I know Chris Hackett from my days as editor-in-chief of MAKE. This guy knows his stuff. Read the rest

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UK Prime Minister David Cameron demanded that ISPs opt their customers into "adult content" filters (and now Sky is opting in everyone whose account predates this announcement), ignoring all the people who correctly predicted that these filters would block important sites. Read the rest

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In this episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll explore Benjamin Franklin's self-improvement plan and find out which vices gave him the most trouble.

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Or better yet, some kind of greyish custard: $13 from Thinkgeek, dishwasher/microwave safe. (via Geeky Merch)

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Timebound by Rysa Walker is an excellent time travel adventure!

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If you have not seen it yet, you can enjoy the first season of Amazon's hit series Transparent for free today, Saturday 24 January. A great way to spend your Saturday afternoon or evening! Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/Xa7-wmeTsh4/stream-season-1-of-transparent.html

“Bottle raised baby fox squirrel loves his daddy too much to leave home and was released two years ago,” says the guy in this video, Roger Durre. (more…)

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A valuable life skill. (more…)

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/unx9WLGw2Tc/monkey-patiently-shows-human-h.html

My new Locus column, A New Deal for Copyright, summarizes the argument in my book Information Doesn't Want to Be Free, and proposes a set of policy changes we could make that would help artists make money in the Internet age while decoupling copyright from Internet surveillance and censorship. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/BFwZzhHJwn0/how-to-fix-copyright-in-two-ea.html

Deb Chachra, a brilliant engineer, teacher and thinker, explains why she doesn't identify as a "maker" -- because when we elevate "makers" over maintainers, carers, and do-ers, we carry on the tradition of elevating traditionally male work over traditionally female work. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/4Oj4KH1T5Zw/making-gender-and-doing.html

The all-pervasive spying bill that was struck down in 2012 is back -- the Lords have slammed a version of it into a set of amendments to an anti-terrorism bill that's already in progress, and if we don't stop it, the government will have the legal right to spy on everything you do online, and use it however they want. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/uFoRRsW-DNA/britons-we-have-three-days-to.html

“Mr. Oranv will be the one wearing a plastic peacock on his head.” Read the rest

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Iowa Republican senator Joni Ernst gave her party's official response to the State of the Union address by boasting self-righteously about her humble origins and how her self-reliant, heartland-state family pulled themselves up by their own bootstraps, but conveniently failed to mention that her family's farm was the beneficiary of nearly half a million dollars in federal subsidies. Read the rest

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Ben Marks of Collectors Weekly says: "Lisa Hix has just written a very cool piece about Laika, Belka, Strelka, and the other canine cosmonauts who paved the way for Russian Yuri Gagarin's maiden orbit of the Earth in 1961.

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This week Mark and Jason compare tea makers and Xeni talks about her Hario Japanese coffee products. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/SM0m7hEC1sk/gadgets-023-teavana-perfectte.html

Skymall filed for bankruptcy today, and will be missed by many--including comedians. (more…)

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/5BOxDotetAo/celebrate-skymalls-demise-by.html

The federal government's case against Barrett Brown creates a very real chilling effect for other journalists who, like Brown, produce work that deals with hacking and hacktivists. Read the rest

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Timeless pieces hand-made from precious metals. Do want. Read the rest

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From “Un gif dans ta gueule.”

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/ZJG9EdTigb4/gif-airport.html

America is safe once again for people who like to study foreign languages and read books on foreign policy in airports. Read the rest

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