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Xeni Jardin 9:34 am Sat Sep 8, 2007

Unicorn crossing! Link.

Project on Government Oversight (POGO) slams US Department of Energy (DOE) over repeated computer security breaches at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), gives the federal nuke site a "failing grade" on security matters. PDF Link.

Video footage of Chewie, stormtroopers, Leia, Boba Fett and a few Rebels invading the Oakland airport to hand off Luke's Return of the Jedi movie lightsaber prop to NASA, en route to the Houston Space Center. Link.

Utterly over-the-top fake nails to be worn with fancy kimonos. Link (via).

An oral history of Nerve, the online "literate smut" nexus: Link, appears as part of their tenth anniversary feature: Link.

Newspaper in Sri Lanka hates on The Gays: Link.

Italian motion picture actress Asia Argento wants to make porn for women: Link.

Tentacle hentai burfday cake: Link.

Images of wind turbines on the Bahrain World Trade Center, a twin tower construction with three turbines on the struts between the towers. Link.

Stephen Hawking in legos: Link.

Miss South Carolina "maps" t-shirt: Link.

"My other house is a yurt." Link.

Cat Laine says, "I met this Australian artist, Stephen Ives at this year's Burning Man and he had the most beautiful steampunk goggles and face mask. I especially appreciated how the 3M logo is still prominently visible."

(Thanks, Susannah Breslin, Samantha, Rufus Griscom, Ange, Leo, Philip Proefrock, Jon, Bonnie)

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