Hot on the heels of that OK Creepy—eh, OK Cupid dating profile, looks like Adrian Chen of Gawker just "leaked" what is purported to be Julian Assange's couchsurfing.com profile. No… Read the rest of the article: Julian Assange's couchsurfing.com profile?

07:00 AM PT: A bail hearing for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is under way as I type this blog post. Assange is being held in the UK on allegations of… Read the rest of the article: Wikileaks founder Julian Assange granted bail

Holy dueling Gallic phallic symbols, Batman! French journalist Aude Baron tells Boing Boing, On Friday, if you were going to the Eiffel Tower, in Paris, you could see a giant… Read the rest of the article: Giant penis crop-circle mysteriously erected at Eiffel Tower in Paris

"In 2008, some 634 military personnel were discharged for transgressing 'don't ask, don't tell.' That same year, 4,555 were discharged for failing to meet military weight standards." (via Souris)

(PHOTO contributed to the Boing Boing Flickr pool by BB reader Mark Burban, aka pixelwhip.) • Lawyers for Julian Assange will today attempt to gain bail for the Wikileaks founder,… Read the rest of the article: Wikileaks: Assange bail hearing in UK today, statement from jail

"Freelance business journalists in North America make an average of $25,000 to $30,000 a year, and two out of every five were laid off, according to an informal survey conducted… Read the rest of the article: Freelance business writers make $25-30K a year, 2 of every 5 were laid off

An image of dissident writer Liu Xiaobo is projected on a hotel in the center of Oslo, Norway, following the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony on December 10, 2010. The jailed… Read the rest of the article: Liu Xiaobo

[video link] An Illinois bus driver lost their job (or quit, it's not entirely clear) after supervisors at the transit agency viewed this YouTube video of the driver running over… Read the rest of the article: Bus driver loses job after officials discover video of snowman murder

This OK Cupid dating profile for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, aka "Harry Harrison," is making the internet rounds today. According to reports, it is confirmed as legit. Snips: # I… Read the rest of the article: Julian Assange's OK Cupid dating profile

WikiLeaks supporters wear masks of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and Guy Fawkes masks emblematic of "Anonymous" during a demonstration calling for the release of Assange from prison. This photograph was… Read the rest of the article: Wikileaks supporters and Anonymous stage offline protests, too (photo)

"Scraping By," a photograph contributed to the Boing Boing Flickr Pool by user Ricardo Wang of Portland, OR.

Intonation: a beach in Scotland, contributed to the Boing Boing Flickr pool by greengymdog of Aberdeen, UK.

We were saddened to learn this week that Richard Dawkins' father passed away. All of us at Boing Boing extend our condolences to the Dawkins family. From a remembrance by… Read the rest of the article: Obituary for John Dawkins, father of Richard Dawkins

Researchers at the University of Twente in the Netherlands report that the LOIC (Low Orbit Ion Cannon) software used in pro-Wikileaks Anonymous attacks discloses the identity of the user. If… Read the rest of the article: Anonymous isn't: LOIC leaks internet address of user

Yesterday, I posted an item referencing a reddit thread and a widely-retweeted Google search string referencing a purported "CIA wikileaks mirror honeypot" that revealed itself as likely having been set… Read the rest of the article: The CIA honeypot Wikileaks mirror that wasn't

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The mangled body of a 16-year-old boy from North Carolina mysteriously dropped from the sky down to a Boston suburb last month. Authorities now believe the teen breached airport security,… Read the rest of the article: NC teen stowaway breaches US airport security, hides in plane wheel well, dies, falls in Boston

Lawyers for Julian Assange expect the United States to file spying charges against the Wikileaks frontman soon. "Our position of course is that we don't believe it applies to Mr.… Read the rest of the article: Wikileaks: Espionage charges against Assange said to be "imminent"

I know they've arrested some Dutch teen in connection with the "Operation Payback" attacks on Wikileaks' censors, but guys, I think we've found the true face of Anonymous. People shout… Read the rest of the article: Photos of pro-Wikileaks, pro-Assange protesters in Pakistan

I hope we don't get sent to Guantánamo for conspiring with Wikileaks to reveal this über-top-top-top secret cable. You'd better read this right now. (* You're welcome.)