Pity poor Turla, the advanced persistent threat hacking group closely associated with the Russian government who were outed yesterday for their extremely clever gimmick of using Britney Spears's Instagram account as a covert channel for controlling compromised computers in the field while protecting their "command and control" servers; today, Turla faces another devastating disclosure, a report that Turla exploited gaps in the security model of satellite TV and internet systems to make it possible for compromised computers to contact the C&C servers without revealing their locations. (more…)

The independent, Congressionally mandated Health Care Industry Cybersecurity Task Force released its report last week, setting out their findings about the state of security in America's health technology (very, very, very bad) and their recommendations (basic commonsense cybersecurity 101). (more…)

Burgess's fascination with slang extended well past Nadsat, the synthetic Russo-English dialect he invented for A Clockwork Orange; his autobiography mentions in passing that he'd begun work on a dictionary of slang but gave it up: "I’ve done A and B and find that a good deal of A and B is out of date or has to be added to, and I could envisage the future as being totally tied up with such a dictionary." (more…)

The Taqueria Los Altos in Bell Gardens is the place for cheap blow: just 25c a go at the putty ball vending machine!

After physically attacking a reporter and allowing his spokesman to lie about it in an official statement, Republican congressman-elect Greg Gianforte has formally apologized to his victim. He is also donating $50,000 to the Committee to Protect Journalists.

Claire Voon takes a fascinating look at engraver Joseph Strutt's illustrations of strange medieval party games, many of which involve beating the hell out of other guests. (more…)

YouTubers iJustine and Grant Thompson (a.k.a. The King of Random) test out what happens when you blend liquid nitrogen in a blender. Probably don’t try this one at home, at least not without the proper safety equipment and a blender you don’t mind breaking.

A McDonald's franchisee in Washington DC is celebrating Pride Month with fry boxes festooned with rainbows. That didn't sit well with televangelist Joshua Feuerstein: (more…)

In honor of both LGBTQ Pride Month and Ramadan, video maker Dylan Marron has launched a new weekly web series called “Extreme(ly Queer) Muslims.” Every Monday in June, Marron will sit down with a guest to explore issues that relate to the queer Muslim community. In this first episode, he chats with Muneer Panjwani about intersecting forms of oppression and why chewy cookies are better than crunchy ones. Here’s the trailer for the rest of the series:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uctQ85a4t64

The women of BuzzFeed’s Ladylike series get masterful Disney villain makeovers to remake themselves as Maleficent (Sleeping Beauty), Ursula (The Little Mermaid), Yzma (The Emperor’s New Groove), and Cruella de Vil (One Hundred And One Dalmatians).

The YouTube channel GizmoSlip puts a Galaxy S8 to a rather unusual “drop test.”

These RNC talking points to Trump allies on Comey's testimony tomorrow are making the internet rounds. Pretty rich. You can also see these words and phrases start to percolate through statements coming from various members of Team Trump, on social media and in the press. Fired FBI Director James Comey's testimony before the Senate intelligence panel is expected to start at 10 a.m. ET on Thursday. Hold on to your butts.(more…)

I’ve been in fandom for over thirty years, and in that time, I’ve had only one hard-won rule about it: Never, ever meet the wizard.Actors are always shorter than you think; writers don’t always understand why their villains are your heroes; and the deep, meaningful conversations you’ve rehearsed in your head a thousand times tend not to go as planned. All too often, meeting the wizard is about learning to live with the awkward humanity of your heroes – and of yourself. Hanging out with your friends and writing fanfiction is usually a lot more fun. (more…)

This is an interesting 13 minute video about making a mold from a regural axe and casting a new axe in bronze. Around 10:30 into the video, the axe falls and slices the guy's leg open. For some reason, the guy doesn't mention this at all in the YouTube description, so it comes as a surprise.And now I want an angle grinder.

People are having fun writing Seinfeld scenes for this incident that took place recently at some star-studded event:Comment from discussion Users write a fantastic Seinfeld scene after Jerry rejects a hug from Kesha.From dinaodapp:Jerry: "So I'm standing there talking to this reporter, answering his questions, you know, and this lady walks up like she knows me, and does this hugging motion!"George: "Hugging motion? Who does that?!"Jerry, nodding: "This lady apparently. And I'm thinking to myself Oh No, do I know this person? Is this that girl I dated last week? I can't remember her name!"George: "Mulva, her name was Mulva. What was the hugging motion like? Was it like this?"George comes at Jerry with open arms, just as Kramer barges into the apartment...Kramer: puts down a live chicken "So Jerry. I hear you turned down Kesha."Jerry and George together: "What's a Kesha?"Kramer: gathering hats from Jerry's closet "What's a Kesha? What's a Kesha?! Wow, you're really out of touch Jerry." begins trying different hats on the chickenElaine entersElaine: "Hello boys. Uh, what's with the chicken?"Kramer: "It's for the show tonight."Elaine looks puzzled and brushes off the commentJerry: "So Elaine, what do you think about a woman just introducing herself with a hug?"Elaine: "What kind of hug?"Jerry: "You know, a full on hug. Both arms all the way around."Elaine: "Do you know her?"Jerry: "That's just it, I'm really not sure."Elaine: "Well I think it's OK if you know her."George: "I don't see why you're complaining. I wish more women would hug me."Jerry: "Well if I knew that I knew her, I probably would have just hugged her".Elaine: "Who do you maybe think it was?"Jerry: "That girl... I was dating a couple of weeks ago..."George: "Mulva"Elaine: "Mulva? You mean the woman that looks like Kesha?"Jerry, looking humorously perplexed and shrugging his shoulders: "Who is this Kesha?"Kramer: "I can't believe you turned down Kesha. Where's your bowler hat Jerry??? You know I needed that bowler hat!"The phone ringsJerry: "Jerry here."Jerry nods and mutters several "uh-huhs" then hang upsElaine: "Well? Who was it?"Jerry, looking exasperated with hands in the air: "That was my new agent. He says he's booked a lunch meeting tomorrow with Kesha. Apparently she wants to work with me and thinks I'm the perfect spokesman for her new hat line."George: "You reject a hug from Kesha and now you get to have lunch with her!?"Kramer, with chicken still in hand: "Wait just a minute Jerry. You're saying that this Kesha has hats? Hats for your head? You've got to let me come with you to that lunch. I'll drive you."Elaine: "Does your agent know you rejected her hug live on television?"Jerry: "I... I don't think so. This could be very uncomfortable tomorrow"George: "How tall is she?"Elaine: "Maybe you could initiate a hug tomorrow, set things straight?"Jerry: "No, not an option." Reaching for the phone "I'm calling my agent back, the meeting is off..."George: "Off?"Jerry: "It's OFF!"Kramer: "Jerry, don't throw away this opportunity! This could be your big in! Your chance to finally make it! Plus you promised Little Pablo a bowler hat, and a bowler hat he shall have! Jerry, I'm begging you, don't cancel that meeting! This is KESHA we're talking about! And Little Pablo! Don't say no to Little Pablo..."Jerry sighs and hangs up phoneJerry: "Fine, I'll do the meeting but I'm not hugging!"Kramer: "Aww, thanks buddy!" Waves with chicken wingGeorge: "So if there's no hug how are you going to greet her? Shake her hand?Elaine: "If you rejected my hug on TV, I sure wouldn't shake your hand."Jerry: "Yeah, I really gotta come up with something here."--END SCENE 1--

When you're having a conference in an awesome spot like Irvine you can play host to a speaker who refuses to prepare!I'll be kicking off WordCamp this Saturday morning, someplace in the lovely planned community of Irvine. Get there early if you want to catch me.Not even I have an idea what I'll say -- I've been asked to regale the folks who attend with tales of my decade-plus working with wonderful things. We can all be surprised!Most notably, I got taught a lesson about not fucking around when people send you silly interview questions! It appears this bio is the output of my flippant responses.While we have a lot of fun, don't be looking to Boing Boing for best practices!WordCamp OC will be held someplace behind the Orange curtain this weekend.Image via u̶͛͗̽ n̵͇ͨ g̵̼͂ l̵᷅ t̵̄ c̵̃͘ h̵͚ m̵͇͑e͔

I have always wanted a TRI-Function reCORDER. Of all the cool gadgets they had on Star Trek the science Tricorder was my favorite.This lovely Diamond Select model is well made, comes completely with all the sound effects and lights up quite nicely. I also like the smaller medical tricorder, which was just a salt shaker during filming of TOS.Diamond Select Toys Star Trek: The Original Series Tricorder via Amazon

This is a recipe for a nightmare - a swimming pool, a baby, a crappy-design floatation device, and no adult supervision. Fortunately a little girl noticed and flipped the kid upright. Question - who was recording this?

This week in Maker Update, Donald Bell presents a zoetrope combined with a fidget spinner, an SLS printer from Formlabs, a Raspberry Pi weather chamber, component carnage, and a tiny OLED Pi screen. Our featured Cool Tool is the Hakko FX-901 cordless soldering iron. Read the full review on Cool Tools.

In 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services barred nursing homes from forcing their residents into accepting binding arbitration agreements that would move all legal claims into business-friendly fake courts where the proceedings are often secret, and where the presiding fake judges draw their pay from the companies that are accused of malfeasance. (more…)

FOLLOW @RubenBolling on the Twitters and a Face Book.JOIN Tom the Dancing Bug's subscription club, the Proud & Mighty INNER HIVE, for exclusive early access to comics, extra comics, and much more.GET Ruben Bolling’s new hit book series for kids, The EMU Club Adventures. (”Filled with wild twists and funny dialogue” -Publishers Weekly) Book One here. Book Two here.More Tom the Dancing Bug comics on Boing Boing! (more…)

Journalist Alexey Kovalev is in Moscow, whence tweeted this picture of "a vending machine in a mall for buying Likes for your Instagram pics." (more…)

I'm intrigued by this cleverly designed USB charger faceplate for US/Canadian power receptacles: you unscrew your existing faceplate, insert this one into the receptable so that its USB charger leads make contact with the screws on the sides of the receptacle, and screw it back in, and in theory, you now have two power outlets and two USB charger outlets. (more…)

Muckrock filed Freedom of Information Requests with multiple US police forces to find out how they were using "mobile phone forensic extraction devices" -- commercial devices that suck all the data out of peoples' phones and make it available for offline browsing. (more…)

When Eric Trump raises money for kids' cancer charities at his annual Eric Trump Foundation golf invitational, he boasts that his events are super-efficient because he holds them at his dad's Trump National Golf Club in Westchester County, New York, where "We get to use our assets 100% free of charge." He lied. (more…)

The Biersafe Underground Beer Cooler is a plastic tube that holds 16 beer bottles. Buried around 3.5 feet deep, the surrounding dirt acts as insulation. It has an integrated bottle opener too.(via Uncrate)

The inedible green leaves left behind during pineapple harvesting contain fibers that can be transformed into goods traditionally made from leather, including shoes, bags, and other leather accessories. Pinatex has details. (more…)

The YouTube channel Skunk Bear digs into the moral and practical concerns of vampire bat eradication while offering some bat knowledge along the way.

Legacy Lab international created this interesting creative experiment titled Energy of Things: a canvas covered in thermochromic paint, with a variable heat source behind it. (more…)

In this “behind-the-scenes” video from the set of Avengers: Infinity War, Chris Hemsworth stumbles upon some action sequence prep from directors Anthony and Joe Russo. Since Thor didn’t appear in the Russos’ Captain America: Civil War, Hemsworth takes the opportunity to vent his frustrations on the helpless Avengers action figures.[via Slash Film]

Equinox collaborated with New York City’s LGBT Community Center to create a video that embraces the limitless spectrum of the LGBTQ experience.

As an homage to Marlon Webb’s viral jogging challenge, the YouTube channel Vegan Spider-Man filmed a Spidey version at last year’s Stan Lee’s Los Angeles Comic Con. It’s a little hard to describe exactly what it is, so just watch it instead.

Eric Trump, embodying Orange Julius' love of self-dealing, has kept monies he publicly stated were donated to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis. Young Eric claimed he was able to raise oodles of money for cancer research as he was donating the resources of the local Trump golf course. Said Trump golf course was paid well over $1MM for its services.Via Forbes:

The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University in New York wrote to Donald Trump demanding he unblock a number of users, because when the President blocks a citizen of the United States it's a violation of the Constitution's First Amendment protecting freedom of speech.(more…)

It wasn't a burglary, say Colorado police. A black bear with a case of the munchies plunked around on the piano keys while raiding a woman's apartment for food and lulz.And he got away with it.(more…)

In April, Lego announced its fantastic new NASA Apollo Saturn V model rocket set. Based on a Lego Ideas submission by a builder named saabfun, it's a 1:110 scale model of the real thing. Of course the Saturn V was the workhorse rocket that took astronauts to the moon beginning in 1969 and delivered Skylab to orbit in 1973. Watch space geek Adam Savage and his Tested colleagues tackle the assembly!Lego.com is out of stock but you can buy it from scalpers on Amazon here.

Last October, Bob Dylan won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition." Part of the requirement for receiving the award (and the prize money) is a lecture within six months of the Nobel ceremony. Dylan delivered his yesterday, just a few days before the deadline, and it's magnificent. Listen below.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TlcPRlau2Q(photo above by Charles Gatewood. Miss you!)

Secret Hitler is a social deduction game that seems to be a variation on games like Werewolf and Mafia. The design, by artist Mackenzie Schubert, is beautiful.

In a post to the venerable NANOG list (mirrored since to Dave Farber's Interesting People list), anti-spam researcher Ronald F. Guilmette posts the results of his investigation into the IP addresses claimed by a mysterious company called host-offshore.com -- IP addresses assigned to "various parties within the nation of Columbia (including the National University thereof)" but, strangely, routed through Bulgaria. (more…)

Balloon artist Masayoshi Matsumoto says, "I create animals, plant life and insects using only balloons. The work that has been published on this page is made from all balloon only. (Adhesive, maker pen, seal, etc. are not used at all).

For 13 years, I've been writing about Adam Greenfield, one of the world's smartest critical thinkers on what we're calling "The Internet of Things" this decade -- but since the first glimmers of the idea of networked people, places and objects, Greenfield has been writing smart things about the subject, most recently in Radical Technologies: The Design of Everyday Life, a book that Verso will publish next week. (more…)

p>This puzzle designer, Fleb, has a YouTube channel that has in-depth videos of new and old puzzles. I love it. In this video, he tries out a puzzle called Sphaera, from Art of Play.

A group of people in Taiwan created these pretty popsicles using water from sewage of 100 different locations. The popsicles contain delicious morsels such as cigarette chunks, slivers of fishing net, discarded wood and paper, and raw snail eggs. No, these crafty folks aren't trying to kill anyone – they are Taiwanese art students raising awareness of water pollution.

Atlas Obscura discloses a secret library, The Conjuring Arts Research Center, established to preserve the secrets of magic!

Starship Troopers, the 1997 disasterpiece, is one of the most fun bad Science Fiction films of all time! Until now, all the sequels were set up to fail.. behold Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars.Original Johnny Rico, Casper Van Dien is voicing the character again in this animated adventure. If you have seen the Starship Troopers animated series, it was clearly the best adaptation of Heinlein's books and far more fun than any of the sequel motion pictures. Also returning is Dina Meyer as Dizzy Flores.Get ready to hunt bugs!

David Firth, of Salad Fingers fame, produced a 12-minute short film about a cure-all cream that solves disease, aging and all forms of want. "All your problems can be creamed away." But what if people want to have problems? And want you to have problems?

From The Fluff Society (@FluffSociety on Twitter), a superior cute-animals account.

There's been much speculation on exactly how NSA leaker Reality Winner was exposed after giving The Intercept documents that showed the extent to which the security agency suspects Russian meddling (previously) in last year's general election. On one hand, the filing against her talks of the "creases" seen in the scans The Intercept posted, tipping them off to it being a workplace printout from an insider--an insinuation of casual sloppiness on the reporters' part. On the other hand, it seemed clear Winner did everything at a work computer anyway and was surely doomed once the story came out and internal investigations began.The truth is all of the above, but with a cherry on top: the printouts contained invisible dot patterns added by the printer to identify the worker who sent the print job. All surviving photocopying, scanning and PDF compression to be published, plain as day, on the world-wide web. Errata Security explains how, in detail.

Jon Almeda makes impossibly small hand-thrown ceramics in a series called Pots in Different Spots. Below are some finished works: (more…)