Civil asset forfeiture is way for police to confiscate people's property and share the bounty with prosecutors' offices, without the tiresome hassle of due process. Read the rest

CTV News reports that just 12 hours of self-defense training reduced the statistical likelihood of rape and attempted rate by about half. Read the rest

Julie Beck reports on the resignation of Tim Hunt, the Nobel-winning biochemist whose sexist conference remarks sparked an international outcry. Read the rest

Shall we have a Boing Boing meetup at this bud and breakfast resort? Read the rest

A Texas teacher is under investigation after posting racist remarks on her Facebook page. Read the rest

The day after this year's American Library Association conference in San Francisco, the Noisebridge Hackerspace will host lawyers, hackers, librarians, and privacy ninjas in a two-day workshop on reinventing libraries' mission in the age of surveillance. Read the rest

They Powerpuff Girls are coming back to Cartoon Network in 2016. As you can see above, they look about the same as before. Read the rest

Step into the shoes of Hamlet, Ophelia, or Hamlet Sr. in To Be or Not to Be, a laugh out loud funny interactive tale that you'll want to play again and again. Read the rest

"And now you do what they told ya"

From famed LA artist Lalo Alcaraz and Pocho.com comes this perfect parody movie poster.Read the rest

Prominent Christian author John Perry was accused of sexually abusing kids in two lawsuits. Read the rest

In 2013 the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada proudly declared North Frontenac to be Canada's first "dark sky preserve." Now in 2015, NextEra Energy, a US based energy company, is about to turn this nature preserve into a wind farm.Read the rest

The truth behind the slow loris pet trade isn't pretty. Read the rest

Saxophonist Ornette Coleman, whose avant-garde jazz compositions birthed the free jazz movement of the 1960s and beyond, has died. He was 85. Read the rest

Sega's Department of Finding Ways to Further Demean and Degrade Sonic the Hedgehog might finally have found a way to outdo his tumblr fandom!Just look at the promotional box art. Even the Angry Bird looks like he's thinking, "I don't know about this. I really just... Hrm."

And now you know. (more…)

At this year’s Tony Awards, Kelli O’Hara had only 47 seconds to change from one elaborate costume to another during The King and I’s musical montage. (more…)

Sesame Street always nails its pop culture parodies, and this take on Jurassic Park is no exception. Read the rest

These cool illustrations were created by Brazil-based production studio Manipula as part of an advertising campaign for the Tourism Bureau of Ecuador. Read the rest

Ingrid Nilsen (aka Miss Glamorazzi) is a makeup guru who has racked up more than 3 million subscribers with her fun, upbeat YouTube videos that focus on beauty, style, and food. Her latest upload, however, takes on a more personal topic Read the rest

Lord Summerisle, Dracula, Saruman—all immortal. Alas, the legendary actor behind them, who created villains of imposing intelligence and dignity for generation after generation, is dead at 93. Read the rest

Anti-transgender reparative therapy, deemed unethical by experts and banned by politicians, is based on unconfirmed evidence. Could it be the latest high-profile sexology scam? Read the rest

There's a new, great resource-gathering tool designed for folks new to game-making. Here's why you should check it out. Read the rest

https://vimeo.com/98228654I really like party card games that are not sniggering, low-hanging Cards Against Humanity type things. If you, too, like to use cards to create spontaneous fun conversation and arguments among your friends, we've recommended The Metagame to you in the past, and now we've a new occasion to recommend you check out Monikers, too. Read the rest

A designer studies her favorite works of play and picture to explain what's missing from many modern video games Read the rest

From Dilbert to Fight Club to Joe Versus the Volcano, the world of white-collar drones and managerial ineptitude has long been a goldmine for parody. Read the rest

Dude. When there's a shark hanging out, humans like you are supposed to go inside, not on top of, the cage.(more…)

Eva Lovia and Johnny Sins launched an Indiegogo campaign to make the first porno movie in space. Lovia, Sins, adult site Pornhub, and studio Digital Playground claim they can get it done for $3.4 million. Read the rest

When electronics retailer Radio Shack filed for bankruptcy, the chain proposed selling customers' personal data to raise cash and repay creditors. That's not gonna happen, and the news is seen as a win for the right to privacy. Read the rest

Manly mindfulness for mellow macho muscle men. Read the rest

This set of food-grade silicone skull molds can turn many moldable materials into mementos mori. It's a wonderful way to remind yourself while eating candy or getting drunk that you will die fairly soon.2 Ice Skull Molds ($22) from Amazon

Ben Marks of Collectors Weekly says,"Pyrex turns 100 this year, so Hunter Oatman-Stanford reached out to Glen Cook, chief scientist at the Corning Museum of Glass, and Regan Brumagen, one of the curators of a Pyrex exhibition at the museum that continues through March of 2016. Read the rest

Kenlissia Jones, 23, of Georgia has been charged with murder after a hospital social worker reported her to the police for taking cytotec pills she purchased online to terminate her pregnancy. Read the rest

Sigma's lineup of high-end and rather odd compact cameras continues to intrigue and disappoint. Wired's Josh Valcarcel loves the image quality, especially for portraits—and dislikes pretty much everything else. Read the rest

14,700,000 is a huge number, and it also just so happens to be the number of pixels jam packed inside the glorious 27" display of the 5k Retina iMac. Read the rest

After mocking female scientists ("girls") as too emotional and suggesting they be segregated in the lab, Nobel-winning biochemist Tim Hunt is now "sorry"—but insists that he "just meant to be honest". Read the rest

Police responded Sunday to reports of a man throwing items out of a window in St. Petersburg, Russia. Upon their arrival, he began eating pieces of glass and other smashed-up components to "avoid detention," according to a statement released Monday. Read the rest

The web is in rough shape and tech companies can smell its blood. Their territorial efforts to recentralize the online experience on private platforms may well fail, but watching them try is the foreseeable future. Read the rest

BuzzFeed is back with another history video. (more…)

You’ve seen the movies, now see the book. Star Wars Frames collects selections of single frames from the entire Star Wars saga. Read the rest

Film producer and real estate developer Nile Niami is building a massive Bel Air, California residence, containing a 74,000 square-foot main house and three smaller homes, that he will try to sell for $500 million. Here's what that pocket change gets you: Read the rest

Ben Marks of Collectors Weekly wrote a piece on rare Lalique car mascots (aka, hood ornaments) from the 1920s and '30s. Read the rest

Its own News app and updates to OS X and iOS filled an unusually-packed lineup of new software Read the rest

Cotton Candy, Caramel Cocoa Cluster, Lemon Bar, Cinnamon Roll, Red Velvet Cake, Cupcake. These are the six new flavors of Starbucks Frappuccino that are sure to get your insulin busy transporting glucose into your adipose tissue. Read the rest

The Button, the Reddit game that started (perhaps) as an April Fools' joke and became a social experiment, religion, and drug, has ended after 1,008,316 presses. Time's up. "The Button has ended" (Reddit)Previously:• Reddit's hot 'button' game is practically religious• Realtime chart of "the button" game on Reddit