Gideon Futerman is a scholar in the fields of solar radiation modification and global catastrophic risk. Last month, he and a colleague worked the northernmost tip of the Isle of Lewis, which is the largest of the Hebrides in Scotland. They were doing geological surveying and had a geological hammer handy. So when they noticed that a Google Street View car was approaching, they staged a violent scene.

You can find it on Google Street View close to the point of the island which is called the Butt of Lewis. Notice that Google helpfully blurs the faces of both the killer and his victim.

Walk in style into the nail salon to get your pedicure. Bravest Studios in New York City and footwear designer @canyaon offer these slides that look like giant human toes. They're optimal for attracting attention of both the wanted and unwanted categories.

If you prefer body parts other than toes for shoe design, consider these brain-like mules by the same company or cross species with these shoes that look like bear claws.

-via Ugly Design

X user @OxKruzr is, for this Halloween, dressing as the most famous character created by Stan Kelly of the satirical newspaper The Onion. Note the right side of this cartoon:

Kelly's 2015 comic about a future with legalized drugs imagines degenerates labeled as "sickos" enjoying the downfall of society while cackling "Yes...ha ha ha...yes." It's become a meme. We Sicko-Americans try to take it in stride as a joke from a less culturally sensitive time.

Montgomery McPhee, a cosplayer in Seattle, is known for his flamboyantly extravagant and visually loud cosplays as the Mandalorian from the Star Wars television series of the same name. Sequins, LEDs, and fans help him develop glam rock versions of favorite characters, such as the Glam-dalorian pictured here at the Emeral City Comic Con last year.

-via @atotalposer

Some companies struggle to accommodate employees who really want to work from home. I'll bet that The Great Exhibition, a creative studio in Stockholm with the most painfully designed website that I've seen in years, doesn't have to convince workers to work at the office. The new facility has a fully functional 200-foot long roller coaster inside.

Fast Company tells us about this new working environment that I hope will attract the attention of Neatorama CEO Alex Santoso, who will no doubt leap at the opportunity to put our firm at the forefront of entrepreneurial innovation. An in-office roller coaster enhances drone productivity by providing a form of rapid transit through an office complex.

Petter Kakracka, the founder of The Great Exhibition, says that he overcame naysayers who told him that "it’s not only impossible, it’s impractical, dangerous, and too expensive" to construct a creativity-generating tool appropriately named "The Frontal Lobe."

Nathan Wyburn is a British artist noted for his portraits of celebrities using food products. To celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of the debut of the Pop-Tart, he composed this image of Marilyn Monroe that is clearly inspired by those of Andy Warhol.

view masters 👓 pic.twitter.com/MxlG20prdy

— Nicole McLaughlin (@nicolemclovin) October 25, 2024

Nicole McLaughlin, a designer in New York City, has an extraordinary gift for mixing unusual materials into wearable clothing and accessories. In the past, we've seen her bikini made of camera cases and her bra made of electric fans. Her latest project just posted on X and Instagram consists of a pair of tiny View-Masters serving as glasses.

Do you remember the View-Master? This is a fun toy that is like a little film strip projector that you could use at home.

By the way: Mattel still sells a modern version that uses virtual reality. Variety reports that a View-Master based movie is in pre-production, so maybe we'll see a revival of the toy that is iconic of 70s childhood.

It it a coincidence or is the carpenter intentionally joining the band's performance? I can't tell, but approve of this addition to the percussion section.

One YouTube commenter identifies the piece as "Salute to Luxembourg" by Edmund Patzke and Adolf Vancura and suggests that the location is Austria or southern Germany.

-via Kottke

A new ‘GLADIATOR 2’ popcorn bucket has been revealed.

It has a QR code that activates an AR gladiator battle. pic.twitter.com/p6Te2m1Oo5

— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) October 22, 2024

There are those who believe that the American Age has passed--that the people of this city upon a hill have lost the aspirational character that led us to travel to the Moon and invent the Twinkie. Perhaps this blackpilling was once accurate, but we are now in a renaissance of innovation centered around designing popcorn buckets.

We first had hopes for the revival of the innovative spirit when the Dune 2 popcorn bucket presented the world an orifice of joy. Now we may find our aspirations confirmed with the preview of the Gladiator 2 popcorn bucket. Deadline reports that it resembles the Colosseum of Rome. At the bottom of the bucket is a QR code that triggers a virtual gladiatorial fight.

-via Wade Stotts

The Golden Girls premiered in 1985 and ended its run in 1992 while it was still popular. It remains a cultural force with a lively fanbase to this day. But let's say that the series had never ended at all and NBC decided to run over a thousand additional seasons.

Animator Mike Hollingsworth imagines Blanche, Sophia, Rose, Dorothy, and Dorothy's ex-husband Stanley becoming immortal. Hollingsworth uses the original audio from the season 4 episode "Stan Takes a Wife" and adds in visual effects that appear to be inspired by The Jetsons or Futurama. The girls deal with relationship drama, but, sadly, the video ends before they all eat alien cheesecake together.

-via Laughing Squid

There are many great cosplays at the New York City Comic-Con, which is one of the largest fandom conventions in the world. X user Tanooki Joe shares photos of this woman who is festooned to resemble a Pizza Hut restaurant from the 1980s and 90s.

The iconic red booths are immediately recognizable to any 80s kid. The cosplayer offers other visitors to the convention what appear to be shakers of Parmesan cheese and crushed red pepper for a fake pizza.

-via Super Punch

Medical researchers in the UK recently dissected the body of a 78-year old man who had donated his remains for research. They were surprised at his genitalia: the man had three penises.

Diphallia, which is the state of having two penises, is rare. But, according to the researchers' article in The Journal of Medical Reports, there is only one other known case of triphallia in medical literature.

This gentleman had one primary and two secondary penises. The largest had a functional urethra which it shared with the medium-sized penis. The smallest of the three penises did not have a urethra at all. Each, however, had a corpora cavernosa and a glans penis.

-via Dave Barry | Screenshot from Inglourious Basterds

The 1990 film The Hunt for Red October is a thrilling film about a Soviet submarine captain who tries to defect to the United States with his advanced ballistic missile submarine. It's an adaptation of a Tom Clancy novel of the same name. It's an exciting, well-paced movie with highly effective visual effects, even by today's standards.

One of the most essential props in the film is a model of the Soviet boomer. X user Winston Smith (possibly not his real name) adores the movie and was able to purchase the model.

He mentions that he has yet to tell his wife about the purchase. I think he may need to make an emergency dive soon.

The Catholic Pipe Company is the firm of artist Caleb C. Mitchell. From his workshop in Hebron, Nebraska, Mitchell produces ornately designed and precisely rendered images of Catholic saints. For him, it's an act of veneration.

Above is Saint Sebastian, who was martyred under Emperor Diocletian during approximately the year 288.

It turns out that they sell edible Crocs in Japan

These are waffles with various fillings added inside. pic.twitter.com/pW83mh5U9g

— 𝕏 Ali Al Samahi 𝕏 (@alsamahi) October 14, 2024

Foodbeast is calling these confections "edible crocs," but I think that appellation is insufficient. Any croc is edible if you put forward sufficient effort. The essential difference is that people enjoy eating these pastries, which are shaped like the futuristic but stupid footwear and are about the size of a child's shoe.

You can find your own at a bakery in Ōkubo, which is a Korean immigrant neighborhood of Tokyo. There are red bean paste, chocolate, and cheese fillings available.

-via Massimo