Before reading this article about the Sphinx, I knew just three things about it: It was large, it was old, and it was in Egypt.

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With this deck of cards, you can ask a spectator to name a card, then riffle the cards to play a flip-book movie that ends with a little cartoon character pulling the named card out of a hat.

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Here's a sexy, aspirational trailer, just released by Los Angeles-based aircraft firm ICON for the A5, an amphibious light sport aircraft beginning customer deliveries this Summer. Read the rest

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Granted, I'm slightly less murderous. With Quentin Tarantino's Hateful Eight set to feature the first Ennio Morricone score in forty years, it's time to revisit the source. Read the rest

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Brett Dickins (previously, previously) writes, "This compilation features five of my mechanical artworks -- I chose five sculptures all featuring gears and mechanisms that are radically different from each other in design and function."

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/R85j3lKSxAI/kinetic-clockwork-sculptures.html

Art from New Media Rights writes, "We spend our time working with online video creators on fair use, so we created The Fair Use App. We filtered down our experiences working with video creators to create an app that can help them better understand:" Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/jNLQUQ5LM2s/fair-use-app-a-guide-to-fair.html

High Court judges ruled that the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act (#DRIP) was inconsistent with the European convention on human rights. Read the rest

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Over at Backchannel, I wrote about how brain tech could transform how we work in the future, from displays that react to our mental state to offices that respond to our brainwaves.

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Sinaloa drug cartel boss Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was barely out of maximum-security prison when musicians all around Mexico started uploading hot musical takes about his (again) escape. Read the rest

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Say what you will about the accuracy of Shin Soo-ji's first pitch at the July 5 Doosan Bears/Samsung Lions game, but you can't fault her for style! (Thanks, Fipi Lele!)

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/agflZLh_33o/south-korean-rhythmic-gymnast.html

I love all of the boxed postcard collections that are being published these days. There's something of a resurgence of interest in mail art, snail mail correspondence, zines, and other mail-borne art forms and these postcard boxes might be a reflection of that.

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My friend and Cool Tools business partner Kevin Kelly and I are podcast fanatics. We’d like to find out what your favorite non-fiction podcasts are and why you like them. Please take this survey to help us create a Guide to the Best Non-Fiction Podcast Series.

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/Y74b33Lg18U/take-this-survey-to-rate-and-n.html

Police noticed an odor and alcohol, and Henry admitted to drinking a six-pack of Hamm's beer. Read the rest

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Enter a red-hued glitch dream where you explore your grandmother's house to find seeds, skeletons, frogs and songs by Patsy Cline. Read the rest

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Yesterday, President Obama defined rape in a news conference. Last week the Cosby rapes and disclosure by The Runaways' Jackie Fox were in the news.

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Chelsea Manning's extraordinary act of whistleblowing continues to enrich journalism, the public, and the historic record to this day. Chelsea is currently appealing her unjust conviction and 35-year jail sentence under the Espionage Act, but her legal team is deeply in debt. Freedom of the Press Foundation is helping to raise money for her appeal by offering a way for people to donate to her legal defense here. Read the rest

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The Chandler Arizona police department explained that one of its police officers barged into a naked woman's home without her permission and handcuffed her because the woman was "trying to agitate" him. Read the rest

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Oregon State University researchers created and patented a new strain of the protein-rich red marine algae known as Dulse. When cooked, this new stuff really tastes like bacon. The engineered strain is high in protein, and purportedly offers twice the nutritional value of everyone's favorite vegetable-du-jour, kale. Read the rest

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Astounding photographer Star Foreman aims to complete 30 of her unique and breathtaking photoshoots in 90 days. Please help her via kickstarter.

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It's listed as Adavi Donga (1985), but I am not sure what I just watched.

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/t5sJPLDWqws/baffling-telugu-film-sequence.html