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Why settle for a basic laptop when you can get one that also works as a tablet and digital notebook? — Read the rest

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Here's a fantastic Kickstarter for a book by Boing Boing reader Stephen Voss.

From Stephen's email to Boing Boing:

I wanted to share a project I've been working on for the past three years. I'm a photographer based in Washington, DC and I've become obsessed with photographing the data centers in Virginia, trying to make a record of the physical landscape of AI and our digital lives that's being built in Virginia.

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We are about to see what happens when Alina Habba's credentials meet an organization that cares about professional standards. New Jersey's Office of Attorney Ethics is taking a look into the time Habba pretended to befriend a Trump golf course employee, apparently to derail a harassment claim against said golf course. — Read the rest

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Laughing and enjoying themselves while observing Veterans Day at Arlington National Cemetery, Whiskey Pete Hegseth and his tour group were told to knock it off and respect hallowed ground. Appropriately, the Tomb Guard takes his job very seriously.

It comes as no surprise that candidate-for-impeachment Pete Hegseth was posing for photos with a group of laughing men and women outside the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. — Read the rest

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One of my favorite artists is the painter Tim Biskup. I've covered his work quite a bit over the years here on Boing Boing, and he has a new series of paintings called Arrangements. These are still-life, flower-based paintings, but they have Biskup's wonderfully whimsical style, including a touch of anthropomorphism. — Read the rest

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The song on this website has no end because it uses the digits of pi as the notes. The melody is played in F major, and 0 and 9 are rests. As the music plays, a visual reveals pi's randomness.

From The Pudding:

This station will remain on-air until the collapse of humanity, or we stop paying our web-hosting bill.

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Tom the Dancing Bug, IN WHICH Super-Fun-Pak Comix does feature Doug, Mickey Mouse, Nathan Fielder and MORE!

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Someone's pet dog and cat align their heads for the perfect optical illusion. The pets both have black fur and look like one creature instead of two in this photo. The cat has its head upside down on top of the dog's head, right where the dog's eyes are. — Read the rest

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In Scotland, there is a special medieval abbey called Paisley Abbey. In the '90s, the abbey went under construction to restore its gargoyles. Many of the gargoyles were in such bad shape that they had to be removed entirely.

New gargoyles were made to replace the old ones on the abbey. — Read the rest

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These bottle cap paintings by Craigio Hobson are so awesome. I love when artists use everyday objects as canvases. The rusty and bent quality of the bottle caps makes them feel even more special because each one is unique.

Some of the designs feature little characters, while others are small objects. — Read the rest

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Name-brand earbuds with active noise canceling usually cost $60 or more, and the cheap pairs tend to drop noise canceling first. — Read the rest

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Politizane recently updated his famous chart of income inequality in the U.S., circa 2013. The bad news is that things have gotten worse in the last 13 years. The good news is that Politizane now has a website showing the data in "scrollytelling" format. — Read the rest

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Far-right pest Jake Lang tried to disrupt a cat enthusiast's adoption festival. Looking for one sort of groomer, the professional grievance merchant found the kind with clippers and a comb.

The alleged furry conspiracy had whiskers and adoption papers.

Previously:
• Capitol rioter turned Senate candidate gets clocked on camera

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A Nature Sustainability study argues that New Orleans should start packing its bags as rising seas, sinking land, and disappearing wetlands increase the city's risk.

Studies confirm what Hurricane Katrina taught us. New Orleans already has a fascinating and entertaining system of levees and defenses to keep a city that lies more than occasionally below the water table somewhat inhabitable. — Read the rest

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Representative Hakeem Jeffries seems to believe the 2026 blue wave was a positive performance review. Asked about his own future, he replied, "You think I don't have the votes nailed down?" Jeffries also defended Chuck Schumer staying on as Senate leader. — Read the rest

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A little late, but Senate Republicans have decided to suspend their leadership election and wait for "a plan."

Senate Republicans met Tuesday to choose their leaders, but John Thune couldn't explain what he intended to do if re-elected. After nearly two hours, senators paused the meeting without voting on John Thune's future. — Read the rest

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After "mistakenly" being treated as an outgoing member of Congress, Lauren Boebert is gonna play at being a congressperson until the clock runs out.

No one predicts Boebert is gonna pull out a win; even Boebert has said she'll accept the results, but until the very last second, she intends to stay in the game. — Read the rest

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Watch a swallowtail caterpillar be absolutely adorable as it stands on someone's hand. The caterpillar, as many commenters pointed out, looks exactly like a tiny walrus. This makes it feel like a magical little being, and I can't believe something so cute is crawling around people's gardens. — Read the rest

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Watch a rubber snake toy turn into a gigantic monstrosity when someone fills it with water from a garden hose. The snake toy starts off quite small – just a few feet long and as thin as a real garden snake. — Read the rest

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This zombie-themed Hello Kitty cookie is perfection. It's so cool looking that it would be difficult to eat this cookie. I would want to frame it above my bed instead if someone gave this to me.

Watching this baker decorate the cookie is so satisfying. — Read the rest

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Your job description said "content." Apparently, that meant writing the blog, making the image, captioning the video, and interrogating a PDF like it owes you money. — Read the rest

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A South Carolina man was charged with unlawful conduct with a child after allegedly leaving his sleeping daughter in line outside Target to hold their place for an early morning Pokémon card drop.

John-Michael Dooley, 35, was arrested after police headed to the West Ashley store in the early hours of Friday morning to investigate a report of an unattended child among the "numerous customers" gathered hoping to be among the first to snap up the latest trading card set. — Read the rest

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TL;DR: Get Windows 11 Pro on one compatible PC for just $11.99 with DEAL20 through Nov. 15.

You might not need a new computer to keep up with your workload. It may just be a matter of compatible hardware. Right now, you can get a Microsoft Windows 11 Pro lifetime license for $11.99 (MSRP $199) with code DEAL20 through Nov. — Read the rest

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Lauren Boebert, the Republican congresswoman who switched to Colorado's deep-red 4th District after nearly losing in 2022 in her old one, has nonetheless lost it to Democrat Eileen Laubacher. CNN called it late Monday after determining that outstanding ballots could not overcome Laubacher's slim lead. — Read the rest

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The Verge has ventured into the dark and mysterious underground world of private BitTorrent trackers! Secret invitations! Upload ratios! Seedboxes! Anyone who spent time on the internet during the Bush administration may recognize these shocking piracy tools.

To its credit, The Verge does too: the feature notes that private trackers appeared soon after BitTorrent itself, which turned 25 this year. — Read the rest

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Colorado's hands-on Congressperson is projected to lose her seat. Capping an end to the era of Boebert, Mace, Gaetz, and Taylor-Green making noise.

Boebert has not lost her House seat yet, but she is currently losing the race for it. Democrat Eileen Laubacher leads the incumbent in Colorado's still-uncalled 4th District contest, which makes the accompanying image and its apparent grip problem unusually cooperative. — Read the rest

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Melania treats Jeff Bezos like an ATM.

This time it will be a series about the very serious grifter. Likely full of taking credit for things done by the Pope, Melania will give the world another unwanted glimpse into the distance she keeps from Diaper Don. — Read the rest

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Michal Zalewski, author of the book The Secret Life of Circuits, which I posted about recently, was dissatisfied with the wind-up kitchen timers he found in stores. They weren't precise enough for him, and he doesn't like that they only ring once. — Read the rest

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Hakeem Jeffries has been open to working with some of the Trump family's more odious personages. Trump's ghoul and now Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, however, gets no meeting. "There's not going to be any opportunity, certainly, to work with Stephen Miller and what he represents," Jeffries said Sunday. — Read the rest

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