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The Guide Gear Hide-A-Gun Concealment Air Vent [Amazon] boasts that it will "Keep your gun hidden in plain sight!" of people whose eye level is lower than 36 inches from the floor. Guaranteed! To you, it's a secret spot to store a gun that's easily accessible to you, yet difficult for thieves to find. Wood […]

We've all been cooped up for the past six months — and whether you want to admit it or not, our heightened state of existence has probably got your competitive juices flowing at least a little. No matter how you currently feel about the other people in your household, you're probably more than ready to […]

The Department of Homeland Security issued an intelligence bulletin on Wednesday warning that Russia is now focusing disinformation attacks on the subject of mail-in voting, as our election process in the United States adapts to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Says DHS, "We assess that Russia is likely to continue amplifying criticisms of vote-by-mail and shifting […]

Impeached and increasingly erratic U.S. President Donald Trump urged residents in the politically hot state of North Carolina to attempt to vote twice in the November 3 election, once by mail and then a second time, in person. "Let them send it in and let them go vote," Trump said during an interview Wednesday with […]

Xyla Foxlin and her uncle take just 30 days to create a cedar strip canoe reminiscent of summers with her aunt and uncle. The next 30 days were spend adding the varnish. She says: I've been paddling the Adirondacks in cedar strip canoes with my aunt and uncle for as long as I can remember, […]

This paper sign at our local sandwich shop from r/pics I applaud this restaurant's efforts to teach rat-lickers that businesses have a right to refuse them service, but I suspect most no-makers are either willfully ignorant or just not smart enough to understand. [via Reddit]

Professional juggler Zak McAllister choreographed his winning act to a song from Steven Universe. The grace and smoothness of some of these moves is just remarkable. Truly impressive execution. He also nailed the teams competition with partner Delaney: Image: YouTube / Zak McAllister – Pro Juggler

I had certainly never heard of HALYX, the Star Wars-inspired rock band created by Walt Disney Records in the early 80s. And that's a shame, because this is absolutely my jam. Luckily, there's a new full-length documentary to fill in the gaps for me. Babmie Moe, a former A&R for Walt Disney Records, described the […]

Eric Godal's anti-fascist cartoons from the 1930s and 40s have been reimagined by Chris Piascik as anti-Trump cartoons. Piascik has left the captions mostly intact because history is repeating itself. From Kottke: Godal, a German Jew, had escaped the clutches of Nazi Germany in the 30s and labored to warn America and the world about […]

As a fan of David Lynch's painting, movies, television shows, daily weather reports, and Today's Number videos, I enjoyed this YouTube video titled "David Lynch being a Madman for a Relentless 8 minutes and 30 seconds." I learned that Lynch calls Kyle MacLachlan "Kale" because that's how Dino De Laurentiis pronounced it during the production […]

In early August, the New York Post reported that business was way up for psychic and astrologies, due in large part to the fact that fucking everyone is on edge right now for any number of frighteningly legitimate reasons. Even medical professionals are getting in on it, according to Manhattan psychic Marion Hedger, whose business […]

PSA Press is making these clever pinbacks benefiting Black Girls Code and Movement For Black Lives. "Throughout history, athletes and activism have been linked," states PSA Press. "There is a long, defiant tradition of sports protesting that dates back to 1883 and continues to this day." They're available in red/white/blue or black/white. (Thanks, UPSO!)

In 1981, eight years before Game Boy, Nintendo released the first Game & Watch. The handheld console had one game, Ball, and a clock (that's why it was called a Game & Watch). Nintendo just announced it's reintroducing a special edition of Game & Watch. It looks a lot like the original but the controllers […]

A campaign on the Christian crowdfunding site GiveSendGo has raised $380,779 from 8987 people as of 9am EST on Thursday, in order to support the legal defense of Kyle Rittenhouse, the Antioch, Illinois teenager who killed 2 people and severely injured another during after-curfew militia actions after a protest against police brutality in Kenosha, Wisconsin. […]

Patrick Shearn of Poetic Kinetics is known for enormous shimmering sculptures that float above public spaces. His next project is called Change in the Air, and will include messages you submit in response to the tumultuous global changes in 2020. To get a sense of how cool and beautiful his works are, here's a nice […]

India is experiencing a shortage of coconut harvesters. It's dangerous work, as harvesters must climb trees that are sometimes 50 ft tall. Once they reach the top of the tree they have to hack away at the stems with a machete, making their grip on the tree more tenuous. To deal with these problems, researchers […]

My friends in the music industry have produced a fantastic compilation of previously unreleased recordings by the likes of REM, Matt Berninger, Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Phoebe Bridgers, Death Cab for Cutie, and many other artists as a fundraiser for Fair Fight, an organization dedicated to voting rights. Aptly titled "Good Music to Avert the Collapse of […]

Sometimes I just sit and ponder how great chocolate and peanut butter might taste with a modern graphics card! Also I think the new Peanut Butter cups come with HOTAS and VR support.

Endless cards and cubes are a fun papercraft project to do at home, and Elde Art shows how using some fabulous Dragon Ball Z illustrations in the sample. If you've never made an endless card, I'd start with that: Image: YouTube / Elde Art

A masterpiece by West Chester, Pennsylvania artist Cassius King.

Did you leave your vials of hamster DNA on a train in Heidelberg, Germany? Last Friday, a bomb squad was called aboard a public train to investigate an abandoned styrofoam box containing three vials of fluid. The forensics experts eventually determined (maybe there was a label?) that the vials did not contain explosives but rather […]

These No-Hide chews have been popular with my most aggressive chewers and spare me some worry. There are good and bad things about rawhide, and I have had two very aggressive chewers in my life. My dogs can vouch for the deliciousness of these No-Hide chews but are not a statistically significant sample of safety. […]

Only a single survivor was pulled from the water after a ship loaded with thousands of cattle capsized off the coast of Japan on wednesday. The Guardian reports that Sareno Edvarodo, 45, was spotted waving in the water by a plane likewise risking the seas and skies during Typhoon Maysak. According to Edvarodo, the ship […]

Successful people typically attribute their success to skill and hard work, but as Veritasium points out, luck is a factor, too. For instance, in many years, 40% of hockey players selected into top-tier leagues are born in the first quarter of the year, while only 10% are born in the fourth quarter. Call that coincidence, […]

My new favorite website is Asbestorama, dedicated to the wonderful world of fibrillous silicate minerals. My favorite entries are asbestos snow, a fluffy mix that you can use to decorate christmas trees in your home; the asbestos filters formerly offered on Kent-brand cigarettes; and

In recent years, the state of the art in highspeed reveals has gone high tech. So-called sniffer effects where a curtain quickly disappears used to be done with ropes, pulleys, and sandbags. Now it's done with programmable mechanics and high-power engines. A kabuki effect is where a curtain is released from the top and drops […]

Fans of Pee-wee's Big Adventure are going to have a field day looking for all the details in the art for this just-announced deck of cards. I spy Francis as the Joker. I spy a broken bike chain link. I spy an Abraham Lincoln hand puppet à la the Breakfast Machine. I spy the cut […]

Troubled chipmaker Intel has unveiled a new logo. To quote Raymond Wong, it "now looks like the store brand of Windex".

You've visited Windows 95's Hall of Tortured Souls, but here's a far more charming easter egg revealed by one of the people who worked on Microsoft's all-conquering operating system nearly thirty years ago. The procedure to find it is simple but blatantly unlikely—renaming a New Folder three times with what are essentially uncrackably-long passphrases—but it's […]

If you have a medium-sized metal can, flour, corn starch, powdered sugar, baking soda, and maybe some borax, you can make a small forge that will work with a standard soft flame torch found at any hardware store. NightHawkInLight was able to place a small crucible inside and melt aluminum scraps in just five minutes. […]

The administration of impeached President Donald Trump has told U.S. states to prepare to distribute a coronavirus vaccine that will be made ready by November 1, coincidentally just two days before Election Day. So weird, huh? Could a rushed, unsafe, but much-hyped vaccine be the 'October Surprise' from Trump's campaign and administration? CDC planning documents […]

When Tod Kurt of ThingM recommended these reversible Micro USB cables, I bought a 3-pack. They work! Both the USB A plug and the micro plug can be inserted without regard to the orientation, like a USB C plug. There is no "right side up." I bought another 3-pack. Why aren't all USB cables made […]

I carved and gifted the "Terminator pipe" to Arnold birthday and he sent me a photo. from r/nextfuckinglevel Master carver u/RadonLab made a cool Terminator pipe for Arnold Schwarzenegger, who thanked him by sending him a signed photo.

Step right up to see Chico, the singing parrot that lives at the Lincolnshire Wildlife Park in Lincolnshire, England. The 9-year-old, Yellow-crowned Amazon made headlines singing Beyonce's "If I Were a Boy" but also covers Katy Perry, Gnarls Barkley, and Lady Gaga. Follow @chicoparrot (Instagram)

Sandie Crisp (AKA The Goddess Bunny) is a Los Angeles drag queen, actress, and model. Transgender and born with polio, she labels herself as the last glamor star of Hollywood and has been an inspiration to many to never give up no matter the odds. In 2020 Crisp announced her candidacy for President of the […]

German artist Katharina Grosse has a current exhibition called "It Wasn't Us" that turned the Historic Hall of Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart in Berlin into a giant colorful form that spills outside. Turn on CC for English subtitles. Via Art at Berlin: The artist's latest in situ painting disregards the boundaries of the […]

Art Insider profiled Adam Fu, aka Adam Fukujita, a spray paint muralist who has really figured out the trick to spray paint that looks like neon. Check out his Instagram for more recent projects. Image: YouTube / Art Insider

Adding a few autonomous vehicles into traffic can reduce traffic jams and create safer, greener driving conditions, according to a study conducted Dr. Amir Goldental and Prof. Ido Kanter, from the Department of Physics at Bar-Ilan University. The researchers suggest guidelines for efficient regulations, such that AVs can cooperate and significantly enhance traffic flow even […]

This robot, named Model-T, is now stocking shelves at a FamilyMart convenience store in Japan. For this trial use, the alien-looking robot is controlled by an operator in a remote location. According to robot firm Telexistence, Model-T will enable stores to "operate with less number of workers and enable them to recruit employees regardless of […]

Sheets of paper and cardboard boxes can become electronic user interfaces thanks to the work of researchers at Purdue University. "This is the first time a self-powered paper-based electronic device is demonstrated," said Ramses Martinez, an assistant professor in Purdue's School of Industrial Engineering and in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering in Purdue's College […]

Insect photographer Andreas Kay shot this remarkable golden tortoise beetle. They are not only beautiful, but they also have a number of impressive evolutionary traits. Their feet are really good at gripping leaves, so they can seal their elytra (their hard wing coverings) so they are flush to the leaf's surface, making it hard for […]

The two Tom the Dancing Bug books, Tom the Dancing Bug: Into the Trumpverse, and The Super-Fun-Pak Comix Reader, are now available. Information about the books, including how to order, and special offers here. "Ruben Bolling's craft and commentary are as powerful and as pointed, as capable of making you laugh while breaking your heart as they were […]

Barely a year-on from the award-winning "de-aged" Robert DeNiro of The Irishman, it seems clear that deepfaking it creates a superior result—one so good it not only shows how the original effort fell short, but what it is about age that simply cannot be smoothed away. Deepfake the whole thing release it on pirate bay! […]

You can't make this stuff up. These are real promotions from Target. Go ahead, complete your virtual statement look: Thanks, Phil! screengrab via Target

Mario Lopez appeared on Golden Magic to demonstrate some nice sleight of hand work with a cigarette and other props. Whoever in the control booth decided to cut away to the inattentive and generally unimpressed audience is probably rethinking that choice. Image: YouTube / Nam Anh Nguyễn

14 years after unleashing the internet classic Shoes (described in Vice as the "First Great Viral Music Video"), LiamKyleSullivan yesterday posted a sequel called Masks. Footwear-obsessive Kelly has moved on.

This video is a funny and quite disturbing masterpiece of applied fakery (but not deepfakery), showing how adeptly computers can not only animate faces from a single photographic source but fall into a sweet spot between realism and animation's squash and stretch. As amusing as it is, the trivializing charm of it will please far-right […]

This is no time to just assume that everything will be fine. This is a time for plans…and backup plans. We all want to think that our employers are looking out for us and our interests. And maybe they are. But maybe, they aren't. Your company or even your career could be impacted and irrevocably […]

Lycopodium spores repel water so strongly that you can dip your spore-covered hand into water and it will stay completely dry. The hydrophobic spores are highly flammable, too, so they are often used to make fireballs in theatrical performances. Steve Spangler does some pretty good pyrotechnics with it here: Image: YouTube / Phil Cook

And now for some good news: Facebook says it is going to make less money when Apple releases iOS 14. I have no idea what "Audience Network publisher revenue" is but can only hope it represents a major part of Facebook's revenue. From MacRumors: Facebook warns that ‌iOS 14‌ could render Audience Network ineffective in […]