Everyone in my family is devouring Trader Joe's Partially Popped Popcorn. They're kernels of popcorn that have "processed using a proprietary method to produce the little crunchies usually found in the bottom of the bowl, but with a texture that makes them almost addictive and easier on the jaw." And they are flavored with butter and sea salt.

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Photographer Won Kim (Instagram) took these photos of people living in a "downscale version" of a Japanese capsule hotel. They are basically sleeping / privacy burrows for urban dwellers. I wonder how much they pay in rent? Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/h5EDDUstarI/photo-gallery-of-people-living.html

Only you can make the Imp Bottle lie on its side. When spectators try, they will discover that the bottle stubbornly refuses to stay down.

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Besides being a woman (90% of people who live past 100 are women), and besides good genes, here are 6 other lifestyle choices that may have spurred Jones' longevity. Read the rest

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Video of this incident is making the rounds online, and is extremely graphic. Read the rest

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In "Inceptionism," scientists at Google Research describe their work training neural nets with sets of images, then tweaking the "layers" of neural net nodes to produce weird outcomes. Read the rest

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If you've been struggling to make sense of the stories about Stingrays (super-secretive cellular surveillance tech used by cops and governments) (previously) this week's Note to Self podcast does the best job I've yet seen (heard) of explaining them. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/8pzm3Cb9lh0/the-snitch-in-your-pocket-mak.html

Bruce Schneier weighs in on last week's ridiculous UK government talking points memo that Murdoch's Sunday Times dutifully published as front-page news. Read the rest

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The Court interpreted the even loonier European Copyright Directive to say that the government couldn't legalise CD ripping without imposing a levy on the public. Read the rest

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Such a great deal, I should buy

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/rjZWE7dBzoA/recursive-sidewalk-sale-sign.html

"Your car battery is dead and you like a boost to jump start? Maybe you can use AA batteries to crank the engine..." (more…)

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/D-J7o1O5DQ8/how-to-jump-start-a-car-with-a.html

La Colombe Coffee CEO Todd Carmichael came up with a cool idea, and made it real. Read the rest

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Google recently told Jacob Appelbaum, who has worked with WikiLeaks, that it was ordered to provide account data to federal investigators. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/Cv7XOJaS-cc/google-says-government-forced.html

Big Kitten is watching you.

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http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/rp9sAx4-Un8/kitten-cam-captures-sleepy-kit.html

“Our Springer Spaniel Rocco loves squirrels, but when he can't chase after them because he's in the car, he gives us an earful. We like to call it 'the squirrel song.'” (more…)

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/sNIgll3ntxc/springer-spaniel-sees-squirrel.html

“Caught the moment when my dog realized he wasn't laying next to a rock,” says Redditor Muffinlette. (more…)

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/P8of6oVVQRM/watch-this-corgi-suddenly-real.html

VHS, arcade games, rainbows, neon, and big fat beige computer workstations. Read the rest

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In just three days 10,000 dogs will be poisoned, beaten, killed and cooked as part of Yulin, China's annual dog-eating festival.

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Most people, including the police and the FBI, are calling 21-year-old suspected terrorist Dylann Roof's message to black people ("You rape our women, and you're taking over the country.

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Thundercats depicted a race of catlike humanoids, not earthfolk. But we sense that Panthro is black—even though he can't be in the continuity of the show—because of how the character is coded.

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