- newPainting found in basement by junk dealer is a Picasso
As a young man, Luigi Lo Rosso used to scour garbage dumps and abandoned homes in Italy for items to sell at his family's shop in Pompeii. In 1962, he was poking around the basement of a Capri villa when he came across a rolled-up canvas. — Read the rest The post Painting found in basement by junk dealer is a Picasso appeared first on Boing Boing.
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- newFox News switches away from evasive, dishonest JD Vance
Now uncomfortable with spreading lies about the 2020 election, Fox News switched away from JD Vance as he started retelling the MAGA fairy tale of the loser who didn't lose.Something must have changed Fox's feelings about spreading election lies. When JD Vance teed up to start questioning the validity of the coming election while not addressing the massive fraud Trump's whole "Stop the Steal" thing was, they cut away. — Read the rest The post Fox News switches away from evasive, dishonest JD Vance appeared first on Boing Boing.
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- newCreepy clown with penchant for plants caught on video burglarizing gardening store
The owner of a gardening store in Nashville, Tennessee was alerted by his security system of an after-dark intruder. When he looked at the video feed, he spotted a creepy clown skulking about the plants. Video below."When I clicked the speaker, I think it made a noise, and he acknowledged it, and said, 'I'm leaving,' and jetted," JVI Secret Gardent proprietor Derek Johnson told NewsChannel5. — Read the rest The post Creepy clown with penchant for plants caught on video burglarizing gardening store appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 3 hours ago 2 Oct 24, 7:23pm -
- newForget goat yoga, now you can ssssstretch with pythons
With goat yoga having gone mainstream, you can now do downward dog with a python. LXRYOGA in Orange County outside of Los Angeles offers yoga classes with pythons. Studio owners Tess and Huy Cao keep a dozen of the animals at the studio. — Read the rest The post Forget goat yoga, now you can ssssstretch with pythons appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 4 hours ago 2 Oct 24, 6:24pm -
- newTexas man wastes $4k smashing a Taylor Swift "themed" guitar
A North Texas man recently spent $4000 on a guitar he believed was signed by Taylor Swift at the Ellis County Wild Game Dinner in Waxahachie, Texas, and then immediately destroyed it with a hammer. Sounds like the guitar was an imposter. — Read the rest The post Texas man wastes $4k smashing a Taylor Swift "themed" guitar appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 6 hours ago 2 Oct 24, 4:19pm -
- newEvery day should be raccoon appreciation day
October 1 was officially "International Raccoon Appreciation Day," for those of you who love to love the adorable trash panda. Around here, honestly, every day is raccoon appreciation day, so it's an "International Day" I can genuinely get behind.National Day Calendar explains the origins of the day:In 2002, a young girl in California wanted to highlight the good points about the raccoon instead of the bad ones. — Read the rest The post Every day should be raccoon appreciation day appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 6 hours ago 2 Oct 24, 4:14pm -
- newAI artist appeals denial of copyright protection
Jason M. Allen's "Theatre D'Opera Spatial" won an art competition at the 2022 Colorado State Fair, but the work was subsequently denied copyright protection due to his use of AI software to generate it and his unwillingness to disclaim that contribution to the whole. — Read the rest The post AI artist appeals denial of copyright protection appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 6 hours ago 2 Oct 24, 4:09pm -
- newThe Rocky Horror Picture Show is now a video game
If you have ever thought, "I wish I could play as an 8-bit version of Janet Weiss or Brad Majors," you are in luck. You can "Jump to the left and dodge to the right" in the upcoming video game adaptation of everyone's favorite midnight movie. — Read the rest The post The Rocky Horror Picture Show is now a video game appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 7 hours ago 2 Oct 24, 3:56pm -
- newTom the Dancing Bug: "Hey, Ladies! Trump will be your protector!"
Announcing the brand new Tom the Dancing Bug book: Volume 8 of The Complete Tom the Dancing Bug book program is "IT'S THE GREAT STORM, TOM THE DANCING BUG!" Now accepting orders right HERE! Get your personalized / signed / sketched / swagged copy today! — Read the rest The post Tom the Dancing Bug: "Hey, Ladies! Trump will be your protector!" appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 8 hours ago 2 Oct 24, 3:00pm -
- newTeslas suck! What you really need is this whizz-bang CarPlay screen
TL;DR: Get 37% off this touchscreen infotainment system with CarPlay and Android Auto compatibility. Elon, who?? Okay, maybe Teslas have cool infotainment systems, but you don't have to pay crazy prices for an over-hyped screen—just grab one of these CarPlay displays for your old beater. — Read the rest The post Teslas suck! What you really need is this whizz-bang CarPlay screen appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 8 hours ago 2 Oct 24, 3:00pm -