David Pescovitz

San Francisco, United States

Freelance Journalist at Freelance

Editor and Managing Partner at Boing Boing

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San Francisco, June 7: Celebrate the cyberculture with Mondo 2000's RU Sirius, Mark Pauline, Cintra Wilson, Rudy Rucker, Cindy Cohn, and phriendz

1 week ago | businessandamerica.com | David Pescovitz

In the cyberdelic daze of the early 1990s, Mondo 2000 was the publication-of-record for the emerging digital counterculture. Founded by our dear pal RU Sirius, it was not just a magazine (with an expiration date), but a “strange attractor” for freaks interested in the new edge of computers, pranks, digital art, fringe culture, hacktivism, psychedelics, consciousness, weird science, and hacking.
San Francisco, June 7: Celebrate the cyberculture with Mondo 2000's RU Sirius, Mark Pauline, Cintra Wilson, Rudy Rucker, Cindy Cohn, and phriendz

1 week ago | boingboing.net | David Pescovitz

In the cyberdelic daze of the early 1990s, Mondo 2000 was the publication-of-record for the emerging digital counterculture. Founded by our dear pal RU Sirius, it was not just a magazine (with an expiration date), but a "strange attractor" for freaks interested in the new edge of computers, pranks, digital art, fringe culture, hacktivism, psychedelics, consciousness, weird science, and hacking. In fact, RU and the Mondo scene were the magnets that drew me to San Francisco in 1992.
Vintage photos of people posing proudly with their underpants

1 month ago | boingboing.net | David Pescovitz

Venerable vernacular snapshot collector Robert Jackson showcases a variety of individuals celebrating their underwear. It's nice that unmentionables can bring out such joy when mentioned.
Cyberculture pioneer RU Sirius's new album of "rhymes against reality"

1 month ago | boingboing.net | David Pescovitz

In the cyberdelic daze of the early 1990s, Mondo 2000 was the publication-of-record for the emerging digital counterculture. Founded by our dear pal RU Sirius, it was not just a magazine (with an expiration date), but a "strange attractor" for freaks interested in the new edge of computers, pranks, digital art, fringe culture, psychedelics, consciousness, weird science, and hacking. In fact, RU and the Mondo scene were the magnets that drew me to San Francisco in 1992.
The Ten Commandments featuring music by the Flaming Lips and Los Lobos

1 month ago | boingboing.net | David Pescovitz

In celebration of the Jewish holiday of Passover which starts tomorrow night, I suggest watching The Ten Commandments, Cecil B. DeMille's 1923 epic silent film version of the biblical Exodus story. (The full movie also includes a separate modern story that I never bothered to watch.) The parting of the Red Sea sequence is absolutely magnificent and worth the cost of admission alone.
This bizarre prehistoric animal had a Venus Flytrap-like structure on its abdomen

2 months ago | boingboing.net | David Pescovitz

This weird wasp shared the Earth with the dinosaurs nearly 100 million years ago. Paleontologist studying specimens of the animal preserved in amber were surprised to find a strange structure on its abdomen. While functioning similar to the Venus flytrap, the flap mechanism wasn't used to eat. Rather it was likely used to capture insects so that the wasp could inject eggs into its victim before releasing it.
People are increasingly mistaking glue for eye drops. Try not to do that.

2 months ago | boingboing.net | David Pescovitz

According to the University of Colorado Health (UCHealth) system, a concerning number of individuals are confusing nail glue or eyelash glue for eye drops and, well, you can imagine the rest. "There are times when we have to cut the lashes if they're glued together, and there are times if it's on the eye itself, we have to gently scrape it or peel it off," UCHealth ophthalmologist Richard Davidson told KUSA-TV.
People are increasingly mistaking glue for eye drops. Try not to do that.

2 months ago | businessandamerica.com | David Pescovitz

According to the University of Colorado Health (UCHealth) system, a concerning number of individuals are confusing nail glue or eyelash glue for eye drops and, well, you can imagine the rest. “There are times when we have to cut the lashes if they’re glued together, and there are times if it’s on the eye itself, we have to gently scrape it or peel it off,” UCHealth ophthalmologist Richard Davidson told KUSA-TV. — Read the rest The post People are increasingly mistaking glue for eye drops.
Newscaster spots UFO while live on air (video)

Feb 21, 2025 | boingboing.net | David Pescovitz

As Fox2 Detroit newscaster Erica Francis was teasing an upcoming segment, she spotted a UFO cruising across the sky in a live shot of Michigan's Mackinac Bridge. Video below!"What is that flying in the air?" she stated on Facebook. Moments later, the strange object vanished. Francis posted it to her Facebook page where some commenters suggested it's just a reflection of a car's lights in the camera lens. That's no fun though.
New online short class about one of Philip K. Dick's nuttiest novels

Feb 18, 2025 | boingboing.net | David Pescovitz

In 1963 Philip K Dick's third marriage was crumbling, his idyllic life in the small northern California town of Pt Reyes Station was coming to a sad and dysfunctional end, and the author was relying on increasingly large doses of amphetamines to supercharge his writing output. During this chaotic period in his life, Dick wrote one of his most "out there" science fiction novels: Clans of the Alphane Moon.