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Great treatment of trans characters in Dragon Age Inquisition The newly released Dragon Age Inquisition has just about the best handling of transgender issues of any mainstream video-game title, handled with grace through character creation, cut-scenes, and play: “Let me know if you need help binding,” Krem teases one character with big pecs. Read the rest... The Savage Boy, Nick Cole's sequel to Old Man and the Wasteland I read through Nick Cole's The Savage Boy in one sitting. This follow up to Old Man and the Wasteland is a great addition to the story. Read the rest... How famous artists would plate their Thanksgiving meals As imagined by Hannah Rothstein. The vomitastic splatter above is, of course, Jackson Pollock. [h/t Heather] Read the rest... William S. Burroughs: "A Thanksgiving Prayer" (1986) Uncle Bill, it's time for A Thanksgiving Prayer. Read the rest... Tiny, transforming apartment made huge with massive wheeled storage-compartments Yolanda Pila's tiny Madrid apartment is now a transforming, five-room space, thanks to the addition of novel, rolling, track-mounted storage units that hold all her possessions as well as a murphy bed, and can be rolled around to rearrange the space as needed. Read the rest... Found planetscapes: macro photos of dried up single-malt whiskey Photographer Ernie Button noticed that the sediment from dried up single-malt at the bottom of his glasses was extraordinarily beautiful and set about creating a set of gorgeous, interstellar-looking photos documenting the residue from different whiskies. Read the rest... The Shibboleth, the sequel to The Twelve Fingered Boy John Hornor Jacobs's 2013 debut YA/horror novel The Twelve Fingered Boy established him as one of the scariest, most lyrical new writers for young people; with the 2014 sequel, The Shibboleth, Jacobs shows that he's got lots more tricks up his sleeve, and each one is scarier and more thrilling than the last. Cory Doctorow just read it and now he's sleeping with the lights on. Read the rest... Help Spider Robinson's daughter pay her cancer bills Writer Spider Robinson writes, "My daughter Terri Luanna da Silva, a Stage IV breast cancer patient since 2011, is now in hospice in the Palliative Care wing of Middlesex Hospital, 28 Crescent St, Middletown CT 06457-36454. Read the rest... The Expeditioners and the Secret of King Triton's Lair SS Taylor and Katherine Roy's adventurous YA series continues in a second volume that gets everything right: it's a steampunked alternate history story that's full of intrigue and light-touch, thoughtful critique of imperialism and colonialism, a story that lets you love your pith helmet while still questioning all that it stands for. Cory Doctorow (who loved book one) reviews the second Expeditioners book. Read the rest... For sale: every 8-bit Nintendo game Shane writes, "@n8duke is selling his complete collection of every 8-bit Nintendo game (and some other NES things) for $25k. Read the rest... Fundraiser tee: #000000 {lives:matter;} $12: 1/3 of profits go to Ferguson Public Library, 1/3 to This Week In Blackness Media and 1/3 to Feed the Children of Ferguson. (Thanks, Clive!) Read the rest... Solar system drinking glasses The Planetary Glass Set comprises ten glasses (one for each planet, plus one each for Pluto and Sol) representing the bodies of our solar system, very very very loosely sized to express their relative dimensions. Very loosely. I mean, they didn't make Pluto the size of a giant fishbowl and Sol the size of a sports-stadium. Don't be silly. The eight planets are 10oz each, Sol is 16oz and Pluto is 4oz. Read the rest... Global Net Neutrality Coalition EFF teams up with organizations around the world to fight for net neutrality everywhere, because this isn't an issue that just affects Americans. You can help by finding a group in your country and joining in. Read the rest... KKK leader claims to have spoken to Ferguson law enforcement “off the record” On a recent episode of Chris Hayes' MSNBC show, the host speaks with Frank Ancona, Imperialist Wizard of the Traditionalist American Knights of the KKK. Read the rest... What happens when you pour 1200ºF molten aluminum into an anthill? This. It's an archival clip from CBS Sunday Morning on the work of Florida State University biology professor Walter Tschinkel. Read the rest... Watch: The best TV news snow bloopers ever, all in one video A lot of dick jokes. Read the rest... New video emerges of black cosplayer running for his life from cops who then shot and killed him Two months after Darrien Hunt was shot in the back and killed by Utah police, surveillance video that captured the moments before his death has been released. Read the rest... James Cameron on Avatar sequels: “You will shit yourself with your mouth wide open.” Movie magazine Empire cornered director James Cameron with some questions about the forthcoming sequels to Avatar. Read the rest... Tale of stray dog in Ecuador who tagged along with adventure athlete team will melt your heart This terrific NPR radio segment is making the viral rounds for good reason. Read the rest... Icelandic hacker pleads guilty to embezzling funds from Wikileaks An Icelandic hacker who was once an ally of Julian Assange pled guilty Wednesday to charges that he embezzled 30 million Icelandic crowns ($240K USD) from Wikileaks. Read the rest... Just look at this felonious banana charge. Just look at it: "A man is facing a felony menacing charge after two western Colorado sheriff's deputies say he pointed a banana at them and they thought it was a gun. (Thanks, Libbi!) Read the rest... Tiny dog dressed as teddy bear exercises on treadmill Because “Shih Tzu” said aloud never gets old. The doggie's name is Munchkin. [via Devour] Read the rest... Malware in EU attack linked to British and U.S. intelligence agencies What's most notable about this report: it comes with samples of the NSA's code, ready for you to download and test out for yourself, if you dare. Read the rest... Uberdystopian: the surge-priced nightmare future Paul Ford's short story "One Day, I Will Die on Mars," depicts a chilling, all-too-believable dystopian world where Uber becomes a massive transhuman immortal colony-organism that treats its labor force as its gut-flora, to be continuously measured and perfected or discarded. Read the rest...