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Donut receipt includes Mitch Hedberg's "donut receipt" routine A donut shop employee posted this receipt on Reddit, stating: "I was given the ability to control what gets printed on the receipts at the doughnut shop where I work. Read the rest... This Day in Blogging History: High schooler's felony science experiment; Muir's clockwork desk; Pac Man LARP One year ago today High schooler blows stuff up for science — ends up charged with a felony: It was a small explosion, and nobody was hurt. Read the rest... Sword and Laser Podcast 173: JJ, Destroyer of Canons The Sword and Laser (S&L) is a science fiction and fantasy-themed book club podcast hosted by Veronica Belmont and Tom Merritt. Read the rest... Report: Twitter planning "whisper mode" Twitter has private messages and public tweets. It may soon have something in-between: a "whisper mode" that lets users choose who can see a conversation. Read the rest... Hitler Rap It all began down in Munichtown. Previously: Nazi-themed opera cancelled Read the rest... Dogs lick toads to get high Meanwhile, down under... Queensland dogs are getting high by licking the poison off cane toads. Vets are warning some pooches may become addicted to the hallucinogenic and are risking their lives trying to get their next toad fix. Read the rest... MAYDAY: Larry Lessig launches a Superpac to get money out of US politics Lawrence Lessig has announced the next step in his campaign against corruption in American politics with the launch of MAYDAY, a Superpac intended to raise enough money through small donations (and, eventually, major ones) to elect a large enough roster of congressmen and senators that they can pass meaningful campaign finance reform, making Superpacs and other perversions of democracy a bad memory. Read the rest... Mayor Rob Ford recording: drunken, sexist, racist, homophobic, abusive rant The recording of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack (again) isn't the only recording to emerge of the mayor; he was also recorded making drunken, racist, homophobic, misogynist remarks at a bar where he was also abusive to the bartender and said rather revolting things about his wife. Read the rest... Spooky ruin and erotic car-wash From the shrewd eye and camera of Regine Kelaita, an erotic car wash ad on a ruined mansion in Dresden (click through for full-size). Read the rest... This Day in Blogging History: Lamar "SOPA" Smith is Congress's new science czar; Shatnerquake!; MIT's hilarious Jack Valenti exit interview One year ago today SOPA's daddy is now in charge of government science funding, and he hates peer-review: The new chair of the House of Representatives science committee has drafted a bill that, in effect, would replace peer review at the National Science Foundation (NSF) with a set of funding criteria chosen by Congress. Read the rest... New Rob Ford crack-smoking video emerges, Ford takes "break" from re-election campaign Rob Ford has announced a "break" from his re-election campaign for mayor of Toronto, after a video of him smoking crack last weekend surfaced, being offered for sale by a drug-dealer for seven figures: In one of the clips shown to The Globe and Mail on Wednesday, the mayor rapidly shifts his weight back and forth on the spot, talking into his cellphone and his right arm swinging at his side. Read the rest... Austin Grossman's YOU, now in paperback Austin Grossman's 2013 novel YOU was a brilliant, mystical science fiction novel about game development and simulation (two subjects that Grossman knows plenty about, being a somewhat legendary game dev himself). Read the rest... Sword and Laser Podcast 172: The Invention of BeerPunk The Sword and Laser (S&L) is a science fiction and fantasy-themed book club podcast hosted by Veronica Belmont and Tom Merritt. Read the rest... How to make insects appetizing to Americans Cricket flour is made from slow roasted milled crickets, making a light brown flour that resembles brown sugar. Read the rest... Sugar skull spoons for sale Remember the kickstarter for the sugar skull spoon? They not only completed successfully, but are now in full production, and are available retail through the Colossal store for $13. Read the rest... RIP Al Feldstein - EC Comics and MAD editor Squa tront! Spa Fon! The great Al Feldstein, passed away today. Feldstein began working at EC comics, publishers of Weird Science, Weird Fantasy, Tales from the Crypt, The Vault of Horror, and The Haunt of Fear in 1948. Read the rest... App to make your own platform games [Video Link] I haven't tried Pixel Press Floors yet, but I like the idea that you design the game using pencil and paper! Read the rest... Hipsterbait1: algorithmically generated post-ironic tees Shardcore writes, "I've built a new bot to troll/delight hipsters. It algorithmically creates post-post-ironic t-shirt designs, posts them on twitter and tumblr and offers them for sale. Read the rest... Science fiction from southeast Asia (DRM-free) Jason Erik Lundberg writes, "The ebook edition for the second issue of the world's only biannual literary journal focusing on southeast Asian speculative fiction has just been released! Read the rest... Art exhibit: Stormtrooper helmets reimagined Artists from across The Walt Disney Company including Lucasfilm, Industrial Light and Magic, Marvel and Pixar—as well as select street artists chosen by Neff and celebrity Star Wars fans –all come together to create individualized interpretations of the iconic stormtrooper helmet in celebration of the global fan holiday, Star Wars Day or "May the 4th be with you." The exhibition opens May 2 at the Robert Vargas Gallery in LA. Read the rest... NY Times Verbatim: What is a photocopier? This fantastic short film dramatically re-enacts an incredible court scene. Watch through to the end. It is worth it. Video Link Read the rest... Every 27 seconds, Canadian telcos hand over subscriber data to cops (mostly without a warrant) Michael Geist writes, "These stunning disclosures, which were released by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, comes directly from the telecom industry after years of keeping their disclosure practices shielded from public view. Read the rest... Pot encouraged at Colorado Symphony concert series The Colorado Symphony Orchestra will perform a series of concerts where attendees are encouraged to smoke weed. The bring-your-own-cannabis concerts, called "Classically Cannabis: The High Note Series," are a collaboration with pro-pot producers Edible Events. Read the rest... Make a "perpetually"-flying paper airplane A walkalong glider is a type of model plane that's kept aloft, theoretically indefinitely, by someone walking along with it as it flies, generating rising air using a piece of cardboard, paddle, or even your body. Read the rest... 6 Superpowers That Really Exist We're fascinated by the idea of superpowers; they're the stuff of myth and legend, not to mention fantasy, science fiction, and comic books. But they also exist in our world, too. Here, Gemsigns author Stephanie Saulter gives six examples. Read the rest... Follow us online:   forward to a friend   unsubscribe from this list

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