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  1. Taylor Swift.

    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.

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    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.

  3. Theater Operale De Speciale De Royale with Cheese

    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.

  4. Image: YouTube

    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.

  5. 8 Rotatable Touchscreen Display

    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.


Andy Weir - The Martian

 

Ian Sales – Adrift on the Sea of Rains

 

Doris Lessing - Shikasta

 

Tricia Sullivan – Occupy Me

 

Liz Williams - Empire of Bones

 

Somtow Sucharitkul - The Throne of Madness

 

Thomas Pynchon – Gravity’s Rainbow

 

Charles Stross - The Atrocity Archives

 

Sydney Padua - The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage

 

Iain Sinclair - Radon Daughters

 

Lavie Tidhar - Central Station

 

Peter Watts - Blindsight

 

S.P. Somtow – I Wake from a Dream of a Drowned Star City

 

Aliette de Bodard – In the Vanishers’ Palace

 

Peter Watts – Maelstrom

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