metaphors
A Rogue Skunk is Running Wild Through Raiders Facilities
A skunk got loose in the Oakland Coliseum at the end of 'Monday Night Football' earlier this week and, like the Raiders' performance, it was stanky.
New Broken Social Scene Video Features a Toilet, a Metaphor for the Ages
But whom is flushing the entertainers away?
Kirk Cousins Barely Hit the Broad Side of His Baby Gender Reveal Thing
Washington is probably right to be concerned about Kirk Cousins's viability as a long-term solution at quarterback.
Watch Over 100 People Try to Stop a Plane Landing in GTA V
The plane is 2016 and the people are all of us.
Klay Thompson Takes BP at Dodger Stadium, and Also a Dog Shit on the Field
Please enjoy a dog shitting on the Dodger Stadium turf while Pedro Gomez interviews Klay and Trayce Thompson.
Poor Joey Votto is Stuck on a Team Going Nowhere
Joey Votto, one of baseball's best hitters, is stuck in Cincinnati forever.
Physicists Realized an Infinite 'Hilbert Hotel' with Beams of Light
Infinity doesn't get much realer.
Revisiting the Insurgency Model of Wildfire Management
A timely metaphor for just how badly we're fucking wildfire management up.
Physicists Open a Tabletop Magnetic 'Wormhole'
It doesn't really warp the fabric of spacetime, but still.
MuScalpel Is an Algorithmic Code Transplantation Tool
A new system offers an automated way of reusing ("transplanting") existing code into new projects.
The Lessons of a Marmot Whistleblower
Why is it that the most outcast, loner marmots raise the most alarms?
Talking About Life With the Chess Players of Union Square
VICE columnist and former competitive chess champion Giancarlo T. Roma talks to chess players in NYC's Union Square about life and the game.