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A small gallery of "snake menace" cover art from men's adventure mags. I wonder if the snakes are meant to represent something.

The Wayúu people, an indigenous tribe in Colombia, have been promised restitution after they discovered that the government workers who assigned them "normal" names gave them names like Piss, Coitus, Telephone, Clown, Tarzan, Land Rover and Marilyn Monroe. The names were recorded on their official ID papers 50 years ago, and they were all given [...]

The amazing TrustoCorp has published photos of its Phone Booth Takeover in lower Manhattan. TrustoCorp exhibition in LA, Oct. 23-24, 2010

Here's a photo of a crosswalk light and a portion of a tattoo store sign. I wonder what's in the metal box behind the pole? (Via Reddit)

From the annals of poorly considered marketing campaigns, this ad for Schick razors, which touts the fact that the product is so gentle it was used to keep the horribly burned flesh of the survivors of the Hindenburg nice and smooth. Great idea: get people to associate your product with hideous disasters, terrible loss of [...]

No, this is not a still from the Radiers of the Lost Ark scene when the ark is opened, but an absolutely magnificent image of southern Chile's Puyehue-Cordón Caulle volcano spewing lightning-topped ash. Wow. Ricardo Mohr's photo was selected as one of National Geographic's "Pictures We Love: Best of October."

Tunisian Facebook users have plastered Obama's Facebook page with thousands of messages in support of the Occupy movement: Among the comments, Tunisian Facebook users circulated “Arab Spring” jokes, such as: “Tunisia is the first country to recognize the American Transitional National Council,” referring the revolutionary upheaval in Libya and the global recognition of the Libyan [...]

One of my favorite Lego genres -- and one for which the Lego Group will never release a set -- is that of ApocaLego. Whether it's a zombocalypse, bioplague, robot insurrection, or nuclear conflagration, builders who participate in this theme love detailing the end of days. Expect a lot of bikers, ruined buildings, and jackbooted [...]

Andy "Waxy" Baio writes about the "Supercut" phenomenon for Wired -- these being videos that edit together dozens (sometimes hundreds) of instances of some iconic cinematic moment, whether it's Sarah Palin's breathing, Obama's mentioning of "spending," Hollywood actors answering the phone (or saying "We've got company" or similar cliches), or every instance of "dude" from [...]

This concrete ladle, made from a Nazi army helmet, was apparently created by a demobilized German veteran who turned a tool of war into a tool of creation: THERE IS SOMETHING MAGNIFICENT and poetic about this humble object. Only great words can describe it and there, I fall short with things of such raw beauty. [...]

[Video Link] Last night my 8-year-old daughter and I played Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure (we have a Wii and it is available on the other console platforms and the PC as well). We had a great time playing the game, which is geared for younger players but has sly humor that kids and adults will enjoy [...]

brightcove.createExperiences(); Boing Boing is proud to present an exclusive debut: the video for Björk's "Thunderbolt," from her new album, Biophilia. Björk tells us: Am playing live shows in reykjavik at the moment. Here comes a recording of thunderbolt live. Please please, do me a favour and use headphones or proper speakers when you listen. warmth, [...]

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Righthaven, the copyright trolling organization that misrepresented its title to the copyrights of many of the newspaper articles at issue in its lawsuits against website operators, is now on the brink of bankruptcy. The US Marshals in Nevada have been authorized to seize $63,720.80 from it in cash or assets to pay the fines and [...]

After Elizabeth Herrick and her boyfriend "euthanized" their 32-year-old horse with a rifle, they gutted it and Herrick climbed inside its carcass for a nude photo session. Then they posted the photos online resulting in some, er, "extreme emotional reactions" and a police investigation. I'll skip posting the photos, but you can see them on [...]

Someone stubs her toe. Where is the pain? In her mind ... or in the toe? In a recent study, laypeople indicated that they thought the pain was in the toe. (Via Scientific American Mind)

NASA researchers are exploring the possibility of tractor beams. The scientists are studying several methods for grabbing planetary or atmospheric particles in a laser beam for transfer to an instrument that would analyze their composition. "The original thought was that we could use tractor beams for cleaning up orbital debris," (principal investigator Paul) Stysley said. [...]

Ten more Occupy Portland demonstrators were arrested yesterday at 4AM. When they asked what the charge was, they were told they had "failed to comply with a lawful direction: "'The didn’t give a Miranda warning, nor did they tell us why we were being arrested,' Former U.S. Marine Sgt. Micaiah Dutt recounted. 'They said, 'because [...]

[Video Link] "A resident in Llodio, Alava, got a shock when a snake came slithering out of the slot of a cash machine when he withdrew his money. Police report that this occurred at a Caja Madrid bank when the client went to get some money before going to work. The middle-aged man grabbed his [...]

[Video Link] JustDaveMusic made a song using Mike Tyson Quotes for the lyrics. (Via World's Best Ever)