The Tom Waits Map.Click on a pindrop to see the Tom Waits lyric associated with the location. (Thanks, Colin!)

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On the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday, Rep. John Conyers openly praised the burglars who broke into the FBI office in 1971 to expose J. Edgar Hoover's COINTELPRO domestic spying program. Read the rest

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Youtube's stilted, one-sided dispute resolution system allows game companies like Nintendo to confiscate the earnings of gamers who produce hugely popular "Let's Play" videos. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/v-eNMtOOIBs/youtube-and-nintendo-conspire.html

A stupefying collection of design from the patchwork of Northern European nation states vaguely known as “Scandinavia,” Scandinavian Design is both eye candy and an education. Read the rest

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I love Blondie, and it was fun to listen to the original versions of songs that Blondie covered: "The Tide is High," "Hanging on the Telephone," and "Denis." Read the rest

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Country songwriter Gregory Todd, a.k.a Sir MashAlot got famous for six songs, all by top Country artists, which he brilliantly cut together into one very enjoyable track that all sounds like it comes from the same band.

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Ordinarily, the folks over at Family Handyman Magazine are a straight-laced bunch, but their slideshow 20 Secret Hiding Places shows that their practical creativity might be hiding something, such as fat stacks of cash. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/AaWfmYnqfOU/35-secret-hiding-places-in-you.html

New methods for treating anxiety, trauma and mental illness are emerging at the intersection of games and therapy Read the rest

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San Francisco-based Campo Santo is an indie studio currently at work on Firewatch, a visually-evocative game about being a volunteer fire lookout in the wilderness of Wyoming, with a handheld radio and a mysterious supervisor your only companion.

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Plenty of people play games to escape their real lives, and the character creators some games offer let us imagine ourselves in whatever image we'd like: realistic or idealized, some version of ourselves.

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Puzzle games aren't just something you play on consoles, computers and smartphones. They're also something you can play with a chocolate bar.

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The FBI used to publish excellent advice about encrypting your devices to keep your data secure when your stuff is lost or stolen; this advice has been silently dropped now that FBI Director James Comey is trying to stop manufacturers from using crypto by default. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/utOgYQX0WLk/as-crypto-wars-begin-fbi-sile.html

An important warning about blasphemy and Satanic messages in rock music. (more…)

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Making games in Twine has helped one woman cope with pain other methods haven't reached, and connected a community Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/tzd-S8H98_Q/games-that-heal.html

A residential apartment building in New York's East Village neighborhood collapsed and was engulfed in flames along with a neighboring building today, injuring at least twelve people. Read the rest

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Kam Brock's car was seized by the NYPD in a bogus drug bust (they found no drugs, seized it anyway) and then they arrested her because she got upset and took her to a mental hospital. She tried to tell the doc that she was a good person, and cited the (true) fact that Obama followed her on Twitter. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/29pInMmCJxQ/woman-medicated-in-a-psychiatr.html

Today my old friend David Hyman launched Chosen, a very compelling new talent contest app where you can be both the talent and the judge. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/y5kBgq7Hiac/chosen-clever-and-funny-new.html

A new Wikileaks-published leak from the secretive Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) treaty reveals a January 2015 draft "Investment Chapter" of the agreement, where the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) mechanisms are set out. They allow companies to repeal nations' environmental, health and labor laws. Read the rest

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Veronica Belmont and Tom Merritt tackle the week in science fiction. Read the rest

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On March 13, Madrid became a no-kill city, making the euthanasia of stray or abandoned animals illegal. That means all animals—even homeless ones—are free to live their lives.

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