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Man charged with urinating on other flight passengers A 27-year-old man on a JetBlue flight allegedly stood up and "began urinating through the crack between the seats in front of him - and onto the passengers sitting there," according to AP. Read the rest... This $1 head massager is awesome When my family settles down at night to watch an episode of Project Runway or The Walking Dead, we give each other foot massages. Read the rest... NYPD cop who beat up tennis star James Blake has a long, violent rapsheet Officer James Frascatore's only been on the NYPD for 4 years, but has racked up a long history of complaints for unprovoked acts of brutality -- and for lying about them. Read the rest... UK Labour Party elects its first left-wing leader in more than 20 years After decades of Blairite, New Labour politics that catered to banks, built out mass surveillance and attacked unions and the working poor, the UK Labour Party has elected a genuine left-wing leader, by a landslide: democratic socialist Jeremy Corbyn. Read the rest... OXO's Good Grips Cold Brew Coffee Maker The $50 cold-brew maker makes some important design improvements over its pioneering competitor, the Toddy, but you get the same quality coffee with easier cleanup for $10 with my nut-milk bag method. Read the rest... 97% Off 500+ Online Courses For Coders, Designers, IT Admins & More Welcome to your personal online classroom, where you can finally study at your own pace, on your own time (and pajamas are encouraged). Read the rest... Coyote/Golden Retriever mix dog adopts 10 baby chicks "They showed up in our yard one morning and it was love at first sight," the YouTube uploader says of this sweet video. Read the rest... Here's the video NYPD released of a plainclothes cop brutally attacking tennis star James Blake James Blake made a terrible mistake. He was outside in public while black. Here is video proof, released today by the New York Police Department. Read the rest... George R.R. Martin plays a zombie signing his new book on Syfy's 'Z Nation' Nothing will stop George R.R. Martin from completing his Game of Thrones novels. But the author and fantasy/science fiction icon will show up in the eighth epsiode of Syfy's series 'Z Nation,' which returns to TV tonight, Friday September 11, at 10 p.m. Read the rest... Silicon Valley is raiding tech academia: "Uber would like to buy your Robotics Department" Silicon Valley is raiding technology departments of universities around the U.S.—can tech academia survive? Read the rest... Keith Richards tells his kids to snort his cremation ashes "I'll give them a straw," he said, according to The Mirror. You might recall that Richards also made headlines years back after claiming that he snorted his own father's ashes. Read the rest... Weekend of Wonder: last-minute surprise additions you won't want to miss Some special elements are coming together in these final days leading up to the event that are just-- well, wonderful. And you should not miss them. Read the rest... Wonderful alphabet of superhero letters Australia-based illustrator Simon Koay reimagined the letters of the English alphabet as superheroes. Prints from the "Superbet" series are available at Society6. Read the rest... Meet Martin Riese, water sommelier "The most interesting part for me about water is it all looks the same... but still there's a huge taste profile to it." (ZAGAT) Read the rest... Trademark Office gives not one fuck for "No Fucks Given" trademark application The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office refused the mark on grounds of it being "scandalous" in what must surely be the most brilliant trademark determination of all time. Read the rest... A great brief video introduction to consciousness and its myriad mysteries Here's what we know, and what we know we don't know, and what we don't know we know, and what we don't know we don't know. Read the rest... Bud Light's weird and bad "Grunge" commercial from the 1990s "Want some Bud Light, want some Bud Light, hey, yeahhhhhh!" Read the rest... Steampunk power-plant ring Thinkgeek's new $30 Hi-Voltage Toric Generator Ring is a copper-plated pewter fancy that looks a tiny power-plant on your finger. Read the rest... Music: "A Question of Temperature," Balloon Farm (1967) "I'll tell it like it is, girl you gotta keep your distance. Cause the doctor says I've got a very low resistance." Read the rest... San Francisco tomorrow (Sat): Noise Pop's 20th Street Block Party Our pals at Noise Pop are hosting their third annual 20th Street Block Party of music and local food tomorrow (Saturday) in San Francisco! Read the rest... Actual textbook physics problem You are kidnapped by political-science majors (who are upset because you told them political science is not a real science). Although blindfolded, you can tell the speed of their car (by the whine of the engine), the time of travel (by mentally counting off seconds), and the direction of travel (by turns along the rectangular street system). Read the rest... Animated interview with Rashida Jones An animated interview with Rashida Jones in which she discusses the "perfect, idyllic, hippie-meets-suburban vibe" of her Los Angeles childhood, including the time her father, legendary music producer Quincy Jones, broke her Grease record over his knee, visits from Michael Jackson and his snake, and her 7th grade devotion to the Church Lady. Read the rest... Stock photos of menacing punk rockers Remember when MAD magazine was still making fun of hippies well into the late 1970s? Dangerous Minds' gallery of stock photos of punks going wild in streets has a similar vibe. Read the rest... Driver using selfie stick drives his Jeep into a canoe If you are driving, it's probably not a good idea to pay more attention to your selfie stick than the road. Read the rest... What's the difference between a $20 ukulele and a $1000 ukulele The answer is, not much, but if you are serious about playing, an extra $980 is probably worth it. In this video George Elmes compares his super cheap yellow starter uke with his most recent uke purchase, a $1000 beauty. Read the rest... Over 60 dead after crane collapse in Mecca's Grand Mosque Images and video in this post contain graphic images of death, and may be disturbing. Read the rest... The Book Cover in the Weimar Republic reveals a society's struggle for its identity Books about book covers and jackets have long been a favorite of publishers, in part, I’m assuming, because the subject is at once self-congratulatory and economical. Read the rest... See the shot similarities between all of the Indiana Jones films "Indiana Jones 4 and the Echoes of the Past" (whoispablo) Read the rest... For the first time in 22 years, New Zealand has banned a book Into the River by New Zealand author Ted Dawe is an award-winning young adult novel about a teenage boy who moves from the sticks in New Zealand to a posh boarding school in Aukland. Read the rest... Gory wound bandaids The actual injury under your Boo-Boo bandage is almost certainly less disturbing than the one printed on its surface. They're $10 for 20 bandages in five designs: "slashing sharp-force trauma (with sutures), chemical burn, skin ulcer with skin slip, decubitus ulcer with maggot infestation, and small caliber gunshot." Boo-Boos [Sherwood Forlee] (via Oh Gizmo) Read the rest... Follow us online:   forward to a friend   unsubscribe from this list