"They've faced down humans time and time again, but Fred Phelps and his minions from the Westboro Baptist Church were not ready for the cosplay action that awaited them today… Read the rest of the article: Comic-Con: Superheroes vs. Westboro Baptist Church

• Huckleberry Finn: Affirmative action sends ungrateful black man on river cruise, using lib-approved child labor. (via) • 2001: An intelligent computer heroically stops wasteful government spending on space exploration.… Read the rest of the article: #IfAndrewBrietbartEditedIt

"A Carpinteria, CA man has been arrested for allegedly spying on a woman with a camera secretly tucked into her copy of Chicken Soup for the Soul. The 30-year-old woman… Read the rest of the article: Chicken Snoop for the Soul

Using data from the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Slate has produced a fascinating (and very depressing) interactive model of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. (thanks, Richard Metzger).

Video Link. A clip from the mid-sixties German television program "Paris Aktuell". The music is "

Sonnet Ehlers, a doctor in South Africa, has designed, patented, and manufactured an "anti-rape female condom" with the unambiguous brand name Rape-aXe. Women who believe they are at high risk… Read the rest of the article: South African doctor invents "anti-rape" female condoms with "teeth"

Popular Mechanics has the full story on this video of a Russian tank ballet, one of the performances held at a Russian arms show last month. (thanks Rob Goodier)

"It might just be time for the gay arranged marriage." (@sepiamutiny via @anildash)

Christ, what an asshole. Zachary Chesser, an unemployed 20-year-old man in Virginia who this year threatened South Park's creators over an episode featuring the Prophet Muhammad dressed in a bear… Read the rest of the article: Arrested: Jihadi jerk who threatened "South Park" over Mohammed episode

"Perfect for giant robot hugs, super high high-fives, and terrorizing small children." $85 plus shipping. Etsy link. (thanks, Erin)

Stone-age dildo unearthed in Sweden? Best part of the article is the photo of the object next to a ruler. Snip: "Perhaps instead of, or in addition to, its sexual… Read the rest of the article: Stone Age dildo unearthed in Sweden?

Details here on Tim & Eric's AWESOMECON 2010. The short version: Saturday, July 24, 12-3pm, in San Diego.

The Washington Post reports that small auto repair shops in Massachusetts are pushing a bill that would require auto makers to provide (for a price) all diagnostic and software data… Read the rest of the article: Right to Repair law in MA (open-source your car)

Video link. His name is Teddy Almond Turtle. Origins explained on MSNBC, urlesque.

SRL will stage its first performance since relocating from San Francisco, CA to Petaluma, CA this Saturday, July 24. The show will feature the Big Arm and Running Machine, with… Read the rest of the article: Punk roboticists Survival Research Laboratories (SRL) perform in SF Bay Area on July 24

Oh, it gets better. Read the whole thing. I dare say it's borderline NSFW. Lobsturbation? Excerpt from "A Lobster Hypnotized," Ashburton Guardian (New Zealand), Volume XLI, Issue 9464, 11 March… Read the rest of the article: Lobsterotica, 1921

My friend Andrea James says, "Today is the anniversary of the remarkable Diana Ross free concert in Central Park, on July 21, 1983. She kept singing in the midst of… Read the rest of the article: Today is the anniversary of the Diana Ross downpour concert at Central Park

L-R: Peter Serafinowicz, Robert Popper, Patton Oswalt at "Look Around You" LA release. Photo: Xeni Jardin. The dry, über-weird comedy show "Look Around You" has long enjoyed a cult following… Read the rest of the article: Sci-tech educational parody show "Look Around You" now on DVD in the USA

Video Link. Friends and Boing Boing commenters have shared similar experiences (blow a vuvuzala horn in the presence of a dog, and the dog goes nuts), causing me to believe… Read the rest of the article: Dog does not care for vuvuzela

A TCP/IP header visualized in LEGO. "Practical, Visual, Three-Dimensional Pedagogy for Internet Protocol Packet Header Control Fields," by Hal Pomeranz, Deer Run Associates, on righteousit.wordpress.com (via Rob Hudson via Joel… Read the rest of the article: TCP, IP, and TCP/IP headers constructed in LEGOs