Just released today is Pippi Won’t Grow Up, Drawn and Quarterly’s third volume of Pippi Longstocking comics. Last spring I reviewed the hilarious second volume, Pippi Fixes Everything, and this one is just as whimsical, humorous and utterly charming. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/Y1kX4qSO-UY/pippi-wont-grow-up-whi.html

A compilation of cats destroying Christmas trees.

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/_PNK4S5roD0/watch-cats-vs-christmas-tree.html

Meet one man who survived CIA torture–-including solitary confinement, which he says was the worst. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/5rtUhJ1L8LM/torture-report-shows-26-men-he.html

The fantastic Futility Closet podcast is a show about entertaining oddities and lateral thinking puzzles. The producers have started using Patreon as a way for listeners to support the show. if you've enjoyed listening to the Futility Closet, please consider pledging your support.

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/ccT7mmLT9lE/how-to-support-the-futility-cl.html

Jordan Hoffman of Playboy has ranked all 695 episodes of every Star Trek series, with comments on each episode. It's a monumental effort that could be a book.

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/uwowPv-oaEk/every-episode-of-every-star-tr.html

An Indiegogo campaign inspired by the Serial podcast is underway to develop a platform for crowdsourcing crime solving.

CrowdSolve will supposedly provide a home for the public documents, a forum for debating theories and visualization tools for making presentations and videos. The money from Indiegogo will pay for the construction of the app and for the fees used to acquire the public documents, which Mr. Heilbut estimates is about $10,000 per case.

Serial-inspired vigilante app will help the Internet investigate unsolved crimes

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/GuCXj7MX6m0/serial-inspired-vigilante-app.html

Back in the mid-90s, late game maker Theresa Duncan made some unconventional, ground-breaking CD games based on the everyday experiences of young girls.

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http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/VEMhrHn9Dk8/help-preserve-feminist-video-g.html

Here's a guide to the charities the Boingers support in our own annual giving. As always, please add the causes and charities you give to in the forums! Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/k92ZDHW7nCQ/charitable-giving-guide.html

Sort of a kama sutra for colored pencils, this holiday season the Kinky Coloring Book 3 joins the other adult coloring book in my collection.

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http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/K0bJ1OIYDvM/the-kinky-coloring-book-vol-3.html

High-end shoemaker Oliver Sweeney offers a pair of shoes with a compartment in the sole that holds a Johnnie Walker miniature (or you could put better booze in there), and features a clear panel that reveals the bottle when you shoe someone your soles. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/QYwm9u99WQk/booze-shoes.html

When Pomplamoose's Jack Conte disclosed the complex finances in the band's latest tour, other artists and the wider public raised a critical chorus of armchair quarterbacking, decrying the band's decisions and financial acumen -- a dismal rerun of the inevitable, reflexive social punishment that discourages transparency in the arts. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/gfkZIBXmBiY/stop-trashing-artists-who-disc.html

Led by the families of black men and children killed by police in recent high-profile cases, thousands are marching in the nation's capital today to demand “Justice For All.” Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/8ciO33Q_RFk/justice-for-all-thousands-mar.html

A move to save money by merging the Lords' and Parliament's catering has come under fire because some Lords fear that the quality of the free Champagne will decline as a result. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/4KFfgQLIMp0/house-of-lords-demands-its-own.html

Demonstrators are staging mass "whistle-blowing" rallies at NYPD police stations throughout New York tonight, kicking off a second weekend of protests against the killing of Eric Garner. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/zQhn3FObZO0/in-new-york-whistleblower.html

The 2014 Geminids peak over the next few days, and it's likely to be a particularly beautiful display. Can't get to a city-light-free spot? Watch 'em online! Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/A-CGBOEdvfo/geminid-meteor-showers-peak-th.html

Just another day in America, guys. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/b1FmuQKcZ6w/undercover-cop-who-pointed-gun.html

A new Miami Herald piece contains graphic details of torture which sane people should find revolting. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/_OLqbRPdFgU/senate-torture-report-confirms.html

USAID's sneaky infiltration of Cuba's hip-hop subculture to spark a youth movement against the Cuban government cost a lot of money, and accomplished nothing but new ill will toward the USA. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/nNREkFMsnug/u-s-agency-infiltrated-cuba.html

In Fargo, North Dakota, two brothers were convicted this week of destroying potatoes so they could collect crop insurance payments. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/l7vSp-BGG6w/two-bros-faked-spoiled-spuds-i.html

The inequality gap between white families and black and Latino households is the highest it's been since the late 1980s. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/UNlW3Ef9cFw/wealth-of-white-u-s-families.html