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Ryan Gosling performed "I'm Just Ken" at the Oscars a few weeks ago, and did a great job. But did he do a better job than Walter Geoffrey, the adorable French bulldog described by his human as "The King of Meltdown City living at the corner of Emotionally Unstable and Overdramatic"? — Read the rest The post French bulldog defeats Ryan Gosling in "I'm Just Ken" singing...

Ugly Avatar will generate an amusingly crudely-drawn "ugly" portrait for you to use online. It's by Xuan Tang (唐煊), a postgraduate student at University of California San Diego. With this I realize that you can do this sort of thing again now without it being sucked into the NFT-sphere. — Read the rest The post Ugly avatar generator appeared first on Boing Boing.

What happens when you put hundreds of people in the same room for a group singalong? Pure magic! That's exactly the energy Pub Choir in Australia nailed with their 1600-person rendition of Radiohead's "Creep." [via Kottke] This video is from October 2022 (hence the Halloween costumes) but I think you'll agree the joy it captures is timeless! — Read the rest The post Radiohead's...

If you plan to watch the total solar eclipse, consider playing "Total Eclipse of the Heart" during the event. Why, you ask? Because, interestingly, the lengths of the song and the eclipse are almost identical. This is not the radio edit. — Read the rest The post Why you should play 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' during the April 8 eclipse appeared first on...

I recently rode the Tron Lightcycle/Run attraction at Disney World in Orlando, Florida, and it instantly became one of my favorite rides. (Ride spoilers follow, so don't read if you're sensitive to that kind of thing.) Tron (I hope you won't mind if I stop referring to it by its full, weirdly punctuated name) is a thrill ride in the Magic Kingdom's Tomorrowland based...

It's snowing in South Park, and school has been canceled. South Park: Snow Day is a four-player, cooperative game coming to PS5, XBOX X/S, Nintendo Switch, and PC on March 26th.  From THQ Nordic: Join Cartman, Stan, Kyle, and Kenny, in three-dimensional glory, to celebrate the most magical day in any young child's life – a snow day! — Read the rest The post...

"Vomiting is the forceful expulsion of the contents of the stomach." Indeed. In this informative video, gastroenterologist Dr. Vincent Ho explains the parts we don't see. "Deep inspiration or drawing a deep breath in is occurring," he explains. "Food contents begin to move from the small intestine into the stomach because of reverse peristalsis. — Read the rest The post This is what happens...

If you have trypophobia, don't watch this video of toad babies emerging through little holes on their mother's back.  I've never witnessed a stranger looking at birth than that of these baby Suriname sea toads. The baby toads first come out of their eggs, and then out of the mothers back.  — Read the rest The post Watch toad babies emerge from little holes...

Machine with Wishbone is an awesome moving sculpture by Arthur Ganson. The piece features a wishbone, attached to a machine. The two objects depend on each other to move, and this involves the tiny wishbone pulling the large metal machine across the floor, connected by a wire. — Read the rest The post "Machine with Wishbone" is a moving sculpture by Arthur Ganson appeared...

This 1980s Sony Walkman "Monkey" ad from Japan stars one very relaxed-looking primate, who is deep into the vibes of the music coming from his walkman.  If it were 1980, this wonderful commercial would have me heading to the store to buy a walkman. — Read the rest The post 1980's Sony Walkman ad features a vibing monkey appeared first on Boing Boing.

Father and son Dan and Dylan McFarland explore growing older in their latest video. The content they make with their family, the popular @itsthemcfarlands, is always wholesome but usually funny (like this viral gem). However, this piece, created for the TikTok Short Film Competition, is goes deeper. — Read the rest The post An accurate depiction of what it's like to grow old appeared...

Portland, OR and New Orleans-based musician Cyrus Nabipoor has managed to take an iconic Smiths song and make it his own. This ambient track is at once recognizable and entirely unique. The sentiment remains the same, Morissey's melancholic romance comes through Nabipoor's interpretation in melody alone, no lyrics needed. — Read the rest The post Listen to this ambient jazz cover of "There is...

The first trailer for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Tim Burton's followup to his 1988 classic, doesn't show a whole lot. We get to see that rumors of Jenna Ortega's role in the film following her previous collaboration with Burton in Wednesday are, indeed, correct- but it's the return of Michael Keaton (previously at Boing Boing) in the title role after 36 years that's the real draw....

I love dogs. I love Dungeons & Dragons. I've been reading the webcomic DnDoggos since year one. It is now in its seventh year.  The author, Scout Underhill, has created something special with their weekly(ish) comics, and now they have released a graphic novel, DnDoggos: Get the Party Started, sharing the dogs' very first adventure as a party. — Read the rest The post...

Zookeepers at the Tobu Zoo recently practiced catching a white tiger as if it had escaped from its enclosure. To make the drill more, um, realistic, they had a staff member dress the part of a tiger. The scenario was that an earthquake had damaged the glass of the tiger's enclosure and it escaped. — Read the rest The post Man dressed as escaped...

A 44-year-old woman has been charged with robbing a bakery in Richmond, Australia in the middle of the night. Curiously, she seems to have prepared for the heist by doing some yoga in the parking lot. Her flow was caught on security camera. — Read the rest The post Burglar caught on camera doing yoga before robbing bakery (video) appeared first on Boing Boing.

It's no secret that I like weird, creative social media accounts, especially ones that stick to a gimmick. One of the strangest ones I've uncovered recently has been Breaking Frames, an automated account that posts one frame from Breaking Bad, El Camino and Better Call Saul (which it's still in season 1 of) in order. — Read the rest The post Catching up on...

An 18-wheeler truck turned over on a Natchez, Miss. highway on Sunday night. Turns out, the flatbed was loaded with dozens of bee hives. We're not pollen your leg, either! (Sorry.) Beekeepers from Adee Honey Farms were called to the scene. — Read the rest The post Semi-truck flatbed carrying bee hives overturns (video) appeared first on Boing Boing.

On Friday, Jenny Lawson, AKA the Bloggess, author of the funniest thing I have ever read on the internet, discovered what appeared to be a perfectly round poop in her yard. Her initial investigation was inconclusive. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jenny Lawson (@thebloggess) Next, she tried to cut it open with plastic forks, with a camera strapped to her...

Disney has released a trailer for the long-awaited Star Wars: Acolyte. The show streams in early June. This Star Wars adventure looks to be aimed at adults. It takes the story back to the High Republic and is rumored to tell of the re-emergence of a long-thought-extinct Sith. — Read the rest The post Star Wars: Acolyte trailer looks fantastic appeared first on Boing...

It's that time of year again! Time to Irish Mambo. Whaddya think they're dancing to everywhereSure it's a Mambo beat with an Irish airSure an' it just came over from over thereIt's the diddly-aye Irish Mambo Previously: Here are Irish people confronted with stereotypical Irish food The post Irish Mambo appeared first on Boing Boing.

In the 90s, comics were competing harder than ever for consumers' attention and publishers needed a new way to grab attention on the shelf. After all, we often do judge books by their covers and good art can only go far. — Read the rest The post Glow-in-the-dark inks, real bullet holes, and other gimmicky comic book covers (video) appeared first on Boing Boing.

A creator of Blade Runner prop replicas posted this reportedly unseen footage from the film of the geisha projection seen on the Offworld blimp. "I believe some of this Geisha footage shot by second unit for BLADE RUNNER hasn't been seen before now," they wrote on YouTube. — Read the rest The post Unseen Blade Runner footage of the geisha on the Offworld blimp...

"The American Society of Magical Negroes" trailer looks so excellent I will be heading to the theater to see it. Everything from the acting, the spot-on humor, and the beautiful filmmaking have made me want to go to the theater. That people don't understand or like what the movie is about is just another sign of sound art. — Read the rest The post...