In a new article for Ravishly, Anne Th'eriault explains why it’s so important that we stop associating power solely with masculine traits while devaluing femininity. Read the rest

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"iTunes is like having your hand held by a robot who wants to walk into the ocean and die." How very true these feel. Read the rest

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Artist Janusz Gr"unspek, based in Kleve, Germany, brings 3D line drawings of everyday objects into the physical world using dowels and glue. Read the rest

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Good luck getting this song out of your head. Read the rest

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If they're anything like me, Trekkies/Trekkers will love this hilarious Fashion It So blog run by Charlie Beckerman and Anna Marquardt. Read the rest

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Not sure why his tongue hangs out like that, but it's kind of adorable. (more…)

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Jeopardy! contestants often give the right response so quickly with such a short clip, but Nicholas's speedy response to this $600 question on "Fishy Science" is extremely impressive. Read the rest

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Can science fiction be a form of social activism? Walidah Imarisha thinks so, and she's recruited everyone from LeVar Burton to Mumia Abu-Jamal to help her prove it.

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Millions suffer in silence as the freakin’ MagSafe magnet in Mac notebooks turns out not to be strong enough, so every time you shift on the couch it falls out.

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I’m a big fan of street art in general, but Seattle-based artist Peregrine Church has created one of the coolest projects I’ve ever seen. Read the rest

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In this episode of The Sword and Laser podcast, we share our final thoughts on The Goblin Emperor, kick off our April pick, Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett, and we discuss why some author names are bigger than their titles.

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Ethan Atherton wrote and directed this short film called “Artoo In Love.” Star Wars fans who feel the series could use just a tad more romance should definitely check it out. (more…)

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Guinea Pig Bridge. A song by Parry Grip, dedicated to the guinea pigs at Nagasaki Bio Park in Japan, where the footage was captured.

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Martha Lane Fox, the UK's first Champion for Digital Inclusion and occasional Boing Boing contributor, has given a spectacular speech in which she calls on the UK government to create a public-service Internet institution called Dot Everyone, to make the UK the most digital nation on the planet, in a way that promotes "the civic, public and non-commercial." Read the rest

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The Feminist Frequency videos typically focus on where video games go wrong with gender, but the latest episode by Anita Sarkeesian takes a different angle: the times when they really succeed.

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Emma Campion, the cover designer of The Slanted Door: Modern Vietnamese Food is to be congratulated for her outstanding work. The contrast in texture between the gray flannel top and the smooth photographic bottom not only enhances the work visually, but also creates a contrast to the touch.

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“If it’s a frivolous, relaxing book, I read every word. But serious books I read on the right-hand side only because I’ve discovered enormous redundancy in any well-written book, and I find that by reading only the right-hand page this keeps me very wide awake, filling in the other page out of my own noodle.” [via]

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There's a button on this Reddit page. If any of the 492,558 participants (and rising) presses it, the timer gets reset to 60 seconds and the game starts over.

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Vlad Sokhin managed to visit the tiny island nation of Nauru without paying the $6000 journalist visa fee, and he reported on the terrible conditions there. Read the rest

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This stellar cover of The Beatles' "Hey Jude" is by the Overton Berry Trio, an incredible Seattle soul group whose early 1970s burners and funk can be heard on this killer double vinyl release from Light In The Attic Records, my favorite reissue label. Read the rest

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