The whistleblowing group WikiLeaks claims that it has had its funding blocked and that it is the victim of financial warfare by the US government.
Moneybookers, a British-registered internet payment company that collects WikiLeaks donations, emailed the organisation to say it had closed down its account because it had been put on an official US watchlist and on an Australian government blacklist — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Scientists have created a genetically modified silkworm that spins a new kind of silk: a hybrid of silkworm silk and spider silk — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A court in Mozambique has sentenced two men to 20 years in prison for mutilating a 12-year-old boy in order to sell his body parts to a witchdoctor in Malawi.
The court heard that the boy’s uncle and another man lured the boy to come bush-rat hunting with them by offering him biscuits.
In the attack, one of the men covered the youth’s mouth while the other hit him on the chest with a rock. They then cut off the boy’s testicles, penis and eyes and left him for dead — via richardfarner.newsvine.com
Right now we have the interesting situation that the three biggest dollars in the world-the US, the Canadian and the Australian, have almost exactly the same value. As of this writing, the US — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A group of former senior communist officials in China has written an open letter calling for an end to censorship, just days before a key party meeting that is expected to shape policy over the next few years — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Police say the thieves who stole a New York teenager’s bicycle were, well, animals. Suffolk County police said two people in gorilla costumes and a third in a chicken suit took the boy’s bike Monday in Rocky Point, on the north shore of Long Island — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Elderly people who get about by walking are less likely to suffer mental decline or even dementia, a study says — via redwolf.newsvine.com
British scientists have moved a step closer to developing a simple urine test to identify men at risk of getting prostate cancer — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A strain of bacteria that became famous after it was used as a bio-terrorism weapon is causing immense damage to Bangladesh’s export-oriented leather industry — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Ornate Octopus, originally uploaded by Pelagicus.
Officials said a band blocked the 101 Freeway in Hollywood on Tuesday morning for an impromptu concert that jammed traffic and tested the patience of commuters.
In what is believed to be an effort at promotion, authorities said that members of a band called Imperial Stars blocked all but one lane of the southbound 101 with a large truck advertising the band. The group has a song called Traffic Jam 101
— via redwolf.newsvine.com
We also have a review of one of the most controversial parts of the filter proposal – that of the scope of refused classification (RC). It definitely needs a review, because frankly, RC is broken, and apparently, misunderstood by both the responsible Minister in Senator Conroy and the Prime Minister herself, who just yesterday confirmed the Government’s ongoing commitment to the filter, saying it was a “moral question” to ensure the filter came to be.
I’m sorry, Prime Minister, but since when, in this day and age, is the Government the arbiter of what I, or any other member of Australian society, should consider moral? Please get off my lawn!
The only moral question here is whether Australia, as a society is mature enough to ensure we maintain adequate civil liberties and in the case of what we and our kids view on the internet, whether we are mature enough as people and parents — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A first British hardcover edition of George Orwell’s novel 1984 has turned up in a Lifeline charity bin in Wollongong, south of Sydney — via redwolf.newsvine.com
If you are ever inclined to think that the Australian media leans left, ask yourself this: why has the Labor Party moved so far to the right?
To understand the answer to that question you have to understand a few other points.
The first is that politicians know their main audience is not we the people, but them the media — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A District Court jury in far north Queensland has found a Cairns couple accused of procuring an illegal abortion not guilty — via redwolf.newsvine.com
This stunning specimen of homemade costuming just won Marvel’s costume contest at the New York ComicCon over the weekend. It’s a steampunk re-imagining of Iron Man, and boy is it impressive — via DVICE
Photo: Judy Stephens
Sean Michael Ragan of Make: Online says:
Simple, elegant garage casting hack here from Instructables user mikey77, who calls the stuff
Oogoo, which is, I think, a portmanteau ofOobleckandSugru.If you’ve ever bought casting silicone, you know it can be pretty expensive. If, seeking a cost-saving alternative, you’ve ever experimented with making castings using the dirt-cheap silicone caulk they sell at the hardware store, you know that it doesn’t work very well. Large volumes set up very slowly, if at all.
Turns out, though, that mixing in some cornstarch accelerates the drying process; just how much depends on how much starch you add. The author recommends starting with a 1:1 mix. I’m not sure about his explanation that the process works because the hygroscopic starch carries moisture into the internal volume of the silicone, but in any case there are probably other additives that will accelerate the process as well as or better than cornstarch. You might even find one that’s not opaque and allows for translucent castings.
— via MAKE
Wow, fantastic article by Danielle @ Etsy:
Sometimes our buyers need a little push. I’ve experienced this firsthand, so I wanted to put together a guide to selling custom work. I put a call out in the Etsy Forums to gain wisdom from those who have experience selling custom work and the response was fabulous! Read on for some tips from the best in the biz.
She covers payment, communication, and photography and listing tips with plenty of examples to illustrate her helpful advice for making and selling your custom creations online — via CRAFT
So brilliant, it hurts. Lego Letterpress from Justin LaRosa and Samuel Cox — via CRAFT
Katharina Fritsch – Oktopus — via artnet
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