The Latest from Boing Boing

Drew Freidman portrait of Daniel Clowes The great illustrator Drew Friedman drew a portrait of the great cartoonist Daniel Clowes. Amazing! 10 prints are available. Drew Friedman rendered this portrait of cartoonist, illustrator, screenwriter and friend Daniel Clowes, at work in his studio. Read the rest... Polar Bear Livecam These wonderful creatures migrate annually, and a tiny Canadian town is one of the few settlements where their journey can be observed. Thanks to explore.org, Polar Bears International and Frontiers North Adventures, this live feed saves you a trip to the Hudson Bay.Read the rest... Surveillance and stalkers: how the Internet supercharges gendered violence 85% of domestic violence shelters work with women who have been GPS-tracked by their abusers; 75% have clients who were attacked with hidden mobile surveillance apps; copsroutinely steal and share nude selfies from the phones of women pulled over in traffic stops, and NSA spies used agency's massive, illegal surveillance apparatus to stalk women they were sexually attracted to, a practice that was dubbed "LOVEINT." With this information in the background, FBI Director Comey’s insistence that Apple’s new iPhone encryption will undermine law enforcement becomes less farce, and more tragedy. Read the rest... Sen Lindsay Graham promises a fine future for "white men in male-only clubs" Ha-ha-only-serious: He was speaking to the all-male Hibernian Society of Charleston, making a ribald speech peppered with (telling) humor, when he promised them that under a Lindsay Graham presidency "white men who are in male-only clubs are going to do great." In the recording according to CNN, Graham is heard saying: “I’m trying to help you with your tax status. Read the rest... Secret recording of corporate lobbyist is a dirty-tricks playbook Richard Berman -- called "Dr Evil" by both friends and enemies -- laid out the dirty tricks (PDF) needed to defeat environmental groups and labor activists to a Western Energy Alliance summit, and was so grossly offensive that one exec recorded him and leaked a transcript. Read the rest... NZ Trade Minister: we keep TPP a secret to prevent "public debate" The Trans Pacific Partnership is the latest in a series of secretly negotiated sweeping "trade deals" that allow companies to sue governments to repeal environmental and labor laws, expand Internet censorship and surveillance, and a host of other nasties. Read the rest... How Rupert Murdoch could compete with Amazon Video and Netflix He says major media companies should run their own streaming services, and if you're running your own service, you can do it your way, so why not ditch DRM? Read the rest... WATCH: Handmade stop-motion horror from ABCs of Death 2 "D is for Deloused" by director Robert Morgan contains some of the creepiest handmade horror we've ever seen. A Boing Boing exclusive! Read the rest... Big Hero 6 jack-o-lantern John Edgar Park turned a squat white pumpkin into Baymax from Big Hero 6 using a hand brace with auger bit and a saw blade. Read the rest... Things Fitting Perfectly Into Things Of course there is a Tumblr called Things Fitting Perfectly Into Things! Above: toy food + stacking ring. Read the rest... WATCH: Zaouli dance from Ivory Coast "According to most people who show interest in cultures and especially in the culture of Gouro ethnic group, Zaouli, a popular mask dance, was created in the fifties. Read the rest... WATCH: Hypnotic drone footage of Mentawai Islands surfing This mesmerizing drone footage by Paul "The Bird" Borrud is like a 5-minute vacation. Perfect waves. Perfect locale. Perfect song (Mapusa). Read the rest... A warm notice from the Star Hotel in China [via] Read the rest... Swype, smartphone replacement keyboard, available for IOS 8 Swype, a gesture based keyboard for smartphones, is available for IOS 8. As Android users well know, it is awesome. Read the rest... WATCH: You probably need more hedgehog Vines in your life File this Pets Universal compilation under "cute" and "headlines that made no sense before 2012." Read the rest... Restoring Ecosystems to Reverse Global Warming conference, Medford, Mass, Nov 21-23 Gmoke sez, "As someone who lives halfway between Harvard and MIT and has used that opportunity to monitor the scientists on climate change and energy, this is the first time I’ve seen anyone address these issues from the ecosystem perspective." They've got an impressive speaker-roster -- even if you can't make it, you can support the crowdfunding campaign. Read the rest... WATCH: Origami expert creates "impossible" computer-generated shape Mathematician and origami expert Tom Hull created this pleated multi-sliced cone from paper, never before accomplished since Robert Lang designed it via computer. Read the rest... Virgin Galactic test flight crashes, one reported dead Problems experienced during a test flight of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo may have resulted in the death of one of its two crewmembers, according to early and unconfirmed reports surfacing on Twitter. Read the rest... WATCH: FBI has chat with YouTuber for filming in Speedo on plane YouTube star Jerome Jarre decided to have some fun on a flight to Miami, so he slipped into a silly swimming outfit in the lavatory and filmed the hijinks. Read the rest... Grease Monkey Gorilla Grip gloves: thin, durable, grippy gloves I ran across these gloves when I did a bathroom remodel around 2 years ago. Basically, they are a thin synthetic knit glove that has a palm and fingertip area that’s coated in a “polymer.” Traditionally, I’ve worn those cheap rubber dipped gloves when working with tile, but these gloves are far superior. Read the rest...