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Independent art, surreal creations, unusual discoveries and offbeat technology from Hi-Fructose, Colossal, Booooooom, Beautiful Bizarre, StreetArtNews, Creative Boom, Gizmodo, Synthtopia, Boing Boing and Synth Anatomy. Updated 6:03 PM ET, Saturday, October 17.

  1. Mike Flanagan’s ‘Dark Tower’ Plan Is to Be Faithful Gizmodo
  2. TikTok Permabans ‘Musk’ Film Account Gizmodo
  3. ‘Red Rising’ Will Continue the Sci-Fi Book-to-Film Pipeline Gizmodo
  4. ‘We’ve Heard You’: Meta Tweaks Controversial Website-Scraping Terms Slightly Gizmodo
  5. The ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ Movie Will Expand the Game, Not Adapt It Gizmodo
  6. Which Is the Most Underestimated Climate Threat in the US? Gizmodo
  7. Windows 11 Pro costs less than lunch right now at $9.97 Boing Boing
  8. James Cameron Salutes ‘Avengers: Endgame’ for Being Bigger Than ‘Avatar’ Gizmodo
  9. Tattoo ink can be turned on and off with light Boing Boing
  10. Notorious 3D-Printed Gun Activist Debuts ‘AI That Can Generate Guns’ Gizmodo
  11. Swizz Beatz Brings Art, Music and Furniture Together in “Casa Dean” for CB2 StreetArtNews
  12. Elizabeth Holmes’s Social Media Feed Hits Different After Watching ‘You Can See Everything’ Gizmodo
  13. M-VAVE FM-1 Open: the green light for custom firmware and community hacks Synth Anatomy
  14. The DEA Is Cracking Down on Kratom. This Time, Some Advocates Are on Board Gizmodo
  15. ‘Digger’ and ‘The Social Reckoning’ Have the Same Problem, But Only One Is a Good Movie Gizmodo
  16. Slawn Takes Painting Above London’s South Bank With a Crane-Suspended Canvas StreetArtNews
  17. David Popa Creates “Rebirth” at the Water’s Edge in Norway StreetArtNews
  18. Uri KTHR Paints Sant Pere Pescador at L’Ametlla de Mar’s Port StreetArtNews
  19. Friday, October 16
  20. Meta to Literally Every Business User: Nice Website You Got There Gizmodo
  21. Dementia Don discovers Abdul El-Sayed's middle name is Mohamed and declares victory over "a jihadist" Boing Boing
  22. After Muse Launch, U.S. Banks Are Saying Hell No to AI Agents Moving Money Gizmodo
  23. Trump and Elon Agree: It Must Have Been the Dog That Ate Ukraine’s Starshield Gizmodo
  24. Thousands of Artifacts Unearthed in Alaska Hint at an Even Older Human Presence in the Americas Gizmodo
  25. Canunda Synthesis Mx1K: a free Oberheim Matrix 1000 synth emulation and editor Synth Anatomy
  26. Trump wants Ukraine to stop hitting Russian refineries. The White House throttled the wrong drones Boing Boing
  27. Katie Zacharia's first White House press briefing was also her last Boing Boing
  28. Nathan Fielder’s ‘You Can See Everything’ Has a Good Shot at Being the Highest-Rated Movie on IMDb Gizmodo
  29. Lettuce may soon have a lot more protein Boing Boing
  30. James Gunn and Peter Safran’s Grand DCU Plan Is Just Getting Started Gizmodo
  31. 9 foot 7 bridge claims another victim Boing Boing
  32. Fairbuds 2 Review: Decent for Your Ears, Better for Your Conscience Gizmodo
  33. $137 Million Has Been Spent on AI-Generated Ads Ahead of Midterms. Only 27% Included a Disclaimer Gizmodo
  34. Microplastics Are Chemically Alive and Probably Up to No Good Gizmodo
  35. E-Readers Are About to Get Way More Colorful Gizmodo
  36. Santa Ana Winds Reignite Wildfire Season in Southern California Gizmodo
  37. The Creator of ‘Crystal Lake’ Already Has Season 2 Ideas in Mind Gizmodo
  38. Central Processing Unit CPU Micron: Roland MC-202 Synthesizer emulation for mac, win and iPadOS Synth Anatomy
  39. The Unveiling of Anne Juul Christophersen’s ‘S☉L’ at Spritten: An interview with the artist Beautiful Bizarre
  40. Robin F. Williams Suspends the Allure and Horror of Technology in an Endless Loop Colossal
  41. “Atlantic Ocean Twilight” by Photographer Patricia Reyes Booooooom
  42. Thursday, October 15
  43. The Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026 Winners Showcase Nature’s Power and Vulnerability Colossal
  44. “Impermanence/無常” by Artist Shuto Okayasu Booooooom
  45. Gina Matarazzo proudly unveils “Fur-Footed Fantasies” at Nucleus Portland Beautiful Bizarre
  46. EARLIER
  47. André Britz draws dimly remembered landscapes, in a book held together with a pink elastic band Creative Boom
  48. 'The experience of seeing the work is pretty particular': Lily Bunney on her detailed paintings filled with grids and pixels Creative Boom
  49. Future Pastime: The Paintings of Late Futurist Syd Mead Arrives At The Transamerica Pyramid Center in San Francisco Hi-Fructose
  50. Akika Kurata Explores Hidden Feelings in Her Paintings Hi-Fructose

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