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Flutes "stained with a man's bodily fluids" issued to California schoolchildren

After "a man’s bodily fluids" were observed on a batch of flutes issued to elementary schoolchildren in California, the instrumen...

Private school kicks players off football team for protesting racism during national anthem

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Cedric Ingram-Lewis and Larry McCullough were removed from Victory & Praise Christian Academy's football team after protesting duri...

When Cyclists clash

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Exhibit A: When American cyclists get in one another's way. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=39&v=DqgU062DCEQ Exhibit...

Mars Needs Elon

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Elon Musk is going to colonize Mars and has produced a science-fiction extravaganza to prove it. from Boing Boing http://ift.tt/2ygZWpj ...

1950s Morse key turned into a USB keyboard

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Nomblr created a fully-functional USB keyboard out of a 1950s Morse Key he inherited from his dad. I can just about remember growing up ...

Three impossibly beautiful assemblage clock-sculptures

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From Roger Wood 's Klockwerks mailing list . from Boing Boing http://ift.tt/2yzEWWJ via IFTTT

Addressing Donald Trump, Lin-Manuel Miranda speaks for the nation

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After history's worst president briefly paused his golf game to go on record to blame Puerto Ricans for failing to bootstrap themselves...

New documentary is a magic portal into a weird and wonderful library

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The Hermetic Philosophy There is an underground current of thought beneath Western culture, running quietly like a vein of quicksilver: Th...

Transgender murder victim stabbed in genitals and set on fire 'not a hate crime'

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Transgender teen Ally Lee Steinfeld was stabbed in the genitals, had her eyes gouged out, and was burned to a charred crisp . But she was n...

Learn Python at your own pace

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Python is one of the first languages taught in university Computer Science degrees for a reason. It’s got a plethora of modern language ...

Pornhub rolls out best-in-class accessibility features for visually impaired users

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Pornhub is the world's largest pornography site and they're now the world's most accessible, with a new, extensive suite of acc...

DRM could kill game emulators and erase the history of an artform

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Video game company Atlus just killed the Patreon page for open source Playstation 3 emulator RPCS3 , by invoking section 1201 of the DMCA,...

D20 waffle-maker

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ok2q1iOVihA Thinkgeek's $30 Critical Hit Waffle Maker produces D20 carbohydrates on demand, which mak...

Delightful hanging bacon preserver

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I've tried all sorts of bacon-preserving polyhedra, but this one's especially great as you can hang it in a sunny spot and see your...

Boy swallows squeaky toy

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The video embed here depicts exactly what you already suspect it will: a somewhat frustrated young boy, having swallowed part of a squeaky ...

Trump complains Puerto Ricans "want everything done for them"

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President Trump lashed out Saturday, attacking Puerto Rican leaders critical of his administration's relief efforts following storms t...

Harrowing photo of German police brutalizing defenseless protestor

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From last year's G7 protests in Munich, photographed by Tim Lüdemann. from Boing Boing http://ift.tt/2hBZN8D via IFTTT

Animal rights activist breaks his 365-day vow of silence on TV

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In 2015, animal rights activist James Aspey of Australia took a vow of silence for an entire year as a publicity stunt to "raise awar...

This 'Celebrating Fall' comic strip may cause panic attacks

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Autumn is here. It's a fine season for pulling out your favorite sweaters, downing PSLs, and huddling in the corner fearing nuclear war...

Sic semper evello mortem rattus norvegicus

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California's heavy rains led to a bounty for wildlife in the woods where I live. The local rat population has soared, due to a lack of ...

Rainbow-Shitting Unicorn Socks

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Contrary to the product description, these Rainbow-Shitting Unicorn Socks [Amazon] are not "womens" socks. They're my socks...

Bride marries herself in lonesome wedding

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Maybe some of us are destined to live our lives in a perpetual state of loveless isolation. Laura Mesi, a 41-year-old Italian fitness trai...

New Mexico governor accused of stiffing a hamburger joint

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Republican Governor Susana Martinez of New Mexico allegedly dashed on her bill at a burger restaurant Wednesday in what her office is calli...

The stereoscope was the virtual reality of 1838

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Erin Haworth of The Smithsonian says: Thought you might be interested in Clive Thompson’s latest tech column in the October issue of Smi...

La-La Land Records: movie and TV soundtracks for the absolutely obsessed

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I just came across this amazing company, La-La Land Records , that releases soundtracks of movies and TV shows. But they don't just re...

On the astounding lack of extraterrestrials ‘round Here

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If you’ve ever looked around and wondered, where are all the aliens , hit Play, below. No, you won’t find an alien. But you’ll hear a luxur...

Whiskey bottles organized by how many years they've matured

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According to the poster Mystic_L , each bottle represents a year in the cask. A good illustration of how fast (slow?) whiskies age, but als...

AmazonBasics adjustable tablet stand for $8

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This tablet stand was just what we needed for our kitchen iPad, which we use for recipes and streaming video. It's easily adjusted to ...

Rich people in California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, and Pennsylvania are to blame for dangerous anti-vaxx surge

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In Geographic and demographic correlates of autism-related anti-vaccine beliefs on Twitter, 2009-15 ( Sci-Hub mirror ), social scientists ...

These mid-century control rooms are sheer eye candy

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