Now is a better time than ever to get acquainted with the prolific, unique works of Jack King-Spooner, whose numerous vignettes combine surreal, textured visual collages and abstract themes with a smooth, easy dream logic. Read the rest

This is a great Reddit thread. Read the rest

“Real reform will require changing the way campaigns are funded — moving from large-dollar private funding to small-dollar public funding,” writes professor Lawrence Lessig in a New York Times op-ed today. Read the rest

Because talking about race on Twitter is an exhausting proposition, unless you are a robot. Read the rest

By Deviantartist k-rui. Read the rest

The Texas Department of Public Safety has just released what is said to be a complete and unedited police dashcam video recording of the arrest of Sandra Bland. An altercation begins around 9 minutes in. Read the rest

The artist was born in 1960, in Krakow, Poland. Read the rest

747 people have taken my online Introduction to Arduino course on Skillshare, and the class has a 95% positive review rating. Read the rest

“Trainwreck” director Judd Apatow as Bill Cosby on The Tonight Show.(more…)

The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution is new documentary by Stanley Nelson.Change was coming to America and the fault lines could no longer be ignored -- cities were burning, Vietnam was exploding, and disputes raged over equality and civil rights. Read the rest

The Waggoner ranch, covering six counties in Texas, is the largest ranch within a single fence in the United States. For $175 million, it can be yours. Read the rest

Bible trivia version of Bingo from 1973. Read the rest

A series of designs with one goal in mind: “To create a shoe as a summation of an entire culture’s art.” Read the rest

A sousaphonist added the most fitting soundtrack to this Ku Klux Klan rally. (more…)

[UPDATE: It's not a lemur, it is a slow loris. Also the slow loris is being tortured, according to this (autoplaying) video. Read the rest

This classic, $5 trick earns amazing reactions.Read the rest

A wonderful montage of extraterrestrials at the movies. Hollywood has certainly done a good job preparing us for... the inevitable. (more…)

I've been replacing all the old bulbs (CFL and incandescent) with LED bulbs. They have become very affordable in recent months, and most are rated to last about 20 years. TCP is selling a six-pack of 65 Watt equivalent flood light LED bulbs for $36 on Amazon. (Dimmable bulbs are available too, for $10 a bulb).

Chicago's Independent Police Review Authority (IPRA) was formed in 2007 to review police brutality. Since that time, IPRA has investigated nearly 400 civilian shootings by cops. Read the rest

Sphero 2.0 is a fun interactive robotic sphere that feels more like a creature than a ball. To get started you must first download the Sphero app onto an iOS or android device (with bluetooth), which will become the ball's remote control. Read the rest

We are unabashed Beverly Hills, 90210 fanatics here. So naturally, we are excited about Lifetime's upcoming TV tell-all, The Unauthorized Beverly Hills, 90210 Story. Read the rest

If you have ever thought of being a male orc adventuring, traveling and bonding with all kinds of other male orcs, this enchanting, refreshing and lovingly-made romance game is for you. Read the rest

Let's show the world how sharing can be good for business. Read the rest

The New York Times's Adrian Chen reports on what happens when websites rely on unpaid labor to police their communities: trouble, such as Reddit becoming useless for days as the landscape of control shifts and cracks. Read the rest

Here's something nice to be angry about! Twitter just took away everyone's background wallpaper, leaving only the blinding absence of color. Read the rest

Jill Filipovic's review of Ayn Rand's posthumously published novel Ideal in Vice is less about the book than it is about the "socially awkward white men who seem disproportionately drawn to libertarianism" who admire Ayn Rand so much that they like a novel that Ayn Rand herself knew wasn't good enough for publication. Read the rest

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Read the rest of the Hip Hop Family Tree comics! (more…)

Photos for GQ by Mark Seliger@CPThrio @icecoldpenguin Lucasfilm & Disney didn't approve, participate in or condone the inappropriate use of our characters in this manner— Star Wars (@starwars) July 16, 2015 Read the rest

The early New Age movement was entwined with racist beliefs. Though modern adherents have moved on, cultural appropriation still links them to its troubling roots. Read the rest

The relationship between video games and violence is healthier than we like to think Read the rest

Sandra Bland was pulled over for failing to signal a turn in Waller County, Texas. She was arrested and taken to the cells, where she died three days later. Read the rest

Our cartoonist pals, Johnny Ryan and Dave Cooper, have created a bizarrely funny amd artistically gorgeous cartoon for Nickelodeon called Pig Goat Banana Cricket, which premiered on Saturday, July 18. Watch out the first episode in its entirety here! Read the rest

Dominique Lesbirel, 41, is to marry Travis, a stray of uncertain ancestry, reports Richard Hartley-Parkinson for Metro. Read the rest

Sophie Brownson of Barry & District News reports that a registered sex offender was spared jail after wearing shorts, which he is forbidden from doing. Read the rest

Digg takes a journey through time and space and all the aliens to grace celluloid, accompanied by Radiohead's Subterranean Homesick Alien. Read the rest

Neil deGrasse Tyson tell us how it is. (more…)

I watched An Honest Liar this weekend on Netflix. It's a Kickstarter funded documentary about James "The Amazing" Randi, the accomplished magician who became famous for exposing charlatans. Read the rest

In this meditative digital adventure, whorled iridescent shapes and glittering contrails that follow your mouse recall the magic of the early web, or some acid-dipped Microsoft Encarta CD-ROM. Read the rest

If you happen to be in Singapore and want to learn how to wield a lightsaber like a Jedi master, check out this fun video by The Saber Authority. Read the rest

The UK's National Media Museum currently hosts a Festival of Light installation by Liz West. An Additive Mix fills the room with white light, teaching visitors about the concept of additive color. Read the rest

Ellinor Ericsson's X-Me Collection weaves colorful tubes of fabric into Nordic style furniture with latticed birch backs, adding a touch of whimsy to the clean design. Read the rest

Every Frame a Painting looks at how Chuck Jones evolved into the master of comedic cartooning. The conclusions: Read the rest

The wisdom of Stephen Potter is my greatest secret. And now it is my gift to you. Read the rest

Samsonov, a military veteran who had worked at the booth for 29 years, said he was fired for covering someone’s toll fee out of his own pocket. Read the rest

We made an infinite, shared universe where what you draw becomes real. You can create anything you want—and give it to anyone you like. But there's something we can't magic from the void: participants. Read the rest

Do you love tacos? We love them so much that we are throwing a backyard taco party at my house in Los Angeles on Friday, July 31. Read the rest