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Caturday, Back to School edition A photo shared in the Boing Boing Flickr Pool by reader James M. Read the rest... Radical Librarianship: how ninja librarians are ensuring patrons' electronic privacy Librarians in Massachusetts are working to give their patrons a chance to opt-out of pervasive surveillance. Partnering with the ACLU of Massachusetts, area librarians have been teaching and taking workshops on how freedom of speech and the right to privacy are compromised by the surveillance of online and digital communications -- and what new privacy-protecting services they can offer patrons to shield them from unwanted spying of their library activity. Read the rest... Stephen Harper sells Canada: China can secretly sue to repeal Canadian laws Under the terms of the Canada-China Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement, approved by PM Harper on Friday, China can sue Canada in secret tribunals to repeal national and provincial laws that interfere with Chinese investments, including laws limiting construction of the Northern Gateway tar sands pipeline. Read the rest... Blogging History: Arizona teen exorcists; Philadelphia Free Library is shutting down One year Teen exorcists from Arizona take on the UK and Harry Potter: Brynne Larson and Tess and Savannah Scherkenback, teenage girls from Arizona who happen to be exorcists just like Brynne's dad, visit the UK! Read the rest... D20 silicone baking molds They're oven, microwave, dishwasher and freezer-safe, and make 4 3" cakes (or whatever) per batch; $13 each. Read the rest... Star Wars chocolates: Death Star, Millennium Falcon, Han in Carbonite truffle bars! Pop culture chocolatier Sweet Belle Cakes sells a variety of Star Wars-themed chocolates, from the solid chocolate Death Star ($8) to the massive chocolate Millennium Falcon ($22) to the Han Solo in carbonite truffle bars (there's also a $13 variety pack!). Read the rest... Cakeageddon: life-size "horror-farm" made from cake! Evil Miss Cakehead's latest edible installation is a "horror-farm" featuring all manner of grotesqueries from baskets of entrails to slaughtered pigs, entirely made from cake! Read the rest... Edgar Allan Poe sweater Archie McPhee & Co. offers this Edgar Allan Poe intarsia sweater for $42.50, "one size fits most." (via Dangerous Minds) Read the rest... Happy Caturfriday A photo shared in the Boing Boing Flickr Pool by reader Mark Moschell. The cats' names: Bert and Kiska. Says Mark, "I am only posting this because This Never Happens!" Read the rest... A jet interior designed with Nike for traveling athletes Designers interviewed physicians, coaches, operations staff and sleep specialists to understand how best to create an environment that helps optimize performance for distant events. Read the rest... US officials threatened James Foley's family with criminal charges if they raised ransom money to free him The "devastating" message didn't surprise her, she told ABC News, but the way it was delivered shocked her. Read the rest... #Internetslowdown: FCC receives record-breaking 1.75M comments on Net Neutrality It's the largest number of comments ever filed in an FCC docket, blowing past the 1.4M comments received on Janet Jackson's Superbowl "wardrobe malfunction" (and how f-ed up is it that wardrobe malfunction held the top place until now?). Read the rest... This Week In Science with Dr. Kiki: Science Like Jagger Here's episode 480 of Kiki Sanford's kickass science podcast, TWIS. A solar flare erupted from the sun that was aimed directly toward Earth. Read the rest... Sound It Out - new music discovery site I was just telling Xeni last night (waiting for the doors to open to see John Hodgman and David Rees perform at Largo in West Hollywood - great show!) that my only source for finding out about new music is Pesco and my 17-year-old daughter. Read the rest... Petition launched to encourage use of name "ISIL" to refer to insurgent group also known as ISIS Isis Martinez, 38, of Miami, has started a petition asking the media to stop using the term "ISIS" to describe the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, an unpleasant organization whose name may be rendered perfectly legitimately in other ways. The count is at 300. Read the rest... Grandparents accidentally tagging themselves Grandmaster Flash on Facebook "Love, Grampa and Grandmaster Flash." Read the rest... 512GB SD cards out--with $800 price tag Aimed at videographers who need fast, expansive storage for 4K footage, SanDisk's Extreme PRO SD card range now comes with up to 512GB of space: enough to match most solid state drives, with read/write speeds faster than many mainstream hard drives. But it's $800, so no. Read the rest... The Jackson 5ive, the cartoon (1971) In 1971-1972, The Jackson 5ive were cartoon characters in a Saturday morning series directed by Robert Balser who previously was animation director for Yellow Submarine and later worked on Heavy Metal. (Thanks, Lux!) Read the rest... Some beautiful Burning Man 2014 photos by Trey Ratcliff Check out some of the stunning images photographer Trey Ratcliff captured at Burning Man this year. More on his gallery site. Read the rest... Burger King's gothburger Burger King has launched a black burger in Japan made from black peppered-beef, buns and cheese darkened with bamboo charcoal, and a topping of garlic sauce blackened with squid ink. Read the rest... Video: violent family games of yore In this episode of "They Actually Made That!?," our pal Attaboy demonstrates several strange and "violent" vintage family games. Read the rest... TIL there's an entire subreddit devoted to Michael Bay style GIFs Lots of explodey GIFs so explodey they could be directed by Michael Bay. So many in this dedicated subreddit! [via this other Reddit thread.] Read the rest... Teenager charged with crime for sex with Jesus statue A 14-year-old in Everett, Pennsylvania who simulated oral sex with a Jesus statue and posted photos on Facebook has been charged with the crime of desecrating a venerated object. Read the rest... Bottled Emotions A design project by Taylor Kinser of Chattanooga, TN. [Behance] Read the rest... Video: billiards trick shots Amazing trick shots by Ziemowit Janaszek. Read the rest... Not one Republican Senator voted for campaign finance reform The entire GOP Senate caucus voted against Tom Udall's proposed Constitutional amendment that would have allowed states to set rules limiting campaign contributions, overturning the notorious Citizens United Supreme Court decision that found that money was a form of protected speech. Read the rest... Top 100 Billboard songs of all time represented with charts and diagrams "Dreams, hope, and most importantly, love, mixed with some parties and dranking." The 100 most chart-topping songs of all time represented with charts and diagrams. Read the rest... China pushes interns working at American news agencies to serve as spies A paper released by the Foreign Correspondent's Club in China shows that conditions for reporters in the country have gone from bad to worse. Read the rest... The animated GIF photography of Julien Douvier "Cinematographs," gently animated GIFs by photographer Julien Douvier. Mesmerizing. More: Behance, Tumblr, Facebook. [via Asylum Art] Read the rest... Rob Ford quits mayoral race Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has pulled out of his reelection race, citing an abdominal tumor for which he is receiving medical treatment. But that does not meant that the family Ford have fucked their last bumble: brother Doug Ford is to take his place on the ballot. Read the rest... Follow us online:   forward to a friend   unsubscribe from this list

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