WaPo on THERMOS-TERROR MENACE: "A top military official says new warnings about insulated beverage containers are an example of federal officials trying to anticipate terror tactics. Adm. James Winnefeld told… Read the rest of the article: TSA prepares for potential hot cocoa bombers with Thermos terror alert

A 23-year-old man in South Carolina was hospitalized after having been hit by an SUV while playing a real-life version of the video game Frogger, according to police. In the… Read the rest of the article: Police say gentleman playing "real-life Frogger" in traffic lost game

Agathe von Trapp, the oldest daughter of Austrian naval officer Capt. Georg Ritter von Trapp, has died at age 97 according to a family friend. Her family inspired the 1965… Read the rest of the article: Real-life "Sound of Music" family member dead at 97

HaikuLeaks searches through the Wikileaks "Cablegate" data for haikus. I'm not sure if it's fully automated, or human-generated—seems too perfect to be computerized. Either way, genius. (thanks, JJ!)

(Photo: "Romanesco," contributed to the Boing Boing Flickr Pool by BB reader Wokka.) Paleo and raw foodie diet flame war in the comments, commence! New findings show that that early… Read the rest of the article: Neanderthals ate their veggies, too: all-meat diet a myth

(illustration: Rob Beschizza) UPDATE, 8am PT, Wed 12/29: Greenwald says, "[My] response to Wired's refusal to release or comment on the chat logs, [and my] response to Wired's accusations. Those… Read the rest of the article: Wikileaks: Wired.com responds to questions on the Manning/Lamo chat logs

Above and below: tourists look at ice sculptures during a light testing prior to the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, Heilongjiang province. The bricks look like pixels,… Read the rest of the article: It's like Burning Man, but with ice, and in China

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[Video Link] If you find yourself traveling to San Francisco between now and New Year's Eve (or perhaps stranded there, as a result of the thousands of Snowpocalypse flight cancellations),… Read the rest of the article: Glen E. Friedman photography show in SF thru Dec. 31

A New York Times editorial today on the recent actions of Bank America, Visa, PayPal, and Mastercard to block payments to Wikileaks says the moves raise "troubling questions," given the… Read the rest of the article: NYT on Banks and Wikileaks: "a troubling prospect"

Boing Boing reader Camera John shared this photograph in the Boing Boing Flickr Pool, and explains: I started zoomed in and out of focus. During the exposure I zoomed out… Read the rest of the article: Christmas Lights (Boing Boing Flickr Pool)

Above and below, two lovely photographs shared with the Boing Boing Flickr Pool by Katia, a Boing Boing reader in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

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Each year, Simpsons director David Silverman draws a cool holiday card, and this year, Boing Boing gets first dibs at sharing it with the world. I love it! (The image… Read the rest of the article: Happy Holidays and New Year's wishes, from David Silverman (The Simpsons)

A Hindu man has his forehead painted with a message in Hindi "Happy Christmas" on the river banks of the Ganges river on the eve of Christmas, in the northern… Read the rest of the article: Happy Hindi Christmas

[photograph: Ukrainian activists hold a rally in support of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in front of the Swedish embassy to Ukraine in Kiev. REUTERS] The Wall Street Journal has a… Read the rest of the article: WSJ obtains Wikileaks financial data: spending up, donations down

With a sigh, I push these long black bangs out of my heavily lined eyes for a moment to wish you a merry gothsmas, and a dark wave new year.… Read the rest of the article: Merry Gothsmas

Boing Boing reader and Tim & Eric / Dr. Steve Brule / David Lynch fanboy Dylan Mitchell-Funk writes, I've been reading boingboing for a while now (…) I've just put… Read the rest of the article: A very Lynchian Chrimbus (Dr. Steve Brule fan-art)

At Firedoglake, David House writes a lengthy and detailed report from visits with Pfc. Bradley Manning, who has been in military detention for months for being the presumed source of… Read the rest of the article: Wikileaks: Bradley Manning speaks about his conditions

[Video Link] Wikileaks founder Julian Assange gave an interview with msnbc's Cenk Uygur today. During the exchange, Assange denies conspiring to commit espionage with U.S. Army Specialist Bradley Manning, as… Read the rest of the article: Assange: US pushing "Digital McCarthyism" in assault on Wikileaks