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Next-level parenting: crocheting a freehand, glow-in-the-dark Alien Xenomorph kids’ costume

Cleveland's Stephanie "Crochetverse" Pokorny created a freehand, crocheted Alien Xenomorph costume for her (incredibly lucky!) son, Jake, adding glow-in-the-dark fabric paint accents to make it luminescent. It's completely amazing.

If you think that's great, don't miss her Skeletor costume!

The video! WAIT FOR IT! 😱😍 Jake has this DOWN!CROCHET XENOMORPH ...

Grounded teen evades device confiscation by tweeting from the smart-fridge

Dorothy is an (alleged) 15-year-old who has attained Twitter fame by hopping from device to device as her mother finds and confiscates her tools: first her phone, then her Nintendo, then her Wii U, and finally, her family smart fridge.

She's using the hashtag #FreeDorothy, and periodically her accounts have been taken over by ...

How ****** recognition has turned summer camp into a dystopia for campers, parents, counsellors and photographers (but not ****** recognition vendors)

The Washington Post's Drew Harwell takes a deep look at the the use of ****** recognition products like Bunk1 at summer camps, in a deliciously terrible piece that alternates between Bunk1's president Rob Burns and Waldo Photos's founder Rodney Rice explaining that everyone loves this and it makes everyone happy, and counsellors, parents, campers and ...