Forwarded this email? for more BOING BOING DIGEST, NOVEMBER 29, 2024 TODAY'S POSTS Ellsworth Toohey Nov 29 ∙ Guest post READ IN APP BLACK FRIDAY SPECIAL! 50% OFF ON AN AD-FREE PREMIUM SUBSCRIPTION! Get 50% off for 1 year - ALLEE WILLIS — GENIUS BEHIND "FRIENDS" THEME SONG, FINALLY GETS HER INCREDIBLE STORY TOLD BY MARK FRAUENFELDER / NOVEMBER 29, 2024 Allee Willis — genius behind "Friends" theme song, finally gets her incredible story told Allee Willis may be the most influential artist you've never heard of. Read more → ELON MUSK STEALS THE SHOW AT HIS, ER, TRUMP'S MAR-A-LAGO THANKSGIVING PARTY (VIDEO) BY CARLA SINCLAIR / NOVEMBER 29, 2024 Elon Musk steals the show at his, er, Trump's Mar-a-Lago Thanksgiving party (video) Donald Trump had a seat at Elon Musk's Mar-a-Lago Thanksgiving table last night, and as "YMCA" blasted over the speakers, Trump patted the younger, richer billionaire on the back to get his attention. Read more → QANTAS JET FLIES FOR MONTHS WITH MASSIVE TOOL STUCK IN ENGINE, AND NOBODY NOTICED BY ELLSWORTH TOOHEY / NOVEMBER 29, 2024 Qantas jet flies for months with massive tool stuck in engine, and nobody noticed Occasionally, you hear stories about surgeons who leave sponges or surgical implements inside patients before sewing them up. Read more → MAN JUMPS OUT OF MOVING ROLLER COASTER TO SAVE HIS LIFE — AND THEN GETS YELLED AT BY NEGLIGENT RIDE OPERATOR BY CARLA SINCLAIR / NOVEMBER 29, 2024 Man jumps out of moving roller coaster to save his life — and then gets yelled at by negligent ride operator A man riding a double-loop roller coaster that was about to take a steep drop heard a strange sound coming from his seat, only to realize his safety lap bar had unlatched. Read more → MINDLESS DRAWING IS GOOD FOR YOUR MIND BY MARK FRAUENFELDER / NOVEMBER 29, 2024 Mindless drawing is good for your mind Don't let your inability to draw well hold you back from drawing. Read more → AWESOME MINIMALIST WEBSITES BY ROB BESCHIZZA / NOVEMBER 29, 2024 Awesome minimalist websites Today I enjoyed reading Don't F*ck With Scroll, a particular but cromulent criticism of a trend on the web that drives me nuts: taking scroll away from the reader. Read more → SPLAT! 70000 FPS VIDEO OF A "GOLF BALL" HITTING A STEEL PLATE AT 150 MPH BY ROB BESCHIZZA / NOVEMBER 29, 2024 Splat! 70000 fps Video of a "golf ball" hitting a steel plate at 150 mph In this footage posted by Sports News, said to be recorded at 70,000 frames per second but played back at about 5 fps, a ball splats against a steel plate at 150 mph. Read more → CLOCK RING: TINY CASIO RETRO WATCH COMING TO U.S. FOR CHRISTMAS BY ROB BESCHIZZA / NOVEMBER 29, 2024 Clock ring: tiny Casio retro watch coming to U.S. for Christmas As spotted in vending machines in Japan, the tiny Casio retro ring watch is coming to America! Read more → DENMARK TO PLANT A BILLION TREES BY ROB BESCHIZZA / NOVEMBER 29, 2024 Denmark to plant a billion trees Denmark, roughly the area of Wisconsin, is to plant a billion trees, replacing 15 percent of the nation's farmland with forest. $6.1 billion was earmarked by legislators in compensation to the those whose property will become national parkland. Read more → "CONTINUE AND PERSIST" LETTER ENCOURAGES RECIPIENT TO CARRY ON BY ROB BESCHIZZA / NOVEMBER 29, 2024 "Continue and Persist" letter encourages recipient to carry on Nuisance litigation of the sort heralded by Cease 'n' Decist letters is on the rise, and I enjoyed reading Boondoggle and Doggle's (or rather Mark Chan and Adnan Aga's) amusing "Continue and Persist" letter, a clever subversion of the form crafted to praise and encourage people doing things you like. Read more → UFC FIGHTER STILL IN PAIN WEEKS AFTER BEING ELBOWED IN ANUS BY ROB BESCHIZZA / NOVEMBER 29, 2024 UFC fighter still in pain weeks after being elbowed in anus UFC strawweight Luana Pinheiro recently limped out the octagon after being elbowed in the anus during a fight—a move that would have been illegal until recently and which remains at the wrong end of sportsmanship. Read more → FOSSILIZED DINOSAUR POOP REVEALS THEIR DIETARY SECRETS BY ROB BESCHIZZA / NOVEMBER 29, 2024 Fossilized dinosaur poop reveals their dietary secrets Jurassic Park may have the tourists, but Triassic Toilet serves up the science. Read more → NOTRE-DAME PREPARES TO REOPEN FIVE YEARS AFTER FIRE THAT NEARLY DESTROYED IT BY ROB BESCHIZZA / NOVEMBER 29, 2024 Notre-Dame prepares to reopen five years after fire that nearly destroyed it A discarded cigarette: what a perfectly French way to destroy centuries of French history. But Notre Dame was restored at staggering expense—the BBC reports €700m (about $750m) was spent—after the 2019 fire that toppled its famous spire. And it will soon re-open to the public. Read more → NAZI DEFENDER CANDACE OWENS BANNED FROM NEW ZEALAND BY ROB BESCHIZZA / NOVEMBER 29, 2024 Nazi defender Candace Owens banned from New Zealand Candace Owens, an online influencer who graduated from standard right wingery to holocaust denial with some Hitler praise along the way, was denied entry to New Zealand. Officials cited her ban from Australia, what was due to her extremist positions—specifically "remarks in which she denied Nazi medical… Read more → THE WHOLE OF JET SET WILLY'S MANSION IN ONE 4K SCREEN BY ROB BESCHIZZA / NOVEMBER 28, 2024 The whole of Jet Set Willy's mansion in one 4k screen Jet Set Willy is a sprawling 8-bit classic requiring the player to tidy up his own vast mansion, infested with monsters after a party gone wrong. Read more → HAPPIEST THANKSGIVING BY JASON WEISBERGER / NOVEMBER 28, 2024 Happiest Thanksgiving "Alice's Restaurant Massacree" is both too tangentially related to Thanksgiving and too boring to give up 18 minutes. Read more → I TRIED, AND FAILED, TO SOLVE THE MYSTERY OF THE TYROLEAN TONGUE CHOIR BY JENNIFER SANDLIN / NOVEMBER 28, 2024 I tried, and failed, to solve the mystery of the Tyrolean tongue choir For your Thanksgiving viewing pleasure, here's a delightfully rousing tune performed in a most interesting manner. Read more → EXPLORING THE NOSTALGIA OF MID-CENTURY ROCKET SHIP PLAYGROUNDS BY POPKIN / NOVEMBER 28, 2024 Exploring the nostalgia of mid-century rocket ship playgrounds The mid-20th century saw a huge surge in rocket-themed playground equipment, designed to capture the imagination of kids and celebrate space travel. Read more → RAVEN DEMONSTRATE REMARKABLE PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS WITH WATER DISPLACEMENT BY POPKIN / NOVEMBER 28, 2024 Raven demonstrate remarkable problem-solving skills with water displacement Ravens are among the most cognitively advanced birds. Read more → WONDERFULLY STRANGE ASSORTMENT OF DOLL PARTS FOUND AT ANTIQUE STORE BY POPKIN / NOVEMBER 28, 2024 Wonderfully strange assortment of doll parts found at antique store Recently, a friend of mine came across this incredible assortment of antique baby doll parts at a second hand store. Read more → - BLACK FRIDAY SPECIAL! 50% off on an AD-FREE premium subscription! Get 50% off for 1 year - A guest post by Ellsworth Toohey Contributor to Boing Boing INVITE YOUR FRIENDS AND EARN REWARDS If you enjoy Boing Boing, share it with your friends and earn rewards when they subscribe. Invite Friends Like Comment Restack © 2024 Happy Mutants LLC 775 E Blithedale Avenue, #116, Mill Valley, CA 94941 Get the appStart writing