The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health released guidelines forbidding door-to-door trick-or-treating. "Door-to-door trick-or-treating is not allowed because it can be very difficult to maintain proper social distancing on porches and at front doors especially in neighborhoods that are popular with trick or treaters. Also verboten: 'Trunk-or-treating' events where children go from car to [&]

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De Niro and Bob James's "Angela"—what's not to love?(kingkida)

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Despite reports of their death in the Washington Post back in 2017, it appears that guitars are, in fact, still alive — and indeed, might even be cool once more. As The New York Times reports, in the aptly titled "Guitars are back, baby!" A half-year into a pandemic that has threatened to sink entire [&]

https://boingboing.net/2020/09/09/guitars-reportedly-cool-again.html

As part of the new transmedia Doctor Who series, Time Lord Victorious, the BBC has announced that the Daleks are getting their own animated CGI miniseries. Yes, that's right: everyone's favorite genocidal trashcans on wheels, now immortalized as adorable cartoons. Here's the blurb. The Dalek Empire comes up against a terrible force. The Daleks' plundering [&]

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“Watch all the stealing and robbing they do. This is important.” — Trump

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"In a court filing Tuesday, the Justice Department said Trump was acting 'within the scope' of his job as president when he said Carroll lied about the incident" The U.S. Justice Department, controlled by Donald Trump and headed by the lyin'-ass Worst Attorney General Ever, Bill Barr, is trying to take over as President Donald [&]

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In case you haven't tried an electric board before, know this  it's not a toy. With 2800 watts of power, the beefy 36V, 4.4 Ah battery propels the Flowdeck X at a respectably speedy 20 mph with real stability. In fact, the motors have so much zip that they can easily shoot a rider [&]

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A tiny baby gorilla has been born at the zoo in New Orleans, the Audubon Zoo said Tuesday. The critically endangered western lowland gorilla was born Friday to 13-year-old Tumani and father Okpara, and the sex of the baby isn't yet known. "Tumani is demonstrating excellent mothering behaviors and the entire troop is doing exceptionally [&]

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Fact check: True

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In Britain, the government says that beginning Monday, gatherings of more than six people in England are banned. Officials are working to thwart a spike in new coronavirus infections. The recent jump in daily cases is blamed on "party-going young adults disregarding social distancing rules," reports AP: The U.K. has the worst COVID-19 death toll [&]

https://boingboing.net/2020/09/08/england-bans-gatherings-of-6-o.html

I have a few different mechanical pencils. The ones I commonly use have lead thicknesses of 0.7mm and 0.5mm, both of which are fine for everyday notetaking. But when my daughter and I fire up the DOSBOX DOS emulator on my Macbook Pro to play Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord (1981) only one [&]

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Impeached president Donald Trump held a small campaign rally without social distancing and not many masks, at North Carolina's Smith Reynolds Airport. "It's very simple to remember: If Biden wins, China wins," lied @POTUS. And then, moments later, the line changed. "If Biden wins, the rioters, anarchists and looters win," Trump lied. And then, the [&]

https://boingboing.net/2020/09/08/trump-if-biden-wins-the-ri.html

Cory just kicked off his first Kickstart and I just kicked in! It's for the audiobook edition of Cory's third "Little Brother" novel, Attack Surface. You can read the details on the Kickstarter page and on his website, Pluralistic: I have a favor to ask of you. I don't often ask readers for stuff, but [&]

https://boingboing.net/2020/09/08/cory-doctorow-has-a-kickstarte.html

The drug spice has been chemically altered to circumvent the UK's laws against it, and the new version is causing havoc in the streets. It's also being blamed for a threefold increase in unnatural deaths among UK prisoners. Via VICE: Responding to a series of bans in the 2010s, Chinese chemists repeatedly tweaked the molecular [&]

https://boingboing.net/2020/09/08/how-the-uks-drug-prohibition.html

In the U.S., 32 states currently have either restrictions or an outright ban on driving with a smartphone in your hand. Whether you're talking, texting or looking up directions, using your phone while you drive is distracted driving — and no matter how skilled you are, it can lead to lapses or even a tragic [&]

https://boingboing.net/2020/09/08/this-car-mount-provides-wirele.html

Sometimes, in my dreams, I am the lead in Kool Moe Dee's I Go To Work.

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From the makers of  General Jeff's "Old Rebel" Session Papers, comes this six pack of Smoke-A-Dope pre-rolled cones ($5). Introducing Smoke-A-Dope, the new Trolling Papers that let you ridicule and dishonor the awful president by burning an effigy* of him. Because he deserves it& Let's smoke this dope out of office! *Remember, kids: burning an effigy is strictly a symbolic act, [&]

https://boingboing.net/2020/09/08/smoke-a-dope-trolling-papers.html

Over at Wirecutter, my friend and colleague James Austin has a wonderful new guide that covers everything you need to run a remote/online Dungeons and Dragons campaign with your friends while still keeping a social distance from everything but goblins (it's always goblins). Most importantly, the article includes this wonderful passage: The real world is [&]

https://boingboing.net/2020/09/08/how-to-launch-and-run-a-remote.html

A gentleman aggressively borrowing THE plot device from a beloved children's novel is surprised people want to win a candy factory. Fast Company: David Klein, who sold his stake in Jelly Belly in 1980 and now runs a company called Spectrum Confections, announced last week that he will give away a candy factory to one [&]

https://boingboing.net/2020/09/08/man-giving-away-candy-factory.html

Since he was a kid, Destin Sandlin from Smarter Every Day has wondered what would happen when a baseball went supersonic. So he build a supersonic baseball cannon. You may recall he built a similar gun to stress test a golf ball: Image: YouTube / Smarter Every Day

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