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When I saw chatter about an April 22 Drew Carey tweet in which he freaks out about his experience attending a Phish concert at Las Vegas's Sphere, I thought his account may have been hacked. Not only was it over-the-top and possibly out of character (?), — Read the rest The post Drew Carey's incredible rant about his rapturous sexual/religious experience seeing Phish at...

Congratulations to young Cooper [Last Name Withheld] of Chesterfield in Derbyshire, who recently travelled to the coastal Belgian town of De Panne and took home the crown in the EC Gull Screeching competition, which is apparently a real thing. Yes, that would be a seagull screeching competition. — Read the rest The post 9-year-old British boy wins Europe-wide Imitation Seagull Screeching Competition appeared first...

In 1985, Mister Rogers was a guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show. An audience member asked an excellent question: "Do you ever just cut loose and lose control? Do you ever yell at your wife? I just can't picture you having a knock-down drag-out with your wife." — Read the rest The post Mister Rogers answers if he ever lost his temper and flipped...

I attended a TED talk a couple of weeks ago, and the thesis of one of the speakers really stuck with me (video unavailable as of yet). Professor Miguel Basáñez, of Tufts University's Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, spoke about his theory that while there are around 200 countries in the world, there are three primary cultures. — Read the rest The post...

I don't know anything about Minecraft, but I was delighted to learn of this complete, detailed Minecraft Disneyland. "Mouskegamer" started the project five years ago with two friends, but others have taken up the mantle since 2023. Here is a video walkthrough of Minecraft Disneyland. — Read the rest The post An incredibly detailed Minecraft version of Disneyland appeared first on Boing Boing.

The first model for the original Star Trek (1966-1969) spaceship, the Enterprise, had been missing since 1979, but recently appeared on an eBay listing. Fans and experts immediately noticed, and once it was authenticated as genuine, was returned to the son of the Gene Roddenberry, the show's creator. — Read the rest The post The original model for Star Trek's U.S.S. Enterprise emerges after...

This clever bird doesn't play around when it comes to stirring coffee—or at least try to. Watch him grab a metal spoon in his beak and mix it up with great passion.  I'm glad this bird knows what a serious matter it is to make sure that cream and sugar is properly mixed into one's coffee. — Read the rest The post Clever bird...

Watch an incredibly talented hair artist braid her long hair into a stunning and elegant bikini top. This is one of the most creative clothing ideas I've ever seen.  If I had long hair like this, I'd want to braid all my tops. — Read the rest The post Hair artist creates amazing bikini top from her own braids appeared first on Boing Boing.

This 1972 Volkswagen Beetle Commercial proudly demonstrates how a Beetle can float in water. The commercial shows a guy driving his Beetle right into a lake, and then peacefully floating along in the Beetle as if it's a boat. I wonder if anyone followed suit and then found themselves in a pickle.  — Read the rest The post 1972 Volkswagen Beetle ad shows that...

If I didn't know these were fern spores, I'd think I was looking at a mountain of squirming insects. It's freaky and mesmerizing to watch! The video embedded below explains why the spores behave this way. "Look at the underside of a fern leaf. — Read the rest The post Fern spores wiggle around like insects appeared first on Boing Boing.

NBC News reports that carmaker Hyundai has paused its ads on Twitter, citing the presence of neo-Nazi material alongside its own posts. "We have paused our ads on X and are speaking to X directly about brand safety to ensure this issue is addressed," Hyundai said in the statement.  — Read the rest The post Hyundai suspends advertising on Twitter after Nazi material runs...

To the surprise of no one, Kotaro and Hana, the unbearably cute Asian small-clawed otters, have a corgi friend. When it is time to head out for a walk, Kotaro is anxious to put on his harness, but Hana has to be coaxed out of bed. — Read the rest The post Adorable otters swim with a friend appeared first on Boing Boing.

Shane Patrick White has an excellent video detailing the process of inking an original panel of comic book art on his channel. Watching any level of artistic mastery is always a delight, and White is no exception. In the video, he details each step and nuance to creating a work of art like this—warming up by outlining black areas, rotating the page, when and...

9-year-old Cal Clifford had been begging his parents for years: "please get me a pet octopus, please!" Eventually, his parents acquiesced to his demands, and brought him a cute little cephalopod named Terrance. But, as The Washington Post reports: Terrance was not a male octopus, as they had first thought. — Read the rest The post 9-year-old boy discovers 50 reasons why you shouldn't...

The city of Anaheim, California, just announced that its City Council voted to approve a Disney project called Disneyland Forward, giving Disney zoning approval to transform parking lots across the street from and near its existing theme parks into new theme park, hotel, and entertainment and retail areas. — Read the rest The post Anaheim City Council votes to approve Disney's 10-year, $2 billion...

Earlier this year, comics publisher Oni Press announced that it would be raising the legendary horror comics imprint EC Comics from the grave. EC Comics was perhaps best known for such spine-chilling anthologies as Tales From The Crypt and The Vault of Horror — both of which drew the ire of Frederic Wertham and his infamous Seduction of the Innocent crusade against comic books....

Blake Pfeil's abandoned: The All-American Ruins Podcast is an award-winning audio series that takes a stunningly immersive approach to the trend of urban exploration. Here's the blurb: ​abandoned: The All-American Ruins Podcast guides listeners through immersive audio fantasies, recreating host Blake Pfeil's experiences exploring abandoned spaces across the United States. — Read the rest The post Listen to this eerily immersive audio tour of a real-life...

I keep my cats indoors for their safety and the safety of all the creatures they would undoubtedly murder outside. I make it up to them by making their lives as enjoyable as possible. One thing my cats love is YouTube. — Read the rest The post My cats go nuts for this YouTube channel appeared first on Boing Boing.

Over the first weekend of 2024 Coachella Festival, BritPop stalwarts Blur made quite the lasting impression with their notably cranky performance. Frontman Damon Albarn (also of the Gorillaz) chastised the audience for their lukewarm interactions, particularly the fact that none of them seemed to know the words to the band's 1994 gender-bending tongue-twister hit "Girls & Boys." — Read the rest The post Vacuum...

Remember that kid's book series Animorphs? With the really cheesy covers? Kids turning into hawks and starfish from the deepest depths of the uncanny valley? The little flipbooks in the corner? These are corny antiques from the late 90s, goofy illustrations of a goofy idea. — Read the rest The post Grandville's early surrealist French illustrations appeared first on Boing Boing.

TV manufacturing conglomerate TCL has just announced plans to release the first ever fully AI-generated TV movie special. It's called Next Stop Paris, because of course it is. Here's the official synopsis (which may as well be AI-generated, if it's not already). — Read the rest The post Watch the trailer for the first fully AI-generated RomCom, coming soon from TV manufacturer TCL appeared...

Here's a feel-good eclipse story that's just too awesome to let slip through the cracks. In 1978, earth science teacher Patrick Moriarty made a promise to his students: to reunite for the 2024 solar eclipse. And he actually pulled it off! — Read the rest The post After 46 years, a teacher made good on his 1978 promise to watch 2024 solar eclipse with...

Residents of Grassy Park—a suburban neighborhood in Cape Town, South Africa—sheltered in place on Sunday while a hippopotamus roamed the quiet streets. The massive beast was on the lam from the nearby Rondevlei Nature Reserve. "My 74-year-old mom watched from inside the house, very scared, as the hippo came straight for our door," said Ashraff Schwartz. — Read the rest The post Suburban neighborhood...

No, not the US state, but I could imagine that too. Lawmakers in the Eastern European country of Georgia enjoyed an exciting session of Parliament when member Mamuka Mdinaradze of the ruling Georgian Dream party socked oppositional MP Aleko Elisashvili right in the kisser during a hearing. — Read the rest The post A Georgian legislator sucker-punched another lawmaker, triggering a big brawl (video)...

In Southern California's Riverside County, a driver was racing down a residential street when they lost control and the car launched into the air. It flew across a home's front lawn, over a pick-up truck in the driveway, and right into the garage. — Read the rest The post Incredible video of car flying over a pickup truck right into home's garage appeared first...

Miss Jazzy is a Goldendoodle who has style and sass for days. I can't stop watching videos of her sitting on the back of her favorite chair making hilarious faces, throwing shade, and giving the best side-eye. I honestly cannot get enough of her precious face! — Read the rest The post Miss Jazzy is the sassiest pooch I've ever seen appeared first on Boing...

Turning lemons into lemonade is all well and good, but how about transforming bat poop into antibiotics? Via The Inquirer, we read today that the National Research Council of the Philippines has uncovered smelly gold in a cave in the Philippines — guano that contains the bacteria  Streptomyces spp. — Read the rest The post Bat guano yields antibiotic treasure in Philippines appeared first...

This video from the French YouTube channel Parole de Chat, which translates to "cat's voice" or "cat's speech," was posted nine years ago. That makes it about a hundred years old in internet years, but it is one of my all-time favorites, and I need everyone to see it. — Read the rest The post Parole de Chat: persistent French cat wants in appeared...

Hidden Folks is a hidden object game. Like any hidden object game, it can be infuriating, but this game makes up for it with humor. There are weird or funny noises when you click on some things and tons of the objects are interactive. — Read the rest The post I did not expect a Voight-Kamff test in Hidden Folks, a cozy hidden object...

For this 1968 performance featuring Liberace and a troupe of flower-power performers probably rescued from a cult compound, the set designers of The Red Skelton Hour went all-out with a mod staging of "The 59th Street Bridge Song" (aka "Feelin' Groovy"). — Read the rest The post Prepare to cringe: Liberace's far-out "Feelin' Groovy" from 1968 appeared first on Boing Boing.

For the last few months, I've been working on a fun new project—a kid-friendly music-themed fantasy adventure podcast called Musicland Stories. The first 12-episode season was written by Bob Proehl, author of the Nobody People superhero book series, with two episodes by me. — Read the rest The post Musicland Stories is a delightful music-themed fantasy adventure podcast for all ages appeared first on...

See how the world's cutest cows react when their human friend pretends to faint. After their friend drops to the floor, pretending to be in peril, the cows act startled for a few seconds (their little jumps are so cute). The cows quickly forget about their grief when they notice the tasty snack in their human friend's hand. — Read the rest The post...

In the realm of musical classics, few tunes are as instantly recognizable as The Champs' 1958 hit, "Tequila." With its surf-rock vibe, the song has embedded itself in the cultural fabric for generations. However, what sets "Tequila" apart is its minimalist lyrics – there are only three words in the entire song, all of which are, as you most likely know, "Tequila." — Read...

It's a good time for Star Wars games. Just look at the excellent Jedi Survivor and try to ignore the Battlefront Classic Collection. Conversely, it's really quite a bad time for titan of video game mediocrity Ubisoft- ratings of their formulaic, shallow grindfest games have been declining in recent years as even the most mainstream gamers get sick of their schtick, culminating in the...

In Star Wars Outlaws, an upcoming action-adventure game, you play Kay Vess, an up-and-comer in the criminal underworld of the Outer Rim. The game takes place in between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi when the Empire is too busy trying to crush the rebellion to worry about low-level riff-raff. — Read the rest The post Star Wars Outlaws gets a...

The latest project from the always-clever technology artist Nicole He (previously) is The Crush House, a thirst-person (sic) shooter video game that plunges into the shoes of a reality TV producer. The goal is not to murder the vain and selfish contestants (as tempting as it may be) — but rather, to shoot them on video. — Read the rest The post THE CRUSH...

Start your week with the best bit from a NSFW clip of a woman blocking traffic and abusively declining to move her car into a parking space. Ultimately, she utters an unpleasant remark about Hawaiians and resumes shrieking. https://boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/screaming.mp4 Assume that this person is voting all year! — Read the rest The post Upset driver gives others her thoughts appeared first on Boing Boing.

So, you've seen Blue Eye Samurai, right? Because it's fantastic. If not, go watch it now. I'll wait.  OK. Now you can fully appreciate this brilliant edit of Mizu in all its glory. Mizu's beautifully animated swordplay perfectly synchronizes with "Ainsi bas la vida." — Read the rest The post Check out this gorgeous Blue Eye Samurai supercut appeared first on Boing Boing.

Paul Di Filippo's latest science fiction novel, Vangie's Ghosts (Blackstone Publishing), is an impressively entertaining, deeply compelling speculation on the multiverse and the boundless potential of the human mind. The novel invites readers into the vast noodleverse inside of Evangeline "Vangie" Everett, a character who, at first glance, presents as a strange looking, completely silent 3-year-old girl. — Read the rest The post Review:...

On The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Matt Damon shared this wonderful story about a cat he and his family took home from Costa Rica. (Don't worry, fellow cat lovers. It sounds like the story will be sad, but it will be OK. — Read the rest The post Matt Damon has a death-defying jungle cat  appeared first on Boing Boing.

It is an irrefutable fact that crows are awesome. I don't know what was going on in the world in April of 2020 that could have missed this video of Gabby, a clever crow, playing a game of Connect Four at the Texas State Aquarium. — Read the rest The post Clever crow plays Connect Four appeared first on Boing Boing.

Bulletin Board Systems allowed computer users in the dial-up days to access shared resources on the internet: discussion forums, games, utilities, demos, culture, without the astronomical expense of an always-on connection. The technology behind them is long in the tooth, but what if one were to make on now using the most "obnoxiously modern" methods? — Read the rest The post Implementing a "disturbingly...

Thanks to coverage of the earthquake in Taiwan, I learned about the popularity of rooftop pools. The quake caused one pool to overflow. This gentleman's pool didn't overflow but it did turn into the equivalent of a water park attraction. — Read the rest The post Rooftop pool turns into wave pool in Taiwan earthquake appeared first on Boing Boing.

Reading Rainbow was so awesome; the themesong brings a tear to my eye. Of course, the legendary Run DMC were guests. Run DMC is my go-to feel-good music. They are superstars whose talent and energy led hip-hop to Gold and then Multi-Platinum record sales. — Read the rest The post Run DMC's appearance on Reading Rainbow (video) appeared first on Boing Boing.

Forbes Magazine just released its annual list of billionaires, of which there are currently 2,781 still alive across the world. And yes, that's a record — up 25 people from the previous record established 2021, plus one Taylor Swift! The number of people valued at over $100 billion has also increased by 14, which also surpasses previous records. — Read the rest The post...

Alejandro Otero returned to his Naples, Florida home on the evening of March 8, 2024, only to find a strange hole smashed through the entire structure. As Ars Technica reports: Otero wasn't home at the time, but his son was there. — Read the rest The post 2-pound chunk of space station debris leaves a giant hole in Florida Man's home appeared first on...

Europeans really know how to dissent. The optics of spraying a fountain of uncountable pounds of poop, basically, towards the object of your frustration reads pretty clearly. The farmers are protesting what they deem to be excessive red tape and unattainable environmental standards from the EU. — Read the rest The post Belgian farmers spray manure at police during protest appeared first on Boing...

In 1900, English stage magician, inventor, and backyard astronomer John Nevil Maskelyne traveled to North Carolina to observe the total solar eclipse on May 28. Above is his film of the phenomenon which may be the oldest surviving footage of an astronomical event. — Read the rest The post This 1900 film of a solar eclipse may be the oldest footage of an astronomical...

Well, it's a race, but I like calling it that. Ever wondered with amazement at how nimbly waiters move about between tables? Especially with those dense Parisian cafe layouts, table against circular table, chairs placed askew, pigeons presumably underfoot. And at those tables sit patrons with their feet out, hands languidly holding cigarettes, gesticulating wildly, spilling out ash everywhere. — Read the rest The...

"I apologize for my crimes against all things musical," is how engineer Tim Alex Jacobs, aka mitxela, begins the video showcasing his latest invention, a robot slide whistle. Now, this is actually his second robot slide whistle and everything you could hope to know about how and why he developed a robot slide whistle to begin with is laid out here. — Read the...