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Getty charges blog $868 for Socially Awkward Penguin meme images, demands silence Getty Images recently billed a German women's geek culture blog $868 for a 2012 blog post that contained Socially Awkward Penguin meme images. Read the rest... Watch this impressively strong 5-year-old do pushups on glass bottles Romanian 5-year-old Claudio Stroe does pushups with his hands and feet on glass bottles. Claudio's older brother, Giuliano, is a World Record-setting child body builder and gymnast himself. Read the rest... Woman thought to have attempted suicide wakes from coma, denies jumping from boat, may have been pushed Laura Stuardo of Turin, Italy has been in a coma since July 19 after it was thought that she attempted suicide by jumping off a cruise ship. Read the rest... 'Flash Kids' elementary school workbooks my daughter and I can agree on Additional repetition and practice of skills my daughter learns at school really helps to cement them. Flash Kids workbooks are fun for her, and show me she has learned whatever we're working on. Read the rest... Jill Freedman's gripping 1970s NYC documentary photography In the 1970s, documentary photographer Jill Freedman, now 75, embedded herself with New York City firefighters and police officers, capturing the grit, humor, and humanity of those individuals and others she encountered in her travels through the hidden narratives of Manhattan. Read the rest... Experience: "I got stuck hanging naked from a tree" Hilde Krohn Huse is a filmmaker and a performance artist. In this essay for the Guardian, she recounts her recent experience of ending up getting stuck in a tree hanging upside down from a rope tied around her ankle. Read the rest... Kittens stacked in Ikea organizer Not sure about this new adaptation of J.G. Ballard's High Rise. Read the rest... Adorable Husky puppy can't howl like a dog My Doglish is rusty, but I think he might be telling the person holding the phone to rotate his phone. Read the rest... Funny video of professor saying "hello" every day reminiscent of Burroughs cut-up It reminds me of the film "The Cut-Ups" (1967), below, by William S. Burroughs and Antony Balch. It's fun to play them simultaneously. Read the rest... Weekend of Wonder: 3D printed stand for Plugable's USB microscope Our friends at Plugable, maker of the super-cool 250X USB microscope I reviewed in July, are sponsors of our upcoming Weekend of Wonder. Read the rest... Adam Savage proves Star Wars blasters can't be lasers Whatever they are, blasters ain't lasers. And they're never described as lasers in the flicks! Like it says in those crazy technical manuals, they're slugs of superheated gas or whatever. Read the rest... In 1958 Egyptian audience laughs over proposal for women to wear head scarfs In 1958 Gamal Abdel Nasser, the second president of Egypt, gave a speech in which he mocked the Muslim Brotherhood for proposing that women be required to cover their heads in public. Read the rest... Three actors, one Hannibal Lecter scene This remarkable edit, by Matthew Morettini, splices together three versions of the same scene. It's the one where Lecter's captor, Will Graham, must beg the good doctor for help in a later case. Read the rest... Biscuit package looks like it has naughty word on it Is the suggestive capitalization the result of bad design or a cunning stunt? Either way, customers complained and the seller has revised the product design. Read the rest... UK report on ham and cheese pizza found they often contain neither Attention, residents of Derbyshire, England! You may already know this, but the local pizza is bad. In an unbylined report, The Derby Telegraph exposes two-thirds of local pies as containing undisclosed substitutes. Read the rest... Celebrate The Warriors film with the cast at Coney Island, NYC on 9/13 OK boppers, The Warriors reunion is coming to Coney Island, New York on September 13 to celebrate the iconic gang film from 1979. Read the rest... It's unfair to compare Rowling to Lucas Harry Potter's creator loves to sprinkle fandom with data that isn't in the books—most significantly Dumbledore's sexuality, and most lately the house that Harry's son is sorted into. Read the rest... Millennials "don't realize" they are millennials A report from Pew Research purports to reveal ignorance among young people about what they are. Pew asked respondents to identify the generation with which each identified, and sorted them by their "actual" generation. Read the rest... Drone footage of Apple's new "spaceship" headquarters under construction Video by Duncan Sinfield, who writes: Filmed using the DJI Inspire 1, this video gives a unique perspective, as it flashes back to video taken one month ago on August 1, 2015 to provide a month-to-month update. Read the rest... Developers mourn a canceled project in this short 'cave painting' about grief After a large-scale commercial project abruptly ended, veterans of Spec Ops: The Line studio Yager Interactive decided to make a small jam game about grief and loss. Read the rest... $10,000 fellowship available to aspiring game developers with disabilities A nonprofit devoted to advocating for accessibility in video games is now offering a generous fellowship to eligible design students. Read the rest... Flywrench will kill you until you like it Flywrench often feels a bit like a zen koan: a game that is both punishing and forgiving, overstimulating and patient, where you die constantly, yet never really stop playing. Read the rest... Save 65% On The Limited-Edition 'Code Black' HD-Camera Drone The Code Black is our top-selling drone of all time—and for good reason. This powerful, palm-size drone is not only insanely fun to fly, but can capture some serious video footage from up above. Read the rest... SF Bay Area: Jane Morris' one person show workshop, September 13th @ the SF Improv Festival If you've ever wanted to put on a one person show, and you're in or around San Francisco next weekend, Jane Morris' workshop is the one for you! Read the rest... Presidential hopeful Rick Perry still not sure how clocks work Unlike clocks, Rick Perry is rarely right even once a day. Read the rest... Bulldog likes going on the boat, but absolutely hates his life-vest That thing where he slaps his fat belly on the floor in disgust. [Leona Thomas/YouTube] Read the rest... Watch: hypnotizing aerial timelapse videos "Bird's-eye aerial timelapse cinematography." Read the rest... That Flintstone House in the San Francisco Bay Area is up for sale If you've ever driven along Highway 280 in the San Francisco Bay Area, you've probably seen this home. It's for sale. Read the rest... Salmon splooges on President Obama's shoes Awkward. Read the rest... Raccoon tries to 'save' brother from refreshing swim in pool Waylon the raccoon sure would feel a lot better if his brother Willie were back on dry land. Read the rest... Follow us online:   forward to a friend   unsubscribe from this list

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