It’s hard to figure out exactly what’s so satisfying about these miniature food videos uploaded on the Japanese YouTube channel Miniature Space, yet for whatever reason I just can’t stop watching them. Read the rest

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KTLA5's Family Film Festival ensured that Danny Kaye would be a hero of mine.

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At first glance, I thought The Mystery Writers of America Cookbook might be too gimmicky to take seriously – recipes by top mystery authors, including Mary Higgins Clark, Gillian Flynn, James Patterson, Lisa Unger, and dozens of others.

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Jennifer Foehner Wells' highly recommended Fluency is a phenomenal story of first contact!

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Huh Magazine shares this beautiful, working record player made of LEGO.

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These awesome #Sleevebucks Tumblr and Instagram accounts transform the ubiquitous mermaid from the Starbucks coffee sleeve into all kinds of different pop culture images. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/CfCg93jqvCM/sleevebucks-turns-coffee-slee.html

Online clothing boutique Shinesty wants you to Shine On. Their mission is "to bring you the most outlandish collection of clothing the world has ever seen", and they deliver. Read the rest

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Fortune-telling games help us fumble toward deeper truths, at the junction of technology and mysticism Read the rest

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New text-based browser games by Caelyn Sandel and Lydia Neon ask searching questions we may prefer not to answer. I have a hard time being honest with these bots, even though they promise to help.

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Only in consumer video game fandom would there even be a debate about whether or not content "should be" political. Read the rest

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Read the rest of the Hip Hop Family Tree comics!

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Dave Ng writes, "My new book is Advanced Quantum Thermodynamics (is a subject I know very little about) collecting my science humor and creative non-fiction: great for the 'hipster that doesn't get science' but who wants to look like the 'hipster that gets Advanced Quantum Thermodynamics'" Read the rest

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The classic Cheapass Game is getting a second life, with a brand-new second deck, thanks to you and Kickstarter! Read the rest

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The University of North Georgia pulled their course catalog after a newspaper called them out for the cover photo, a stock image of two white guys beating a black man and a woman in a race.

"After looking into the issue, we determined that this is an isolated case of poor judgment, and was not intentional," VP of University Relations Kate Maine told the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/t4WUmtoiYL4/university-course-catalog-depi.html

Eric Wareheim's rather bizarre video for "Famous" from Charli XCX's rather excellent album Sucker.

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/AkTzhUM_pJc/charli-xcx-music-video-directe.html

More fantastic DIY "Aug(de)mented Reality" from Marty Cooper (aka Hombre_McSteez) who makes magic with an iPhone, magic markers, and transparent sheets of plastic.

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/iWN6VzNeoAc/watch-funny-faux-augmented-rea.html

Little kids basically are like tiny drunks. (more…)

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Oops. Ordering fast food when you're supposed to be reporting about traffic conditions is a bad idea. (more…)

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It’s unclear how much exposure would be cancerous, or why glyphosate leads specifically to this kind of cancer. Read the rest

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At Freedom of the Press Foundation, we’re excited to announce the release of a brand new version of SecureDrop, our open source whistleblower system which media organizations can use to communicate and receive documents from sources.

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