Via AZ Central: "Barker, 65, has received a letter from an attorney for the Maricopa Association of Governments demanding that she "immediately cease performing cartwheels at MAG meetings." She has been known to show off her gymnastic skills at the planning agency's regular gatherings."

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/7nKS3ADtexY/cartwheels-at-government-meeti.html

One year ago today Leaked NSA slide-deck claims that NSA has "direct access" to servers at Google, Apple, Facebook, Skype, Yahoo, and many others: The Guardian and The Washington Post have both been leaked a 41-slide NSA presentation on a program called PRISM, which -- according to the slides -- gives the spy agency (part of the US military) "direct access" to the servers of the biggest Internet companies in America, including Google, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, AOL, Yahoo and Skype.

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British telecom Vodafone released a report today revealing that a number of governments around the world can tap directly into its network to spy on users.

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From Micah F. Lee: "Our universe is built out of mathematics. Humans have been learning, discovering, and using mathematics for thousands of years because it’s the only thing that can accurately describe what happens around us. The laws of physics are written in mathematics, and they cannot be broken."

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/Y-3YDHcOf7k/the-universe-believes-in-encry.html

Video Link, via d0gbl0g.tumblr.com.

cows: look at this tiny cow is he okay?
dog: these big dogs are pretty cool

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A moving truck is struck by lightning in Alberta, Canada. The couple inside were rescued by police, according to ABC News.

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/DYlTKpAhPsQ/video-of-moving-truck-struck-b.html

Naomi Horn, 14, reviews the film adaptation of John Green's best-selling book about young adults with cancer who find love. Naomi is no stranger to cancer: her mom is a survivor, and others in her family have died of the disease. Read the rest

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Astronaut Steve Swanson, who is currently serving as commander of the ISS, designed original artwork for the Expedition 40 crew patch which pays homage to Star Trek.

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At the end of a week that marked the 70th anniversary of D-Day, Boing Boing reader Joe Gordon shares photos of a wonderful book in his personal collection, in our Boing Boing Flickr Pool. Read the rest

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The @Savedyouaclick Twitter account decodes linkbaity headlines so you don't have to click on things that aren't likely interesting to you. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/qFIZOE01BXs/twitter-account-that-de-bullsh.html

[Video Link] "A good day is when no one shows up and you don't have to go anywhere." You took the words right out of my mouth, Burt.

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/d-9-q-v4IQw/the-eccentric-founder-of-burt.html

A San Francisco woman with the moniker "Rat Girl" engages in an unusual pastime: "breeding hundreds of rats in her home and then releasing them into public parks." Authorities say they are powerless to stop her.

It could be worse. She could be breeding politicians.

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/FJ_yJPaopHk/sf-woman-enjoys-breeding-rats.html

The US Central Intelligence Agency this week expanded its operations online by launching Twitter and Facebook accounts. Read the rest

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[Video Link] I hope no one was seriously injured.

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Felt artist Hin'e Mizushima shares "Giant Squid Takes His Pet Slug Camping" in the Boing Boing Flickr pool. Read the rest

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One of my favorite exhibits at San Francisco's Exploratorium is the huge tornado generator. Now, a similar desktop model is available for $225: American Educational's Teaching Tornado (via Laughing Squid)

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/JYTR5zgBEaI/desktop-tornado-generator.html

This week, NASA beamed a high-def video from the International Space Station to Earth, a distance of 260 miles, using a new laser communications instrument.

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Thanks to all of you and our sponsors at Ford who enabled us to create the Happy Mutant Mobile, a heavily-mutated 2014 Ford Transit Connect Wagon into what we (and you) imagined for a Boing Boing road machine. Read the rest

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I just picked up a vinyl copy of Psych-Out, the phenomenal soundtrack to the classic 1968 hippie exploitation flick starring Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern, and Susan Strasberg! To celebrate, let's have a Friday Freak-Out with this scene from the film featuring The Seeds' "Two Fingers Pointing on You."

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When you work from home, do you produce better results in pajamas or professional attire? Do casual Fridays damage productivity? Does a jeans-and-T-shirt startup have an edge over its business-casual competitor? Researchers are just now getting to the bottom of questions like these. David McRaney of the You Are Not So Smart podcast explores the strange phenomenon known as "enclothed cognition." Read the rest

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