Detainees at Camp X-Ray sit in a holding area with Naval Base Guantanamo Bay military police during intake on Jan. 11, 2002. Camp X-Ray is now an abandoned area. US… Read the rest of the article: Guantanamo attorney found dead in apparent suicide

Rob gave our Boing Boing video post archives a sweet makeover recently. Among the most recent video posts you will find on our all-new video page: • PBS: The Movie,… Read the rest of the article: Dig the latest videos in Boing Boing's video archives

My friend Brian Lam, whom I recently visited in Hawaii, knows how to live—and work. He wrote a wonderful piece for Lifehacker that you must read. Snip: I recommend everyone… Read the rest of the article: How Wirecutter's Brian Lam works

Meet The Putins [9GAG].

Steven Hudson of Cinesaurus, who produced this excellent nerd short, says: It seems that we live in a world where more young people aspire to be future Kardashians and Jersey… Read the rest of the article: PBS: The Movie, a PBS Meets The Avengers parody short

"Nothing here but Oxy and coal," says one of the subjects of Sean Dunne's new documentary Oxyana, which just won Special Jury Mention at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival. From… Read the rest of the article: "Oxyana," new doc on how Oxycontin addiction is destroying Appalachian communities

designjargonbullshit.com: "Driving brand equity throughout the brand portfolio, providing an on-going strategy to support growth objectives." "Our proven methodology includes the identification of what we call the 'nugget of truth'… Read the rest of the article: Design jargon bullshit: a Tumblog of greatness

Ixil witnesses inside the courtroom, Tue. Apr. 30, 2013. At center, Maria Sajiq of Nebaj, Quiché, Guatemala. Ms. Sajiq was among the survivors Miles O'Brien and I interviewed in Nebaj… Read the rest of the article: Guatemala: Rios Montt genocide trial resumes amid legal uncertainty, polarized political climate

TIP: mouseover to animate; don't mouseover if you have photosensitive epilepsy. Five years ago today, the man who first synthesized Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) died at 102 years old. There's… Read the rest of the article: Today is the anniversary of LSD inventor/discoverer Albert Hofman's death (*epilepsy warning)

"Margot Woelk was one of fifteen girls who spent two-and-a-half years testing Adolf Hitler's all-veggie diet to make sure it wasn't poisoned." When the Russians captured her (and the rest… Read the rest of the article: Hitler's food-taster: "Every day we feared it would be our last meal"

"How do you upchuck if there is no up or down? ISS commander Chris Hadfield explains what astronauts do if they have to vomit." More information on this very important… Read the rest of the article: How to barf in space

Just what you always needed, but did not know until it existed, and it exists now: "A super detailed T-Rex eating fried chicken leg," which is available in dark oxidized… Read the rest of the article: Gold ring in the form of a dinosaur eating a chicken leg

A brief update on the trial of former US-backed military dictator José Efrain Rios Montt and his then chief of intelligence Jose Mauricio Rodriguez Sanchez: word here in Guatemala is… Read the rest of the article: Guatemala: Genocide trial said to re-start Tuesday, April 30

Ann Friedman writes, "In my ongoing quest for the perfect framework for understanding haters, I created The Disapproval Matrix." With Ann's helpful diagram, one can more easily "separate haterade from… Read the rest of the article: The Disapproval Matrix: a framework with which to understand The Haters

In various cities in Mexico on Sunday, journalists from newspapers and independent online news organizations marched to protest "violence that has claimed the lives of co-workers and silenced news media… Read the rest of the article: Reporters, bloggers in Mexico march to protest violence against news media

Ellen Nakashima in the Washington Post: "A government task force is preparing legislation that would pressure companies such as Face­book and Google to enable law enforcement officials to intercept online… Read the rest of the article: Proposal would fine tech companies for not obeying FBI's wiretap demands

Seems legit: "For more than a decade, wads of American dollars packed into suitcases, backpacks and, on occasion, plastic shopping bags have been dropped off every month or so at… Read the rest of the article: C.I.A. regularly delivers "wads of American dollars" to Afghan president

In the Washington Post, an extensive report by Dana Priest on the changing role of the U.S. in Mexico's intelligence war on drug cartels. The article includes extensive details on… Read the rest of the article: US-aided electronic spying in Mexico's drug war

New from Chartgirl: "Tamerlan Tsarnaev: What We Think We Know About Who Knew What and When."

Carolyn Porco, Cassini Imaging Team Leader and CICLOPS director, writes: One of the most gorgeous sights we have been privileged to see at Saturn, as the arrival of spring to… Read the rest of the article: The Red Rose of Saturn