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Pvt. Bradley Manning was found not guilty of aiding the enemy today, but convicted on multiple lesser counts, including violating the Espionage Act. Twenty to thirty supporters, wearing black tee… Read the rest of the article: Bradley Manning found not guilty of aiding enemy, but convicted on lesser charges, faces up to 136 years

The facts are clear: the NSA has turned the Internet into a massive surveillance system. They're using the websites we love to track our every move. On July 4th, people… Read the rest of the article: Join the largest online protest since SOPA to stop NSA spying

Welcome to this year's Boing Boing Gift Guide, a piling-high of our most loved stuff from 2012 and beyond. There are books, comics, games, gadgets and much else besides: click the categories at the top to filter what you're most interested in—and add your suggestions and links in the comments.

A Colorado gunman walked into a 12:30 a.m. showing of the The Dark Knight Rises, tossed a gas can into the crowd, then began shooting. At least 12 are dead,… Read the rest of the article: Gunman kills at least 12 in movie theater at "The Dark Knight Rises" screening in Aurora, Colorado

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Though we're delighted to have our own online toystore up this holiday season, there are a thousand things we could recommend from elsewhere. Cutting it down to a couple of hundred, for our fourth annual gift guide, wasn't easy; this year was a fantastic one for books, games, gadgets and much else besides. From stocking stuffers to silly cars, take yer pick.

Boing Boing Gift Guide 2011

Up to half a million people marched peacefully on London last week to protest cuts to public services, but local media coverage dwelled almost entirely on stories of mindless violence and criminality. In a follow-up to an earlier article published at the New Statesman, Laurie Penny wonders why the press is so eager to echo official accounts—and so eager to attack critics of the police.

By Adam Savage Good evening. I hope you don't mind, but I'm going to read my speech from my new iPad. Yep. I'm not only a humanist, I'm also an… Read the rest of the article: Food for The Eagle – Adam Savage's speech to Harvard Humanism Society

Though comic fandom's often held to be an unwelcoming place for girls, one correspondent remembers fondly her trip to the 1978 San Diego Comic-Con, when she was only 8 years old. Other females were few and far between—but one of them was Wendy Pini, who embodied the classic fantasy persona of Red Sonja—and who had a story of her own to tell.

Ed Note: Boingboing's current guest blogger Steven Johnson is the author of six books, most recently The Invention Of Air: A Story of Science, Faith, Revolution and the Birth Of… Read the rest of the article: The case against Candy Land

(see story here) "The Internet interprets censorship as damage and routes around it." — John Gilmore If your employer or corrupt, undemocratic, dictator-based government uses a filtering service such as… Read the rest of the article: Boing Boing's Guide to Defeating Censorware