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“I have just endured one of the largest trolling attacks in history,” writes Reddit's recently-departed interim CEO Ellen Pao in a Washington Post op-ed today. “And I have just been blessed with the most astonishing human responses to that attack.” Read the rest

Police noticed an odor and alcohol, and Henry admitted to drinking a six-pack of Hamm's beer. Read the rest

Yesterday, President Obama defined rape in a news conference. Last week the Cosby rapes and disclosure by The Runaways' Jackie Fox were in the news. Read the rest

The Chandler Arizona police department explained that one of its police officers barged into a naked woman's home without her permission and handcuffed her because the woman was "trying to agitate" him. Read the rest

Oregon State University researchers created and patented a new strain of the protein-rich red marine algae known as Dulse. When cooked, this new stuff really tastes like bacon. The engineered strain is high in protein, and purportedly offers twice the nutritional value of everyone's favorite vegetable-du-jour, kale. Read the rest

Astounding photographer Star Foreman aims to complete 30 of her unique and breathtaking photoshoots in 90 days. Please help her via kickstarter.Read the rest

It's listed as Adavi Donga (1985), but I am not sure what I just watched.

Six minutes, 172 episodes. (more…)

This works. Created by Ezequiel López. (more…)

Snag Your Free Copy of this New York Times' Bestseller. Read the rest

A young man with colorblindness received a pair of EnChroma colorblind-correcting sunglasses as a gift from a friend, and when he tries them on, he is overcome with emotion at seeing certain colors for the first time.RELATED: Color for the Colorblind

Under threat of an advertiser mutiny, TLC announced today that it was canceling its popular reality television show 19 Kids and Counting, which starred a conservative Christian family. Read the rest

Sarah Jeong reports on the bizarre and public wrangling over Reddit, whose free-for-all atmosphere blew up just in time to singe new investors expecting rapid growth. Read the rest

Don't trust Dr. Google, says The Atlantic's Julie Beck: "On average, they included the correct diagnosis in the first three results 51 percent of the time, and included it in the first 20 results 58 percent of the time." As for Yahoo! Answers…

Canadian cops are on the hunt for a gang of cows that allegedly drooled on and scratched a woman's car in Val-des-Monts, Quebec, causing $1,000 in damages. Read the rest

The BBC reports that after two "hackers" spotted security holes in its website, United rewarded them with a million miles each. Read the rest

Is it being sweet? Or is it fattening them up? For later.

The Ultimate Deck by Stranger and Stranger is one of the most impressive decks of cards in my collection. The luxurious design of each playing card is absolutely, without a doubt, the most over the top, detailed and decorative set of 52 that I have ever seen. Read the rest

I sort of have a love affair with beautiful boxes and my friends and family know it. Recently, I received a couple of wonderful trick boxes from a new friend, Marcel. Read the rest

The legendary Lemony Snicket is headed to the high seas for a new adventure under his other name. But where's he coming from? Read the rest

Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Ignore the Metrics Read the rest

Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences released an interesting demo of blending rigid and soft materials during 3D printing to create hybrid robots with enhanced performance for tasks like jumping and landing. Read the rest

Cooperative of Photography released a great video with 8 DIY tips to improve your smartphone shots, ranging from super-simple and cheap to fairly simple and maybe cheap. Read the rest

Detroit's historic Park Avenue Hotel was demolished on July 11, and YouTuber TheGadgetGuy1 caught all the action via drone. Read the rest

Ville-Matias Heikkilä posted four trips to YouTube, each the work of a different "DeepDreaming"-style neural network (based on the Caffe deep learning framework) but the same source image. Read the rest

We are as close as we've ever been to Pluto, and images even more spectacular than this are on the way. Read the rest

My War "Freestyle" by Medhat Mamdouh. Amazing. (YouTube)

Just look at it.WTFDuino (Thanks, Marc de Vinck!)

A California administrative judge ruled that Uber's license to operate in California will be suspended in 30 days if it doesn't appeal or start complying with state laws. Read the rest

From big-eared Yoda hats to C-3P0 undies, Star Wars clothing has you covered Read the rest

Ever pooped in the shower? If you play Shower Game, you probably will. Read the rest

This Wednesday at the PianoFight theater in San Francisco, Imran G and Red Scott present their new monthly comedy show #PhotobombSF, which combines today's best comics, a theater with San Francisco's best bar, and the stupid and silly fun of a photo booth. Read the rest

At a press conference this afternoon, NASA revealed the first close-up details of the surface of Pluto. Read the rest

The Hootananny pub in Inverness, Scotland no longer will feature barman dresses in kilts. The owner and assistant manager say intoxicated customers were lifting the employees' kilts, and in some cases, grabbing their penises. Read the rest

Since January, Tabby the cat has returned to her family's home in Canada five times with a square patch of fur shaved from her body. The family is mystified, and when they told neighbors about it, one of the neighbors reported that his four-year-old cat Twilight has received similar treatment. Read the rest

Lesson learned! Or perhaps not.

Won't someone think of the poor exoplanets? Read the rest

Aww. Poor little Pluto.(more…)

Before the Amiga, before the C64, there was Commodore's PET, its first great 8-bit machine. Now it's being resurrected, in spirit, as a cellphone. Read the rest

I want to make this delicious looking ice cream (but with much less sugar). No ice cream maker needed!

A rare Enigma machine, the proto-computer used by the Nazis to send codes during World War II, just sold at auction for $233,000 to an unnamed buyer. Of course, the Enigma code was cracked by Alan Turing and the other cypherpunks at Bletchley Park. Read the rest

Recode's Mark Bergen and Kurt Wagner take us through the internet's latest crazy craze, from top to endlessly repeating puppy-eyed bottom. Read the rest

ProxyHam is a portable WiFi router that costs $200 and mask users’ IP addresses. Rhino Security Labs, the company that developed ProxyHam was scheduled to debut it at the Def Con convention in Las Vegas in August, but on Friday Rhino tweeted that they were scrapping the project without explaining why. Read the rest

Gawker's Jesus Diaz points us to this bangin' video charting the escape route of noted Sinaloa drug cartel boss Chapo Guzmán, with a narco-corrido soundtrack. Read the rest

A good puzzle from Futility Closet. Read the rest