYA TSINTZIRAS In the age of social media, it seems like we spend a significant portion of our lives online. But it turns out that isn’t true of everyone: new data has shown that in some cities in the…
Miracle Village is the quiet Florida town populated almost entirely by sex offenders
BY: SINEAD MULHERN Nestled in Florida’s south, in the impoverished area of Palm Beach County and in the midst of sugar cane fields is a place called Miracle Village. It’s a place with a description that doesn’t really match its…
People are actually wearing Kurt Cobain’s suicide note on their T-shirt for style points
BY: SINEAD MULHERN One of the Internet’s latest incomprehensibly stupid people has taken Kurt Cobain’s suicide letter, printed it on T-shirts and sold it on Etsy. Twitter exploded after one user tweeted a photo of the shirt along with the…
Your electronics are designed to break
BY: DANIEL KORN Since buying into Apple’s infrastructure way back in 2004, I’ve had a lot of iPods crap out on me. The battery died on my Click Wheel iPod shortly after my warranty was up. I replaced it with…
Asia’s illegal animal trade is estimated to be worth $10 billion per year
BY: PATRICK BROWN Every year, it is estimated that up to 30,000 primates, 5 million birds, 10 million reptile skins and 500 million tropical fish are traded in illegal markets. I have been photographing the illegal trade of endangered animals…
This app lets you trade for a new puppy when yours gets less cute
Everyone knows that the first weeks of having a puppy are the most glamorous. These are the moments when the puppy is at “peak-cuteness”, when complete strangers will barrage you with compliments and even piss on the kitchen floor can’t…
The Charlie Hebdo shooting was an attack on free speech that completely backfired
BY: MATTHEW MCGLOUGHLIN Yesterday’s attack saw the death of eight staff and four other victims, but rest be assured, free speech was not a casualty in the shooting. When masked gunmen broke into the Charlie Hebdo Paris office on Wednesday,…
“Facts” you were lied to about in school
BY: TED BARNABY Try beginning a statement—any statement—with “scientists have proven,” followed by a string of miscellaneous bullshit. Likely, you’ll receive little more than a congenial head-nod and an “Oh, isn’t that interesting!” without any further consideration from your recipient…
When a loved one dies, this Indonesian tribe amputates a woman’s finger
BY: TED BARNABY Though death is integral it is also crippling, and often the death of a loved one leaves us with an aggressive emotional void, leaving us nearly physically incapacitated. Peoples of certain cultures believe that this physical representation…
Sorry conspiracy theorists, the terrorist threats against Sony Pictures aren’t a marketing stunt
BY: DANIEL KORN By now, it’s pretty common knowledge that a hacker group called The Guardians of Peace threatened Sony Pictures Entertainment with terrorist attacks. What is still largely speculation among social media feeds is why. After leaking a bunch…
First Nations reserves in the U.S. have been given the green light to sell pot
BY: SINEAD MULHERN First Nations reserves in the U.S. have been given the green light to grow and sell marijuana on their lands. This is a decision that comes with much controversy, though. Whether or not reserves choose to take…
Circus animals are banned in the UK
BY: SINEAD MULHERN Circus-performing animals in the UK are being given an early retirement thanks to a new ban passed by the British parliament. Starting December 2015, all wild animals will be banned from circuses in the UK— no exceptions.…
As the Greenland ice sheet melts, so does Greenland’s culture. (PHOTOS)
BY: SEBASTIEN TIXIER When Sébastien Tixier travelled from 67 ° to the 77th parallel north to record the transformations, he found his fantasy cliché images of white landscapes dissolve before his eyes. Things are not always as we expect them…
The Gadhimai Festival is a bloody sacrificial ritual where 200,000 animals died in 2 days
BY: LAURA ROJAS Every five years, the sacrificial Gadhimai Festival takes place in the village of Bariyapur, a community located in southern Nepal near the Indian border. The festival claims the lives of thousands of animals in the name of…
Scientific study confirms politicians are just as full of shit as you thought
BY: TED BARNABY The Journal of Personality and Social Psychology recently published a study that confirms the long time public suspicion that political parties will refute well-established scientific evidence (like climate change) if they do not like the proposed solution…
K6G is the LGBTQ-friendly ward inside one of America’s most notorious jails
BY: SINEAD MULHERN Inside LA County Sheriff’s Men’s Central Jail, the K6G ward provides a safe haven for gay and transgendered inmates. The gay ward was created after a 1985 lawsuit where the jail came under scrutiny for the high…
Is #WhitePrivilege actually a thing?
BY: MICHAEL LYONS Do women play video games? Is there really such thing as “rape culture”? Should transgender people be allowed to use whichever sex-segregated bathroom they prefer? Should women call themselves feminists? Does white privilege exist? In the aftermath…
How technology is slowly ruining your social life (Documentary)
BY: SEBASTIAN BACK As technology continues to transform the social interaction of humans, the question remains: is the shift in the mode of communication liberating us from our surroundings or caging us into a screen? The Future of Interaction by…
Do you eat food? You should probably be concerned with the fight for GMO labeling
BY: LAURA ROJAS The fight for GMO labeling should be understood just as widely as the pro-marijuana legalization movement. After all, seeing as you need food to survive, you might want to understand the limited choice that stocks grocery store…