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Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions collaborated with Kurt Vile on this lovely track "Let Me Get There." Hope's languid voice is just a gorgeous as when she started 30 years ago. (more…)

The Westworld reboot and Elon Musk recently renewed interest in "base reality," the concept that one true reality exists, and everything else, including possibly this reality, is a simulation of some sort. Now some billionaires are funding the search for an escape. (more…)

Once the domain of countercultural psychonauts, LSD and mushrooms in one-tenth doses are becoming more popular among you professionals, especially in the tech industry. (more…)

Researchers from the Human Rights Data Analysis Group (previously) obtained a copy of the Predpol predictive policing system that police departments around America have spent a fortune on in order to find out where to set their patrols, and fed it Oakland's 2010 arrest data, then asked it to predict where the crime would be in 2011. (more…)

Long story short: start with a reliable chocolate chip cookie recipe (this one has chia!), bake and decorate with sugar pears, slivered almonds, food coloring markers (I didn't know that these were a thing, but these are a thing!) and some sculpting tools. (via Geeks Are Sexy)

Part of an ongoing series by weird chart-maker Scott Bateman; link to today's edition.

Five Four Club is an LA-based men’s clothing brand that delivers clothes hand-picked by personal stylists, at off-the-rack prices. The idea is to make dressing well an afterthought, and that's exactly what it does. All you have to do to get started is take a short quiz to help the stylists understand your preferences and body type. Every month, you'll get a box of custom clothing with unique items that match your style to a T. You'll receive up to three curated pieces of clothing a month without ever having to enter a store or pick something out.Your Five Four Club membership also qualifies you for special discounts on exclusive deals and merchandise—like 80% off and early access to designer collections in the online store. This deal ends this week, so don't miss your chance to get a three-month subscription to Five Four Club for 45% off—just $99 (retails at $180).Explore more trending deals:Wally BiFold Wallet ($39.99)The Python Power Coder Bonus Bundle ($44)

On the latest Planet Money podcast (MP3), a former San Francisco Wells Fargo banker describes the bullying and coercion she faced from senior management while working at the bank's head office, and how the bank forced her out when she blew the whistle on fraud and then blacklisted her with other banks, forcing her out of the sector altogether. (more…)

Leroy Switlick, a 67-year-old visually impaired man who has voted in every election for the last 40 years may not get to vote this year, because he lives in Wisconsin, where Republican governor Scott Walker passed a voter-suppression law that requires people like Switkick, who've never traveled and never held a driver's license, to show photo ID (like a passport or driver's license) to vote, and the DMV has failed in its duty to issue him a non-driver ID. (more…)

A day after hot-mic audio emerged of millionaire presidential candidate Donald Trump boasting of groping and forcing himself on women, he has promised to be "a better man." In a taped statement about his taped statements, Trump apologizes for the words he used, if not the actions they describe. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/784609194234306560?ref_src=twsrc%5EtfwTranscript:I’ve never said I’m a perfect person nor pretended to be someone that I’m not. I’ve said and done things I regret, and the words released today on this more-than-a-decade-old video are one of them. Anyone who knows me knows these words don’t reflect who I am. I said it, I was wrong, and I apologize. I’ve traveled the country talking about change for America, but my travels have also changed me. I’ve spent time with grieving mothers who’ve lost their children, laid-off workers whose jobs have gone to other countries, and people from all walks of life who just want a better future. I have gotten to know the great people of our country, and I’ve been humbled by the faith they placed in me. I pledge to be a better man tomorrow and will never, ever let you down. Let’s be honest: We’re living in the real world. This is nothing more than a distraction from the important issues we are facing today. We are losing our jobs; we are less safe than we were eight years ago; and Washington is totally broken. Hillary Clinton and her kind have run our country into the ground. I’ve said some foolish things but there's a big difference between the words and actions of other people. Bill Clinton has actually abused women, and Hillary has bullied, attacked, shamed, and intimidated his victims. We will discuss this more in the coming days. See you at the debate on Sunday.Trump is 70 years old. Why should we forgive him for what he did 10 years ago, but insist his opponent be blamed for what her husband did 30 years ago?

Millionaire presidential candidate Donald Trump was caught on a hot mic discussing things he enjoys. The WaPo obtained a recording it describes as "lewd" but mostly consists of boasts of pursuing and forcing himself on women.I moved on her like a bitch, but I couldn’t get there. And she was married.”“I did try and fuck her. She was married.”“Just kiss. I don’t even wait. And when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything.”“Grab them by the pussy. You can do anything.”His campaign has released a statement saying it's just banter.This was locker room banter, a private conversation that took place many years ago. Bill Clinton has said far worse to me on the golf course - not even close. I apologize if anyone was offended.I guess I shan't be voting for Bill Clinton this November, then.

https://youtu.be/Bv2uJRkeSY4"Music isn't the same nowadays. Not at all. ... The cuss words were bleeped out, but I'm not stupid."Then she breaks down in tears at the memory of Vince Staples, whose "Norf Norf" she then recites.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mb6Jc4juSF8If someone doesn't do a Christian Mom remix/cover of Norf Norf by the weekend the internet is over.Wise words from Vince himself:https://twitter.com/vincestaples/status/783962141443358720https://twitter.com/vincestaples/status/783962237232906240https://twitter.com/vincestaples/status/783962457073152001https://twitter.com/vincestaples/status/783962535494123520https://twitter.com/vincestaples/status/783962605517991936UPDATE: JPosition delivers a straight-up, sadly not very catchy Mom cover:https://youtu.be/YLesL106XmQBut here is a more sonorous remix, by Maurice Spears. Reminder: so many bad words.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxN6DXCdTZU

The Chelsea Manning Support Network writes, "Chelsea has missed three planned calls so we are worried about her and sofar we don't know why. The support network can be reached at staff@chelseamanning.org."

Deji from Access Now writes, "How much does it cost to shut down the internet? A new report by the Brookings Institution assesses costs during a one year period between 2015-2016 and found immense losses. It's just a baseline too -- and doesn't even include things like mobile money or lost tax receipts. The real number is likely much higher." (more…)

Next time you see Cory, ask him to show you one of his rubber band magic tricks. We've been learning them at our monthly meetup "for people who aren't good at magic." My old rubber band ball is worn out, so I just bought a new rubber band ball for $3.29 (with free shipping) on Amazon. Don't forget to pick up the The Complete Course In Rubber Band Magic DVD, too.

Dan Howland from the dearly departed Journal of Ride Theory snapped these all-the-feels tombstones at this year's Davis Graveyard (previously) haunt. (more…)

Ealth Club or Healthh Club? It can only be one or the other.The first "H" on this sign is represented by the weights but the second is not.[via]

In September 2014, Iranian authorities ransacked Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee's house and found an unpublished fictional story about stoning to death. She has been sentenced to five years in prison for insulting Islamic sanctities and another year for spreading propaganda against the ruling system.From The Guardian:“The charges against Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee are ludicrous,” said Philip Luther, Amnesty’s research director for its Middle East and North Africa programme.“She is facing years behind bars simply for writing a story, and one which was not even published – she is effectively being punished for using her imagination.”Stoning to death is one of Iran’s most controversial punishments, often used against women accused of having an illicit relationship outside marriage. It sparked an unprecedented global outrage in 2010 in reaction to the high-profile case of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery.

Magician Penn Jillette used to weight about 340 lbs. He was happy with his weight and the way he looked. He said he didn't even mind not having a lot of energy. But his blood pressure was dangerously high, and his doctor said he might die before his children grew up. So he changed his eating habits. It's been 17 months since he lost 100 lbs, and in this video he explains how he did it.Here's Penn in 2013, talking about Donald Trump:https://youtu.be/yjsXAH76P-Y

E.J. Brennan reported that a fax machine called his voice number. Twilio, his phone provider, provided a useful transcription of the message it left him.It's an old tweet (from 2013) but it checks out. [via Internet of Shit]

After a careful analysis of millionaire Republican Donald Trump's social media patterns and what precedes them, The Atlantic concludes his late-night Twitter binges follow "moments of stress or triumph." (more…)

Charlie Brooker's back, and so are six of his stories: "The Twilight Zone for the digital age," as The New Yorker put it. (Previously)

Once again, MTV Decoded’s Franchesca Ramsey makes a complicated issue easy to understand. It turns out voter impersonation is rarer than getting struck by lightning.

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You know what America needs right now? A little perspective. For that, I recommend you head to your local IMAX theater and see Terrence Malick’s “Voyage of Time: The Imax Experience.” It's a psychedelic meditation on the history of the cosmos that's very kid-friendly, and a wonderful reminder of the big, big picture. (more…)

An outstanding post on the EFF's Deeplinks blog by my colleague Ernesto Falcon explains the negligent chain of events that led us into the Stingray disaster, where whole cities are being blanketed in continuous location surveillance, without warrants, public consultation, or due process, thanks to the prevalence of "IMSI catchers" ("Stingrays," "Dirtboxes," "cell-site simulators," etc) that spy indiscriminately on anyone carrying a cellular phone -- something the FCC had a duty to prevent. (more…)

Our Boing Boing pal Joe Sabia shares this wonderful video his team created for Vanity Fair. (more…)

Jeremy Shafer shows how to make flexible finger rings that look like reptilian claws by allowing joint movement. He also shows a handy way to maximize the number of squares you can make out of standard printer paper. (more…)

Dino Everett of USC's Hugh M. Hefner Moving Image Archive shows off a nifty little gadget: a working 3mm movie camera developed by Eric Berndt in 1960 for NASA's Mercury missions. (more…)

Andrew Saladino of The Royal Ocean Film Society put together a terrific overview of Saul Bass and his contributions to title design, made especially great by relying on footage of Bass himself describing his work and philosophy. (more…)

https://vimeo.com/54762523I'm the "Honourary Steward" for this year's Shuttleworth Fellowship, this being a valuable and prestigious prize given to people who are undertaking to make the world a better, more open place ("social innovators who are helping to change the world for the better and could benefit from a social investment model with a difference"). (more…)

Walking passed a Church and seeing this board outside“Forgiveness is swallowing when you want to spit.”That's the sign that Reverend Bob Marshall placed outside his church in Buckley, North Wales.“When I put that sign out I had no idea what it meant over here," he told the Daily Post. Forgiveness is what it’s all about. One lady said she didn’t even see the word forgiveness. It’s obvious to me what I meant but it never really entered my mind it had another meaning.”He said God took care of the sign by blowing it over with a gust of wind.

While "design thinking" has become an overused catchphrase among consultants, it is also a real thing, a formal methodology for solving difficult problems. Bill Burnett, the executive director of Stanford's Design Program where they take design thinking very seriously, and his colleague David Evans, who co-founded Electronic Arts and teaches a very popular Stanford course called "Designing Your Life," have written a new book based on the class titled "Designing Your Life: How To Build A Well-Lived, Joyful Life". Above is the trailer for the book. From the New York Times:They say the practices taught in the class and the book can help you (in designing-your-life-speak) “reframe” dysfunctional beliefs that surround life and career decisions and help you “wayfind” in a chaotic world through the adoption of such design tenets as bias-for-action, prototyping and team-building....The book includes things that are not in the class, like what Mr. Burnett and Mr. Evans call “anchor problems” — overcommitted life choices that keep people stuck and unhappy. A common mistake that people make, they said, is to assume that there’s only one right solution or optimal version of your life, and that if you choose wrong, you’ve blown it.That’s completely absurd, Mr. Evans said: “There are lots of you. There are lots of right answers.”"Designing Your Life: How To Build A Well-Lived, Joyful Life" (Amazon)

The Economic Innovation Group and Ernst and Young surveyed 1200 millennials and found that, basically, everything sucks. (more…)

Submissions open on Oct 12 for at least three months; they're considering 20,000-40,000 novellas "that fit the epic fantasy, sword and sorcery, high fantasy, or quest fantasy genres, whether set on Earth or on an original fantasy world" but "will only be considering novellas that inhabit worlds that are not modeled on European cultures" and the editors "actively request submissions from writers from underrepresented populations." (more…)

Photographer Frankie Lucena captured the strange beauty of red lightning sprites above Hurricane Matthew near Aruba and Colombia. From Smithsonian:Like aurorae, sprites happen when charged particles interact with gases in the atmosphere, likely nitrogen. As ice particles high within thunderclouds bash against one another, an electrical charge builds. An opposite charge builds up on the ground, and eventually both charges connect, creating a spark of light—lightning. When the lightning strike has a positive charge, it can spark a sprite—a kind of electric field that shoots out from the top of the lightning strike—that flashes above the cloud. They’re also not easily spotted by the human eye. As Matt Heavner of the University of Alaska explains, bright lights make it nearly impossible for the eye’s retina to spot the flashes, and the bright clouds that can surround them also distract would-be sprite spotters. It’s even more difficult to catch these flashes in action because when you’re beneath the sprite-sprouting cloud, you can’t see the flash at all. You either need to be flying above the clouds or far away to get the perfect shot.

Three students are taking Valencia College in Orlando because the institution required them to perform transvaginal (penetrative) ultrasound exams on each other.From Washington Post:The probe is also rather large and can be painful for some women. It requires heavy lubrication, and sometimes the technician will stimulate the patient to help insert the probe.When teaching this procedure, the school asked the students to perform the procedure on each other. When possible, that is — one of the 12 students that year was a male.Milward, Ugalde and Rose didn’t feel comfortable participating.But when they stated as much, they were reprimanded.

Today marks the launch of Spill Zone, a graphic novel from Uglies creator Scott Westerfeld (previously) and Alex Puvilland: the tale of a brave photographer who ventures into strange, uncanny lands created by a mysterious catastrophe, and returns with images of those worlds that she sells to keep her scarred little sister whole. (more…)

She was less than thrilled by her Broadway debut. Good thing it’s now just a distant “Memory.”

Last year, Benjamin Mackey designed an inspired collection of digital Twin Peaks Tarot cards. Now, Mackey is making the deck real through an Indiegogo campaign! From the project description:The Magician Longs to See Tarot is a complete 78-card deck with 22 Major Arcana and 56 Minor Arcana in full color. The deck combines the mystical world of Twin Peaks with visual evocations of Pamela Colman Smith's iconic tarot illustrations. The Major Arcana have manifested as some of the primary movers and shakers in Twin Peaks, while the Minor Arcana tend towards depicting infamous scenes and moments in the series. My goal is to strike a delicate balance between accurately representing the respective characters while still maintaining readability as a deck."The Magician Longs to See Tarot" (via Daily Grail)

My multitalented friend Kate Harmer and her colleagues at Hum Creative generously built an online resume for Donald Trump. It's funny because it's true. (And it's also not funny because it's true.) Hire the Donald!

Paul Thomas Anderson (Boogie Nights, There Will Be Blood) delivers another Radiohead video from their latest album Moon Shaped Pool. Once again, it stars Jonny, Thom, and the Roland CR-78 drum machine from 1978.Previously:"Watch the new Radiohead video by Paul Thomas Anderson"

The Apple 10-Ft MFi-Certified Lightning Cable: 3 Pack is designed to cover all your charging bases for a fraction of the price. With three cables, you can keep a cable at work, one in the car, and one wherever else you need. It sounds simple, but it's an amazing solution to a problem we all face.Most importantly, these cables are MFi certified, meaning they’re approved by Apple to work with all your devices without harm. And of course, the 10-ft length means you won’t have to get out of bed or walk across the room to use your phone while it’s powering up.Check out this 83% off discount today in the Boing Boing store.Explore more trending deals:Pay What You Want: The Award-Winning Mac BundleBluetooth Shower Speaker

The 1981 Radioshack computer catalog is beautifully illustrated, but everything in it is complete TRS.

I've just sent Megan McArcle's article, "Why Writers Are the Worst Procrastinators," to my Kindle. Tell me if it's any good, I'm going to check it out later.Most writers were the kids who easily, almost automatically, got A's in English class. ... This teaches a very bad, very false lesson: that success in work mostly depends on natural talent. Unfortunately, when you are a professional writer, you are competing with all the other kids who were at the top of their English classes. Your stuff may not—indeed, probably won’t—be the best anymore.

Nerdy best friend Barb immediately became a Stranger Things fan favorite, even though [SPOILER ALERT] she bites the dust pretty early into the season. And since Barb will no doubt be a hugely popular costume this Halloween, YouTube makeup artist and prosthetic designer Kiana Jones (a.k.a Freakmo) has a suggestion for how to make your costume stand out: Go as Dead Barb.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bs9qGbG8WPUThe video takes viewers through a step-by-step explanation of how to replicate the ghoulish version of Barb found dead in the Upside Down. Jones' look even includes gory face wounds and some handmade slugs.

If you start practicing now, you might be ready to debut Desi Perkins' creepy melting skull makeup for Halloween. (more…)

CBS News's Betty Yu reports that San Jose's Westfield Valley Fair mall is being sued after one of its guards, Francis Lancaster-Abraham Fielding, pulled a gun on a driver who knocked over a traffic cone. (more…)