Original 1965 ad for The Addams Family Haunted House kit, made by Polar Lights. The original kit was a simple grey, but the company reissued the kit in 1995 in a luminous, glow-in-the-dark plastic. via

“This facility has gone 5843 days without an assimilation.”

A Collection of 40 Bad Christian Album Covers With Unfortunate Titles [vintage everyday]

Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi has gone from Nobel Peace Prize winner to apologist for genocide against Myanmar’s Rohingya minority. [Today, Explained]

How an 'election meltdown' could throw the US into crisis in 2020 [Fresh Air]

There are lots of ways the election could go terribly wrong What happens if one side doesn’t concede? Not just Trump – the Democrats might well have reason to call foul too. What if the power grid goes out in a major city on Election Day, knocked out by terrorists or an unfriendly nation-state? What if voting machines are hacked, or strongly suspected of being hacked?

These are among the things law professor Rick Hasen considers in his book, ‘Election Meltdown.’

“There’s lots of ways that things could go south,” he says.

Sex predators are operating against children through online video games. What can be done about that? [Reset]

I have a Johnny Cash t-shirt that I wore today. When I’m wearing it I often forget I have it on. People will say to me, “Johnny Cash!” And then I wonder why people are going around randomly saying “Johnny Cash!”

San Diego smart streetlights raise privacy concerns

San Diego sees privacy concerns from so-called “smart streetlights,” that collect data and surveillance video, installed without full public disclosure [San Diego News Fix with Lori Weisberg and Teri Figueroa] The city council will look at the issue.

IBM Names New CEO: Arvind Krishna, Red Hat Deal Mastermind, Replaces Rometty [Me/Light Reading]

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Minnie Mouse throws down. The cartoon shoes complete the scene.

I bought a 16-ounce bottle of Dr. Brommer’s liquid soap a couple of weeks ago. It is concentrated. I use about four drops to wash my hands a half-dozen times a day, and to wash my face once a day. At this rate, I expect to leave the soap to our grand-nieces and nephews, and their children after them.

Surprisingly, China actually benefits from the perception that its vendors are government stooges. [Ray Le Maistre/Light Reading]

It saddens me that it’s too late in my life for me to get a cool nickname, like “Ace.”

Boston-area natives Chris Evans, John Krasinski, Rachel Dratch and David “Big Papi” Ortiz in a wicked good commercial for Smart Park for the Hyundai Sonata.

PR pitch of the day: “Parents find sex education conversations easier than technology conversations.”

Because unlike USB connectors, with sex it’s easy to figure out which direction it should be facing when you stick it in.

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