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Wednesday, August 23rd, 2017

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    1:19a
    Do not boil your underwear in hotel kettles

    http://boingboing.net/2017/08/22/do-not-boil-your-underwear-in.html

    http://boingboing.net/?p=542706

    You know those "amazing household tips" where you descale showerheads with vinegar and a sandwich bag, or lift carpet indentations with ice cubes, or whatever? Well, I've just found out that a common one in Australia, allegedly, is "wash your underwear in hotel kettles." I honestly don't know if I believe it, but Gizmodo Australia claims it is a thing and, if it is, could you please not?

    I reached out to some experts on the matter to find out if the simple fact the underwear is literally boiling means this actually a safe thing to do, or nah.

    Dr Heather Hendrickson is a Senior Lecturer in Molecular Biosciences at the Institute of Natural and Mathematical Sciences at Massey University in Aukland.

    She knows what she's talking about.

    "It is super super super super gross," Dr Hendrickson says. "Please tell your friend to knock it off! Boil the water and pour it into the sink for washing items. Don't put your dirty underwear into the kettle!"

    Australia! Explain yourself!

    1:26a
    The KLF's book signing rules of engagement

    http://boingboing.net/2017/08/22/the-klfs-book-signing-rules.html

    http://boingboing.net/?p=542709

    The KLF is back. You will follow the instructions, or you will not get your book signed. https://twitter.com/Popjustice/status/899971473087115264 https://twitter.com/Popjustice/status/900016863446433792

    They also welcome volunteers to the Dark Ages. https://twitter.com/BidoLito/status/899993604139225089 https://twitter.com/JustSomeWool/status/899953392881213441

    1:57p
    Local council requires Grenfell survivors to bid against each other for new homes

    http://boingboing.net/2017/08/23/hunger-games.html

    http://boingboing.net/?p=542714

    It's been more than two months since a deadly blaze in Kensington, London -- the richest borough in the UK -- killed at least 80 people when the decorative cladding installed to make the building look nicer to rich people in nearby buildings caused the building to go up like a matchstick. (more…)

    2:28p
    Jury would not convict white militiamen who aimed guns at federal law enforcement officers

    http://boingboing.net/2017/08/23/just-the-good-ole-boys.html

    http://boingboing.net/?p=542718

    Less than a year after Ammon Bundy and his terrorist pals were found not guilty for their takeover of Oregon's Malheur Federal Wildlife Reserve (which included a fatal shootout four terrorist pals of Cliven Bundy have been exonerated by a Nevada jury for their 2014 standoff in which they insisted -- at gunpoint -- on the right to graze their private cattle on public lands.

    (more…)

    2:59p
    Legal California weed could lead to public banking

    http://boingboing.net/2017/08/23/legal-california-weed-could-le.html

    http://boingboing.net/?p=542721

    Famously, federally insured banks and credit-unions won't take deposits from the marijuana industry, even in states where marijuana sales have been legalized; this leaves the weed industry dealing all in cash, from safes in the basement to sacks of money delivered to the tax-office by armored car. (more…)

    3:11p
    During WW II two Americans escaped the Japanese by sailing 3,000 miles in a wooden fishing boat

    http://boingboing.net/2017/08/23/during-ww-ii-two-americans-esc.html

    http://boingboing.net/?p=542621

    After Japan invaded the Philippines in 1941, two American servicemen hatched a desperate plan to sail 3,000 miles to Allied Australia in a 20-foot wooden fishing boat. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll join Rocky Gause and William Osborne as they struggle to avoid the Japanese and reach safety.

    We'll also tell time in Casablanca and puzzle over a towing fatality.

    Show notes

    Please support us on Patreon!

    3:25p
    Maker Update: giant fake gold bricks and Overwatch animatronics

    http://boingboing.net/2017/08/23/maker-update-giant-fake-gold.html

    http://boingboing.net/?p=542726

    This week on Maker Update: a servo robot puppet, Raspbian moves to Stretch, a YouTube Live camera, giant gold bricks, trauma shears, and pouring your own knobs. This weeks Cool Tool is a pair of Fluoride Coated Medical Shears.

    3:37p
    Cool Johnny Cash guitar trick with a playing card

    http://boingboing.net/2017/08/23/cool-johnny-cash-guitar-trick.html

    http://boingboing.net/?p=542733

    In this short video, you'll learn how to achieve Johnny Cash's cool textured, rhythmic strumming sound with a playing card.

    3:44p
    Firefighters rescue farm piglets from fire and later eat them up

    http://boingboing.net/2017/08/23/firefighters-rescue-farm-pigle.html

    http://boingboing.net/?p=542727

    Firefighters saved 18 piglets from a barn fire in southern England. The farmer wanted to show her appreciation, so she later offered them some of her piglets  in the form of sausages. And they were scrumptious.

    (more…)

    3:59p
    Linguistic data analysis of 3 billion Reddit comments produces a taxonomy of trolls

    http://boingboing.net/2017/08/23/linguistic-data-analysis-of-3.html

    http://boingboing.net/?p=542739

    Tim Squirrell, a researcher at the Alt-Right Open Intelligence Initiative at the University of Amsterdam, used Google's BigQuery to analyze "every Reddit comment ever madeall 3 billion of them." He used the results to identify different alt-right groups and the language they use.

    From Quartz:

    Focusing on The_Donald, I used a script that lets you see which words are most likely to occur in the same comment. Combining this with a tool that allows you to look at the overlap in commenters between different parts of Reddit, I found that the alt-right isnt just one voice: Its made up by distinct constituencies that share different opinions and ways to express them, identifiable by the language they use and the other communities they post in.

    In other words, theres a taxonomy of trolls. So who are they, and what language do they use?

    Here are the groups and their favorite words:

    4chan shitposters: kek, Pepe, deus vult, tendies, God Emperor Trump

    Anti-progressive gamers: SJW, snowflake, pandering, tumblr, feminist, triggering, GamerGate, virtue signalling

    Mens rights activists: females, cuck, bitch, Chad, alpha, beta, omega

    Anti-globalists: globalist scum, the establishment, puppets, elites, masters, George Soros, cultural Marxist

    White supremacists: Islam, (creeping) Sharia, deus vult, western culture, various racial slurs

    By Anthony Crider - Charlottesville "Unite the Right" Rally, CC BY 2.0, Link

    4:00p
    What we know will NOT happen with Trump

    http://boingboing.net/2017/08/23/what-we-know-will-not-happen-w.html

    http://boingboing.net/?p=541998

    SIMPLY JOIN Tom the Dancing Bug's subscription club, INNER HIVE now, and a $25 donation will be made to charities that fight hate groups. Info HERE,

    4:14p
    A republican, a democrat and an independent smoke weed together

    http://boingboing.net/2017/08/23/a-republican-a-democrat-and-a.html

    http://boingboing.net/?p=542752

    Three young adults get stoned and talk politics.

    White republican (to black democrat): "I think some of these stigmas you guys have, you place upon yourselves.

    Democrat: Like what? Give me an example.

    Republican: Like, you can move on from that. Like, when I was two years old, you know, I'd shit my pants. My mom told me not to. I stopped.

    Democrat: So, you're comparing the oppression of black people to shitting your pants?

    They were also asked who, if presented with Trump, Ryan, and Pence, they would choose to "fuck, marry, and kill." Democrat: fuck Trump, kill Pence, marry Ryan. Independent: fuck Ryan. Republican: fuck Trump, kill Ryan, marry Pence.

    4:25p
    A movie accent expert comments on 31 actors playing real people

    http://boingboing.net/2017/08/23/a-movie-accent-comments-on-31.html

    http://boingboing.net/?p=542760

    This is a fascinating deep dive into actors' portrayals of famous people like Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, Muhammed Ali, Julia Child, Bob Dylan.

    From YouTube description: "Dialect coach Erik Singer takes a look at idiolects, better known as the specific way one individual speaks. To best break down this concept, Erik analyzes some actors playing real people. Just how close was Jamie Foxx's Ray Charles? What about Cate Blanchett's portrayal of Bob Dylan? Is Daniel Day-Lewis' Lincoln accurate?"

    4:27p
    Carl Sagan sadly still dead

    http://boingboing.net/2017/08/23/carl-sagan-sadly-still-dead.html

    http://boingboing.net/?p=542761

    Carl Sagan:

    Neil deGrasse Tyson:

    The modern stars of science and its enemies are in alignment. All agree that wonder is more dangerous than certitude.

    4:36p
    Rube Goldberg machine of the day

    http://boingboing.net/2017/08/23/rube-goldberg-machine-of-the-d.html

    http://boingboing.net/?p=542779

    As relaxing, amusing and intriguing as any other: "an impressive Rube Goldberg machine with a 4-minute course. The beads move in a chain reaction divided into several more complex steps, including the one with a whiteboard that turns to release new balls positioned on the back side."

    4:37p
    Massive Cincinnati nudist resort closing down after nearly 50 years

    http://boingboing.net/2017/08/23/massive-cincinnati-nudist-reso.html

    http://boingboing.net/?p=542774

    Paradise Gardens, a huge nudist resort that's been open in Cincinnati, Ohio since 1970 is closing its gates. The owners sold to a developer who will build five new homes on the 34 acre property. The resort has raised the ire of neighbors for decades. Just a few years ago, residents complained about the resort's plan to build a nudist adventure park complete with zip lines. Interestingly, the resort's peak time was in the 1990s.

    "We've been for sale for 10 years," (Paradise Resort Inc. president Ron) Coleman told Cincinnati.com. "We just couldn't get a deal done until now.

    "It's a completely different economy now than it used to be back in the 70s and 80s when both parents weren't always working,'' he said. "Now, it's hard for families to schedule a time to utilize the place, which has limited new members."

    (Thanks, Charles Pescovitz!)

    4:48p
    Daddy longlegs drop their limbs to escape predators

    http://boingboing.net/2017/08/23/daddy-longlegs-drop-their-limb.html

    http://boingboing.net/?p=542786

    In elementary school, I knew a boy who would impress us by pulling the legs off a daddy longlegs and popping the body in his mouth. I think he would appreciate this Deep Look video about how daddy longlegs can drop up to three of its limbs when threatened by a predator and still survive.

    4:51p
    Longread: what will it take to re-decentralize the web?

    http://boingboing.net/2017/08/23/late-stage-web-capitalism.html

    http://boingboing.net/?p=542789

    In 2016, the Internet Archive convened a decentralized web summit to discuss ways to make the web less centralized and thus less vulnerable to censorship, corporate abuse and "shadow regulation" (I gave one of the keynotes). (more…)

    4:56p
    Watch the new Blade Runner 2049 trailer with unseen footage

    http://boingboing.net/2017/08/23/watch-the-new-blade-runner-204.html

    http://boingboing.net/?p=542792

    If only you could see what Ryan Gosling has seen with your eyes.

    4:59p
    13 years after Katrina, New Orleans plans to evacuate if bad storms come

    http://boingboing.net/2017/08/23/heck-of-a-job-brownie.html

    http://boingboing.net/?p=542795

    New Orleans is in an official state of emergency, thanks to 15 of its 120 pumps being offline (thanks to chronic underfunding) and a major storm brewing in the Gulf of Mexico. (more…)

    5:07p
    The psilocybin in magic mushrooms is an insect repellant

    http://boingboing.net/2017/08/23/the-psilocybin-in-magic-mushro.html

    http://boingboing.net/?p=542801

    The psilocybin in magic mushrooms is a potent psychedelic for animals. But what good is the psilocybin for the shrooms? New genetic research from Ohio State University suggests that the psilocybin might act as an insect repellant, protecting the mushrooms. From New Scientist:

    The gene cluster (linked to psilocybin production) is found in several distantly related groups, suggesting that the fungi swapped genes in a process called horizontal gene transfer. This is uncommon in mushrooms: it is the first time genes for a compound that is not necessary for the fungis survival  called a secondary metabolite  have been found moving between mushroom lineages.

    Since these genes have survived in multiple species, Slot thinks psilocybin must be useful to the fungi. Strong selection could be the reason this gene cluster was able to overcome the barriers to horizontal gene transfer, (researcher Jason Slot) says.

    Hallucinogenic mushrooms often inhabit areas rich in fungi-eating insects, so Slot suggests psilocybin might protect the fungi, or repel insects from a shared food source, by somehow influencing their behaviour.

    5:11p
    Car repossession goes awry

    http://boingboing.net/2017/08/23/car-repossession-goes-awry.html

    http://boingboing.net/?p=542784

    This astounding video advances one level at a time, from amusing to beautiful. First, bystander Brittany Nyiesha chances across a repossessed vehicle being towed and begins filming. Then we realize that it hasn't been attached properly to the tow truck, but is instead being dragged on its rims. Then it blows through a stop light. Then the car starts flailing wildly, like a ball and chain attached to some huge street weapon in a Mad Max movie —what is going on? The Proper Authorities get involved! And it's still only getting warmed up.

    5:11p
    Small town Uber driver quits, launches a one-driver rival

    http://boingboing.net/2017/08/23/uber-for-uber.html

    http://boingboing.net/?p=542812

    Suzanne Ashe was the only Uber driver in Haines, Alaska, and the app wouldn't let her stay logged in and available because the rides came so infrequently. (more…)

    5:18p
    Video of the International Space Station passing in front of the solar eclipse

    http://boingboing.net/2017/08/23/video-of-the-international-spa.html

    http://boingboing.net/?p=542816

    SmarterEveryDay's Destin Sandlin captured this astonishing video of the International Space Station transiting Monday's solar eclipse. Fast forward to 3:50 for the magical moment. And in case you missed it, below is NASA's still photo of the ISS transiting the sun at five miles per second.

    5:30p
    Former CIA operative Valerie Plame Wilson wants to buy Twitter and kick off Trump

    http://boingboing.net/2017/08/23/former-cia-operative-valerie-p.html

    http://boingboing.net/?p=542817

    Valerie Plame Wilson, who was outed as a CIA operative during the Bush Administration, has put up a GoFundMe page so that she could buy Twitter - and then give Trump the boot. "Donald Trump has done a lot of horrible things on Twitter," says Wilson on her campaign's page. "From emboldening white supremacists to promoting violence against journalists, his tweets damage the country and put people in harm's way."

    "The company is currently worth nearly $12 billion, with its shares going for around $16," according to USA Today.

    The goal: $1 billion. That might be a stretch, though. Wilson has raised more than $3,000 since she launched the campaign on August 16.

    "At the current market rate that would require over a billion dollars  but that's a small price to pay to take away Trump's most powerful megaphone and prevent a horrific nuclear war," Plame wrote. If they aren't able to meet that goal, the plan is to buy a "significant stake" in order to push the proposal at the annual stakeholder's meeting, Plame said.

    And what does Twitter have to say on the matter? No comment as of yet, according to USA Today.

    Image: crystal.village

    5:35p
    How to hear the true sound of your own voice without recording it

    http://boingboing.net/2017/08/23/how-to-hear-the-true-sound-of.html

    http://boingboing.net/?p=542826

    When we speak, sing or shout, what we perceive gets a mighty bass boost from our own head matter. But what the lister (and the microphone) hears — the reedy, whiny, nasal true self! — is their reality. In this video, vocal coach Chris Beatty shows off a neat trick to cutting out the frequencies that only you hear, allowing you to train and temper your tone of speech as others hear it. All you need do it put two thick boards, magazines or notebooks either side of your face — but it's nicer listening to him explain.

    5:46p
    Everything, even a rock, has some degree of consciousness

    http://boingboing.net/2017/08/23/everything-even-a-rock-has-s.html

    http://boingboing.net/?p=542825

    Philip Goff, associate professor in philosophy at Central European University in Budapest, argues that the idea of panpsychism ("mind is everywhere") shouldn't be dismissed just because it sounds crazy.

    (more…)

    6:30p
    Trump is a human void

    http://boingboing.net/2017/08/23/trump-is-a-human-void.html

    http://boingboing.net/?p=542832

    Talking of Trump's beliefs is pointless, because there are none. The barking comedy of his speeches and statements goes nowhere because "he cannot understand anyones response to them except as it relates to him."

    David Roth in The Baffler:

    Trump doesnt know anything or really believe anything about any topic beyond himself, because he has no interest in any topic beyond himself; his evident cognitive decline and hyperactive laziness and towering monomania ensure that he will never again learn a new thing in his life. He has no friends and no real allies; his inner circle is divided between ostensibly scandalized cynics and theatrically shameless ones, all of whom hold him in low regard and see him as a potential means to their individuated ends. There is no help on the way; his outer orbit is a rotation of replacement-level rage-grandpas and defective, perpetually clammy operators. ...

    Instead of hate, there is simple resentmentabject and valueless and recursively self-pitying; instead of love, there is the blank sucking nullity of vanity and appetite.

    Always an egomaniac, Trump suffered deep narcissistic injury in his personal and business failures. His modern persona is invincible because it is reconstructed from nothing. It's a gold-plated concrete replica of the motormouthed vulgarian that America remembers from the 1980s. His presidency is a political superbacteria formed from the few parts of his ego, his brand, that were not annihilated in bankruptcy.

    If you're hoping something emerges that will wash the Trump presidency away, I've got bad news for you. Even piss will not sterilize it; it will only make it shinier.

    6:39p
    Red Dwarf XII slated for October

    http://boingboing.net/2017/08/23/red-dwarf-xii-slated-for-octob.html

    http://boingboing.net/?p=542837

    Fun, fun, fun in the sun, sun, sun. Lister, Rimmer, Kryton and the show stealing Cat are back this October on Dave.

    From the Red Dwarf blog:

    Red Dwarf XII is the twelfth series of the legendary comedy, once again written and directed by Doug Naylor and following last year's series XI, voted "Best Comedy of the Year" and "Best Returning Comedy" by British Comedy Guide. The original cast of Chris Barrie (Rimmer), Craig Charles (Lister), Danny John-Jules (Cat) and Robert Llewellyn (Kryten) are back for six brand new episodes recorded in front of a live studio audience at Pinewood Studios.

    For the very first time, the rest of the crew discover just how it feels to be Kryten when they're arrested by the Mechanoid Intergalactic Liberation Front. The Dwarfers come across a ship where criticism is illegal, and a space station where the crew have developed a cure for evil. When all the machines on Red Dwarf go on strike Rimmer and Kryten hold a Presidential election, while The Cat faces an identity crisis like never before when he discovers he needs glasses. Lister discovers a simple update of the ship's latest software could be a matter of life or death. Finally, Rimmer decides to leave Red Dwarf in search of a parallel universe where he isn't such a massive loser.

    Featuring a whole host of star guests, smart sci-fi and ingenious comedy, Red Dwarf XII returns to Dave exclusively this October.

    Coolest cat in the universe.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HOsbbD4IKc
    7:22p
    2-pack of battery powered LED string lights with remote

    http://boingboing.net/2017/08/23/2-pack-of-battery-powered-led.html

    http://boingboing.net/?p=542856

    I bought these LED string lights for a friend who has been stringing up little incandescent A/C powered plugs on her backyard terrace. These are much better. They don't get ruined by sprinkler water, and you don't need an extension cord. They have a timer function so you don't drain the battery. Two 20-foot strands (60 LEDs per strand) cost $12.

    10:03p
    Sassy Trump Talks Nazis

    http://boingboing.net/2017/08/23/sassy-trump-talks-nazis.html

    http://boingboing.net/?p=542769

    It was supposed to be Infrastructure Week, but neo-Nazis and Charlottesville happened. Sassy Trump was in a real pickle.

    (more…)

    10:03p
    Arlington National Cemetery is the only monument we need to Robert E. Lee

    http://boingboing.net/2017/08/23/arlington-national-cemetery-is.html

    http://boingboing.net/?p=542903

    I was surprised to hear people suggest that removing statues of Confederate traitors would somehow lead to us tearing down the Jefferson Memorial. That is patent bullshit.

    Arguments attempting to equate slave owning founding fathers of the United States, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, and their resultant memorials, with statues of Confederate General Robert E. Lee that are currently being removed across the nation are ridiculous. This fantastic article at Smithsonian.com describes how Arlington National Cemetery came to be, and why it is the perfect monument to the traitorous general who led an invasion of Pennsylvania in an attempt to preserve slavery on American soil.

    While the Lees worked to reclaim Arlington, Meigs urged Edwin Stanton in early 1866 to make sure the government had sound title to the cemetery. The land had been consecrated by the remains buried there and could not be given back to the Lees, he insisted, striking a refrain he would repeat in the years ahead. Yet the Lees clung to the hope that Arlington might be returned to the familyif not to Mrs. Lee, then to one of their sons. The former general was quietly pursuing this objective when he met with his lawyers for the last time, in July 1870. "The prospect does not look promising," he reported to Mary. The question of Arlington's ownership was still unresolved when Lee died, at 63, in Lexington, on October 12, 1870.

    His widow continued to obsess over the loss of her home. Within weeks, Mary Lee petitioned Congress to examine the federal claim to Arlington and estimate the costs of removing the bodies buried there.

    Her proposal was bitterly protested on the Senate floor and defeated, 54 to 4. It was a disaster for Mary Lee, but the debate helped to elevate Arlington's status: no longer a potter's field created in the desperation of wartime, the cemetery was becoming something far grander, a place senators referred to as hallowed ground, a shrine for "the sacred dead," "the patriot dead," "the heroic dead" and "patriotic graves."

    The plantation the Lees had known became less recognizable each year. Many original residents of Freedmen's Village stayed on after the war, raising children and grandchildren in the little houses the Army had built for them. Meigs stayed on, too, serving as quartermaster general for two decades, shaping the look of the cemetery. He raised a Greek-style Temple of Fame to George Washington and to distinguished Civil War generals by Mrs. Lee's garden, established a wisteria-draped amphitheater large enough to accommodate 5,000 people for ceremonies and even prescribed new plantings for the garden's borders (elephant ears and canna). He watched the officers' section of the cemetery sprout enormous tombstones typical of the Gilded Age. And he erected a massive red arch at the cemetery's entrance to honor Gen. George B. McClellan, one of the Civil War's most popularand least effectiveofficers. As was his habit, Meigs included his name on the arch; it was chiseled into the entrance column and lettered in gold. Today, it is one of the first things a visitor sees when approaching the cemetery from the east.

    While Meigs built, Mary Lee managed a farewell visit to Arlington in June 1873. Accompanied by a friend, she rode in a carriage for three hours through a landscape utterly transformed, filled with old memories and new graves. "My visit produced one good effect," she wrote later that week. "The change is so entire that I have not the yearning to go back there & shall be more content to resign all my right in it." She died in Lexington five months later, at age 65.

    Read more here.

    (Thanks, Jane!)

    10:19p
    Laura Lam's 'False Hearts' is a gripping tale

    http://boingboing.net/2017/08/23/laura-lams-false-hearts.html

    http://boingboing.net/?p=542914

    Rarely does a novel grab my attention like Laura Lam's False Hearts.

    I started reading Laua Lam's False Hearts and could not get out of my chair until I was done. I then rewound my Kindle to page one and handed the device to a friend who read 3-4 chapters before handing it back and saying "Wow, I want to keep reading!" This novel is wonderful.

    A dystopian tale of near future San Francisco, Lam's world building is excellent. The opening, reminiscent of Roger Zelazny's EPIC Nine Princes in Amber, takes off at a blistering pace and the novel never slows down. A murder mystery surrounding separated-but-formerly-conjoined twins and the oppressive commune they were raised in fascinates.

    I don't want to spoil anything. Read it yourself.

    False Hearts: A Novel by Laura Lam via Amazon

    10:48p
    Trump obsessed with Russia probe, rage-dialing GOP over legislation to ban him from firing Mueller

    http://boingboing.net/2017/08/23/not-just-mcconnell-trump-rage.html

    http://boingboing.net/?p=542921

    Yesterday, we learned that President Donald Trump chewed out Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell over matters related to the open investigation into Russia, and Trump. Today, we learn from a Politico report that Trump also clashed with multiple GOP senators, not just McConnell, over Russia.

    (more…)

    10:59p
    See you at Burning Man!

    http://boingboing.net/2017/08/23/safety-third.html

    http://boingboing.net/?p=542930

    Tomorrow, I'm turning off my email and hitting the road for Burning Man, where I'll be giving three talks, and I hope to see you there: at 4PM on Weds, Aug 20, I'm speaking at Palenque Norte at Camp Soft Landing; at noon on Thursday, Aug 31, I'll be speaking at my home camp, Liminal Labs (6:15 and Rod's Road); at 4:30PM on Friday, September 1, I'm speaking at the Center Camp Cafe stage. See you there -- or back here after Labor Day!

    11:12p
    Yet another Russian ambassador turns up dead, this time in a swimming pool

    http://boingboing.net/2017/08/23/yet-another-russian-ambassador.html

    http://boingboing.net/?p=542935

    Mirgayas Shirinskiy (photo) is the fourth senior Russian diplomat to unexpectedly die this year under.

    (more…)

    11:26p
    My favorite internet animator, Joe Sparks, is back

    http://boingboing.net/2017/08/23/my-favorite-internet-animator.html

    http://boingboing.net/?p=542941

    Joe Sparks' Radiskull and Devil Doll remain my favorite characters of the Dotcom boom. After a long hiatus while working for a company that apparently wouldn't let Joe publish independent work, he is back.

    Check out his darling new video!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A9EBq0Thy4

    Representin' Hades!

    11:37p
    Top Trump aide emailed campaign officials about proposed contact with Putin

    http://boingboing.net/2017/08/23/top-trump-aide-emailed-campaig.html

    http://boingboing.net/?p=542939

    Congressional investigators looking into connections between Donald Trump's presidential campaign and Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. elections have found an email from a senior Trump aide that references a previously unreported effort to arrange a meeting last year between Trump campaign officials and Russian President Vladimir Putin, CNN reports.

    (more…)

    11:51p

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