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Former Apple and NASA engineer turned YouTube sensation Mark Rober (previously) decided to spend his quarantine birdwatching until his neighbourhood squirrels defeated his supposedly squirrel-proof birdfeeders.

Anson Mount as Captain Pike, as portrayed in Star Trek: Discovery might have been my favourite breakout performance from our new generation of Star Trek shows. I was not alone… Read the rest of the article: CBS All Access Places Series Order for "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds," Based on the U.S.S. Enterprise Crew from "Discovery"

Astronaut Scott Kelly, who spent a combined 520 days in space, including nearly a full, continuous year as part of NASA's One-Year Mission to the ISS, knows a thing or… Read the rest of the article: After a year in space, Astronaut Scott Kelly's tips on isolation

Mindy Clegg has posted a wonderful essay covering the "social and political conflicts over fandom", and how even though such discussions are appearing in the modern communities surrounding recent films… Read the rest of the article: "To Boldly Go With The Force", Mindy Clegg's essay on the politics of popular sci-fi

Kickstarter has a lengthy piece on Medium discussing frequent BB contributor Andrea James's Transphobia project (previously). and the broader issues surrounding transgender reporting, the bias within it, and the lack… Read the rest of the article: Kickstarter outlines the ambitious plans of Andrea James' Transphobia project

Image: Santeri Viinamäki [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons Ars Technica outlines the case for a policy that might sound counter-intuitive at first: not forcing password rotation.

I've just returned home from Star Trek: The Cruise, a truly extraordinary fan event for lovers of Science, Science Fiction, and the future. You really want to be on the… Read the rest of the article: Why you definitely want to be on Star Trek: The Cruise IV

Justin Trudeau, Canada's Prime Minister, has released a wide-ranging mandate letter asking Canada's Minister of Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction, Bill Blair, to "[L]ead an examination of a full… Read the rest of the article: Canada's Prime Minister mandates examination of a full ban on handguns and assault weapons

As reported here earlier this week, Apple's newest MacBook Pro laptops had been reported to be having issues with heat throttling with the highest end i9 processors installed.

Last year, the team behind B5 Books put together a The Babylon 5 Encyclopedia a thoroughly researched, lovingly crafted set of volumes on the universe of the 90's Sci-Fi series… Read the rest of the article: Get the awesome Babylon 5 encyclopedia print edition before it sells out

Babylon 5, even during its original run, was never particularly easy to watch when it first aired. The changing TV landscape of the time, as well as the failure of… Read the rest of the article: Babylon 5 now available to stream for free in the US

I've been a huge fan of Steve Onotera, a Canadian Youtube vlogger and musician, since David posted his earlier video last year. I decided to support him on Patreon, and… Read the rest of the article: Youtube artist SamuraiGuitarist does music from Final Fantasy VII

It's no secret for anyone who knows me that I happen to be a long-time MMORPG player, but no game has grabbed my attention as completely as Guild Wars 2… Read the rest of the article: Listen to some amazing high school kids perform excerpts from the Guild Wars 2 soundtrack

This picture grid brilliantly sums up the attitudes in nearly every IT office I've ever worked in. This is the oldest reference to it I can find.

As you may have heard, in addition to my duties manning the engine room here at Boing Boing, I've recently begun a stint as Wikimedia's Director of Tech Ops. We're… Read the rest of the article: Help Wikimedia set up a new datacenter in the US!