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Dogs chasing birds helps keeps beaches clean A study on the shores of Lake Michigan has shown that using dogs to chase seagulls away helps lower the amount of E.coli present. Read the rest... Tennessee man forces himself on an ATM, picnic table "A man was arrested at a Murfreesboro bar Friday night for attempting to have sex with an ATM and later a picnic table." Read the rest... What if we admitted to kids that most sex is for pleasure? Alice Dreger works with intersex kids, and takes an admirably frank approach to talking about sex with her own kid. She's noticed lots of differences between her approach and that of other parents, but the biggest one is that she tells her son that people have sex for pleasure. Read the rest... JOHN WILCOCK: Sneaking Julie Bovasso into McSorley's 'Men's Only' Saloon A prank played on McSorley's Old Ale House in 1961, when it was legal in New York to ban women from entering a tavern. By Ethan Persoff and Scott Marshall Read the rest... Rob interviewed by The Setup Beschizza describes the technology he uses to make things. Read the rest... This Day in Blogging History: Guatemala genocide verdict tossed; Infinitely great "Infinite Typewriters" book; Mark in Japan, Day 2 One year ago today Guatemala: Nation's highest court throws out Ríos Montt genocide trial verdict and prison sentence: On May 10, Rios Montt was found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity, and sentenced to 80 years in prison. Read the rest... Jo Walton's "My Real Children": infinitely wise, sad and uplifting novel An ambitious and nuanced story that left Cory Doctorow in tears, the new novel from award-winner Jo Walton is about an elderly woman who remembers two lives. Read the rest... My Real Children [book excerpt] Read the first seven chapters from Jo Walton's beautiful novel of forking lives (review), where a single change leads to radically different destinies. Read the rest... A day in the life of NYC's wonderful, endangered libraries Christian writes, "A day in the life of libraries in New York City. Three massive systems that still have a human touch and are doing more with less every year. Read the rest... Kafka, meet Orwell: Lavabit's founder explains why he shut down his company Writing in the Guardian, Lavabit founder Ladar Levison recounts the events that led to his decision to shutter his company in August 2013. Read the rest... Disneyland's original Prospectus Revealed! Thanks to an anonymous benefactor, Boing Boing is pleased to present the first-ever look at the original Disneyland prospectus. Read the rest... What came before the big bang? There was no such epoch as "before the big bang," because time began with the big bang, says physicist and astrobiologist Paul Davies. Read the rest... Jimbo Phillips: the world's greatest snot artist "My dad always told me not to be an artist," says Santa Cruz Skateboards artist Jimbo Phillips to Ben Marks. "He said, 'You should be a dentist and make some real money.'" Read the rest... Hack Circus, Brighton: fantasy technology and everyday magic F writes, "The third Hack Circus event will take place in Brighton on June 14th and the theme this time is Access All Areas. Read the rest... He Was Really Sayin' Anarchy (Sex Pistols vs. The Velvettes) By Chocomang via BootieMashup, this may induce laughter. Read the rest... Interviews with & portraits of sex-machine makers In Sex Machines: Photographs and Interviews, (previously) veteran photographer Timothy Archibald explores the people who make, use, recommend and perform with homebrew sex-machines (NSFW, unless you W somewhere that's cool with sex machines). Read the rest... Steve Wozniak explains Net Neutrality to the FCC Steve Wozniak, the co-founder of Apple, has published an open letter to the FCC in support of Net Neutrality; Woz explains his view of traditional American fairness and the role of good government, and decries regulatory capture, and warns the FCC that it will lose its "white hat" if it helps corporate America break the Internet. Read the rest... The Wild Wild West, complete series One of the most fantastic TV series ever filmed, The Wild Wild West, is now available for $29 on Amazon. Read the rest... Artist Vanessa German's ARThouse (TMSIDK podcast 28) Vanessa German and "America's Most Violent Neighborhood" Read the rest... Roberto Giobbi's Card College vol 1 I picked up a copy of Roberto Giobbi's Card College, Volume 1 at a used bookstore a few weeks ago. It may be the best book on card magic I've found in a long time. Read the rest... Slug pancakes Pancake virtuosos Nathan "Saipancakes" Shields (previously) showcases his latest carbo-parental masterpiece: a set of slugs produced with his kids in tribute to their garden invaders (there's also a bonus Jabba!). Read the rest... Creeped out by couchsurfing "Is couchsurfing.org a brave social experiment spreading love and hospitality around the world—or a hedonistic haven for creeps seeking an easy lay? Read the rest... Dreams are Real (video) "Time travel. Space Exploration. Violence. Drama. Love. Cats. Dreams." Starring cats Hank and Buster. Cinematography, Editing and VFX by Ryan Barger, Production design by Katie Akana. Read the rest... Son scares the crap out of his dad, a video compilation This is even better than Russian dashcam videos. The one unforgivable thing about this video isn't so much the cruelty, but the vertical smartphone orientation. Read the rest... 'Nice Goggles.' A photo from Maker Faire A wonderful photo by Boing Boing reader Erik Wilson shared in the BB Flickr Pool, captured at Maker Faire Bay Area this weekend. Read the rest... Monster Soup commonly called Thames Water, 1828 The Public Domain Review offers this historic image as an on-demand print in their shop. Reminds me of this newly viral photo. Read the rest... The fierce bird dance moves of the American Woodcock Video by Bill Hubick, who suggests you check out the Maryland Biodiversity Project here. (HT: @andyorin) Read the rest... Kickstarting Codemancer, a game to teach programming to kids (especially girls) Codemancer: A Fantasy Game that Teaches the Magic of Code is a fully funded kickstarter to produce an educational game to teach programming to kids, especially girls. Read the rest... Pirated movies shown to prisoners The Lorain County Correctional Institution shows pirated movies to prisoners, "even as inmates serve time for illegally downloading movies." Richard Humphrey, 22, who was sentenced to the prison for selling pirated copies of movies, said, "How do you expect someone to be rehabilitated when there's authority figures that are running those institutions that are copyright infringing?" Read the rest... U of Saskatchewan fires tenured dean for speaking out against cuts A reader writes, "Robert Buckingham, dean of the School of Public Health at the University of Saskatchewan since 2009, was fired last Wednesday for critical comments about the university's restructuring plans. Read the rest... Follow us online:   forward to a friend   unsubscribe from this list