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Obituary "He grew up brilliant and restless in the San Fernando Valley in California, an only child with a penchant for mischief, a defiant attitude toward authority, and a love for magic. Kevin's intelligence and delight in holding the rapt attention of audiences revealed themselves early in his childhood and continued throughout his life. In time, he transitioned from pranks and learning magic tricks to phone phreaking, social engineering, and computer hacking." [more inside]
posted by signsofrain at 8:38 PM PST - 72 comments

I wish I had ever had a job that brought me as much joy as the man in this clip. 11 mile long 'Oppenheimer' film reel arrives in Grand Rapids [3m10s, ABC13] John Foley is an example of where occupation meets vocation. If you're curious about the actual process, here's OPPENHEIMER 70MM IMAX film print assembly at Science Museum, London. [14m] from bored_tech which details the technical steps of receiving and assembling one of thirty prints of this movie in this format in the world. I found this truly fascinating.
posted by hippybear at 2:56 PM PST - 25 comments

Stanford president resigns over manipulated research, will retract at least three papers. Marc Tessier-Lavigne failed to address manipulated papers, fostered unhealthy lab dynamic, Stanford report says. [SLTheStanfordDaily] This is a breaking story and will be updated.
posted by heatherlogan at 1:58 PM PST - 62 comments

“The glitter empire, and the shocking truth we never expected to uncover.” [27:06] [more inside]
posted by ob1quixote at 11:40 AM PST - 72 comments

Bring Me To Life but it's Otamatones
posted by cortex at 9:40 AM PST - 35 comments

At 1275 feet, the painted narrative scroll The Grand Panorama of a Whaling Voyage 'Round the World(Narrated video) is perhaps not quite as long as advertised when first displayed in 1848, but the longest painting in America, now housed at the New Bedford Whaling Museum, is still pretty long. [more inside]
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 9:19 AM PST - 12 comments

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Tuesday that she has filed charges against 16 people who signed paperwork falsely claiming that President Donald Trump had won the 2020 election as part of a scheme to overturn the results. [more inside]
posted by Etrigan at 8:51 AM PST - 54 comments

The pitch here is simple: a bunch of grumpy old magicians made a big fuss about sexy little Uri Geller just because he claimed his party trick was real psychic powers, and now they’re either dead or friends with him, and isn’t that great? Because really, even if he DIDN’T have psychic powers, what’s the harm in helping people believe that there’s a little magic in the world? from Uri Geller is Still a Giant Fraud, Despite the Glowing NY Times Profile by Skepchick, who, along with the CFI, Greg Mayer, DJ Grothe and Mark Evanier (among others) are raking the NYT for its recent "lengthy – and progressively more maddening – hagiography of Uri Geller." [New York Times; ungated] [more inside]
posted by chavenet at 1:56 AM PST - 149 comments