My brother Carl shares the YouTube channel of Jus Reign, whose bio reads, "Im brown. I wear a turban. Old white ladies are scared of me." As Carl rightly explains,… Read the rest of the article: Jus Reign's YouTube comedy channel: "Punjabi Poetry and Thug Sh*t", and Instagram critiques

AP News reports: "Google must comply with the FBI's demand for data on certain customers as part of a national security investigation, according to a ruling by a federal judge… Read the rest of the article: US judge: Google must comply with National Security Letters, give user info to FBI on demand

Some 2,000 protesters gathered this weekend outside of Fort Meade, where the court martial of Pfc. Bradley Manning is scheduled to begin tomorrow, Monday, June 3, 2013. He was arrested… Read the rest of the article: Protests ahead of Bradley Manning's WikiLeaks trial, which begins Monday

Jason Mecier, a "pop impressionistic artist" based in San Francisco who works in mosaic, sends word that he has just completed this candy portrait of Michael Douglas as Liberace. The… Read the rest of the article: Portrait made of candy: Mike Douglas as Liberace

Freedom of the Press Foundation recently launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise money for hiring a court stenographer to provide transcripts of the unclassified portions of the Bradley Manning court… Read the rest of the article: Crowd-funded stenographers denied access to Bradley Manning Court Martial

In a New York Times op-ed, Julian Assange of Wikileaks argues that "the advance of information technology epitomized by Google heralds the death of privacy for most people and shifts… Read the rest of the article: Julian Assange's NYT op-ed: The Banality of 'Don't Be Evil'

In Moscow, people rushed to try out the Russian capital's first bicycle sharing program today. The program launched with hopes to cut the number of cars clogging streets in epically… Read the rest of the article: Moscow launches bikeshare service: In Soviet Russia, bike shares you!

Nearly 20,000 responses to the question, "If companies had realistic slogans what would they be?"—and many of them quite funny. (via @pesce)

1. "Almost," by John Gale. It's Caturday, folks. A great reason to dip into the Boing Boing Flickr pool and check out some of the best cat photos shared by… Read the rest of the article: Yes, you can haz Caturday: 10 cute weekend cat photos shared by Boing Boing readers

CTD, or "Conductivity, temperature, and depth," are the three measurements with which marine scientists "unlock ocean patterns hidden beneath the waves." A group of scientists who believe in accessibility have… Read the rest of the article: Crowdfunding a tool to enable oceanography for the masses: OpenCTD

I had a great time interviewing Sean Riley at Maker Faire this year. Watch our conversation, here. (Fora.tv)

Watch Manhunt—Boston Bombers on PBS. See more from NOVA. Above, "Manhunt—Boston Bombers," a documentary for the PBS science program NOVA reported and directed by Miles O'Brien. The hour focuses on… Read the rest of the article: Watch PBS NOVA on the science of the Boston bombing manhunt

A sonar image taken hundreds of feet below the surface of the Pacific may help solve one of the greatest mysteries in the history of aviation: What happened to Amelia… Read the rest of the article: Grainy sonar image may or may not be new clue to Amelia Earhart's plane wreckage

About this groundbreaking photo from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and UC Berkeley: "Almost as clearly as a textbook diagram, this image made by a noncontact atomic force microscope reveals the… Read the rest of the article: First-ever high-res photos of chemical bonds breaking

Get ready for the Walmart of weed. Even Mexican President Vicente Fox thinks it's a good idea. The Stranger reports on a Seattle entrepreneur's plans to launch a $100 Million… Read the rest of the article: Seattle Pot-trepreneur plans $100 Million chain of weed stores throughout America

Verizon won't tell Charlie Savage and the New York Times if it gave the Feds phone records for Times reporters. "We regret… that we cannot indicate whether we have previously… Read the rest of the article: Verizon to NYT reporter: No, we won't tell you if we gave your phone records to the Feds

"What Happens When Google's Biggest Fans Get Drinks," Huffpo asks, about a meetup of the Google+ (duh) group known as "The Society Of Glass Enthusiasts," who do not actually own… Read the rest of the article: The Society Of Glass Enthusiasts, an informal group of Google fans, walks into a bar…

James Harbeck created this video to demonstrate various vocalizations that young adults make, to express emotions that are endemic to teens. From an accompanying article at The Week: The next… Read the rest of the article: Phonetic description of annoying noises teenagers make

The Polynesian Voyaging Society famed traditional Hawaiian sea vessel Hōkūle'a began the first portion of a planned worldwide voyage this week with a "Malama Hawai'i" sail around the islands of… Read the rest of the article: Renowned voyaging crew launches greatest journey yet in Hawaiian canoe: four-year, worldwide trek

Photo by Boing Boing reader Captain Tim, shared in the BB Flickr Pool. A provocative article from the Netherlands published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine says people who like… Read the rest of the article: BDSM aficionados better-adjusted than those who enjoy plain old vanilla sex, says science