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Sometimes you just want the world to burn, especially when it's ending. In Little Inferno, a wintry apocalypse has engulfed the Earth, and you're sitting by a fireplace throwing everything in the flames. Read the rest

YouTuber Tim at Grand Illusions unboxes this delightfully soothing helicone, a wood and brass sculpture that changes from a helix to a pine cone shape with the flick of a wrist. Such a satisfying sound as it snaps into place! Read the rest

A 72-year-old Marine veteran who volunteered to protect a sea turtle nest got beaten and shot in the butt for his troubles. Turtle-hater Michael Q. McAuliffe was arrested. Read the rest

While we were busy enjoying the spectacular images of Pluto, ESA's Rosetta camera released this image of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Read the rest

This gorgeous image of the dying embers of a bouquet of roses, titled "The Ash," was meticulously crafted by the creative team at Ars Thanea. See how they did it. Read the rest

Two decades years ago, 95.4 percent of kindergarteners in Washington state were vaccinated for polio. This year, only 88.4 percent had the vaccine. Read the rest

Buy this toy. It'll spin forever (so long as the batteries don't run out) Read the rest

A group of residents in Farmersville, Texas said they are prepared to put pigs' heads on spikes and pour pigs' blood on a plot of land where a Muslim cemetery will be established. Read the rest

One thing that's really important to us is to be able to critique things we love, and to embrace the idea that sometimes a conversation is more important than a right answer Read the rest

In The World Burns, the folks best suited to surviving an apocalypse will be bloggers? Oy vey.Read the rest

Have you ever wanted to be a big jerk at a birthday party? Of course you have!Well, I'm here to tell you that it's the easiest thing in the world to do. Read the rest

If you have a pool table, or know someone who has one, you need to get one of these Wobbling 8 Balls. Read the rest

Two laser-cut sheets of steel, some needle-nosed pliers and a bit of patience are all that stand between you and a “museum-quality” 3-D model of your favorite astromech droid! Read the rest

Their use as cheap diamond substitutes by showy rich people belies the world of beauty found in lead glass—and a versatility you might not expect. Read the rest

Ed "Big Daddy" Roth. Just the mention of his name triggers a reaction. In 1965 after seeing Roth’s wild customized hot rods, Tom Wolfe spontaneously wrote an Esquire article about him in a new, wigged-out and crazy writing style, New Journalism: "There Goes (Varoom! Read the rest

Amy Crehore has three lovely paintings on display at the Jiro Miura gallery. The show is called "Ephemeral – Territory of Girls" and it runs from July 25 to August 16, 2015.

Project Linework posts maps in a variety of loosey-goosey styles, for people who want things almost right. Read the rest

It's monday. Design your creature. [Chantal Moosher via Forest Ambassador]

The collection includes, but does not conclude, with The Rock's turn in The Scorpion King. There is far worse in store! [World Wide Interweb via Kottke]

Early in the morning in Omaha, Nebraska, a would-be thief accosted a driver at gunpoint and demanded her vehicle. After she complied, he found himself unable to squeeze into the 4'9" woman's customized seat and fled on foot after getting "only a few feet" in the vehicle. [Nebraska Radio Network via Arbroath]

Ashley Madison is a social network for people who want to cheat on their spouses. It's been hacked and "large caches of user data posted online," reports Krebs on Security. Read the rest

Caffeine is the world's most widely-used psychoactive drug. Four cups a day is, for average adults, about as much as it's safe to take, because of the mildly unpleasant things it does to us.

This splendid work was crowdfunded at Makuake.com, reports James Vincent: "The painstaking and laborious techniques of ukiyo-e don't come cheap."The available prints are of Vader, the Battle of Hoth, and a scene of Amidala, R2 and Anakin.

The headline sounds like a prime candidate for Betteridge's Law, but a neurologist and his nightclub-director daughter are on it. Read the rest

Japan anticipates that falling birth rates and negligible immigration will result in population decline—as much as 1m a year. Millions of homes are already empty, reports Nomura Research, with a million in bad shape. Read the rest

Butterick's Practical Typography has been updated since the last time I linked to it and is always well-worth another read. The infinite-pixel screen, especially, has made "good fonts look fan­tas­tic, [while] bad fonts look worse."

When a bullet ant stings you it feels like you've been shot by a gun. In the above video, watch Dr. Read the rest

Wouldn't it be great if there was an 80's style action show, a la Knight Rider, Airwolf and Street Hawk—but where the special vehicle was wholly unsuited to heroic adventures and interventions? Read the rest

A quick but clever archive.org hack. Above, Reddit in 2007.

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It handles great. But can I get it in cornflower blue?

Police in Northumbria, England, have issued an appeal after a beach towel was callously taken by persons unknown from North Tyneside beach. Read the rest

Separated at birth … in the nuclear fires of Teegeeack.

God save the Queen. Read the rest

Captured at Katmai National Park in Alaska. (more…)

Magicpeacelove writes, "I've been in magic over 40 years and I can count on one hand (maybe with fingers left over) the number of times an act has completely blown me away. This is one of them." Read the rest

Chain reaction artists and domino builders have collaborated to create what they hope will go on record as the largest chain reaction in history. Read the rest

Two years ago today, Jonathan “Song A Day” Mann published this song. It's as timely as ever. (more…)

He did not like strawberry rhubarb. No. Not one bit. Read the rest

Los Angeles police are searching for the identity of this burglar, who accidentally shot and published a selfie with his victim's iPhone. Read the rest

NASA released more amazing space imagery and scientific data, slowly and steadily coming down to earth from the New Horizons space probe after its historic fly-by of Pluto. Read the rest

There are lots of how-to-roll-a-joint videos on YouTube, but this is one by Jolie Kerr (author of the household hints book, My Boyfriend Barfed in My Handbag) is one of the best. (If you find a better one, please post to comments.)

Colorado Springs police officer Tyler Walker said 18-year-old Alexis Acker was being “physically combative” and that she'd “kicked him in the groin area.” As a result, he had no other option other than to violently body-slam the handcuffed 100-pound teenager face down on a hard floor, knocking her teeth out. Read the rest

You Are A Horse is a Twine game where you are a horse. Who robs a bank. Read the rest