In this nearly an hour and half video, Ed and Jim of Cartoonist Kayfabe take a deep dive into James O'Barr's The Crow, the hugely influential late-80s indie comic book.… Read the rest of the article: Cartoonist Kayfabe takes a look back at James O'Barr's The Crow
In 1937, Englishwoman Ursula Graham Bower became fascinated by the Naga people of northeastern India. She was living among them when World War II broke out and Japan threatened to… Read the rest of the article: In 1942, English anthropologist Ursula Graham Bower organized Indian hill people against invading Japanese
Leonard Cohen performs "First We Take Manhattan" on Sweden's Kulturen TV program in June 1988. It's perfectly bizarro 1980s while also being so very Cohen. Below, Cohen's interview on the… Read the rest of the article: Freaky 1980s Leonard Cohen TV performance
Donato Sansone "Concatenation 2" film connects a series of acrobatic Olympic athletes' jumps, spins, and dives into "a series of interconnected things or events," which is the definition of "concatenation."… Read the rest of the article: Watch this head-spinning video of interconnected Olympic acrobatics
This unusual chicken enjoys joining their human for a relaxing bike ride.
We know Coronavirus is impacting Black, Latinx, and Native Americans at rates far higher than whites. New data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control shows the racial gap is… Read the rest of the article: Racial disparity in COVID cases far worse than you imagined, CDC data shows
UPDATE, 6:50pm PT: AT&T tells Boing Boing, “We do not have an issue with our network,” and points us to this @ATTNEWS tweet: “Our network is operating normally, but it’s… Read the rest of the article: T-Mobile hit with cell phone outage, voice and text down for thousands of users throughout U.S.
• Voice of America's director and assistant director resign • White House April 10 newsletter falsely accused VOA of using taxpayer dollars to "promote foreign propaganda" • Two miserably failed… Read the rest of the article: VOA to be run by Steve Bannon, Sebastian Gorka, and Trump CEO pick Michael Pack, so two top VOA directors just quit
Possibly his dumbest statement about COVID-19 ever
The comedy duo known as The Good Liars has placed these caution signs around Brooklyn to thoughtfully alert residents to the great hazards of slightly slopping (and very slippery and… Read the rest of the article: "Slight Incline/Very Scary" Caution signs go up around Brooklyn, NY
This original, 300-year-old pair of nerd eyeglasses were destined for a Wellington, New Zealand landfill. Fortunately, the operators of a Wellington City Council thrift shop pulled the frames, an ancestor… Read the rest of the article: Original nerd glasses from 1756 saved from trash, auctioned for $5k
Someone left a package of gold bars worth $190,000 on a Swiss Federal Railways train on its from St Gallen to Lucerne. Authorities have spent nine months trying to find… Read the rest of the article: Lost and found: $200,000 in gold bars
I bought a set of four of these 8 x 11" flexible cutting boards a few years ago, and they've held up very well considering how much I use them… Read the rest of the article: Excellent flexible cutting board set on sale
CNBC reports that the FBI and federal prosecutors in Boston charged six former members of eBay’s global security team with cyberstalking the publisher of an email newsletter that said critical… Read the rest of the article: Six members of eBay’s global security team charged with sending bloody pig mask to critic
Compare and contrast: Trump speaking during his June 2015 campaign launch speech vs. Trump speaking at West Point today, almost exactly five years later pic.twitter.com/qDFmkNBVmj — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June… Read the rest of the article: Compare the way Trump spoke in 2015 to the way he speaks now
The International Space Station will be outfitted with a new toilet later this fall. The current commode is based on 1990s technology used on the Space Shuttle. From Space.com: It… Read the rest of the article: The Space Station is getting a nice new toilet
On Saturday night I drove down Ventura Blvd, the main drag of Los Angeles's San Fernando Valley. As I passed through Sherman Oaks, I was surprised to see very crowded… Read the rest of the article: Animated chart shows rise of death count from Covid-19 to other causes of death
Squadron based X-Wing vs TIE Interceptor combat? Count me in. I have pre-ordered via Steam.
In this clip from a 1971 episode of The Dick Cavett Show, Sammy Davis Jr. talks about his money troubles and impersonates James Stewart and Laurence Olivier.
Spoken Word with Electronics is an audio series delivering to you a two side recording of unusual stories paired with vintage modular electronic sounds Headline: Space Aliens no longer visit… Read the rest of the article: Space Aliens are no longer visiting Earth due to an allergy to our cell phones
