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The Onion goofs on the psychology of fanpersons and the sociology of the Genius Bar in this very funny video. Boing Boing, the "happy stage of bad clichés," gets a… Read the rest of the article: Onion: New Apple Store "Friend Bar"

In John Brockman's Edge newsletter, an essay by Scott Atran (left) and Robert Axelrod (right), two social scientists who study and interact with violent groups "to find ways out of… Read the rest of the article: Why We Talk to Terrorists: response to Supreme Court ruling on "material support" of foreign terrorist groups

From 1955 issues of Scientific American: Three ads for advanced weapons systems from Ford, featuring a cuddly teddy bear and toy soldier duo. Click here to see the full, uncropped… Read the rest of the article: Cold War-era weapons technology ads featuring cute, cuddly toys

Magic Obama Strawberry, spotted by Boing Boing reader Mara Abrams in Tanzania (and here is Mara's nonprofit). Previously: The definitive Barack Obama portrait

In this month's Wired Magazine, Brendan Koerner takes a look at the neuroscience behind Alcoholics Anonymous— and the neuroscience of alcoholism. More than a million people belong to AA. The… Read the rest of the article: Wired examines the neuroscience of Alcoholics Anonymous

Link. Previously: Man dies, then his mom, then both get eaten by cats

Former Boing Boing guestblogger and sound artist Meara O'Reilly says, This coming Friday July 9th I'm going to be debuting new Chladni Music (accompanied by a glass bottle orchestra!) at… Read the rest of the article: To do in Berkeley, CA: Meara O'Reilly's Chladni music with glass bottle orchestra, this Friday

Our astronomer friends at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab have just released a new picture from the Spitzer telescope. The Spitzer infrared view is on the top, and the visible-light view… Read the rest of the article: New NASA Spitzer telescope image: The Magic Dragon

The U.S. Military's new "Cyber Command" logo contains a hidden code. Noah Shachtman at Wired News says, "Help us crack it!" Related reading today: Bruce Schneier says "The Threat of… Read the rest of the article: Crack the Code in Cyber Command's Logo

"Unicorn Sign," a photo by Steffe from Sweden, from his Creative Commons-licensed Flickr stream. Here's his photo blog.

Boing Boing reader Katie says, This story is so horrifying I can't help but share it with Boing Boing. Also, I am hoping you'll post this, so maybe I'll get… Read the rest of the article: Man dies, then his mom, then both get eaten by cats

Photographer Glen E. Friedman's show at the Light House Cinema in Dublin opens tomorrow, July 8, and features 40 pieces from throughout his career— shots of the Beastie Boys, Public… Read the rest of the article: To do in Ireland: Glen E. Friedman photography show opening in Dublin

The Electronic Frontier Foundation's Cindy Cohn appeared on The Colbert Report last night. Unsurprisingly, the resulting segment is full of hearty LOLs. Ms. Cohn doubts Obama is coming for our… Read the rest of the article: EFF's Cindy Cohn on Colbert Report: Video

Illustration: Rob Beschizza Earlier today, Boing Boing reported news that the U.S. has filed formal charges against Pfc. Bradley Manning, the 22-year-old Army Intelligence Specialist who is believed to have… Read the rest of the article: US Army: alleged Wikileaks source Manning faces 52 years

"Charge sheet" for Pfc. Bradley E. Manning lists 8 federal criminal violations, including one of espionage. PDF Link, or view JPEGs at the end of this post. UPDATE: Read Boing… Read the rest of the article: US will press criminal charges against Manning, alleged Wikileaks source

Photo: Shannon Cottrell Liz Ohanesian reports from the Anime Expo in Los Angeles, where Hetalia was hot stuff this year—"from cosplay gatherings to artist alley booths to panel sessions." It… Read the rest of the article: Hot as Hetalia: webcomic-based anime phenom explodes

Iran's Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) is a fountain of state-issued LOLS this week. Yesterday, I blogged news of forbidden and approved hairstyles for Islamic gentlemen, as decreed by government… Read the rest of the article: Iran: "President unveils second Iranian robot man"

Justin Bieber's "My World Tour" Twitter voting contest asked fans to vote on which country he should tour next, without restriction on which countries could be included in the vote.… Read the rest of the article: 4chan prank means Justin Bieber must tour North Korea