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Collage by Ruby Aitken, using an image via Vine.

Collage by Ruby Aitken, using an image via Vine.

The short-video social networking site Vine will soon be no more. Vine was a forerunner of the micro-video trend that made Snapchat and Instagram Stories popular. Twitter announced that it will be killing off the platform’s mobile app in the coming months. —Diamond Sharp

Photo via The New York Times.

Photo via The New York Times.

Read this photo-essay by a young Egyptian student and activist starting a new life in the United States.

Photo via Noisey.

Photo via Noisey.

The musician John K. Samson agreed to talk to Noisey on one condition: The interview would be conducted via postcards. —Lennon Walter ♦