The Great Firewall of Cameron is supposed to block "extremist" websites, and somehow, the website of the respected, excellent Chaos Computer Club, one of Germany's foremost centers for technology research and political analysis, has been blocked. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/qk-M-ZENuII/ccc-website-censored-in-the-uk.html

The red shirts never get a break on Star Trek. Now you, and your dog, can play fetch with one.

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http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/xey6525K3l4/star-trek-red-shirted-crewman.html

Last spring, I gave the keynote address at the Museums and the Web conference in Florence, Italy, speaking in the glorious confines of the big room at the Palazzo Vecchio; the organizers were kind enough to put my talk online. It was very well-received at the time and lots of people have since asked where they could get it -- and here it is!

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/t0kuXE8THfs/museums-and-the-future-history.html

From the comic book biography of John Wilcock, by Ethan Persoff and Scott Marshall. See previous installments here and here.

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/Mvc5Q81ZAmY/john-wilcock-the-day-i-turned.html

Jane Harrison tells the story of man's voyage to Mars—and the dating troubles that ensue. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/ucPQXy_vPGE/launch-short-story.html

As reported by The Irish Times on Saturday, 6th December; "Foreign law enforcement agencies will be allowed to tap Irish phone calls and intercept emails under a statutory instrument signed into law by Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald." Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/1PHn_3ErJnA/irish-government-retroactively.html

Remember when the TSA spent $113K on Rapiscan pornoscanners that turned out not to work? Now they're selling them off for $8,000. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/ZdSPndT9jvQ/buy-your-own-tsa-surplus-porno.html

Chinese media regulators have called on broadcasters to end the widespread, longstanding practice of using puns, idiom and wordplay in everyday communications, advertisement, jokes, and political speech. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/JA5lWr3s_tA/chinese-government-wants-to-ba.html

It's almost a perpetual motion machine, and is absolutely a source of infinite amusement! (via JWZ)

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/3ps-ujYo0zU/dumping-a-huge-bag-of-plastic.html

David Cameron wants social media companies to invent a terrorism-detection algorithm and send all the "bad guys" it detects to the police -- but this will fall prey to the well-known (to statisticians) "paradox of the false positive," producing tens of thousands of false leads that will drown the cops. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/Q5LTZtRqzNc/stats-based-response-to-uk-tor.html

It's true that people with substance abuse problems can "detox" when they get clean, but the kind of "detoxing" offered by stuff in the grocery store or pharmacy has no basis in science and is just a scammy way to scare you into opening your wallet (the companies that sell "detox" can't even say what "toxins" they're getting rid of). Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/JN0FET447-Q/detoxing-is-bullshit.html

The Open Technology Fund and Simply Secure are offering fellowships to researchers who seek funding to work on usability in privacy and security technology. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/0s5pvXaqv5Y/fellowships-available-in-secur.html

From BBC One, an episode of Horizon exploring that good ol' mindfucking question "What is reality?"

Clues have been pieced together from deep within the atom, from the event horizon of black holes, and from the far reaches of the cosmos. It may be that that we are part of a cosmic hologram, projected from the edge of the universe. Or that we exist in an infinity of parallel worlds. Your reality may never look quite the same again.

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/w0w8p1hfcbo/hour-documentary-about-the-nat.html

Vanderbilt University biologists studied how electric eels can zap their prey with 600 volts from even a few meters away. Turns out, the fish are like living TASERs.

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http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/40tfNve8NOs/electric-eel-are-like-living-t.html

He'll be back.

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/P6LqalN8KYI/trailer-for-terminator-genisys.html

Helps ensure that you get precisely three squares per portion, by means of a GIANT CLEAVER ON A MOTORIZED ARM. (via Metafilter)

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/0MLnwC9kWeg/perfect-toilet-paper-dispensin.html

"Change, the album" is a fantastic, previously unpublished, collection of soul touching jazz and storytelling by the legendary Fred Kaz.

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http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/A5XT_fY2mTw/listen-change-the-album.html

My friend and Cool Tools partner Kevin Kelly went into Adam Savage's man cave to talk about some of the 1,500 tools reviewed in his Cool Tools Catalog.

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/Bn0SHl2hOOQ/watch-adam-savage-and-kevin-k.html

Gweek is brought to you by Crunchyroll, offering 1080p streaming anime with English subtitles. Try it free for a month by signing up at Crunchyroll.com/gweek Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/1dGelu0QLuE/listen-interview-with-jeff-at.html

The Hall Pass is a stainless steel, credit-card-sized pick designed to be slid between the door and the jamb (saving you from cracking your credit cards); the EOD is an extensive speed-pick set that is nevertheless optimized for portability and compactness. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/waN9H-il1FU/innovation-in-lockpicks-the.html