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Longtime Donald Trump consigliere Roger Stone is due in prison next week. Facebook on Wednesday took down 50 personal and professional pages connected to the U.S. President’s former adviser, about… Read the rest of the article: Facebook removes Trump ally Roger Stone's accounts and pages

The Joe Biden campaign just got a typeface upgrade.

This is a lovely little video of cats lounging in a basket from Kagonekoshiro, one of the great cat blogs of Japan, still going after all these fuzzy scratchy years.

This looks like a fantastic way to have some fun with electronics while safely staying at home during the coronavirus outbreak.

On Friday evening my family and I watched a wildly original Japanese movie called We Are Little Zombies. We loved the 8-bit special effects and soundtrack, crazy colorful costumes, and… Read the rest of the article: We Are Little Zombies is a treat for eyes and ears

Boing Boing presents these words from our sponsor: Real Tested CBD. Forbes is reporting, “two Canadian researchers think that a special strain of cannabis might potentially be a valuable tool… Read the rest of the article: If Cannabis Is “A Potential Way To Prevent COVID-19” Then Why Is Trump Blocking Research?

Goodwill Hunting is a fascinating data-driven exploration of trends at the thriftstore chain's online shop. It is quite exhaustive, breaking down regional trends, brands, prices and much else besides in… Read the rest of the article: Fashion trends at Goodwill

Try this code: 4KFIRETV to see if you can get the Fire TV Stick 4K for a large discount. It worked for me, so I bought it to replace my… Read the rest of the article: Good deal on Fire TV Stick 4K streaming device

Japan has reopened its theme parks, but thrillseekers are being asked not to scream on the rides, as screaming spreads coronavirus. A video showed the two executives, both clad in… Read the rest of the article: Japan parks ban screaming on rollercoasters

Yesterday, Rob posted about a man in a Florida Costco who refused to wear a face mask and screamed and charged at a person who complained. I feel threatened!” he… Read the rest of the article: The screaming no-masker was fired from his job

Tetris de cartón ❤️ pic.twitter.com/Ei9sOBuNcl — Becario en Hoth (@becarioenhoth) July 1, 2020 I saw this video the other day of a man and child playing "analog Tetris" and I… Read the rest of the article: Analog Tetris — the homemade cardboard version

Denis Shiryaev took film footage of Tokyo from 1913 to 1915 and upscaled it, deflickered it, removed the noise, enhanced the faces, added ambient sound, and converted it to 60… Read the rest of the article: Incredible restored video of Tokyo from 1913-1915

If ever there was a warhorse of an 80s New Wave anthem, it is Modern English's 1983 (and 1990) "I Melt with You." Frontman Robbie Grey says of the new… Read the rest of the article: Modern English performs "I Melt With You" in Isolation

As someone who spends a few hours today in Zoom meetings, this new "virtual camera" looks interesting. It's called mmhmm and it gives you a bunch of presentation capabilities that… Read the rest of the article: mmhmm turns Zoom chats into SNL's weekend update

How does a neural network connect perceptions to concepts? In other words, how can you make something that accepts an array of pixels as an input and correctly outputs "dog"… Read the rest of the article: How neural networks work – A good explainer video

Yahoo News reports that a team of doctors in Britain is warning that people with mild cases of COVID-19 could suffer from "potentially fatal complications in the brain including delirium,… Read the rest of the article: Even mild coronavirus cases can lead to brain damage, say doctors

I loved Cory Doctorow's 2008 novel, Little Brother, and its 2013, sequel Homeland. Today,

Tech CEO Michael Lofthouse was identified Tuesday as the man filmed directing racial abuse at diners in a restaurant in Carmel Valley, California, last weekend: “You need to leave! Fucking… Read the rest of the article: Tech CEO in racist restaurant rant

Schoolteacher Mary Kay Letourneau raped a 12-year-old student, gave birth to his child and later married him, ensuring a lifetime of notoriety long after her 7½-year jail sentence was up.… Read the rest of the article: Child rapist Mary Kay Letourneau dead at 58