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New test purportedly spots psychopathy in babies Does your little bundle of joy prefer looking at a red ball over a human face? If so, they might be a psychopath. Read the rest... Watch this fellow launch his flaming truck into a lake Note that he holds his nose before splashing into the water. (aguyfromalabama/Jakob Hernig) Read the rest... Listen to Tycho's lovely remix of Death Cab for Cutie Enjoy downtempo electronic musician/producer Tycho's hazy, chill remix of "The Ghosts of Beverly Drive" from DCfC's beautiful album Kintsugi, their eighth LP. Read the rest... 1927 news report: Donald Trump's dad arrested in KKK brawl with cops According to a New York Times article published in June 1927, a man with the name and address of Donald Trump's father was arraigned after Klan members attacked cops in Queens, N.Y. Read the rest... Motörhead launches line of vibrators "that rock" Speed metal pioneers Motörhead teamed up with sex toy company Lovehoney on a line of vibrators, or, um, "pleasure tools that rock." Oddly, there isn't a model named after the band's 1986 album Orgasmatron, but there is a "7 function power classic vibrator" dubbed the Ace of Spades, which is my favorite Motörhead song. Read the rest... Dissecting Sphero's Star Wars BB-8 Sphero's Star Wars BB-8 is sure to be the Cabbage Patch Kid of this Christmas, the ungettable gift that will spur mall fistfights, eBay price gouging, and plenty of crying kids (and adults). Read the rest... Trump felt he served in the military, however he did not I wonder whose military Trump feels he served in? Politico shares excerpts from an upcoming book wherein Donald mistakes being sent to military academy as service to his nation. Read the rest... Nanotechnology coming of age (finally)? For more than two decades, nonscientists and engineers have made molecular-scale motor, switches, propellers, ratchets, and even the "nanocar" above that rolls when its metal "road" is heated. Read the rest... LEGO Mystery Machine It is coolest van a bunch of meddling high school kids ever had! The minifigs are awesome too. Complete with Fred, Shaggy, Scooby and a zombie to chase them, this LEGO set is pretty damn awesome. Read the rest... This 'empathy game' reveals a real challenge for indie games Anna Anthropy's "sequel to dys4ia" sheds light on the conflicting aftermath of the "empathy games" boom, and the fact so many celebrated creators are still alone and afraid. Read the rest... My Stolen Life My handbag was stolen two months ago. It happened in seconds in a mall in Turin, Italy. I never saw the thief, and neither did my husband, sitting two meters from the scene of the crime a fast food Japanese restaurant. Read the rest... United CEO and top execs resign over corruption scandal Jeff Smisek was CEO of Continental and took over United in the 2010 merger and now he and two of his top execs have quit in the midst of a scandal over favor-trading with the NY and NJ Port Authority. Read the rest... Marcel Duchamp's heirs nuke hobbyists' hand-modelled 3D chess-set files Duchamp -- who gleefully modified others' work and called it his own -- carved a gorgeous art deco chess set (this one) in 1917, which exists now only in grainy archival photos. Read the rest... The astounding Talking Heads box set I missed 10 years ago In 2005 (!), Rhino released a dual-disc box set of all eight Talking Heads studio albums with one side mastered for DVD-A surround-sound and the other for stereo, along with a bunch of rarities, all packaged in a gorgeous molded plastic box. Read the rest... High-ranking chess player caught cheating with wearable tech Arcangelo Ricciardi was booted from the International Chess Festival of Imperia for cheating using a camera pendant to transmit video of the board to an accomplice and some kind of wireless device in his armpit to receive signals of suggested moves. Read the rest... Like words? Play with simile and metaphor in this unusual mystery app Your revolver is like a trusty assistant. I mean, it is your assistant, and his name is Mr. Smith Wesson. Read the rest... Auto body shop with a massive Man Ray collection in the back room In the backroom of a Long Island auto body shop sit 16 huge safes containing more than 4,000 artifacts from the estate of surrealist/dada artist Man Ray. Read the rest... TOM THE DANCING BUG: Super-Fun-Pak Comix, feat. The Last X-Vector Fighter, and MORE! Tom the Dancing Bug IN WHICH Super-Fun-Pak Comix features Bob's Secrets, Stupid Stupid Comics for Morons and MUCH MUCH MORE! Read the rest... Save Over 50% On Scrivener 2 For Mac or PC Ever tried writing a novel in Microsoft Word? Trust us, you don’t want to. That’s why writing professionals around the world use Scrivener 2, the word processor and project management tool that stays with you from your first, unformed idea all the way through to the final draft. Read the rest... Help crowdfund a relentless tsunami of FOIA requests into America's private prisons Michael from Muckrock writes, "Investigative news site MuckRock is taking a broad look at how private prisons have rewritten state and local laws to ensure that they profit at the expense of inmates, staff, and taxpayers, even as reports indicate that promised savings are almost non-existent." "We're currently running a crowdfunding campaign to pay for request fees as well as on-site visits to some of the worst abusers." We love us some Muckrock around here, and you couldn't ask for a more ripe target than America's notorious prison-industrial complex, which has turned the USA into the world's most prolific imprisoner. Read the rest... Ballroom dancing in a busy NYC crosswalk Charlie from Improv Everywhere sent us this video of their latest piece, "Ballroom Crosswalk," which features some genuinely great dancing in a NYC crosswalk, but even better is staged with a slow burn that pays off beautifully at the end! Read the rest... Celebrate the 20th anniversary of Hackers at San Francisco's DNA Lounge JWZ, owner of San Francisco's legendary DNA Lounge, writes, "Hey nerds, I think this might be up your alley. It's the 20th anniversary of the movie HACKERS and we're doing a movie screening, dance party, costume contest and Wipeout XL contest down at Ye Olde DNA Lounge." "Hackers penetrate and ravage delicate public and privately owned computer systems, infecting them with viruses, and stealing materials for their own ends. Read the rest... TopatoCon 2015: games, geek music, webcomics, and donuts! R Stevens (of Diesel Sweeties fame) writes, "A bunch of webcomics, gaming and geek music folks are getting together in Northampton & Easthampton Mass. Read the rest... Your baby monitor is an Internet-connected spycam vulnerable to voyeurs and crooks Researchers revealed ten major vulnerabilities in Internet-of-Things babycams from a variety of vendors ranging from spunky startups like Ibaby Labs to rock-ribbed (and deep-pocketed -- attention, class actioneers!) giants like Philips. Read the rest... Inept copyright bot sends 2600 a legal threat over ink blotches Emmanuel Goldstein writes, "2600 Magazine is being threatened with legal action for using bits of ink splatter on the Spring 2012 cover that Trunk Archive Images claims it has the rights to. Read the rest... FBI used Burning Man to field-test new surveillance equipment The FBI's 2012 file on its Burning Man surveillance, obtained via Freedom of Information Act requests, reveals that America's domestic spy agency for at least five years, and has been using the event as an opportunity to try out its latest toys, with help from Pershing County sheriff's deputies. Read the rest... Fury Road, hieroglyph edition By @takumitoxin, who composed it in three fits. 完成　マッドマックス神話 #マッドマックス #マッドマックスヤバい #MadMax #MadMaxFuryRoad pic.twitter.com/opeugTYgNL — TAKUMI™V10 (@takumitoxin) August 23, 2015 マッドマックス神話を壁画にしようという試み。３幕構成であと２枚描く予定 [takumitoxin/Twitter] Read the rest... For sale: one volcano supervillain lair The Volcano House, "a saucer shaped mid-century icon perched on top of a 150-foot cinder cone," is $650,000 or best offer -- but you'll have to commute to the Mojave. Read the rest... Dogs get to swim in public pool for one day before it's drained at the end of summer In Calgary, Canada, public outdoor pools invited local dogs to take a plunge after the pools closed for human swimmers for the season. Read the rest... Words about slavery that we should all stop using "Plantation" = "labor camp"; "slave-owner" = "enslaver"; "Union troops" = "US troops." I suggest we follow the lead of Finkelman and Baptist and alter our language for the Civil War. Read the rest... Follow us online:   forward to a friend   unsubscribe from this list