Dangerous Women 2, the followup to George RR Martin and Gardner Dozois's fantastic 2013 anthology is now out in mass-market paperback (a third volume comes out later this month). Read the rest

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I believe in miracles.

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/LPfR5Pc7qlA/music-you-sexy-thing-hot.html

This is the "non-surgical gastric bypass" company whose terms of service forbid complaining, and require you to let them use any kind of success you experience to publicly endorse the company, who are suing pissedconsumer.com for having a message board where its customers are complaining about its product. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/RLiGlYTTkME/roca-labs-sues-unhappy-custome.html

From law professor James "Public Domain" Boyle: a thrilling, chilling tale of life in an "ecosystem" when the company can arbitrarily "upgrade" the devices you depend on for llfe and limb, while they're hurtling down the road at 100mph. (more…)

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/HDkBU52AwPQ/involuntary-updates-a-drama-i.html

All over the world today, people are having hackathons in memory of Aaron Swartz, and Creative Commons co-founder Lisa Rein talks about Aaron's role in hacking the law with the Creative Commons licenses. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/WgkFniUvg2g/creative-commons-and-aaronsw.html

Heritage Auctions created this video to teach you how to tell the difference of an original Action Comics #1 from a Famous First Edition reprint.

I have the $5 one!

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It's another one from the twisted and brilliant imagination of London's Miss Cakehead: diners were given surgical gowns and gloves, and feasted on trompe l'oeil dishes the they dug out of a rib-cage that appeared to be connected to a screaming victim. (more…)

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/nUqX6nIzJbc/surgical-sim-dinner-food-made.html

Starting in 2015, Google will offer its employees and their family members with cancer free tumor DNA testing to guide treatment decisions.

Image: Benzopyrene DNA adduct 1JDG by Bstlee

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/-oOlue5ExLU/google-to-offer-employees-canc.html

This week we started the This Week in Science podcast on a low note talking about the climate, or as we like to call it on TWIS, 'Climytia.' Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/RU0kDEqjcQg/people-are-more-likely-to-vote.html

My book, Maker Dad: Lunch Box Guitars, Antigravity Jars, and 22 Other Incredibly Cool Father-Daughter DIY Projects is just $2 as a Kindle right now. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/ENV8FwvlX3w/my-maker-dad-book-is-2-on-kin.html

The great suspense novelist Patricia Highsmith (The Talented Mr Ripley, Strangers on a Train, The Price of Salt) was interviewed in 1979 for the BBC's Desert Island Discs radio program. She talks about writing for comic books, her childhood, her interest in snails, her favorite music, and more. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/NtzBZJFQhrQ/patricia-highsmiths-desert.html

A moment that will go down in comedy history. Read the rest

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A photograph shared by Beckitten in the Boing Boing Flickr Pool.

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/DNelXB7Z8hI/kitten-in-a-blanket-tunnel-a.html

I'm in Washington, D.C. today with the Freedom of the Press Foundation for a day-long event, "News Organizations and Digital Security, Solutions to Surveillance Post-Snowden."

Heavy hitters are present, talking about encryption and security in real-world practice--including including Dana Priest, investigative reporter, Washington Post; James Risen, investigative reporter, New York Times; Christopher Soghoian, principal technologist and senior policy analyst, ACLU; Julia Angwin, investigative reporter, ProPublica; all of The Intercept's security team and others.

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Rick Kleffel writes, "I spoke with Paolo Bacigalupi (MP3) and A. S. (Amy) King (MP3 about SF, YA and comparing their different methods of composition (MP3) with predictably entertaining and smart results." Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/dqoT6z7s6R8/paolo-bacigalupi-and-as-king-o.html

"It takes a lot to make a stew".

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/E8gRchexxR4/too-many-cooks.html

It is amazing how different the same tea tastes when you have the ability to consistently experiment with the brewing temperature and steeping time.

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http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/yLlq5g26cbs/breville-one-touch-tea-maker-b.html

I want to make one of these.

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/CZWMQ5f-zcY/easy-to-make-solenoid-engine.html

If you can photograph the architecture of the original builders in the animal kingdom with the same professional clarity and precision used to photograph human architecture, you’ll see that the work of animals stands up to anything we’ve made in our cities.

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Over at Cuepoint, a fascinating study of vintage print ads for popular music like this one from the late 1960s, pitching far out avant-classical recordings by Terry Riley, Charles Ives, Edgar Varese, Karlheinz Stockhausen, and Walter (now Wendy) Carlos.

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http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/gdfIEwggCmM/history-of-pop-music-ads.html