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Under subpoena threat, whistleblower site POGO launches leak-anonymizing SecureDrop Trevor Timm, executive director of the Freedom of the Press Foundation says, "We just helped the Project of Government Oversight (POGO) install SecureDrop. Read the rest... ZOMGTERRISTSGONNAKILLUSALL tee, now in tote form My ZOMGTERRISTSGONNAKILLUSALLRUNHIDE TSA tee-shirt (of Poop Strong fame) is available in tote-bag form, a fact I had somehow missed! Read the rest... Shark-related headlines: Fixed it for you At Southern Fried Science, David Shiffman helpfully corrects recent news headlines to remove anti-shark rhetoric and hysteria. Read the rest... Science success! Buried in a press release, an awesome fact: Since 2000, prevention and control measures have reduced global malaria mortality rates by 42%. Go team human! Read the rest... What we can learn about gendered behavior by studying other primates Looking at chimpanzees and bonobos demonstrates that the behavior of boys and girls is highly variable, depending on both nature and nurture. Read the rest... George Orwell's National Union of Journalists card From his work with the Tribune. I'm a proud member of the same union. Read the rest... Watch a volcanic eruption engulf a forest Pyroclastic flows are the infamous deadly avalanches of superheated gas and debris that killed thousands at Pompeii and in the 1902 Mount Pelée eruption on Martinique. Read the rest... Moore's Law may be plateauing An interesting look at how computing and the computing industry changes when processors no longer double in power every 18 months. Read the rest... Astronauts under the sea Love these photos of astronauts practicing maneuvers for an asteroid mission off the coast of Key Largo. Read the rest... How animals talk in foreign parts Here's "the world's biggest" list of how animal noises are written in the world's languages, from bees to woodcocks, from Danish to Urdu. Read the rest... Newly declassified documents reveal flaws in nuclear weapon design This is a thermonuclear weapon, lodged in a field in North Carolina where it landed after falling from crashing B-52 on January 24, 1961. Read the rest... Chihuly and Jones: Crime fighters National treasure and genius artist Dale Chihuly fights crime in this skit from Seattle's late, lamented sketch show "Almost Live!" (which, incidentally, also launched the career of Bill Nye the Science Guy). Thanks for linking me to this, Emily Gunther Lloyd! Read the rest... FOIA Machine party in San Francisco Alan sez, "The Center for Investigative Reporting's 'FOIA Machine' is hosting an Open Beta launch event Wednesday, June 25 at Mother Jones's San Francisco office. Read the rest... Fantastic Big Lebowski bowling shirt Last night a delivery person showed up wearing this amazing Big Lebowski Medina Sod bowling jersey. Quality and finish were real bowling shirt-esque and not cheap costume. You could, and he does, wear it every day! Read the rest... Blogging History: Rep King wants to jail journos who cover Snowden; UK cops: it's illegal to tell you what's illegal to photograph; Ian McDonald's amazing bollywoodpunk novel River of Gods One year ago today Rep. Peter King calls for prosecution of journalists covering NSA whistleblower story: Reporters who publish stories that reference leaked classified information should be prosecuted by the state. Read the rest... Thai shrimp industry runs on brutal slavery and murder A blockbuster investigative report in The Guardian reveals that the Thai shrimp/prawn fishing industry is powered by a brutal system of slavery through which trafficked workers are bought and sold by captains who starve, beat and murder them in sadistic displays intended to inspire fear in the remaining workforce. Read the rest... Transparency journalism site MuckRock sues CIA MuckRock, a transparency journalism site that helps people submit public information requests to US government agencies, today revealed it is suing the CIA under the Freedom of Information Act. Read the rest... Can you figure out what technology is in this 1929 photograph? From Shorpy: Washington, D.C., circa 1929. "No caption [radio set]." Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. Large size here. Read the rest... 'Unwelcome Affection,' US Army sexual harassment video for Walter Reed Looks like there was some creative editing applied to this Army sexual harassment prevention video produced for employees of Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Read the rest... The things Bergdahl carried reveal a fragile, troubled mind In the Washington Post, a look at what the diary of recently-freed Taliban hostage Bowe Bergdahl, an Army soldier captured in Afghanistan, might tell us about his state of mind before he walked away from his post. Read the rest... Prominent Egyptian blogger Alaa sentenced to 15 years in prison In Egypt, a court today convicted the prominent activist and blogger Alaa Abdel-Fattah on charges that he organized an unauthorized protest and "assaulted a policeman." He was sentenced to 15 years in prison. Read the rest... Factbot: a bot that spouts viralish, truth-sounding lies Shardcore, who gave us the programatically generated Hipsterbait tees, had advanced the art of autonomous, self-perpetuating Internet memes. Read the rest... 1949 chart shows difference between high- and low-brow taste This chart from a 1949 issue of LIFE will help you determine if you are high-brow, upper middle-brow, lower middle-brow, or low-brow. Read the rest... Diatoms are delightful. And without them, you can't breathe. "You'll consume about 2 liters (just over a half gallon) of oxygen in the time it takes you to read this post. Read the rest... 'Little Apple,' new viral hit from China's Chopstick Brothers Above, 'Little Apple,' a short music/comedy short by Beijing's 'Chopstick Brothers,' Xiao Yang and Wang Taili. I don't speak Chinese, so I'm not entirely sure what's going on, but I love it. Read the rest... Criminal website selling thousands of credit cards hijacked from PF Chang's diners In an echo of the massive breach of credit-card numbers from Target, credit-card numbers from thousands of PF Chang's customers who used their cards at the restaurant between March and May 2014 are being sold on the criminal underground. Read the rest... The real-life inspiration for the hero in Sagan's novel Contact [Video Link] The Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers, a PBS/NOVA web series, has a profile of astronomer and former director of SETI, Jill Tarter. She was Carl Sagan's inspiration for the main character in Contact (played by Jodi Foster in the movie). Read the rest... Tiny $150 molecular sensor has $2.5 million on Kickstarter Scio is a keyfob-sized spectrometer that can analyze food, plants, drugs, and other stuff around you. If it works as advertised I want one! Read the rest... Human organs from plant arrangements Camila Carlow's "Eye Heart Spleen" photo series depicts flower and plant arrangements in the form of human organs. Above: lungs; below: uterus and breasts. Read the rest... Giant bubble fun It's great to see people making the projects in my book, Maker Dad! Thomas Beckett and his daughter did the giant bubbles project and posted this photo to Twitter. Read the rest... Follow us online:   forward to a friend   unsubscribe from this list

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