Tesco threatens journalist with arrest for writing down prices Life Neutral: like carbon neutral, but for kids killed by arms dealers' products Police arrest "Superman burglar" accused of robbing mentally disabled man of epic geek stash The Amish Bernie Madoff? Jedi Kittens with Light Sabers NFL adopts TSA-style full body pat-downs for fans at stadiums Blast from the memetic past: Crazy Frog Bros. Saturn: New photos from Cassini's recent Enceladus flyby PeePoo bags render sacks of shit safe for shantytowns Patriotic advertising: selling with war Swimming robot powered by rechargable batteries: Panasonic "Evolta" What does a live human stomach stuffed with 72 cocaine capsules look like? WikiLeaks fundraiser auction includes "Julian Assange's Prison Coffee, Signed and Fingerprinted." FBI to look closely, very very closely indeed, at hacked Scarlett Johansson nude photos Ethiopian journalist outed in unredacted WikiLeaks dump is now in trouble CIA pitching scripts to Hollywood Mexico: Narco-pets, exotic animals owned by captured drug lords, are flooding zoos Open Hardware badges made of open hardware Epic fight choreography: Kirk vs. Gorn Nails painted like anti-depressants Understanding Makers, a conversation with Anil Dash & Dale Dougherty Fela Soul: Fela Kuti meets De La Soul (Gummy Soul/Amerigo Gazaway mashup) Man sentenced for threatening to eat President Obama and rape Michelle Obama Star Trek vs. Star Wars according to Captain Kirk Double Rhino (BB Flickr Pool) Laurie Anderson performing at Other Voices NYC benefit in October Mexican Independence Day video jam: Herb Alpert vs. Tres Delincuentes Nirvana, Grunge, and pranking the Times: 20 years since "Nevermind" The southern lights from space Higgs boson update: Expect an answer by December 
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Tesco threatens journalist with arrest for writing down prices
By Cory Doctorow on Sep 17, 2011 11:02 am A Guardian journalist who was researching prices at a Tesco supermarket was threatened with arrest for writing down prices as he walked around. The security guard who questioned him claimed that it was illegal to write down prices at Tesco's. …
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By Cory Doctorow on Sep 16, 2011 11:36 pm Leah sez, "DSEi, the worlds largest arms fair, takes place in London every two years. This year, Life Neutral Solutions announced that it was using the event to launch a new 'life offsetting' scheme. The company claimed that it was …
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By Xeni Jardin on Sep 16, 2011 11:02 pm The Granite City, Illinois police have arrested 37-year-old Gerry Arville Armbruster (mugshot above), and they believe he is the same guy who stole a massive collection of Superman memorabilia from Mike Meyer, a mentally disabled comics fan. Armbruster, who sounds …
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Sep 16, 2011 10:56 pm Amish have been popping up in the news as of late. Here's a story by Christopher Maag of Credit.com: An Amish man who promised guaranteed investment returns to thousands of Amish families actually lost half the money, and covered up …
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By Xeni Jardin on Sep 16, 2011 09:52 pm Video Link, and here's a previous episode. Created by Zach King, aka Final Cut King.(via Jason Wishnow)
Read in browser NFL adopts TSA-style full body pat-downs for fans at stadiums
By Xeni Jardin on Sep 16, 2011 09:50 pm The NFL plans to have fans at stadiums patted down, TSA-style, as a new security measure. Under the new "enhanced" pat-down procedures, the NFL wants all 32 clubs to search fans from the ankles to the knees as well as …
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By Xeni Jardin on Sep 16, 2011 09:31 pm 2006 was a very good year: Crazy Frog Bros. Wonder where these guys are now? (about)
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By Xeni Jardin on Sep 16, 2011 09:25 pm Carolyn Porco, Cassini Imaging Team Leader and Director of CICLOPS (Cassini Imaging Central Laboratory for Operations), says: Just down on the ground this morning and posted to the CICLOPS website: New raw (unprocessed) images from Cassini's recent non-targeted flyby of …
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By Cory Doctorow on Sep 16, 2011 09:09 pm PeePoo bags are alternatives to the "flying toilets" (plastic bags filled with human shit and then flung into the public street) used in Nairobi shantytowns. Created by the company PooPeople, they're lined with a thin gauze layer filled with urea …
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By Cory Doctorow on Sep 16, 2011 09:02 pm Sociological Images has a nice gallery up called "United We Buy," showcasing the use of war and patriotism in advertising from WWII up to the present day. That's some weird-ass WD-40. United We Buy: Using Patriotism and War to Sell …
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By Xeni Jardin on Sep 16, 2011 08:22 pm Panasonic's "Evolta" swim robot, powered by the company's Evolta rechargeable batteries, is demonstrated at a pool during a news conference in Tokyo September 15, 2011. The company said three types of Evolta robots, developed to swim, bike and run, will …
Continue reading → Read in browser What does a live human stomach stuffed with 72 cocaine capsules look like?
By Xeni Jardin on Sep 16, 2011 07:55 pm Glad you asked! Reports the Associated Press: In this Monday Sept. 12, 2011 image of a CAT scan released by Brazilian Federal Police on Sept. 16, 2011, bags loaded with cocaine are seen inside the body of an unidentified man …
Continue reading → Read in browser WikiLeaks fundraiser auction includes "Julian Assange's Prison Coffee, Signed and Fingerprinted."
By Xeni Jardin on Sep 16, 2011 07:47 pm Wikileaks has a history of colorful fundraising stunts. Assange's latest: an eBay auction of various and sundry memorabilia, including "Julian Assange's Prison Coffee, Signed and Fingerprinted." Scarce item of memorabilia from Julian Assange's time in prison. Julian Assange spent ten …
Continue reading → Read in browser FBI to look closely, very very closely indeed, at hacked Scarlett Johansson nude photos
By Xeni Jardin on Sep 16, 2011 07:42 pm Elinor Mills at CNET News reports that the FBI's Los Angeles office is investigating a series of hacking incidents targeting celebrities. "The FBI is investigating a person or group responsible for computer intrusions of high-profile figures," FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller …
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By Xeni Jardin on Sep 16, 2011 07:37 pm What's happening to those named WikiLeaks sources? AP reports that the Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned about the case of a reporter in Ethiopia whose name was disclosed in that recent, unredacted dump.
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By Xeni Jardin on Sep 16, 2011 07:34 pm Mark Riffee at Danger Room on how entertainment industry liasons for the CIA and DoD work to "image control" America's war and spy machines. "The scripts we get are only the writer's idea of how the Department of Defense operates," …
Continue reading → Read in browser Mexico: Narco-pets, exotic animals owned by captured drug lords, are flooding zoos
By Xeni Jardin on Sep 16, 2011 07:29 pm "As Mexican authorities capture a growing number of drug gang leaders, many of their pets are being driven from their gilded cages into more modest housing in the country's zoos. That's proving to be overwhelming for some institutions." Associated Press …
Continue reading → Read in browser Open Hardware badges made of open hardware
By Cory Doctorow on Sep 16, 2011 07:24 pm The Evil Mad Scientist Labs folks made badges for the Open Hardware Summit. Naturally, the designs for the badges are, themselves, open: Naturally, the badge itself is an example of open source hardware. It's constructed as an extra-thick circuit board, …
Continue reading → Read in browser Epic fight choreography: Kirk vs. Gorn
By David Pescovitz on Sep 16, 2011 07:12 pm In the Star Trek vs. Star Wars thread below, sagodjur brought up the fight between Kirk and a Gorn from the Star Trek: TOS episode "Arena" (1967). This was clearly a high point in the long history of theatrical combat.
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By David Pescovitz on Sep 16, 2011 06:56 pm Erin Simon had NYC's Marie Nails In Soho paint her nails like a variety of anti-depressants! (Thanks, Heather Sparks!)
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By Cory Doctorow on Sep 16, 2011 06:25 pm In "Recognizing The Maker Movement," a 25-minute video in honor of the World Maker Faire in Queens this weekend, Anil Dash and Dale Dougherty talk about the significance of the Maker movement, its history, and what it means for American …
Continue reading → Read in browser Fela Soul: Fela Kuti meets De La Soul (Gummy Soul/Amerigo Gazaway mashup)
By Xeni Jardin on Sep 16, 2011 06:18 pm [Video Link] Download here. From Gummy Soul, produced by Amerigo Gazaway: What do you get when you put together afrobeat legend Fela Kuti and rap pioneers De La Soul? You get Fela Soul; a musical tapestry created by Gummy Soul …
Continue reading → Read in browser Man sentenced for threatening to eat President Obama and rape Michelle Obama
By David Pescovitz on Sep 16, 2011 06:16 pm Gregory Dale Brockman, 33, was in prison for burglary when he wrote letters to the Secret Service about his desire to kill and eat President Obama and sexually assault and skin Michelle Obama. Guess what? He's still in prison. From …
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By David Pescovitz on Sep 16, 2011 06:08 pm William Shatner on Star Trek vs. Star Wars.
Read in browser Double Rhino (BB Flickr Pool)
By Xeni Jardin on Sep 16, 2011 06:00 pm Photo shared in the Boing Boing Flickr Pool by batmkana.
Read in browser Laurie Anderson performing at Other Voices NYC benefit in October
By David Pescovitz on Sep 16, 2011 05:52 pm Laurie Anderson's "O Superman (For Massenet)," recorded in 1981 for her epic United States performance piece and also released on the stunning Big Science LP. Anderson will perform at the Other Voices NYC music and lit festival taking place October …
Continue reading → Read in browser Mexican Independence Day video jam: Herb Alpert vs. Tres Delincuentes
By Xeni Jardin on Sep 16, 2011 05:49 pm Today is Mexican Independence Day. Let out a grito, pour some mezcal on the ground for the ancestors, then kick off your celebrations by watching this late-'90s rap-en-Español track by Tres Delincuentes [link to buy], then by digging the groovy …
Continue reading → Read in browser Nirvana, Grunge, and pranking the Times: 20 years since "Nevermind"
By Xeni Jardin on Sep 16, 2011 05:37 pm [Video Link] The 20th anniversary of Nirvana's "Nevermind" is an excellent occasion on which to recall an epic prank played on the New York Times by Megan Jasper, the receptionist for Sub Pop records at the time. When an over-eager …
Continue reading → Read in browser The southern lights from space
By Maggie Koerth-Baker on Sep 16, 2011 05:30 pm Astronaut Ron Garan takes photos in space and posts them to Google+. This photo was taken yesterday, aboard the ISS, and shows the Southern Lights. Real-time astronaut photos may be my favorite benefit of social media networks.
Read in browser Higgs boson update: Expect an answer by December
By Maggie Koerth-Baker on Sep 16, 2011 05:11 pm "If it exists, it has to be there. And if it's not there, it will be known to be science fiction by December." — Vivek Sharma, a physics professor at UC San Diego, talking about the as-yet elusive Higgs boson …
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