Boing Boing, September 25, 2024

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This Nazgûl morning routine is the best worst way to start your day

Thom Dunn / 9:15 am PT Wed Sep 25, 2024

Image: Goodfon (public domain)

The Silmarillion may not have delved into the skincare routines of the terrifying Ringwraiths. But it stands to reason that the Nazgûl must have some sort of steady Middle-Earthian morning regime in order to stay alert and healthy for thousands of years of soul-sucking misery, right?

Well, fortunately, the Witchking of Agma on TikTok has you covered:

Previously:
• Meet the man who remade Middle‑earth
• 'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King' poster by artist Aaron Horkey, for Mondo

New species of ghost shark discovered just in time for Halloween

Thom Dunn / 9:00 am PT Wed Sep 25, 2024

The newly-seen Ghost Shark. Photo: NIWA

Researchers at New Zealand's National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) recently discovered a new species of deep-sea Ghost Shark (previously at Boing Boing) in the Chatham Rise off the coast of New Zealand—roughly 1.6 miles under the water.

Ghost sharks are apparently a kind of chimaera—a smooth-skinned, cartilaginous fish similar to sharks and rays, but with more rodent-like teeth (as well as separate anal and urogenital openings,