As a high school student, I would have enjoyed learning to use ruled paper to draw anamorphic illusions instead of (not) taking notes. (via The Kid Should See This)

A grand jury indicted Jussie Smollett on 16 felony counts of disorderly conduct for falsely reporting that he was assaulted by two men who, he claimed, targeted the Empire actor… Read the rest of the article: Jussie Smollett indicted on 16 felony counts for faking his assault

In Comal County, Texas, judge Jack Robison, presiding over the trial of accused sex trafficker Gloria Romero Perez, walked into the jury room after the jurors landed on a guilty… Read the rest of the article: Judge tells jury to acquit accused sex trafficker because God said she's innocent

Illustrator Boden Him makes fantastic money art, transforming US presidents into pop culture icons. See more here: Illegal Tender. (via r/interestingasfuck)

Famed German schlager-psych duo Cindy und Bert belt out a cover of Black Sabbath's Paranoid but with alternate lyrics about, um, Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes novel "The Hound of… Read the rest of the article: Catchy German cover of Black Sabbath's "Paranoid" but with lyrics about Sherlock Holmes

The producers of The Simpsons are pulling the 1991 "Stark Raving Dad" episode featuring Michael Jackson, uncredited, from rerun rotation and streaming services. This follows news that a number of… Read the rest of the article: The Simpsons producers are pulling the classic Michael Jackson episode

Master maker Tim Jacobs created a fantastic business card that's actually a Stylophone synthesizer complete with MIDI capabilities. It's based on the original 1967 Dübreq Stylophone, a small synthesizer played… Read the rest of the article: Stylophone business card

Remember the scene below from The Office (US) in which the gang was captivated by the bouncing DVD player screensaver as they waited for the logo to hit the corner… Read the rest of the article: Will the DVD logo hit the corner of the screen?

Cynthia Newman, dean of the college of business administration at Rider University in New Jersey, has resigned from that position after her school denied Chick-fil-A a campus location "based on… Read the rest of the article: University dean resigns after school denies Chick-fil-A a location on campus

At a panel in West Hollywood last night to promote the new documentary series Punk, John Lydon gave a wonderful performance as Johnny Rotten in which he talked trash to… Read the rest of the article: Watch Johnny Rotten act like an ass to Henry Rollins and Marky Ramone last night

Carolee Schneemann — a performance art pioneer whose deeply provocative and thoughtful work focused on gender, sex, the body, and power — died yesterday at age 79. My first exposure… Read the rest of the article: Carolee Schneemann, pioneering performance artist, RIP

For a decade, NASA scientists have worked on an air-to-air photographic technology that will be used to collect data for the agency's next-generation supersonic airplane project. They've just released these… Read the rest of the article: Absolutely spectacular first-ever air-to-air images of supersonic jets' shockwaves interacting

Last weekend, a video surfaced showing students from Alabama's Spain Park and Hoover high schools making horrible anti-Semitic and racist comments. Yesterday, Spain Park help assemblies and small group discussions… Read the rest of the article: High school teacher sent home after using the n-word during day of dialogue following racist and anti-semitic incident

Brooklyn's LES Ecology Center maintains an incredible library of vintage consumer electronics cherry-picked from the relentless flow of e-waste streaming through their facility. From hulking videocassette decks to curious CRTs,… Read the rest of the article: Inside an incredible "prop library" of vintage electronics and obsolete consumer tech

Directed by Dome Karukoski, Tolkien is the new biopic about the author's childhood where, of course, it all began. The film, written by David Gleeson and Stephen Beresford and starring… Read the rest of the article: Watch the new trailer for the JRR Tolkien biopic

Earlier today, the FDA approved esketamine (brand name Spravato), a chemical twin of the dissociative psychedelic/anaesthetic ketamine (Special K), as a treatment for depression. Spravato comes in nasal spray form… Read the rest of the article: US FDA approved chemical twin of dissociative psychedelic ketamine to treat depression

Andy George made his own camera lens with borax, river sand, and soda ash. From PetaPixel: "It has been one of the most challenging projects I've ever done," George says… Read the rest of the article: How to make your own camera lens from sand and rocks

On Friday, an appeals court judge in Camden County, New Jersey tossed out a verdict against Dr. Abbas Husain who in 2011 a jury found guilty of having sexually harassed… Read the rest of the article: Juror's concern that man on trial didn't swear on the bible results in the verdict getting tossed

For years, college students have unofficially majored in weed. Now universities are beginning to offer cannabis studies programs because, y'know, marijuana is where the money is these days. From the… Read the rest of the article: Higher education: cannabis as a college course

In 1984, Kid Stuff Records & Tapes released "2001: A Space Odyssey" as a book/7" record set for children along with "2010: The Year We Make Contact" to coincide with… Read the rest of the article: 2001: A Space Odyssey, the 15-minute "audiobook" version for kids