Philadelphia Flyers' mascot / Real American Folk Hero Gritty has been passing his (its?) quarantine time with daily 15-minute Instagram livestreams. Topics range from Spelling Bees, to Charades, to Golf… Read the rest of the article: Gritty livestreamed a 15-minute PowerPoint Presentation about Being Gritty

It's wicked weird, kid, being stuck at home in Boston this April week, exactly 7 years after the last time I was stuck in this same home during this same exact… Read the rest of the article: A healthcare worker ran her own Boston Marathon to spell out "Boston Strong" but she spelled it wrong

Gimlet Media's Every Little Thing podcast is based on a pretty simple concept: you call a hotline and leave a message with a question that's been bugging you. If it's… Read the rest of the article: This 420 podcast about Black Holes will blow your mind with the power of Christ

Our reality has felt like a dystopian sci-fi movie for a while now, but at least now there's a positive plot twist. First, Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson both survived… Read the rest of the article: Tom Hanks' blood could be used to develop a vaccine for COVID-19

I spent the first two weeks of my quarantine shitting in a portapotty in the parking lot of my building. It wasn't great — but hey, at least it was… Read the rest of the article: Modern bathroom design is a direct response to pandemic planning

Despite the protestations of the White House Press Secretary and Breitbart — which are not, in fact, the same entity — the 45th President of the United State of America… Read the rest of the article: Trump insists he was trolling with the bleach suggestion, but he may have gotten the idea from a religious cult

Award-winning comic creators Brian K. Vaughan and Marcos Martin launched Panel Syndicate in 2013 as a digital-only, name-your-price publishing outlet for their near-future Internet noir The Private Eye. They've released… Read the rest of the article: Friday: the new digital-first, pay-what-you-want Lovecraftian YA detective comic from Ed Brubaker, Marcos Martin, and Muntsa Vicente

These were made by artist Chezka Sunit. And as excited as I am about that new live-action Dune movie, I'm already craving an anime version using this artwork 'cause it's… Read the rest of the article: This gorgeous Dune fan art is like an epic art nouveau Anime adaptation of the series

This is the way. Or some way, anyway.

Blade Runner already had a reputation for its various edits, between the theatrical cut, Ridley Scott's director's cut, and the various special editions that exist. But now filmmaker Leon Chase… Read the rest of the article: Watch this wild fan-made "Blade Runner" mash-up short film

Watching gender reveal videos makes me feel like a Darwinian super villain. Natural selection is real, and it has made its stance on self-important gender obsession very clear. And if… Read the rest of the article: This gender reveal could benefit from some social distancing

Samaritan's Purse is the Evangelical humanitarian aid organization behind the emergency pop-up coronavirus hospital that's set up shop in Central Park to help with overflow from other health facilities, specifically… Read the rest of the article: The makeshift coronavirus hospital in Central Park requires workers to oppose LGBTQ rights

To be clear: I have absolutely no sympathy for the selfish so-called "protestors" who are being irresponsibly cheered on by the President to "re-open the economy" and endanger millions of… Read the rest of the article: Protesting is a non-essential activity, according to the Raleigh Police Department

The nuns at the San Leandro convent in Seville, Spain have been very busy making masks as part of their charity work. But it's important to stay in shape in… Read the rest of the article: Spanish nuns playing basketball in quarantine

When I'm not writing things on Boing Boing and elsewhere, I also play in an indie rock band called the Roland High Life. We're all huge fans of NPR's Tiny… Read the rest of the article: Watch the Roland High Life perform remotely for NPR's Tiny Desk Contest

From NPR, always digging into the difficult issues: The coronavirus lockdown has raised a conundrum for scientists around the globe: What to do with creatures they study now that research… Read the rest of the article: How domesticated tarantulas are dealing with COVID-19

In case you weren't panicking enough about the way that ambient environmental factors might be surreptitiously destroying your body, the EPA decided that right now would be a great time… Read the rest of the article: A pandemic seems like a great time to *checks notes* weaken regulations on toxic pollutants?

On April 16, Marvel live streamed 10 hours of "footage" from outside Dr. Strange's Sanctum Sanctorum, which you can now watch in its entirety on YouTube. It's kind of like… Read the rest of the article: Zone out with 10 hours of ambient footage from Dr. Strange's Sanctum Sanctorum

Years ago, I published my unified theory on the secret shared universe of the works of Samuel Beckett and the character Sam Beckett from Quantum Leap. Since then, I've had a… Read the rest of the article: If Samuel Beckett was the star of a 70s cop show

Over at Wired, Medea Giordano has brought her insightful eye as a photographer and a writer to the new Polaroid 600 Barbie Throwback camera, a retro take on the classic camera… Read the rest of the article: The new Barbie Polaroid camera actually sounds pretty wonderful