A UK man from Stevenage, Herts was spotted making his way around his neighborhood dressed as a bush. The couple next door caught the man on video and assumed that… Read the rest of the article: A UK man dressed as a bush sneaks through a neighborhood on lockdown

NIH 3D Print Exchange was developed to allow for the distributed design, testing, approval, and sharing of scientifically-accurate models related to the biomedical sciences. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic,… Read the rest of the article: NIH 3D Print Exchange's COVID-19 supply chain response effort

The Syfy Network is making all fours seasons of Battlestar Galactica available for streaming online. No registration is required. The network has also made the two BG films, Battlestar Galactica:… Read the rest of the article: Syfy makes all four seasons of Battlestar Galactica free to stream online

Rolling Stone is reporting that Adam Schlesinger, co-founder of Fountains of Wayne, and a prolific songwriter for film, television, and theater, has died of COVID-10. He was 52-years-old. Schlesinger had… Read the rest of the article: Fountains of Wayne co-founder, Adam Schlesinger, dead of COVID-19

When I started seeing all of the posts on social media (and here on Boing Boing) about "pandemic baking," it made instant and perfect sense to me. But then, I… Read the rest of the article: Why is everyone suddenly baking bread? I think I know

Annalee Newitz has a piece in The New York Times about the "Great Plague" of London (1665-1666)–the last outbreak of bubonic plague in England–which ended up taking the lives of… Read the rest of the article: Annalee Newitz looks at the Great Plague of London and 17th century social distancing

Boing Boing pal Erik Davis will be joining Dennis McKenna (Terence's brother) on April 3rd for an online screening and virtual chat centered on a previously unseen lecture that Terence… Read the rest of the article: A virtual fireside chat with Erik Davis, Dennis McKenna, and the premiere of a never-released Terence McKenna lecture at Esalen Institute, 1989

More wonderful art creation in the face of the fear and fuckery of COVID-19. View this post on Instagram March 30 / @louiegilot A post shared by The Quaranzine (@the_quaranzine)… Read the rest of the article: The Quaranzine, a collaborative Instagram zine documenting life and thoughts during COVID-19

Pangalactic goddess of love, mercy, and big hair, Dolly Parton, is going to start reading us all bedtime stories, beginning on April 2nd (7pm EDT). Weekly, Dolly will be reading… Read the rest of the article: Dolly Parton is going to start reading us bedtime stories starting on April 2nd

The nearly US$10 billion James Webb Space Telescope is set to take off aboard an Ariane 5 rocket one year from today. Scientists and space enthusiasts of all stripes are… Read the rest of the article: One year from today, our knowledge of the cosmos could dramatically change (if all goes according to plan)

Folk legend Joan Baez, upon hearing the news that fellow iconic American singer-songwriter, John Prine, was hospitalized with COVID-19, decided to play Prine's classic "Hello in There" from her home… Read the rest of the article: Joan Baez serenades John Prine (and the rest of us) with "Hello in There"

Publisher's Weekly writes: Not to be outdone by the children’s and YA authors "signal boosting" their fellow authors on Twitter, two novelists, Caroline Leavitt and Jenna Blum, are promoting their… Read the rest of the article: Shut-in novelists with cancelled book tours promote each other online

My friend Dug North shared this video on YouTube at the request of another friend. It is unedited and a bit long, but it's a fascinating technique that requires only… Read the rest of the article: How to Build a Fire with a Knife and a Piece of Bamboo

Dr. David Price of Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City shares information in a March 22 Zoom call with his family and friends on empowering and protecting them… Read the rest of the article: Doctor on the front lines in NYC shares his thoughts to his family and friends

Adult Swim has made all five seasons of Genndy Tartakovsky’s Samurai Jack available for free streaming on their site. You don't even need to register an account. If you're not… Read the rest of the article: All five seasons of Samurai Jack are available for free streaming

Last month, I covered the unreal tabletop fantasy village that Real Terrain Hobbies and Goobertown Hobbies built using buildings from Tabletop World, two Croatian sculptors who pretty much make the… Read the rest of the article: Creating realistic vegetation for a tabletop gaming board

Ben of Questing Beast has begun reading all of Gary Gygax's 1979 roleplaying game masterwork, the AD&D Dungeon Masters Guide, on YouTube, After the first two videos, at around four… Read the rest of the article: Questing Beast reading the entire 1979 AD&D Dungeon Masters Guide

On Friday, Sonic Youth uploaded 12 of their previously unreleased live shows to their Bandcamp archives. The concerts span the bands career, from the late 80s to their final US… Read the rest of the article: Sonic Youth releases 12 of their live shows spanning their career

Osprey Games has made the PDF version of their popular game, Frostgrave, free in a gesture of support for self-isolating gamers who might be interested in the award-winning skirmish-level fantasy… Read the rest of the article: The fantastic fantasy miniatures game, Frostgrave, is currently free!

Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Mirrored Room–The Souls of Millions of Light Years Away is now available to view online through The Broad Museum's Instagram feed. Take an opportunity to delve into… Read the rest of the article: Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Mirrored Room is now available to view online