Carl Sagan: all the millions, billions, and trillions from Cosmos.

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They'll have to report 3-year-olds who are "at risk of radicalisation," according to a consultation document that the Home Office is pushing to turn into legislation. Read the rest

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Letters of Note (whose book was spectacular) publishes this arch, sarcastic letter from EB "Charlotte's Web" White to the ASPCA about whether his dachshund, Minnie, is duly licensed. Read the rest

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At the top he takes a selfie. [via]

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Link: the artist is Eric Brunning of Vancouver's Adorned (via JWZ)

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This Sunday at Lost Weekend Video in San Francisco, a group of comedians and writers read original short fiction at Give Me Fiction, the literary series hosted by Ivan Hernandez. The theme for this month's show is Masculinity, so join us as we explore chromosomes and the patriarchy and similar dude stuff. Read the rest

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“The position of the stars and planets will not affect your life in any way, shape, or form, whatsoever.” (more…)

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Beautiful new-ish work from Oriol Angrill Jorda. (more…)

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The story catches up with Phil Tippet as he works on his animated stop-motion film Mad God in his Berkeley studio. Read the rest

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Cat nap, captured and shared in the Boing Boing Flickr Pool by Boing Boing reader Eric Sonstroem.

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From Dorkly, this comprehensive infographic analysis of Great Captains in film, comics, TV, cereal boxes, and music. See it http://2.media.dorkly.cvcdn.com/59/40/443c44e2fb02e153346f37fe90332c40.jpg">full size.

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And may be mass murder, according to a heavily footnoted editorial in the British Medical Journal.

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[Link]/[Book link]

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DJ Qbert's (previously) successful Kickstarter funded production of a Bluetooth-connected sleeve printed with capacitive surfaces that connect to a music-controlling app. (via Sean Bonner)

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After four hours of dealing with United customer service, Brother Noah got so fed up trying to figure out why the airline had stranded Brother John Baptist in Malawi that he "manifested anger." Read the rest

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Thoren's $140 (+$65 SH) Apollo 11 sweatsuit is modelled on the A7-L Pressure Suit, and features fantastic levels of gorgeous, 1969-vintage detail. (via Bonnie Burton) Read the rest

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Your hands will be drier and your heart will sing: $13 on Etsy, also available in Kirby, Finn, and Captain Kirk. (via Geeky Merch) Read the rest

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YouTuber Ben Schmidt created a philosophical twist on the photo a day concept. He wrote then read a 365-word reflection on time, recording one word each day.

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Etsy user mrimprov is testing the adage that art is what you can get away with, selling Terrible Origami for a quarter million dollars or less. Below are some more reasonably-priced examples. Read the rest

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In an announcement ending weeks of speculation, Federal Communications Commission officials today said that federal regulators will introduce and vote on new proposed net neutrality rules in February. Read the rest

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