Leatherface with a chainsaw or Karen with a cell phone  who really strikes fear into the hearts of men in 2020? This latex mask sculpted by artist Jason Adcock captures the true horror underneath the haircut. Be sure to talk your partner into dressing up like the manager of Arby's for an unbeatable couple's [&]

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Do you feel safe in a movie theater these days? As theaters slowly begin reopening across the nation, many medical professionals are warning moviegoers that heading back to the cineplex today still presents a host of potential COVID-19 infection dangers. "It's just about the last thing I'd do right now," physician and epidemiologist Dr. Abdul [&]

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With virtually everyone watching their expenses right now, it's no surprise that our car insurance policies and those dreaded monthly rates are facing closer scrutiny than ever. With car insurance costs up twice the rate of inflation over the past decade, more than half of all drivers now say they're looking to either reduce coverage, [&]

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Chadwick Boseman, the star of Get on Up, Marshall, and Black Panther, is dead at 43 of colon cancer. Boseman died at his home in the Los Angeles area with his wife and family by his side, his publicist Nicki Fioravante told The Associated Press. Boseman was diagnosed with colon cancer four years ago, his [&]

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Great, another thing for worried parents to worry about in Fall, 2020. The pathogen that causes Legionnaire's Disease has been found in the water at some schools reopening after long Covid-19 lockdowns. "Legionella could lurk in the water supplies of school buildings, and some measures to keep people in schools safe from coronavirus may even [&]

https://boingboing.net/2020/08/28/legionnaires-disease-pathoge.html

Blake Gray and Bryce Hall, two stars of social video app TikTok, have been charged with misdemeanors after they held two large Hollywood house parties in defiance of local health orders, says the Los Angeles city attorney. Couldn't happen to two bigger jerks. Mayor Eric Garcetti famously shut off their power to stop the partying. [&]

https://boingboing.net/2020/08/28/tiktok-stars-blake-gray-and-br.html

U.S. Army General Mark Milley is the top U.S. general, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. On Friday, he told lawmakers he did not foresee America's military forces playing any role in the election process, or resolving any possible disputed outcome for the November presidential election. Trump has previously hinted that he would [&]

https://boingboing.net/2020/08/28/no-military-role-in-u-s-elect.html

"A worker in Gigafactory Nevada ended up turning down a $1 million incentive, working closely with the FBI, and thwarting a planned cybersecurity attack against the electric car maker." — Tesla blog post Billionaire entrepreneur and Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Friday disclosed details that prosecutors hadn't involving "a 27-year-old Russian, an insider at an [&]

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"This is increasingly sounding like a Black Mirror episode"—Elon Musk, introducing Neuralink. Elon Musk's brain-computer-interface venture today unveiled a prototype that involves a pig with a computer chip implanted inside their brain. The coin-sized device is implanted beneath the creature's skull. "It's like a Fitbit, but in your skull," says Musk, and it's implanted by [&]

https://boingboing.net/2020/08/28/neuralink-elon-musks-brain.html

8OHD · 1987 San Francisco Surf and Foghorns This 1987 field recording of the San Francisco Bay's surf meshed with the sound of four separate foghorns surprised me. I found it to be more calming than alarming. 8OHD: In the late '80s, my dad recorded the foghorns of San Francisco on tape for my mother. [&]

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Disney is working on another live-action Haunted Mansion, Variety reports. The first, you'll remember, was in 2003 and starred Eddie Murphy. Disney is conjuring up a new "Haunted Mansion" live-action movie, based on its 51-year-old Disneyland theme park ride, with "Ghostbusters" writer Katie Dippold attached. Producers are Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich through their Rideback banner. Lin has extensive producer [&]

https://boingboing.net/2020/08/28/new-live-action-haunted-mans.html

Street artist Banksy bought a boat that's currently patrolling the Mediterranean to rescue refugees. Named for French anarchist Louise Michel (1830-1905), the ship's mission is "to uphold maritime law and rescue anyone in peril without prejudice. We onboard the Louise Michel believe we are all individuals, nationality should not make a difference to what rights [&]

https://boingboing.net/2020/08/28/banksy-bought-a-refugee-rescue.html

In case you thought Big Data was only being used by major corporations to spot buying patterns or to figure out which color pashmina customers are most likely to purchase, then you're selling Big Data short. The impact of data analytics and the process of excavating key insights from vast mountains of raw data is [&]

https://boingboing.net/2020/08/28/learn-the-ins-and-outs-of-big.html

For all of the impact of Google and social media advertising, most brands still know the truth — over half of all website traffic is the result of real-life organic search. That means for every dollar a company pours into Facebook advertising, there's another, even more effective way to bring visitors to your website for [&]

https://boingboing.net/2020/08/28/with-this-seo-training-youl.html

San Antonio, Texas meteorologist Justin Horne was outside covering Hurricane Laura yesterday when a blown transformer nearly bestowed upon him a new career as a supercharged superhero. (KSAT)

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This is the least expensive Arduino-clone starter kit I've seen. It comes with an Arduino Uno clone, a solderless breadboard, resistors, LEDs, jumper wires, pushbuttons, and a lot more. If you need to learn how to use an Arduino, may I recommend my Skillshare video class? If you sign up here you can get 3 [&]

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I predict that someone will make a movie about a zombie outbreak that infects only Karens. This could be the trailer.

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R. Sikoryak, able to perfectly mimic any other cartoonist, is the Will Elder of our time. His latest book is a word-for-word adaptation of the U.S. Constitution called Constitution Illustrated. Comics Beat interviewed home about his work and process: Sikoryak: I've often heard that comics should "show and not tell," and many comics that I love [&]

https://boingboing.net/2020/08/28/interview-with-cartoonist-r-s.html

My first son was born in early June. As terrifying as it was to have a premature child during an outbreak of police violence in the middle of a pandemic, it was made worse by The Pout-Pout Fish. I don't know which of my mom's friends (presumably) bought us this book at the baby shower. [&]

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Australian gemcutter Cliff shows how to make a Cleopatra's Eye, a challenging task for even a highly experienced artisan. They can be made with any color gem, but this yellow one certainly picks up the light. Via Cliff: "In this video watch me facet one of the world's most spectacular gems the "Cleopatra's Eye". The [&]

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