- newVegan bakery caught reselling Dunkin' donuts
There's laziness, and then there's dangerous laziness. Imagine a small vegan bakery in Long Island struggling against the odds, providing the local community with vegan and gluten-free donuts they can eat without worry. On first glance, the Savory Fig bakery seems like nothing more than that- but a moment of carelessness from owner Michelle Siriani revealed that they were, in fact, simply purchasing Dunkin' Donuts baked goods to resell at a profit. — Read the rest The post Vegan bakery caught reselling Dunkin' donuts appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 3 mins ago 18 Mar 24, 11:30am -
- newThrowback blog delivers an adorable seal daily
Tumblr might be on the decline as a platform, but as long as WordPress retains a widget for it, is it truly dead? Although it may be true that none of the companies who have passed Tumblr between themselves like a hot potato have actually known what to do with the microblogging platform, there are a few reasons to stick around. — Read the rest The post Throwback blog delivers an adorable seal daily appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 23 mins ago 18 Mar 24, 11:10am -
- newAt first meeting since death of Nex Benedict, Walter Masterson calls out Owasso School Board for their hypocrisy and inaction
Actor and comedian Walter Masterson recently uploaded a video of a School Board meeting that took place on Monday, March 11 in Owasso, Oklahoma. It was the first board meeting since 16-year-old non-binary student Nex Benedict died after being assaulted the previous day at school. — Read the rest The post At first meeting since death of Nex Benedict, Walter Masterson calls out Owasso School Board for their hypocrisy and inaction appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 1 hour ago 18 Mar 24, 10:29am -
- newUniversity of Pennsylvania affiliates face McCarthy-style treatment
Student groups across the country have been targeted for their political leanings these last few months. Their universities have labeled the coalitions formed in the name of Palestinian liberation, critical of Israel's policies and concerned over human rights violations, as "anti-Semitic". — Read the rest The post University of Pennsylvania affiliates face McCarthy-style treatment appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 16 hours ago 17 Mar 24, 7:43pm -
- newWatch: Intense wordless introduction to Butoh, a form of Japanese dance theater
"What is Butoh?" You might be asking. Great question, here, maybe this Tedx talk will help.Butoh is difficult to define form of dance-theater. Its practitioners don't have a consensus on its definition, but it's loosely described as a dance of distress and darkness. — Read the rest The post Watch: Intense wordless introduction to Butoh, a form of Japanese dance theater appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 16 hours ago 17 Mar 24, 7:16pm -
- newLong Beach set to raise hotel worker minimum wage to $23
$23/hr! In the greater Los Angeles extended universe? That's a living wage!Love a bit of good news. Large hotels in long beach, meaning hotels with one hundred rooms or more, will have to pay their employees $23/hr after the county's election count wraps up. — Read the rest The post Long Beach set to raise hotel worker minimum wage to $23 appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 17 hours ago 17 Mar 24, 7:00pm -
- newBlack sand, hot beaches: Welcome to Brazil's radioactive beach town
Imagine sinking your toes into warm, black sand that's not just sun-soaked — it's radioactive. Welcome to Guarapari, a popular Brazilian coastal town where the beaches regularly register radiation levels up to 55 times higher than the U.S. average.So what's behind Guarapari's nuclear sunbathing experience? — Read the rest The post Black sand, hot beaches: Welcome to Brazil's radioactive beach town appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 18 hours ago 17 Mar 24, 5:52pm -
- new"DNA My Dog" misidentifies humans as dogs
One woman is a bulldog, and the other is an Alaskan Malamute, says DNA My Dog of Human samples.CBS News reports that a dog DNA testing lab is offering up some odd results. While other services do not find enough doggie DNA to compose a report, one service found enough dog DNA in two different women to declare their breed. — Read the rest The post "DNA My Dog" misidentifies humans as dogs appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 18 hours ago 17 Mar 24, 5:51pm -
- newThe Museum of International Folk Art is a must-see for anyone in Santa Fe, New Mexico
The Museum of International Folk Art is a must-see for anyone in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The collection of art here is truly magical, ranging from whimsical, handmade masks to exquisitely detailed dioramas to hand-carved, wooden dolls. When visiting for the first time, it brought tears to my eyes to be surrounded by so many fantastically unique objects. — Read the rest The post The Museum of International Folk Art is a must-see for anyone in Santa Fe, New Mexico appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 21 hours ago 17 Mar 24, 3:00pm -
- newN-body simulation of the gravitational collapse of Spongebob Squarepants
Pere Rosselló, an astrophysics student at Universidad de La Laguna in Tenerife, Spain, posted an animation depicting the gravitational collapse of Spongebob. "You can see how virial equilibrium is eventually reached," he explained, helpfully.Gravitational collapse of SpongeBobYou can see how Virial equilibrium is eventually reached pic.twitter.com/Sm9p8cB3os — Read the rest The post N-body simulation of the gravitational collapse of Spongebob Squarepants appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 21 hours ago 17 Mar 24, 2:31pm -