The award-winning, fearless filmmaker's documentary on her work with Snowden premiered yesterday, and it's full of bombshells. Read the rest

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Today at New York Comic-Con I ran into David Atkinson, aka our favorite cosplayer from Brian K Vaughan and Fiona Staples's Saga: Atkinson was out promoting Gathering the Debris, a site of entertainment news and reviews.

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I found Volante Designs at New York Comic-Con today and was instantly taken with their dramatic coats and hoodies, styled to look like something a superhero would wear, all made in the USA. (more…)

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Josh writes, "Boing Boing readers and Eco-Futurists are invited to the 25th Annual Bioneers Summit Conference in Marin, CA, October 17-19. Enter BOING4BIONEERS at check out for an exclusive 25% discount!" Read the rest

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Bob Fitch snapped this picture of a sheriff’s deputy pursuing photographer Matt Herron during a protest in Philadelphia, Mississippi, in 1966.

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A photo shared by Ben Leshchinsky in the Boing Boing Flickr Pool. “Crater Lake remains reflective, if only for a bit, during a warm afternoon in the Oregon Summer.”

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The fantastic, cut together sequel to the fan-made Star Wars: Uncut is here.

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Davy Rothbart's fantastic zine FOUND is now a musical playing at the Atlantic Theater Company, and BB pal Larry Smith gives it a rave review.

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"The man allegedly slung the life-size likeness of the Dagobah resident across the handlebars and rode off doing what police described as an uncanny impression of Elliott and ET..."(via)

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In 1996 journalist Gary Webb wrote a series of investigative stories about the connections between the South LA crack epidemic, and the CIA's Nicaraguan Contra fighters.

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When I was young in the 1970s, I was blown away by photos of the 1950s battery-powered "bionic" arm invented by IBM engineer SW Alderson. The technology is now more than 60 years old and it still looks futuristic to me. Read the rest

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In this video it looks like a NYC cop is stealing money from a man and then pepper spraying him. At least the cop didn't kill the man on the spot. That's progress! NY Times: Video of Officer Accused of Theft Prompts Inquiry

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In Pakistan, a black scorpion weighing 60 grams sells for around $50,000 to medical researchers. Al Jazeera's Maham Javaid investigates the country's scorpion trade and its possible harm to the country's ecosystem. Read the rest

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The alpha-anteater pose was overkill as the baby roo was already running away and didn't see it.

If you like posts about delightful creatures like this, take a look at Boing Boing's Delightful Creatures tag!

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From Weird Universe: "Who’s responsible? Megan Campbell's parked car was hit by a van driven by a city worker, so now she wants the city to pay for the damages. Sounds reasonable. But Campbell was the city worker driving the van that hit her own car. The city is reviewing the incident."

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If you’re like me, you are always on the lookout for a novel that speaks to the homicidal teenage girl on acid inside of you.

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The dynamically dark duo Ransom & Mitchell have a new show of incredible sideshow-themed photographs opening tomorrow, October 11, at San Francisco's Bash Contemporary gallery.

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On eBay: a massive collection of 5700 console games, 5700+ games, and custom shelves for it all. Buy it now for (gulp) $164,000. Read the rest

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Bill Murray doesn't do a lot of interviews, but since he has a new movie to promote (St. Vincent), he came on the Howard Stern Show for an entertaining one-hour interview.

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This 1977 Soviet science fiction film by Anatoliy Petrov touches upon war, technology and colonialism. (more…)

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