Chris Reccardi and Lynne Naylor are wonderful pop surrealist painters I've featured on Boing Boing before. They're also respected animators. Chris worked on the Ren & Stimpy Show and Powerpuff Girls, while Lynne co-created the Ren & Stimpy Show and was lead character designer for Batman: The Animated Series and Powerpuff Girls. Two years ago, Chris and Lynne created a pilot for a mod spy cartoon called "The Modifyers." Execs at Nickelodeon passed on it, so Chris and Lynne have now posted the pilot online. I wish it were a full-length feature!
Mod spy cartoon by Chris Reccardi and Lynne Naylor
Rise of the copyleft predator
Cory Doctorow reports on the "copyleft predator," a new breed of troll who uses obsolete Creative Commons licenses as legal boobytraps to snare publishers who think they're doing the right thing. Creative Commons users really don't get this, by and large — neither the technical requirements for attribution nor the potential risk of getting it… READ THE REST
Virginia Gov. Youngkin's new snitch-line makes for great prankster fun
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has set up an email snitchline, where parents can report "divisive practices" taking place at their child's school, such as teaching the facts about racism in the US, or daring to ask students to wear a mask (of course Youngkin sends one of his own kids to a private school that… READ THE REST
Drough exposes village long-submerged by dam
I love that this footage—of a village submerged by a dam exposed again by drought—is so quiet. Previously: Drought exposes long-submerged 'Spanish Stonehenge' monument. READ THE REST
IT hopefuls are digging these online cybersecurity courses
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This online protection may as well be the next big digital superhero
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No matter how bad your day gets, at least you'll never have slow WiFi with this gadget
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