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Things We Hate and Love Online This Week

The column that is terminally online so that you don’t have to be. I used to care about being on the right side of history; now, all that matters is...

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Adam Christopher Smith

Can Ye Win People Back with ‘BULLY’?

Welcome to LOST WEEKEND, VICE’S new Monday briefing. Black America, white America, and those of the Jewish faith. The Libs and anyone who’s...

30.03.2026 4

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Adam Christopher Smith

Things We Hate and Love Online This Week

The column that is terminally online so that you don’t have to be. It’s been a busy week for geopolitical AI experts, which is basically what all...

26.03.2026 8

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‘I Do Not Hate Children’: Chappell Roan Was This Weekend’s Main Character

Welcome to your Monday briefing. At times while scrolling X the social-media platform can feel like the dancefloor of a warped and nightmarish...

23.03.2026 4

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Rated and Slated: Things We Love and Hate Online This Week

It’s the age of optimization, so if you’re going to spend all of your time on your phone then you need to make sure you’re doing it right....

18.03.2026 9

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Adam Christopher Smith

Watch ‘Love in the Time of Fentanyl,’ a Film About Life-Saving Drug Users

At the height of the fentanyl overdose crisis, Canadian drug users started taking it upon themselves to try to save lives. Documentary maker Colin...

17.03.2026 7

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Adam Christopher Smith

WU LYF Lives: The Return of Indie’s Most Enigmatic Band

WU LYF have always felt more like a cult than a band. Going by fake names and with their faces hidden by bandanas, the Manchester four-piece was...

17.03.2026 6

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Adam Christopher Smith

Mark Leckey Has Made a Disquieting Music Video for Sheet Noise

Capturing what it’s like to scroll endlessly while waiting for the nukes to drop, electronic musician Sheet Noise has delivered his own modern take...

09.03.2026 5

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Adam Christopher Smith

Watch: On the Road With UK Rave’s Most Infamous Twin Sisters as They Try to Not Get High

Any wreckhead who raves long enough eventually reaches the point where they’re too old to die young and the choice becomes whether to double down or...

05.03.2026 20

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Adam Christopher Smith

We Got Him: The Troll Corrupting Soulseek With ‘Potentially Infinite’ AI Homer Simpson Songs Slams His Haters

An online troll who uploaded a huge stash of Homer Simpson songs onto music-sharing platform Soulseek has promised that even more AI cover versions...

02.03.2026 4

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Adam Christopher Smith

The ‘Mind Control Latina’ Who Relays Messages From an Invisible Orb

You may have already seen Cristina Méndez’s videos and mistaken them for an acid flashback. On TikTok, Instagram, and X, Méndez shares mysterious...

25.02.2026 10

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Adam Christopher Smith

Exclusive: An Ex-UN Officer Reveals His Secret Double Life of Cocaine Addiction

A former United Nations officer has revealed how he became heavily addicted to cocaine while working in South America—even attending a meeting about...

24.02.2026 9

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Adam Christopher Smith

A Potentially Infinite Number of AI Homer Simpson ‘Cover Songs’ Have ‘Poisoned’ Soulseek

A huge and peculiar catalog of edited songs is circulating on popular music-sharing platform Soulseek. Unbeknownst to the people busily downloading...

18.02.2026 10

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Adam Christopher Smith

Clavicular: The ‘Jestermaxxing’ Heart Throb Who Fell Into the Hitler Trap

Of all the famous Americans shouting Nazi slogans on the internet, Clavicular is by far the most handsome. This is no mean feat. The number of famous...

28.01.2026 20

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No Train Home: Remembering Ian Watkins, Dead Pedophile Rock Star

I always wanted to write to Ian Watkins in prison, but never did. I’m not a vulnerable young woman, so he probably wouldn’t have replied anyway....

14.10.2025 10

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Adam Christopher Smith

Heavy Traffic: Everyone’s Telling Tales About NYC’s Outsider Lit Mag

This story is from the summer 2025 issue of VICE magazine, THE REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL ISSUE. Get four issues each year, sent straight to your door,...

03.10.2025 8

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Adam Christopher Smith

Before Indie Sleaze, Before Nu-Metal Mania, There Was Buddyhead

Back in the days of LimeWire and landlines, Buddyhead was the best place on the internet. Launched in 1998 to showcase co-founder Travis Keller’s...

11.01.2025 10

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Adam Christopher Smith