William Gibson is the only science fiction writer I know of with his name on a line of exclusive couture repro military clothes from a Japanese company. Read the rest

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Excellent animated interview with Mark Mothersbaugh of DEVO on how getting glasses opened his eyes, forming a band, and "reporting the good news of de-evolution." (more…)

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I bought this Miracle Cube Timer ($15) for exercise and meditation, but I'm using is mostly for cooking. Read the rest

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Test your knowledge of the classic film Revenge of the Nerds (1984) with this quiz by Gabe Adiv and Saul Nachshen! Read the rest

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Harrison Ford reportedly crashed his small plane at a Los Angeles golf course and has been taken to the hospital in critical condition.

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An abundance of steampunk goggles, corsetry, ballroom dancing, and theatrical stagings of the works of Edward Gorey. Contains actual steam whistles. (more…)

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General and former CIA director David Petraeus shared damaging information with his lover/biographer, and will receive what amounts to a slap on the wrist for his indiscretion. So why do whistleblowers like Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden face such bleak prison sentences, or worse, for what the US classifies as Espionage Act offenses? Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/kJkjvzkJ9-E/daniel-ellsberg-if-gen-petra.html

NASA scientists have determined that a primitive ocean on Mars held more water than Earth's Arctic Ocean and that the Red Planet has lost 87% of that water to space. Read the rest

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The police department "routinely" blocks citizens from recording their activities under a bizarre rubric of "officer safety," according to the Justice Department's investigation. Read the rest

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The largest public school district in the United State will close for the Muslim holidays of Eid al-Adha and Eid al-Fitr. Read the rest

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In Hamburg, St. Pauli, it's peeback time. (more…)

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I was hesitant to open up and actually read through Abandoned, a photography book by Eric Holubow. Read the rest

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Mazel tov, Brody Criz!

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After the heavily tattooed showboater was almost instantly knocked out, he said of his opponent "I know he has skills but it was nothing but fucking luck." AMA on Reddit.

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James King writes of his year working in the Daily Mail Online's newsroom. It sounds as vile as you could imagine. Read the rest

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NASA' Astronomy Picture of the Day is of the Caloris basin on Mercury. Read the rest

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View of the ceiling of San Sebastian Church, Manila. CC BY-SA 3.0. Uploaded by Marksy

High ceilings promote a mindset of "freedom, creativity, and abstraction," while low ceilings result in "confined thinking." That's what psychologists at University of Toronto-Scarborough concluded after running a series of tests on volunteers. Read the rest

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Peter from the National Coalition Against Censorship writes, "A Connecticut library took down a painting of Mother Teresa because of a dodgy copyright claim. Was that really the issue?" Read the rest

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Someone froze a tube of Aquafresh then cut it open. It looks like taffy. [via]

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