This garage sale-worthy painting would be worth millions if it were by famed artist Peter Doig. But it isn't, says Doig. So its owners are suing him for interfering with their ability to sell it.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=L3KXnUw4ElwEgypt Urnash (AKA Margaret Trauth) is kickstarting a third print collection of her webcomic Decrypting Rita (previously), "about a robot lady who's dragged outside of reality by her ex-boyfriend; she's got to pull herself together across four parallel worlds before a hive-mind can take over the entire planet. It's a slickly-drawn story that plays around with narrative in ways only comics can do; those four parallel worlds run beside each other on the page, twining around each other in various ways." (more…)

https://vimeo.com/158807091Stuttgart-based industrial designer created "Paper," a novel concept for a printer/scanner/copier, as part of diploma thesis in UX- and Interaction-Design at the State Academy of Arts and Design. (more…)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au65p9oRJqIAlex AKA Yaxu writes, "I co-founded the Algorave movement. Now I'm working on an album of live-coded algorave-style music." (more…)

Stallion Mancakes is kickstarting these wordy Donald Trump tees, reading, "I VOTED FOR DONALD TRUMP AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS STUPID RACIST SEXIST FRAUDULENT OPPORTUNISTIC DIMWITTED EAR-GRATING EGOTISTICAL SOLIPSISTIC PANDERING SHYSTERING CHEAP-O MONEY-GRUBBING SCAPEGOATING HATEMONGERING ISOLATIONIST FASCIST POW-BASHING DRAFT-DODGING UNHINGED VACUOUS BILIOUS HYPERBOLIC DELUSIONAL MANIPULATIVE UNDIGNIFIED MERITLESS HOT-TEMPERED DANGEROUS SLEAZY SLIPPERY SILVER-TONGUED SILVER-SPOONED INSECURE VAMPING THUMB-SUCKING BODY-SHAMING SMALL-MINDED SHORT-FINGERED SHORT-SIGHTED UNDERBAKED OVERHYPED ARTLESS SHALLOW HOLLOW CRASS UNJUST TWO-FACED IRRESPONSIBLE UNETHICAL MANIACAL HYPOCRITICAL CERTIFIABLE LOUSY...T-SHIRT." (more…)

See sample pages from this book at Wink.Woody Guthrie and the Dust Bowl Ballads

A bio-engineering team at Harvard made a tiny robotic stingray from "a pinch of rat cardiac cells, a pinch of breast implant, and a pinch of gold," says Kit Parker, who lead the project. "That pretty much sums it up, except for the genetic engineering."From PopMech:

Come on. Throw her a ball. [via]

Construction worker Steven Burke showed restraint by spending only £28,000 on a new car, online gambling, clothing, an e-cigarette, cocaine, a gold chain, alcohol, and hotels after his employer accidentally overpaid him £40,000, reports The Mirror.Burke normally gets a regular direct deposit of £446.60 in his bank account, but the director of the company he works for misplaced the decimal, so he received £44,660. When the error was discovered and Burke was questioned by police, he told them he thought he "had been a lucky victim of cyber crime," reports the Mirror.Burke's sentencing is scheduled for July 25.

China's top Internet regulator, the "Cyberspace Administration," has banned media outlets from sourcing news reports from social media, and has forced internet companies to delete the social media accounts of reporters who posted "fabricated news" online. (more…)

It's true that the vote for Brexit was carried by working-class people in some of the poorest and most excluded regions in the UK; but the actual referendum question was put before the British public thanks to a small faction of some of the richest, most powerful people in the country -- people who rely on the finance sector (which overwhelmingly supported Remain) for their privilege. Why? (more…)

Giveaway alert! Would you like to equip your home with the latest offerings in smart home technology? With this giveaway, you'll receive a Skybell Wi-Fi Video Doorbell, a WeMo Switch to turn anything on or off, a Philips Hue White Starter Kit to control light levels, a Nest Thermostat, and an Amazon Echo. With Alexa voice commands, you can control all of these devices. Just say the word, and Alexa will take care of it.And don't forget to partner up your new smart home technology bundle with one of the best lightning cables out there. Over three times longer than Apple’s standard 3-foot Lightning cord (that you’ve most likely already lost), treat yourself to 10 feet of luxurious charging convenience.The Colossal is certified by Apple for its high-end quality, and designed to support full use of your phone while you charge up. Since we’re feeling flat out generous, you can snatch up this steal for pocket change.

https://youtu.be/QpxN2VXPMLcI can imagine Spock playing this song on his Vulcan lute.From YouTube:

How do you encourage a dead woman to leave your house? It helps if you have a hammer, balloons and confetti.This week on HOME: Stories From L.A., the story of actress/writer/artist Rose Portillo, and of the Los Angeles house she was born into. It was the scene of her family's ascent, assimilation and culture clash, and of the long process, spanning life and death, of Rose coming to terms with the contentious spirit of her grandmother.HOME is part of the Boing Boing Podcast Network.Subscribe: iTunes | Android | Email | Google Play | RSS

We've long chronicled the adventures of rogue archivist Carl Malamud, who is being sued all over the world for publishing standards that have been incorporated into the law, on the basis that laws must be freely accessible and republishable in order to be legitimate (an iron-clad principle stretching all the way back to the Magna Carta). (more…)

CETA -- the "Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement" is a secretly negotiated deal between Canada and the EU, mirroring many of the most controversial provisions in notorious deals like ACTA, TPP, and TTIP -- including the "corporate sovereignty" clauses that permit multinational corporations to sue governments in closed courts, and force them to repeal environmental, labour and safety rules (albeit dressed up in new clothes that make the provisions appear different, without making any real difference). (more…)

Where is the outrage for this snowflake? Where, oh where is it?

A manager wrote to the website "Ask a Manager" for advice on what she should do about an employee who quit after she was told she couldn't miss work to attend her college graduation ceremony.The manager wrote:

https://youtu.be/aXgGQuaOOt4In this video, an astronaut demonstrates what happens when he pushes two CD players floating in front of him. One is off and the other is spinning.

We've come together with our pals at Morningsave to offer you a couple neat gadgets! All three were things we collectively thought were fun to play with, and that you might like! Check them out...First up, for only $39, we've got the Ion Audio Vinyl Motion Portable Turntable. This portable record player comes in a suitcase, just like that first record player you got 40 years. Unlike the tinny sounding beast of yesteryear, this guy comes with both RCA and USB outputs! Readers with an eye to the future will encode their vinyl as MP3s!Next we've got the Nabi Look HD action camera. Unlike more expensive models, at 5 to 10x the price, this camera is cheap. $35 cheap. If you want a camera that'll record 1080p video, in an underwater housing, that you don't mind losing or destroying, this is the camera for you! While the Nabo Look outputs to microSD, and has a bunch of other features, mostly what this camera is notable for is not being valuable. Opens up a lot of possibilities in the world of action cameras, doesn't it?I was excited to see some photos taken with the Cheerson CX-10C Video Cam Quadcopter. I am still waiting. Thus far I can barely get the thing to hover without careening into a wall. The copter does come with a 2GB microSD card and certainly implies that a competent pilot could capture some interesting shots. Maybe you'll have better luck. I'd stick with the record player.All three of our Morningsave deals will be available until Bastille Day, where in solidarity with our French friends we will close the sale.

Philando Castile, 32, was shot dead tonight after being pulled over by a Minneapolis cop for a busted tail light. His girlfriend, Lavish Reynolds, captured the aftermath of the shooting via Facebook Live video. She says he was shot while reaching for his wallet to produce identification.Her daughter, 4, is reported to have been seated in the back seat of the vehicle when the police officer shot into it, striking Castile in the arm. The victim died of his injuries within hours at Hennepin County Medical Center nearby. (more…)

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Author Meredith McCardle used a projector to project a scan of the first page of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone on her wall, then painstakingly painted it in, leaving behind a perfect replica of the page from floor to ceiling. (more…)

The winners in this year's Illusion of the Year contest (previously) are all cool, but it took me a minute to figure out what was going on with the grand prize winner, Mathew T. Harrison and Gideon P. Caplovitz's "Motion Integration Unleashed: New Tricks for an Old Dog." (more…)

Here are five hand picked headlines from Drew Curtis! Fark is pretty much like Boing Boing’s wacky uncle, on Jackhammer Jill’s side of the family.Once you've starred in a sex tape, do you relinquish the right to be upset about people using your naked likeness in a music video?Hating your job can make you poor and poor people tend to hate their jobs. Thanks ObamaI wonder if this Oklahoma fan going full Rambo on a Kevin Durant jersey would accept a job offer to move to California for 50+ million dollars guaranteed?To make sure your information is not stolen when you pump gas should you a) shake the card reader b) check for a security sticker c) use cash, wear a dark hoodie and sunglasses, send an identical car to a different gas station or d) all of the above"Take a dive into the bizarrely captivating world of Trump erotic fan fiction." NNNNNNNNOPE

Johnny Miller is a Cape Town-based photographer who uses drones to capture aerial views of neighbourhoods and cities that reveal the deep, racial inequalities in architecture and city planning between black and white populations. (more…)

I had to stare at this for a few minutes. Via Neatorama.

With three cats, it's important to have good litter. I've tried crystals, clay, scented and unscented. I've settle on Boxiecat ($18 for a 16 lb bag). It's unscented but absorbs odors, clumps well, and there's very little dust. Best of all, the stuff seems to last forever. I just pour in a little from the bag every few days. There's no need to completely clean the litterbox every couple of weeks. Instead, I do a full dump-and-scrub every couple of months.Two other essential litterbox items: the Clevercat litter box and the heavyweight Durascoop cat litter scoop.

Walkie talkies were a favorite toy when I was a kid, it is no small wonder I enjoy these long range, two-way radios.I'm pretty fortunate to live in the middle of a national park. We do, however, have terrible cell service. These radios are useful if someone is going to walk the dogs, run down to the beach, or take the 1/2 mile walk to our mailbox while the other stays home. I've also found them super useful on group VW van and camping trips, allowing for easy group communication.Range is pretty good on this model, but I haven't gotten 15-20 miles out of them, even on the open road. As always these radios work best in line-of-sight situations. If you have a large and dense piece of mountain or hill between you and the other party communication may be impossible. Around our forested park I get 2-4mi pretty easily, even with rolling hills and canyons.Battery life is great. I've forgotten to charge these for months at a time, only to have them holding plenty of charge.The channel and privacy settings are simple to use, and the radios are interoperable with other Motorola models, and other manufacturers FRS/GMRS radios. I suggest making sure everyone can send and received before having a large party of vehicles take off on a trip. Checking every morning is helpful, as dead batteries can cause these devices to lose their settings.Much cooler than the walkie talkies I had as a kid.Motorola MH230R 23-Mile Range 22-Channel FRS/GMRS Two-Way Radio (Pair) via Amazon

The Bun Van, designed by Circu, is a bedroom designed to look like a 1960s VW microbus.

Last week I posted about a guy who came across a well-made skimmer at an ATM in Vienna. I wondered who made such a fine looking piece of sociopathic hardware. Turns out this company sells such devices in bulk via Alibaba. Don't you love that the company is using a photo of the Australian QPS Detective Superintendent holding up some confiscated skimmers to advertise their own skimmers?This company isn't the only one selling ATM skimmers on Alibaba. There are 12,425 skimmer sellers on Alibaba.

Sad and Useless offers this fantastic collection of Metal album covers. Here are a few that caught my eye. They share many more.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vL2tz8vG30gDr. Rockso, just because.(Thanks, Tim!)

In 2003, Colombians began to report encounters with the wild hippos that escaped from Pablo Escobar's private zoo after he was killed by police and his estate was left to rot. (more…)

The Guardian's Frankie Boyle is on fire in his new column on the post-Brexit machinations in the UK Conservative Party, where the hardline, ultra-authoritarian elements of the party are splitting their time between knifing each other in the back and planning to eliminate the few remaining environmental, safety and finance regulations that have not been shredded since the first David Cameron government in 2010. (more…)

These Soviet safety posters delivered their message in bold terms.

The countless billions of dollars poured into the War on Drugs has resulted in mass incarceration, corruption, political destabilization, violence, the rise of drug cartels, and systemic human rights abuses around the world. The one thing the War on Drugs hasn't done is stopped people from using drugs. The animated video series, Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell, explains why the problems associated with drug use are caused by the war against them.

As Conservative grandees jostle each other in the looming contest to become Prime Minister of the UK, we're starting to learn more about their plans for governing UK without the constraint of the European Union's human rights, environmental and labour rules. (more…)

A Darth Vader themed viewmaster viewer? No viewer could be better for visiting children.I didn't want my daughter's friends to destroy my childhood viewer. For $17 I acquired this Darth Vader one, and three Star Wars reels in a themed case to boot!Basic Fun ViewMaster Star Wars Gift Set via Amazon

After just two years of their Classic smartphone launch, BlackBerry announced today that are no longer in the business of making cellphones. According to AP:

Evidently dried seahorse is super popular in China. Fishing for seahorses is illegal in Peru, where eight million of them were seized last June.Via National Geographic:

I doubt this thief knew he was robbing Noa Technologies, the manufacturer of tiny GPS trackers intended to be stashed on public bikeshares. Turns out near everything he stole had a tracker on-board! I bet the San Francisco police officers responding to this call were pretty entertained.Via the San Francisco Chronicle:

Sennheiser's HD650 headphones are legendary. It should be no surprise Headfonia has offered a new review of the old classics.

A robotics start-up, Momentum Machines, announced that it is going to open a restaurant in San Francisco that uses robots to make hamburgers.From PopMech:

Cut together from three different animated series, and re-written for a US audience Robotech was thrilling! Airplanes that turned into giant robot battle armor?One of the first televised anime series I can remember, as a kid I hoped and hoped for the story to continue! Evidently, so did the show producer Harmony Gold, who tried to make several new Robotech properties, but couldn't quite get one to go.It seems, in 2006, they quietly snuck Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles in on us! I had no idea.The Shadow Chronicles runs concurrently with the last episode or two of Robotech, and then continues the story. Decades after a mysterious alien ship crashes to Earth, gifting us with wonderful Robotechnology, and uniting humanity in preparation for an impending alien attack, humanity is screwed! Galaxy wide religious wars are still being fought over energy! The only remaining sources of "proto-culture" are either on Earth, or onboard Admiral Rick Hunter's long missing Super Dimensional Fortress-3, extracted from of the wreckage of the original alien ship! Everybody wants that protoculture!I'm not a huge fan of mid-2000's CGI, but the story is pretty much pure Robotech. Be prepared to take some huge leaps of faith with the characters, and for cliff hanger after cliff hanger to extend the tension from episode to episode, even when edited into movie form. Evidently this was released both as a series, and a single movie.I enjoyed this new installment, but felt they left us waiting for the next chapter, again.The movie is on Youtube, and Amazon Prime. The entire original Robotech series is on Amazon Prime as well, and is still a ton of fun to watch!

https://youtu.be/GvZm9EXqrdUResearchers in Norway built a 1mm wide Pac-Man board and populated it with single cell organisms.From PopSci

The first question in this Ubisoft customer survey is "What is your gender" with "Male" and "Female" as permitted responses; if you choose "Female," you're dumped into a screen that informs you that "your profile doesn't suit the survey." (more…)

From Retrofuturism on Imgur: "February 1, 1939 issue of Vogue ran this photo of the 21st Century man, noting that he 'banishes buttons, pockets, collars, ties' and 'will revolt against shaving and wear a beautiful beard. His hat will be an an antennae - snatching radio out of the ether.'" (more…)

Every July 4, Cabel Sasser photographs the artwork used to sell that year's crop of Independence Day fireworks, which are a graphic design sub-genre that reflects pop culture sensibilities and the national mood. (more…)

The Pew Research Center is soliciting answers for a "Future of the Internet" survey that asks a bunch of thought-provoking questions about the security of the Internet of Things; social cohesion in a social media-dominated public sphere; education and innovation; automation and robots taking our jobs; machine learning and justice; and the tone of the online public sphere in the next 10 years. (more…)

Companies that lock you in with long-term contracts (mobile phones) or have a monopoly over your business (cable) carefully calculate exactly how terrible their customer service can be before you incur the pain of trying to get out of your contract or find an alternative. (more…)