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The Webs of Covid-Related Caution Tape Across London
The Webs of Covid-Related Caution Tape Across London
- 7 Jun 20, 9:00am -
Artist Rachel Cabitt Is Trapped in a Quarantine Horror Film
Artist Rachel Cabitt Is Trapped in a Quarantine Horror Film
- 1 Jun 20, 9:00am -
The Women of Ukraine's Railroads Keep the Trains Running
The Women of Ukraine's Railroads Keep the Trains Running
- 31 May 20, 9:00am -
Space Photos of the Week: An Eternal Voyage of Discovery
Space Photos of the Week: An Eternal Voyage of Discovery
- 30 May 20, 9:00am -
High in the Alps, Giant Blankets Slow a Glacier's Ice Melt
High in the Alps, Giant Blankets Slow a Glacier's Ice Melt
- 26 May 20, 9:00am -
Space Photos of the Week: Keeping an Eye on Jupiter's Storms
Space Photos of the Week: Keeping an Eye on Jupiter's Storms
- 23 May 20, 9:00am -

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Geekologie

  • A longboarder's closest calls over 10 years of filming
    Lonboarder Josh Neuman put together this compilation of his ten closest calls while filming his longboarding over ten years. What he says about his number one closest call:What Happened: While on a production shoot we had one of the crew members…
    - 25 Aug 21, 2:57am -
  • Boston Dynamics' Atlas robot doing parkour
    This is incredible (chilling?) video of Boston Dynamics' Atlas robot doing parkour.Parkour is the perfect sandbox for the Atlas team at Boston Dynamics to experiment with new behaviors. In this video our humanoid robots demonstrate their whole-bo…
    - 19 Aug 21, 5:27am -
  • Absolutely stunning and hypnotic stop-motion animation using matches
    This is an incredibly well done and hypnotic stop-motion animation by Tomohiro Okazaki featuring every conceivable play on matches. And as if the creativity wasn't impressive enough on its own, it plays back at 60fps. The stop-motion video I made f…
    - 11 Aug 21, 2:22am -
  • This is a snownado
    Apparently snownados exist and if you guessed that they're dust devils but with snow you'd be correct. They're not nearly as interesting as Sharknados or firenados, but those are impossibly high bars for a 'nado. Keep going for another video of…
    - 10 Aug 21, 3:41am -
  • Surreal phone booth videos
    This is a series of surreal phone booth videos by TikToker solopsist. You may be wondering what a "surreal phone booth video" even is and I couldn't explain it to you if I tried, so I'll just let you experience them as I did. @solopsist There are…
    - 5 Aug 21, 2:59am -

The Mary Sue

Geeks are Sexy - Technology News

  • Best Price EVER on The LEGO Star Wars 2025 Advent Calendar! (40% OFF!)
    Looking for a holiday mission? Assemble your crew, grab some cocoa, and get building! The LEGO Star Wars 2025 Advent Calendar just dropped to its lowest price EVER: $26.99 instead of $44.99. At this price, I’m not sure the deal will last for long,…
    - 2 days ago 8 Nov 25, 6:33am -
  • Things to Do [Comic]
    [Source: Mr. Lovenstein Comics | Like Mr. Lovenstein on Facebook | Follow “Mr. Lovenstein” on Twitter]Click This Link for the Full Post > Things to Do [Comic]
    - 2 days ago 8 Nov 25, 5:30am -
  • The Autistic Spider-Man [Comics]
    [Source: Hillside Comics | @hillside_comics on Instagram]Click This Link for the Full Post > The Autistic Spider-Man [Comics]
    - 2 days ago 8 Nov 25, 5:00am -
  • Can You Survive the Ultimate English Pronunciation Test?
    English is wild. You think you’ve got it mastered, and then you meet “cough,” “though,” “through,” and “bough.” This poem is a legendary pronunciation nightmare: even native speakers struggle with it! Give it a try… if you dare. […
    - 2 days ago 8 Nov 25, 4:30am -
  • Later [Comic]
    [Source: @offkeycomics]Click This Link for the Full Post > Later [Comic]
    - 2 days ago 8 Nov 25, 4:00am -
  • Carving the Hunt: Watch as a Wooden Berserker Predator Mask Comes to Life
    Ukrainian artist Oleksandr Hrytsai takes “if it bleeds, we can carve it” to a whole new level with this incredible wooden recreation of the Berserker Predator mask from Predators. Using layers of oak and linden wood, Oleksandr built the mask piec…
    - 2 days ago 7 Nov 25, 10:59am -
  • Tarantino Finally Unleashes Kill Bill as He Always Intended: Uncut and Unrated
    After two decades, one katana, and an entire sushi bar’s worth of revenge, The Bride is returning for one last swing, uncut, unrated, and unapologetically Tarantino. Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair finally hits theaters on December 5, 2025, comb…
    - 3 days ago 7 Nov 25, 10:03am -

Geeks of Doom

  • Movie Review: Good Boy (2025)
    Good Boy (2025)Directed by Ben LeonbergWritten by Ben Leonberg & Alex CannonStarring Indy, Shane Jensen, Arielle Friedman, Larry FessendenIFC Films | ShudderRelease date: October 3, 2025Dave3 and I just saw the new film Good Boy las…
    - 34 days ago 6 Oct 25, 4:53pm -
  • Book Review: Play Nice by Rachel Harrison
    Play NiceHardcover | Kindle Edition | AudiobookBy Rachel HarrisonPublisher: BerkleyRelease Date: September 9, 2025A social media influencer plans to turn the fixer-upper she inherited from her late mother into a moneymaking opportunit…
    - 62 days ago 9 Sep 25, 8:00am -
  • Fall 2025 Book Recommendations
    We just finished the Labor Day holiday, which marks the unofficial end of Summer here in the U.S., so now it's time to shift focus to the Fall, with all things cozy and spooky too. The Fall is also the best time for reading (in my humble opinion)…
    - 67 days ago 4 Sep 25, 8:48am -
  • Movie Review: The Fantastic Four: First Steps
    The Fantastic Four: First StepsDirected by Matt ShakmanStarring Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Joseph Quinn, Julia Garner, Ralph InesonMarvel StudiosRelease date: July 25, 2025Non-spoiler first thoughts (mostly writt…
    - 24 Jul 25, 9:22pm -
  • Book Review: Dungeons & Dragons: Ravenloft: Heir Of Strahd
    Dungeons & Dragons: Ravenloft: Heir of StrahdHardcover | Kindle Edition | AudiobookBy Delilah S. DawsonPublisher: Random House WorldsRelease Date: May 13, 2025 All things come full circle. This was a saying when I was younger and I ca…
    - 13 May 25, 3:39pm -
  • Kickstarter Spotlight: Glow #1-7: A Post-Apocalyptic Techno-Fantasy Odyssey
    I had to look through the GoD archives to see how long it had been since I first discovered Ray Chou and the wonders he and his teams create. It all started with a little project from his company Mythopoeia (now called Mythworks) called Skies of…
    - 12 May 25, 8:00am -
  • Book Review: Dragonlance Chronicles
    Dragonlance ChroniclesBooks 1-3: Dragons of Autumn Twilight, Dragons of Winter Night, and Dragons of Spring DawningHardcoverBy Margaret Weis & Tracy HickmanForeword by Joe ManganielloPublisher: Random House WorldsRelease Date: Februar…
    - 12 Apr 25, 11:17am -
  • Book Review: Just Beyond The Light by D. Randall Blythe
    Just Beyond The LightMaking Peace with the Wars Inside Our HeadHardcover | Kindle Edition | AudiobookBy D. Randall BlythePublisher: Da CapoRelease Date: February 18, 2025A decade after D. Randall Blythe bared his soul in Dark Days,…
    - 5 Mar 25, 10:27am -
  • Book Review: Dungeons & Dragons: 2024 Monster Manual
    Dungeons & Dragons: 2024 Monster ManualHardcoverD&D AccessoryWizards Of The CoastRelease Date: February 18, 2025Welcome, friends, to the third and final installment of the "Big 3" books for the 2024 refresh on your D&D books. The Dung…
    - 18 Feb 25, 4:03pm -
  • Book Review: Dungeons & Dragons: Art & Arcana: A Visual History (50th Anniversary Edition)
    Dungeons & Dragons: Art & Arcana: A Visual History (50th Anniversary Edition)Hardcover | KindleBy Michael Witwer, Kyle Newman, Jon Peterson, and Sam WitwerForeword by Joe ManganielloPublisher: Ten Speed PressRelease Date: November 5, 20…
    - 17 Feb 25, 3:53pm -
  • Book Review: Stranger Things: The Dustin Experiment by J.L. D’Amato
    Stranger Things: The Dustin ExperimentHardcover | Kindle Edition | AudiobookBy J.L. D'AmatoPublisher: Random House Books for Young ReadersRelease Date: October 29, 2024Geeky high school freshman Dustin Henderson finds an unlikely ally…
    - 10 Feb 25, 5:37pm -
  • Book Review: Gate To Kagoshima by Poppy Kuroki
    Gate To KagoshimaBook 1: Ancestor Memories FantasyPaperback | Kindle Edition | AudiobookBy Poppy KurokiPublisher: Harper PerennialRelease Date: January 28, 2025In Gate To Kagoshima, a new historical romance-fantasy that begins in ea…
    - 3 Feb 25, 9:52am -
  • Book Review: Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix
    Witchcraft for Wayward GirlsHardcover | Paperback Large Print | Kindle | AudiobookBy Grady HendrixPublisher: BerkleyRelease Date: January 14, 2025After being secreted away at a home for wayward girls, a desperate pregnant teen turns t…
    - 14 Jan 25, 11:28am -
  • Book Review: Wake Up and Open Your Eyes by Clay McLeod Chapman
    Wake Up and Open Your EyesHardcover | Kindle | AudiobookBy Clay McLeod ChapmanPublisher: Quirk BooksRelease Date: January 7, 2025An obsession with social media and far-right news programs sends an average American family into a downwa…
    - 7 Jan 25, 8:59am -
  • Holiday Gift Guide 2024: Dungeons & Dragons
    Hey there, folks! Welcome to another year of our Dungeons & Dragons Gift Guide!But wait, it is not just any other year; this is D&D's 50th Anniversary year! Half a century of what is arguably the greatest tabletop game ever. Holy moly, can yo…
    - 25 Nov 24, 8:13pm -
  • Holiday Gift Guide 2024: Books, Games, Collectibles & More!
    Greetings, Doomers! It's that time of year again -- time to start your holiday shopping!My favorite gifts to give and receive are BOOKS, which is why my Holiday Gift Guides are always book-centric. Over the years, I've found that it's great t…
    - 19 Nov 24, 7:30am -
  • Book Review: Red Side Story by Jasper Fforde
    Red Side Story Book 2: Shades of Grey Hardcover | Kindle Edition | Audiobook By Jasper Fforde Publisher: Soho Press Release Date: May 7, 2024 Jasper Fforde‘s Red Side Story, the long-awaited sequel to Shades of Grey: The Road to High Saffron, dives…
    - 18 Nov 24, 7:30am -
  • Book Review: Dungeons & Dragons: Worlds & Realms: Adventures from Greyhawk to Faerûn and Beyond
    Dungeons & Dragons: Worlds & Realms: Adventures from Greyhawk to Faerûn and BeyondHardcover | KindleBy Adam LeePublisher: Ten Speed PressRelease Date: October 29, 2024Good day, friends. I want to preface this review with the knowledg…
    - 14 Nov 24, 7:40am -
  • Book Review: Heroes’ Feast: The Deck of Many Morsels: 50 Cards for Conjuring Snacks, Libations, and Sweets
    Heroes' Feast: The Deck of Many Morsels50 Cards for Conjuring Snacks, Libations, and Sweets (Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes' Feast Series)Boxed Card SetBy Kyle Newman, Jon Peterson, Michael Witwer, Sam WitwerPublisher: Clarkson PotterReleas…
    - 13 Nov 24, 10:23am -
  • Book Review: Dungeons & Dragons: 2024 Dungeon Master’s Guide
    Dungeons & Dragons: 2024 Dungeon Master's GuideHardcoverD&D AccessoryPublisher: Wizards Of The CoastRelease Date: November 12, 2024And away we go, folks! The day has finally arrived for the much-needed revamp of the Dungeon Master's G…
    - 12 Nov 24, 7:30am -

Neatorama

  • newDeleted Movie Scenes That Completely Changed the Story
    Movie plots are usually different from the books or other source material they are made from. Forst off, they have to be made shorter; after all, few bestsellers can be read in two hours or less. But the story is also sometimes changed to give it a h…
    - 4 hours ago 9 Nov 25, 6:04pm -
  • newThis Business Card is a Fully Functional Keyboard
    Ricardo Daniel de Paula is an engineer. But like every working person in the world, he's actually into sales. He's selling himself to prospective employers and this business card is an ingenious way to immediately stand out among his competitors in t…
    - 16 hours ago 9 Nov 25, 6:26am -
  • newSpace is Big, But Space Junk is Concentrated in One Lane
    Three astronauts were supposed to return to earth this week from China’s Tiangong space station, but their homecoming was delayed because a piece of space junk hit the Shenzhou 20 spacecraft they were to use. They will eventually take another space…
    - 16 hours ago 9 Nov 25, 6:04am -
  • 16 Things You Don't Know About <i>The Time Machine</i>
    The 1960 film The Time Machine was based on H.G. Wells' 1895 story of the same name. If you were a child when you first saw it, you were so wrapped up in the story that you didn't think about the spectacular effects. If you were an adult, you may ha…
    - 1 day ago 8 Nov 25, 8:23pm -
  • 12 Jails Converted into Restaraunts
    A good dinner out with friends can be a captivating experience. Choose the right venue for your meal, final or otherwise. Consider some of these restaraunts built out of jails and rounded up by The Takeout.Among them is the Old Jailhouse of Sanford,…
    - 1 day ago 8 Nov 25, 1:47pm -
  • Pickaball is a Random Sorting Game with a Twist
    Here's a game in which you can compete with your friends (or enemies) and they'll never even know it. Pickaball is an animated digital pinball machine with no flipper controls, so I guess it's really a ball run. Name the balls in the upper right with…
    - 2 days ago 8 Nov 25, 7:07am -
  • Yes, He Really Taught an Octopus to Play a Piano
    A ridiculous premise makes a great story. Swedish engineer and musician Mattias Krantz got a wild hair and decided he was going to teach an octopus how to play the piano. He went to the seafood market and selected a likely student. He named the octop…
    - 2 days ago 8 Nov 25, 4:19am -
  • People Walk This Bridge Just For the Fun of It
    The Triftbrücke, or Trift Bridge, is the longest pedestrian suspension bridge in the Swiss Alps. It is 560 feet (170 meters) long, and is 330 feet (100 meters) above the valley at the midpoint. It was first built in 2004 to allow workers to access a…
    - 2 days ago 7 Nov 25, 9:08pm -
  • Interior Design Trend: Decorative Wasp Nests
    The Newburgh Vintage Emporium is a shop in Newburgh, New York filled with wonderful household goods and decorations for every flavor of eccentricity. Misty White Sidell of the New York Times visited to learn about a growing trend in interior decorati…
    - 2 days ago 7 Nov 25, 11:36am -
  • Extremely Realistic Car Alarm Performed on a Khene
    The khene is an instrument used by some ethnic groups that live in the highlands of Thailand, Cambodia, and Laos. It's a reedless mouth organ, so the khene is in the same instrument family as the harmonica.Pat Fernandez of Pat's Soundhouse is a mult…
    - 2 days ago 7 Nov 25, 11:19am -
  • Explaining the Magic of Water Walkers with Fluid Dynamics
    Are the insects of the family Gerridae land animals or marine animals? That may be a silly question, because water walkers, or water striders, are both. They live on the surface of water, walking around like that's not a miracle. And they aren't the…
    - 2 days ago 7 Nov 25, 11:15am -
  • 1874: Panic Over the Central Park Zoo
    Journalism has changed a lot in the past 150 years, but one thing is still true today: most people only read the headlines, and the rest stop somewhere along the way. On November 9, 1874, readers were astonished by a full page story in the New York H…
    - 3 days ago 7 Nov 25, 7:21am -
  • The Science Behind the Deadly Demon Core
    If you recall the story of the demon core, you already know how ghastly it is. If you don't, well, you're about to find out. The demon core was a ball of plutonium that killed two scientists, one of them only 24 years old. Despite the name, it wasn't…
    - 3 days ago 6 Nov 25, 7:57pm -
  • Superman Was Not Originally Written as a Good Guy
    Everyone knows that Superman is a refugee from the doomed planet Krypton, raised by earthlings Ma and Pa Kent, who taught him to use his super powers for the benefit of earth. I almost said "truth, justice, and the American way," but we know that was…
    - 3 days ago 6 Nov 25, 3:35pm -
  • The Nuts and Bolts of Leg-Lengthening Surgery
    You may have heard about elective surgery some people have to lengthen their legs in order to be taller. That's the kind of story that makes it into the news. But medical intervention to lengthen bones is not new, and it's sometimes necessary for hea…
    - 3 days ago 6 Nov 25, 2:36pm -

GeekDad

Longform

  • Longform Podcast #585: John Jeremiah Sullivan
    John Jeremiah Sullivan is a contributing writer at the New York Times Magazine and has written for Harper's, The New Yorker, and GQ. He is the author of Pulphead and the forthcoming The Prime Minister of Paradise: The True Story of a Lost American Hi…
    - 26 Jun 24, 10:19am -
  • Longform Podcast #584: Ta-Nehisi Coates
    Ta-Nehisi Coates is an author and journalist. His next book is The Message.“I don’t think we have the luxury as journalists of avoiding things because people might say bad things about us. I don’t even think we have the luxury of avoiding thi…
    - 19 Jun 24, 6:53am -
  • Longform Podcast #583: Jay Caspian Kang
    Jay Caspian Kang is a staff writer for The New Yorker and a co-host of Time to Say Goodbye.“At some point, you have to kick it out the door, and it’s never finished to the degree that you would finish a magazine piece. But it, in some ways, is m…
    - 12 Jun 24, 12:37pm -
  • Longform Podcast #582: Joseph Cox
    Joseph Cox is a cybersecurity journalist and co-founder of 404 Media. His new book is Dark Wire: The Incredible True Story of the Largest Sting Operation Ever.“In the not too distant future, I will be a very old man, and maybe I won't be able to…
    - 5 Jun 24, 7:10am -
  • Longform Podcast #581: Tavi Gevinson
    Tavi Gevinson is a writer, actor, and the founder of Rookie. Her new zine is Fan Fiction.“Stories are unstable, and memory is unstable, and identity is unstable. All of these things that I've tried to make permanent in writing, they're actually un…
    - 29 May 24, 7:18am -
  • Longform Podcast #580: Rachel Khong
    Rachel Khong is a journalist and author whose latest novel is Real Americans.“It's about the ways in which we miss each other as human beings and can't fully communicate what it is like to be ourselves. … And I think that's what makes it so int…
    - 22 May 24, 8:45am -
  • Longform Podcast #579: Kelsey McKinney
    Kelsey McKinney is a features writer and co-owner at Defector.com. She hosts the podcast Normal Gossip and is the author of the upcoming book You Didn't Hear This From Me: (Mostly) True Notes on Gossip.“I was always very interested in how you stra…
    - 15 May 24, 7:54am -
  • Longform Podcast #578: Lissa Soep
    Lissa Soep is an audio producer, editor and author whose latest book is Other People’s Words: Friendship, Loss, and the Conversations That Never End.“I am so keenly aware of how much my own voice is a product of editing relationships and co-pro…
    - 8 May 24, 6:29am -
  • Longform Podcast #577: PJ Vogt
    PJ Vogt is the host of Search Engine.“One of our tests editorially is if we think we’ve got something good, but we haven’t started reporting or recording on it, I’ll just try asking the question at dinner and stuff. If it derails conversatio…
    - 1 May 24, 7:57am -
  • Longform Podcast #576: Lindsay Peoples
    Lindsay Peoples is the editor-in-chief of The Cut.“You see so many incredible people make one mistake and lose their job or they speak out about something and then the next day something blows up. And so I do think that I often feel like I have t…
    - 24 Apr 24, 7:25am -
  • Polk Award Winners: Jason Motlagh
    Jason Motlagh, a journalist and filmmaker, is a contributing editor at Rolling Stone and the founder of Blackbeard Films. He won the Polk's Sydney Schanberg Prize for “This Will End in Blood and Ashes,” an account of the collapse of order in Hait…
    - 19 Apr 24, 7:00am -
  • Polk Award Winners: Brian Howey
    Brian Howey is a freelance journalist who won the Polk Award for Justice Reporting after exposing a deceptive police tactic widely used in California. He began the project, which was eventually published by the Los Angeles Times and Reveal, as a grad…
    - 18 Apr 24, 7:01am -
  • Polk Award Winners: Meribah Knight
    Meribah Knight is a reporter with Nashville Public Radio. She won the Polk Award for Podcasting for “The Kids of Rutherford County,” produced with ProPublica and Serial, which revealed a shocking approach to juvenile discipline in one Tennessee c…
    - 17 Apr 24, 8:43am -
  • Polk Award Winners: Jesse Coburn
    Jesse Coburn is an investigative reporter at Streetsblog. He won the Polk Award for Local Reporting for "Ghost Tags," his series on the black market for temporary license plates.“You can imagine this having never become a problem, because it’s…
    - 16 Apr 24, 7:11am -
  • Polk Award Winners: Amel Guettatfi and Julia Steers
    Amel Guettatfi and Julia Steers won this year's George Polk Award for Television Reporting for “Inside Wagner,” their Vice News investigation of Russian mercenaries on the Ukraine front and in the Central African Republic. “One of the best ta…
    - 15 Apr 24, 9:20am -
  • Longform Podcast #575: Megan Kimble
    Megan Kimble is the former executive editor of The Texas Observer and has written for The New York Times, Texas Monthly, and The Guardian. Her new book is City Limits: Infrastructure, Inequality, and the Future of America’s Highways.“I have neve…
    - 3 Apr 24, 9:46am -
  • Longform Podcast #574: Zach Harris
    Zach Harris is a journalist whose latest article for Rolling Stone is "Meet the Gen Z Hothead Burning Up Pro Bowling."“I'm not like a staff writer who has … status and access. But if I come up with something fun that you've never heard of that…
    - 27 Mar 24, 10:12am -
  • Longform Podcast #573: Rozina Ali
    Rozina Ali is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine and the winner of the 2023 National Magazine Award for Reporting. Her latest article is “Raised in the West Bank, Shot in Vermont.”“I think it’s very, very important to spea…
    - 20 Mar 24, 12:01pm -
  • Longform Podcast #572: Derek Thompson
    Derek Thompson is a staff writer for The Atlantic and host of the podcast Plain English.“I am an inveterate dilettante. I lose interest in subjects all the time. Because what I find interesting about my job is the invitation to solve mysteries. A…
    - 13 Mar 24, 8:31am -
  • Longform Podcast #571: Tessa Hulls
    Tessa Hulls is a writer and artist whose work has appeared in The Rumpus, The Washington Post, and The Capitol Hill Times. Her new book, a graphic memoir, is Feeding Ghosts.“This project is the thing I have spent my entire life running from. I wa…
    - 6 Mar 24, 6:44am -

The Hollywood Reporter - Heat Vision

Safe Cycle Lengths for Anabolic Steroids: Avoiding Risks
Safe Cycle Lengths for Anabolic Steroids: Avoiding Risks
- 26 Jul 24, 12:28am -
Steroid Cycle Lengths: How Long Should You Use Steroids?
Steroid Cycle Lengths: How Long Should You Use Steroids?
- 25 Jul 24, 11:13pm -
Recommended Dosages for Popular Anabolic Steroids
Recommended Dosages for Popular Anabolic Steroids
- 25 Jul 24, 9:58pm -
Anabolic Steroids Dosage: A Complete Guide
Anabolic Steroids Dosage: A Complete Guide
- 25 Jul 24, 9:06pm -
How Anabolic Steroids Affect Your Mood and Behavior
How Anabolic Steroids Affect Your Mood and Behavior
- 25 Jul 24, 7:34pm -
The Psychological Effects of Anabolic Steroids
The Psychological Effects of Anabolic Steroids
- 25 Jul 24, 6:52pm -

BoingBoing

  • Rescued cat with a mustache and tiny hat looks like a little gentleman
    This lucky human rescued a cat with an incredible fur pattern. The kitty was found outside, dirty and in need of a home. Right away, the person who found him noticed the cat's adorable patches of black fur shaped like a fancy little hat and mustache.…
    - 3 days ago 7 Nov 25, 10:00am -
  • Pakistani maestro showcases 49-note microtonal singing
    Ustaad Naseeruddin Saami and The Saami Brothers recently performed live in the KEXP studio, and KEXP posted the brilliant performance earlier this week on YouTube. I found some time today to watch and listen to the 41-minute set, and wow, I've never…
    - 3 days ago 7 Nov 25, 9:30am -
  • Pickaball makes random selection entertaining with cute animations
    Pickaball is a fun, animated name picker tool that helps you randomly select names or make decisions. Instead of just showing you a result on screen, it creates an entertaining visual experience where names appear as colorful balls with cute faces th…
    - 3 days ago 7 Nov 25, 9:00am -
  • Gulliver's Travels reborn as gorgeous art book on Kickstarter
    A few years ago, in my newsletter, The Magnet, I wrote about how much I was enjoying Jonathan Swift's scathing 1726 satire Gulliver's Travels: I was expecting a nearly 300-year-old novel to be difficult to read. I was surprised by how clear and fr…
    - 3 days ago 7 Nov 25, 8:57am -
  • Portland's most unusual library trades keychains instead of books
    I'm bummed because I recently lost one of my favorite keychains that I bought this summer at the Abita Mystery House. To remedy this situation, if I lived in Portland, I'd head right over to the Portland Keychain Library and pick out a new one. — R…
    - 3 days ago 7 Nov 25, 8:30am -
  • Goodbye to the Farmer's Almanac (1818-2026)
    After 208 years of weather, wit, and wisdom, the Farmer's Almanac announced that its 2026 edition will be its last — a farewell to an American icon that began when David Young, a poet and astronomer, published the first edition in Morristown, New J…
    - 3 days ago 7 Nov 25, 8:02am -
  • Grand Theft Auto 6 delayed again, again
    On the one hand, I understand the immense pressure that Rockstar developers must be under to deliver a follow-up to the second-best-selling game of all time. On the other hand, if 15 years and a functionally unlimited budget aren't enough to get Gran…
    - 3 days ago 7 Nov 25, 8:00am -
  • FBI sources say Epstein files "worse" than photos "showing Trump with half naked teenage girls," says journalist
    Journalist David Schuster dropped a bombshell Wednesday night: FBI and Justice Department sources were telling conservative lawmakers that the unreleased Epstein files are "worse" for Trump than anyone previously reported.The revelation has sent sho…
    - 3 days ago 7 Nov 25, 5:41am -
  • Trump pardons Tennessee speaker who created fake businessman to steal taxpayer money
    Former Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada and his sidekick Cade Cothren just got their "get out of jail free" cards straight from the White House, in the form of a presidential pardon, proving that sometimes crime really does pay — especially if y…
    - 3 days ago 7 Nov 25, 5:13am -
  • Vance hopping mad over judge's order protecting 16 million hungry children
    J.D. Vance expressed deep bewilderment upon learning that federal judges can tell presidents what to do, especially when those presidents want to Make America Great Again by starving hungry people.As reported in The Hill, Vance called Judge John McC…
    - 3 days ago 7 Nov 25, 4:56am -
  • Multiple people at Air Force One base hospitalized after package of white powder delivered
    A suspicious package containing white powder arrived at Joint Base Andrews on Thursday, sending several people to the hospital and triggering a full HAZMAT response at the Maryland base where Air Force One operates, reports CNN.The package was opene…
    - 3 days ago 7 Nov 25, 4:21am -
  • This AI content creation tool is 80% off right now
    TL;DR: Make it happen! Create content in the least painful way possible with a lifetime subscription of 1ForAll AI for just $29.99 (Reg. $180).If you're looking to take your content creation skills to the next level, you need to do less, instea…
    - 3 days ago 6 Nov 25, 4:00pm -
  • Hero tossing hero of the Republic goes free
    Washington, D.C.'s most patriotic sandwich has been vindicated. Sean Dunn, better known as the "Sandwich Guy," was acquitted Thursday after being charged with assault for tossing a Subway sub at a federal agent during Trump's occupation of the capita…
    - 3 days ago 6 Nov 25, 3:41pm -
  • Trump owns his government shutdown
    Regardless of the talking point nearly every Republican legislator in Congress has been repeating, blaming Democrats for a shutdown engineered by Trump and Republican congressional leadership, the Orange Menace wants people to know the shutdown is hi…
    - 3 days ago 6 Nov 25, 3:31pm -
  • House cleaner shot dead after arriving at wrong address
    A house cleaner was shot dead outside a house in Whitestown, Indiana, after having "arrived at the wrong address," reports NBC News, citing a statement posted to Facebook by Whitestown P.D.Upon arrival, officers encountered an adult female who sust…
    - 3 days ago 6 Nov 25, 3:06pm -
  • Federal footlong: man who threw sandwich at cop found not guilty of assault
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  • Why gaming's most tedious title became an unexpected mental health tool 
    Nerds of a certain age may remember a game called Desert Bus. Released (and then quickly canceled) for multiple platforms in 1995, Desert Bus was the monotonous brainchild of Penn & Teller. It was the highlight of an infamously bad collection of mini…
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  • Today I learned that a scallop can have over 100 eyes
    Scallops have dozens of tiny eyes lining the edge of their shells. These aren't your run-of-the-mill eyes, though. They're more like little mirrors that can actually form images. Their eyes can pick up shadows or sudden changes in light, giving them…
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  • Tom the Dancing Bug finally gets its complete archive treatment 
    After 35 years of weekly publication, Tom the Dancing Bug (featured every week here on Boing Boing) is finally getting its complete archival treatment. Clover Press launched a Kickstarter campaign on October 28 to fund the first two chronological vol…
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  • Enjoy Frodo's walk to Mordor in real time
    As the old adage goes, one does not simply walk into Mordor… unless one has ten free hours and access to Lord of the Rings Online. Fans have long debated the actual distance of Frodo and Sam's epic journey from Bag End to Mount Doom, but I'm genui…
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  • Tulsa's glowing plant gallery draws fans from across the country
    The day started with a Dirty Dr. Pepper. Tulsa will do that to you. I didn't have a plan for my visit and it started with rain. I dodged puddles in the parking lot at the Wildflower Cafe, a spot that the wonderful Josh Fadem had pushed on me. — R…
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  • The true origin of Superman: he was a villain, then he was from the future
    On the new podcast The Comics Code, host Graeme Burk busts the myth about the creation of Superman in 1934. Comics fans have been told time after time the story that Cleveland teenager Jerry Siegel was hit by the sudden inspiration late one night, a…
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  • Nerd Rant: The “What if” Arguments
    Any time Hollywood remakes something, and changes a characters skin color to anything not white, white people have complete breakdowns over it. I’ve seen so much outrage recently between The Rings of Power, and now The Little Mermaid, it’s just d…
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  • Watching: DC Animated Shows
    I’ve been on a kick lately, a nostalgia superhero kick. I grew up watching superhero cartoons, and never really stopped. It really hit me though that most of the animated shows I watched were DC. Of course I loved some Marvel stuff to, like X-Men,…
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  • That Time At The Library
    Once upon a time, 13 year old me, and my two best friends (one bold & one goofy) were at a public library. We were doing some research for a school project we had to work on, and pretty much minding our own business. Aside from whispering, when we ne…
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  • My Favorite Underrated Movies
    We all have those movies we love, but it feels like no one else likes them. These are a few of mine. One of the great things about the internet is finding out that I was not alone in liking these movies. Josie and the Pussycats (2001) Such cheesy goo…
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  • The Guild
    On July 27th 2007, back when I obsessively payed World of Warcraft, Felicia Day dropped The Guild on YouTube. I’m having trouble processing that this year will mark 15 years since then. It just doesn’t seem that long ago to me, yet, somehow, it d…
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  • “Forgotten” Early 2000s Sci-Fi Shows
    If it wasn’t for the fact that people uploaded things on YouTube, I would have thought I was the only one who remembered some of these shows. I consider them “forgotten” simply because of the fact I never hear any one talk about them, or know w…
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  • The Villains Lair
    I’m not sure how this went unnoticed by me for so long, but recently YouTube decided to make a suggestion to me, and I don’t know why they waited so long. But, now I have discovered The Villain’s Lair. Here are the first two episodes from the p…
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  • Encanto: Mirabel’s Gift
    When we get to the end of Encanto some people felt it wasn’t clear if Mirabel had a gift, or what it was. But, I think I might be on to something with my theory. Let’s start at the beginning, not of the movie, but where the gifts came from. Abuel…
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  • If My Life Were A Disney Soundtrack
    Sometimes I like to put together playlists on Spotifty. Recently I wondered, if my life had a soundtrack, what would it be? Then I went completely blank.  After thinking on it, I figured the best place for me to start would be with songs from Disne…
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  • Nerd Nostalgia: BK Commercials
    I’m not sure how I ended up down this rabbit hole, but here we are. This post is an unintentional ad for Burger King, because they saw talent before they were famous. Little “Buffy” at Burger King Before she worked at Double Meat Palace, Buffy…
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