Xeni Jardin
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BOOKS: 'The Cannabis Gardener,' Penny Barthel
📖 The Cannabis Gardener: A Beginner's Guide to Growing Vibrant, Healthy , Plants in Every Region; Author: Penny Barthel, Feb 2021The short version: 👍 A source of great happiness for me during this past year (and counting) of coronavirus avoidance isolation has been learning how to grow cannabis outdoors at home. Turns out they call… → Read More
BOOKS: 'Risk Forward: Embrace the Unknown and Unlock Your Hidden Genius', by Victoria LaBalme
• 📖 ‘Risk Forward: Embrace the Unknown and Unlock Your Hidden Genius’, Victoria LaBalme – March 16, 2021 • THE REVIEW, SHORT VERSION: 👍 When Victoria LaBalme shared an early draft of he… → Read More
Trump's legal defense team is a wreck, lawyers keep leaving
Former president Donald Trump's legal team didn't last long. Kaitlan Collins, CNN White House Correspondent: “With a little more than a week before his impeachment trial is set to begin, President Trump's legal team is up in the air. Butch Bowers and Deborah Barbier, who were expected to be two of the lead attorneys, are… → Read More
Phone battery explodes after man bites into it [VIDEO]
Store surveillance video captured this wild scene in China: a phone battery exploding after a man bites into it. The clip has gone viral on Chinese social media. From Storyful: The man can be seen putting the phone battery into his mouth before it suddenly explodes dangerously close to the woman’s face. A shortened version… → Read More
WHO-led team of scientists is in Wuhan investigating COVID-19 pandemic origins in China
A World Health Organization-led team investigating the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic will meet Chinese scientists on Friday and plans to visit labs, markets and hospitals in Wuhan, reports Reute… → Read More
Kellyanne Conway investigated by cops over nude photo of teen daughter Claudia on Twitter
Former Donald Trump spokesmonster Kellyanne Conway is the subject of a police investigation into a topless photo of Kellyanne Conway’s 16-year-old daughter, Claudia — which Claudia says Kellyanne posted as a Twitter 'fleet.' Claudia has 1.6 million followers on TikTok, and posts about alleged abuse by her mom there. Police visited the Conway family’s estate… → Read More
U.S. Senate confirms Yellen as first woman to serve as Treasury chief
Lots of firsts for women, with the incoming Biden administration. The Senate today has overwhelmingly voted to confirm Janet Yellen as Treasury Chief. She'll be the first woman in our government's history to serve in that role. “The Senate voted 84-15 to confirm Yellen, with all opposition coming from Republicans, several of whom have expressed… → Read More
Apple hardware engineering chief Dan Riccio will step down, focus on new project yet to be revealed
Apple's hardware engineering chief, Dan Riccio, is planning to step down to oversee a new project, the company announced Monday, providing no further details on the longtime executive’s latest role. Could this be related to the iPhone maker's foray into self-driving car technology? Your guess in the BBS. From Reuters: Riccio will report to Chief… → Read More
There was almost a Trump coup at DOJ, part of scheme to overthrow election
Trump and a little-known Justice Dept. lawyer secretly plotted with Trump to fire the Acting Attorney General just before his term ended as Trump sought to overturn the election results. This story is very complicated and I am no lawyer, but wow, sure sounds like a Department of Justice coup was attempted by Trump et… → Read More
Brazil has a new coronavirus variant, and it is present in about 50% of all new COVID cases in Manaus city
It's mutating. A newly identified variant of COVID is already confirmed in about half of all new infections in Manaus, Brazil, which raises alarm about a greater risk of spread, a researcher warns on Friday. From Reuters: A team led by immunologist Ester Sabino collected genomic data from COVID-19 tests in Manaus that indicated 42%… → Read More
Parler loses fight to force Amazon to restore service
A U.S. judge in Seattle has rejected a demand from Parler that Amazon.com restore web hosting services for the right-wing chat app, terminated after the January 6 assault on the Capitol. On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Barbara Rothstein said Parler would not likely be able to prove that Amazon breached its contract, or violated antitrust… → Read More
Cost of cleaning up White House after Trump departure: $127,000
Cleaning up the White House after Donald Trump and Melania Trump moved out cost taxpayers about $127,000. No, this doesn't include biohazard remediation, or surveillance bug sweeps. The White House has 132 rooms, 35 bathrooms, 412 doors and 28 fireplaces, and Newsweek reports more on the cleanup task that happened before Joe and Jill Biden… → Read More
Watch Derek DelGaudio's 'In & Of Itself' on Hulu, see Derek + collaborator Frank Oz on Stephen Colbert
'Derek DelGaudio's IN & OF ITSELF,' a film created in collaboration with Frank Oz, premieres on Hulu Friday January 22. Both Derek DelGaudio and Frank Oz are on Stephen Colbert's show tonight talking about the making of this movie interpretation of Derek's live, interactive, one-man performance experience that we've covered here on Boing Boing previously,… → Read More
Biden 'pauses' border wall, ends national emergency Trump declared to divert $10 billion from military
Incoming U.S. President Joe Biden has ordered a “pause” on construction of Trump's failed border wall, and has ended the bogus national emergency declaration Trump signed to divert $10 billion in military funds. It is not clear that Biden will have the authority to block completion of 200+miles already funded by Congress. “The proclamation directs… → Read More
Biden's first executive orders: pandemic, climate change, racism, immigration
President Joe Biden hit the ground running. His first executive orders include rejoining the Paris climate accords, canceling Keystone pipeline, strengthening DACA, and mandating masks and social distancing in Federal buildings. From Reuters' recap of actions by the incoming administration on day one: COVID-19 CRISIS * Seek a $1.9 trillion spending proposal aimed at accelerating… → Read More
Trump pardons Steve Bannon, Elliot Broidy, Lil Wayne, others — 73 pardons, 70 commutations
Former Trump strategist Stephen K. Bannon and GOP moneyman Elliot Broidy join a list of Trump pardon grantees that includes Paul Manafort and Roger Stone. Here is the full list from the White House, which is reproduced below in full. From the New York Times: With hours to go before President Trump left office, the… → Read More
Trump's final 100+ pardons to include rapper Lil Wayne and former NY Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver
The rumored list of one hundred or so Trump pardon and clemency candidates includes rapper Lil Wayne and former New York Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver, reports the New York Times late Monday. Those under consideration include such disparate figures as Sheldon Silver, the disgraced former New York Assembly speaker, and the rapper Lil Wayne, who… → Read More
Trump expected to issue 100+ pardons on Tuesday
Outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump is preparing a list of more than 100 pardons and commutations for release on Tuesday, reports Reuters, but he is not rumored to be to issuing a pardon for himse… → Read More
National Rifle Association files for bankruptcy, NRA will legally move from New York to Texas
The National Rifle Association has for bankruptcy, and the organization will legally move from New York to Texas, with plans to operate as a non-profit. The NRA lists assets and liabilities between… → Read More
Deaths: Harold Bornstein, NY physician who lied that Trump was healthiest president ever, dead at 73
The New York physician who declared President Donald J. Trump to be “the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency” died last Friday. He was 73. From the New York Times: His death was announced on Thursday in a paid notice in The New York Times. The notice did not give a cause or say… → Read More