Welcome to the only club for people who are inspired by electicity transmission towers. The welcome pack includes instructions on how to draw a pylon. [via The Dull Mens Club]

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/QfEdx8f7D7w/the-pylon-appreciation-society.html

The Dull Men's Club, 5000 strong, has put out a calendar featuring its most uninteresting members.

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/hch8nM59V4k/calendar-of-boring-men.html

"I was raised during the height of the cold war, when the threat of nuclear war loomed between two superpowers," said photographer and designer Clay Lipsky about this 2012 image series. Read the rest

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Chai Yan Leung thanked the taxpayers who paid for it, and then dismissed her critics as non-taxpayers, since employed people wouldn't have time to comment on Facebook. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/Y7IBGm6XLAI/daughter-of-hong-kong-leader-t.html

Texas Roll Mafia makes these 9.5" tall Darth Vader plushies to order for $25, hand stitching them from felt and finishing them with acrylic and fabric paint. (via Geeky Merch)

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/9eSl-4cBExU/darth-vader-plushies.html

A clavinet through a wah-wah pedal. Hell yes.

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/VTR1kYuK-Sc/outa-space-billy-preston.html

At a press conference today, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Thomas Frieden said that a man was being treated for Ebola in Dallas.

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Badass. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/4E8ZwWvfYBw/windows-95-backpack.html

Matt Mets has a Kickstarter for something he calls BlinkyTile.

It's a fun little set of pentagonal LED circuit board tiles that you can solder together to make geometric shapes, and then program to make dazzling light shows.

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http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/SeWrHv5223w/leds-on-pentagonal-tiles-for-c.html

Ed Piskor says: "Pittsburgh magazine followed me around for a few weeks and put together a little piece on me and the Hip Hop comic. The highlight is going through my decrepit boyhood home for the first time in like 18 years and seeing artwork on the walls that survived."

I loved seeing Ed in this 8-minute film, which was produced by Dave Cole. Favorite quote: "There's not enough money in comics to listen to anybody. You should just do what the heck you wanna do."

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/CC-a7OW6whs/cartoonist-ed-piskor-visits-hi.html

In the latest RiYL podcast, Brian Heater interviews Art Spiegelman. (And don't miss Brian's previous interview with John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats.)

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/e4dpg-BeF0E/art-spiegelman-despite-the.html

Why do Holocaust deniers, young Earth creationists, people who think they’ve lived past lives as famous figures, people who claim they’ve been abducted by aliens, and people who stake their lives on the power of homeopathy believe things that most of us do not? David McRaney investigates. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/n_XxqE66NJg/why-people-believe-things-you.html

Decades ago, when I was a budding graphic designer, I found a copy of iconic designer Paul Rand’s then out-of-print Thoughts on Design at the annual State Department book sale in DC (a mecca for bookworms).

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What should you expect from the D&D Fifth Edition Monster Manual? Matt M. Casey says depth, texture, and story. "It may be Wizards’ best Monster Manual ever." Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/LR0tUslOpuE/dd-5th-edition-monster-manual.html

The official statement is all business. Jason Del Rey explains what it'll mean for users.

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/nfhp5LO_Ng4/ebay-and-paypal-to-split-into.html

The abstract puzzle game is to be turned into a blockbuster, writes Michael McWhertor. [Polygon]

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/85di54NW2Ng/tetris-the-movie.html

Kevin Williams has "hanging more in mind" than letting 'em off with life imprisonment.

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/ekGAr4hwkww/kill-women-who-have-abortions.html

A judge excused a member of a fundamentalist LDS offshoot from testifying in a church child labor case after he said his religious beliefs prohibit him from discussing church matters.

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/aAKOukwheDk/post-hobby-lobby-corporate-re.html

Protesters are stockpiling supplies and recharging, in anticipation of increased pressure from authorities. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/ojp6eGoJnLQ/hong-kong-protests-continue-am.html

The next version of Windows will skip a version. With a branding flourish as its primary feature, what need will you have for everything else it does?

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/M4SI_EdjsRs/windows-10-previewed.html