In the early 2000s, Ross Lee--armed with a hidden mic--pounded the streets, shops, and taxis of Leeds, Manchester and Sheffield and caused comedy havoc. Read the rest

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"I always wanted to make a film on Mechanical Turkers but they were so rude whenever I inquired on reddit," writer Bassam Tariq says, "So I paid them to answer my questions." Read the rest

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He's learning, says his human. Read the rest

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Amazon's new TV series The Man in the High Castle is an adaptation of an amazing alternate history by Philip K. Dick. I'm optimistic.

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I grab hot stuff with these $10 silicone oven mitts. They offer more grip and better dexterity than pot holders.

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UPSO notes that "Ted Cruz's new logo looks like a mix between the Al Jazeera logo and a burning flag. Read the rest

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The Nazi escape routes known as “ratlines” during the fall of the Third Reich led to some remote, unexpected places. Read the rest

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Artist Chad Essey sez, "I'm auctioning some animation frames from the music video for Shudders I created for MC Frontalot's Question Bedtime album, with proceeds to the Electronic Frontier Foundation."

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/VF1qtOmPKHM/auctioning-art-from-an-mc-fron.html

The mythical realms of Dragon Age grow beautifully with the telling, including their representation of Earthly minorities. Even so, something's missing... Read the rest

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Science can now understand far better one of the previously intractable problems in evolutionary biology: the origin of novelty. Read the rest

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The chainmail bikini has long been a symbol of the absurd ways women are depicted in media, but cartoonist Hazel Newvalent has transformed it into something unexpected: the title of a new anthology of comics about women in games.

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Professional and amateur cosplayers will spend hours, weeks, and sometimes even months recreating looks from their favorite movies, TV shows, and comics. And since the intricate details, moving parts, and personality of cosplay can be hard to capture in a single photo, UK filmmakers Sneaky Zebra put together sleek, cheeky video tributes to the art of dressing up.

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A few weeks ago, I wrote about a group of police torture survivors who are currently fighting for reparations from the City of Chicago. Read the rest

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We don't know if the moon actually has any subterranean lava tubes, but if they do exist, a new analysis suggests they could be enormous.

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At Popular Science, Sarah Fecht uses some awesomely old-school dataviz techniques.

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The weird stellar winds of Eta Carinae are hard to visualize -- so astronomers used a Makerbot to create 3D models that they could hold in their hands. Read the rest

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Tinker Crate is a monthly subscription service, delivering cool toys to encourage engineering-style skills in kids aged 9 to 14. Instructions are included, but they also produce slick videos like the one above to further engage little minds. Project kits include parts and diagrams to make a trebuchet in one month, and a simple motor the next.

The site doesn't list more projects than that, but since they're offering subscriptions up to 12 months, we'll just have to sign up and be surprised. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/UIRBFzUnN58/tinker-crate.html

Passover is coming! To get you into the mood for matzoh, America's latest cool Jew—rapper Kosha Dillz—(SoundCloud) has a Passover playlist to rock your noggin.

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Cast from a real fossil dino-shark tooth, available in milk, dark and white chocolate, just in time for Easter. (via Bruce Sterling)

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/69195PjjfGA/chocolate-megalodon-teeth-for.html

Foxxfur has published "The Theme Park Trope List," a first approximation attempt to summarize the narrative gimmicks used in theme park attractions to move the action along, for example, "the book report ride," which "shows exactly the same events which occurred in the source film in the same order." Read the rest

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