"A joint chart and public service announcement from two comic artists who are sick of having their work miss- or unattributed to them. Here's the right way to show your… Read the rest of the article: The ultimate Internet attribution instructive flowchart: "See Something? Cite Something."

David Coombs, the attorney representing suspected Wikileaks source Bradley Manning, has filed demands related to the lack of a speedy trial and the reportedly harsh conditions of Manning's confinement. More… Read the rest of the article: Wikileaks: Manning's attorney files demand for speedy trial and release due to poor conditions

[Video Link]. "It's like OUR Law & Order—just more British." Created for BBC America by Joe Sabia, whose work we've featured on Boing Boing, and on Boing Boing Video's Virgin… Read the rest of the article: What America has learned of the UK justice system from UK Law & Order

Heavy equipment sits submerged in flood waters in an industrial area of Brisbane, Australia, on January 13, 2011. Flood water in Australia's third-biggest city peaked below feared catastrophic levels on… Read the rest of the article: The Australian Floods: a photo gallery

My friend Miles O'Brien produced a cool piece for PBS News Hour about "what could be happening to teenagers' brains as they develop in a rapid-fire, multitasking world of technology… Read the rest of the article: Miles O'Brien: Is technology rewiring teens' brains?

Ben Cosgrove of LIFE Magazine tells Boing Boing, This morning LIFE published a gallery of exclusive, never-seen photographs by Anthony Karen (the same photographer who did our KKK gallery last… Read the rest of the article: God Hates Tucson: LIFE photographs inside Westboro Baptist Church

Dr. Louise Reiss helped ban atomic testing in the United States by collecting 320,000 baby teeth. She recently died, at age 90. (via Steve Silberman)

Our long national nightmare is over! "Artist Shepard Fairey and the Associated Press confirmed Wednesday that they are settling out of court their legal case that involves Fairey's "Hope" poster… Read the rest of the article: Shepard Fairey and AP to settle case over Obama "Hope" image

The government of China is taking action against mobile phones pre-installed with malware that sneakily rack up user fees by triggering various fee-based mobile services. The ministry is targeting what… Read the rest of the article: China cracks down on "money sucking" mobile phones loaded with malware

US Assistant Attorney General for National Security David Kris is resigning from the Department of Justice. He served during the Bush administration, and was nominated for his current post by… Read the rest of the article: Critic of warrantless wiretapping resigns from Dept. of Justice

A pile of kitteh in Fes, Morocco (فاس‎), contributed to the Boing Boing Flickr Pool by BB reader Sam aka smfny.

Jacob Appelbaum, a security researcher, Tor developer, and volunteer with Wikileaks, reported today on his Twitter feed that he was detained, searched, and questioned by the US Customs and Border… Read the rest of the article: Wikileaks volunteer detained and searched (again) by US agents

A photograph contributed to the Boing Boing Flickr Pool by BB reader Camera John. "In order to get this shot," he explains, "I set the die on 20 and used… Read the rest of the article: Critical (Boing Boing Flickr Pool)

"Gaming appears to have been an important part of Arizona shooting suspect Jared Lee Loughner's life." WSJ has more. In the 7th grade, he and a pal began playing the… Read the rest of the article: The gaming messageboard postings of Jared Lee Loughner

[Video Link, the referenced video became non-embeddable on the boingboing.net domain as of 11:50pm PT.] I try to avoid blogging about Sarah Palin, for the same reasons I've tried to… Read the rest of the article: Sarah Palin and Blood Libel: Doin' it Wrong

"I just lost my passion for MySpace. I haven't logged on because it's not simple anymore."—Tila Tequila, in a front page (that's right, A1) New York Times story on the… Read the rest of the article: Breaking News: Tila Tequila can't remember her MySpace password

"Impact," a photograph contributed to the Boing Boing Flickr Pool by BB reader Simon Holliday (website).

"SIMPSONS — THE XXX PARODY!" [Video Link, work-safe other than groaning porny sounds]. You can order it here. I am no stranger to porn and am no prude, but this… Read the rest of the article: Simpsons porn parody finally out; is so super brain-hurty

An illustration contributed to the Boing Boing Flickr Pool by BB reader Phil Jones (website)

Paul Richmond writes, I am writing to share my new painting inspired by "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (and featuring diva allies Lady Gaga and Kathy Griffin), which will be on… Read the rest of the article: Lady Gaga Kathy Griffin end-of-DADT fan homage art: "I Won't Tell if You Won't"