the uncanny Bizarro Bazar keeps the world weird Ferdinando Buscema

art Thomas Jefferson portrait recreated with distant descendant Rob Beschizza

Science A Scheme of Heaven is a deep investigation of astrology from a scientist’s perspective Ferdinando Buscema

books Ray Bradbury's captivating explanation of his Mr. Electrico character's uncanny origins David Pescovitz

movies Burt Reynolds as Bond Rob Beschizza

music Shut-in sounds: 33 of the best industrial albums Gareth Branwyn

Internet "Overly descriptive" color pallettes Rob Beschizza

sci fi The entire Animorphs book series is now available for free online Thom Dunn

robots Watch this android child make some very odd and unsettling facial expressions David Pescovitz

penises I'm pretty sure this British cell phone commercial is actually an invasion of pricks Thom Dunn

music AI writes song lyrics at least as well as humans can Rob Beschizza

b-side The Dancing Baby, re-rendered in high definition for your delight or horror David Pescovitz

trains 1896's "Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat" upscaled and smoothed with AI Rob Beschizza

machine learning New machine learning algorithm produces "near-perfect" fake human faces Mark Frauenfelder

podcasts What happens when you steadily ramp up the speed at which you listen to podcasts Cory Doctorow

boing boing 20 years of blogging at Boing Boing Rob Beschizza

Gadgets Contemporary Dublin on 16mm film Rob Beschizza

robots Very weird faceless robot baby for elderly people David Pescovitz

Uncanny Valley Deepfake: Back to the (actual) Future Rusty Blazenhoff

History At the chemist’s: recording of a 1930s conversation in England Rob Beschizza