My neighbor has an unsecured, wireless printer. I just sent this document to it. pic.twitter.com/dBvSmTpfpp

— Shari VanderWerf (@shariv67) July 10, 2013

Telegraph;

A source at Russia’s Federal Guard Service (FSO), which is in charge of safeguarding Kremlin communications and protecting President Vladimir Putin, claimed that the return to typewriters has been prompted by the publication of secret documents by WikiLeaks, the whistle-blowing website, as well as Edward Snowden, the fugitive US intelligence contractor.

“Most people believe that they are above average, a statistical impossibility.”

h/t

And named it “Washington” MT @mpoppel Astronomers find sphere 2 million miles across, spinning near speed of light tinyurl.com/bph8t3u

— katewerk (@katewerk) February 27, 2013

h/t Adrian

4000 people floated for 5 days on the #carnivalpooship and nobody thought to throw their crap overboard.

— katewerk (@katewerk) February 16, 2013

5 insane acts of heroism by everyday Canadian citizens.

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Update. That was fun while it lasted. It’s a fake.

Or anywhere else;

The commotion sent horrified restaurant patrons into the movie theater lobby, but the gunman followed. He again attempted to open fire, and this time his gun didn’t jam. Garcia reportedly shot one man in the chest before Antu says an off-duty sheriff’s deputy working security the theater shot him once, dropping him to the floor.

Flashback: Michael Moore’s Bodyguard Arrested on Airport Gun Charge
h/t CL

Daily Caller;

The agency determined that the Hemingway Home was subject to USDA regulation because it both exhibited the cats for an admission fee and used the cats in promotional advertising.
Even though the museum retains a veterinarian to care for the cats, the USDA demanded that the museum ”… obtain an exhibitor’s license; contain and cage the cats in individual shelters at night, or alternatively, construct a higher fence or an electric wire atop the existing brick wall, or alternatively, hire a night watchman to monitor the cats; tag each cat for identification purposes; construct additional elevated resting surfaces for the cats within their existing enclosures; and pay fines for the Museum’s non-compliance with the AWA.”

National Post;

Sergei Magnitsky was a lawyer in Russia exposing large-scale corruption by government officials when he was beaten to death by guards in a Moscow prison in 2009; Alexander Perepilichnyy, a Russian businessman, had fled to Britain and was a whistleblower over the same fraud when he mysteriously collapsed and died last month.
These two dramatic deaths bookend the remarkable crusade of Bill Browder, the American-born investor for whom Mr. Magnitsky worked and to whom Mr. Perepilichnyy was spilling his secrets.
On Thursday, Mr. Browder saw the U.S. Senate pass the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act by a wide margin, a law blacklisting Russian human rights abusers.
Related
Russian scandal takes chilling twist as whistleblower dies in ‘unexplained circumstances’ in Britain
It was a triumphant moment for Mr. Browder, who has relentlessly lobbied for such sanctions, but it hardly ends his quest for justice over Mr. Magnitsky’s gruesome demise.

h/t Kevin B

The astonishing interactive map that shows every bomb dropped on London during The Blitz

So, @nickelback haters, happy now????@colbycosh

— katewerk (@katewerk) November 26, 2012

(Open thread.)

Storm damage photos at the Daily Mail, and more at the Weather Channel.
I’ve long said that the three rules of buying real estate aren’t “location, location, location”, but “elevation, elevation, elevation”. Much of the worst damage shown is not due to the storm, but the idiocy of parking permanent structures in the path of the inevitable.

The view from the sure to be toppled Statue of Liberty.
Follow @Joe Bastardi for the meteorological play by play.

The court case that changed everything.

Sitting here waiting to board my flight to Amsterdam, and they’re still calling “Osama” and “Mohammed” to the desk for “documentation”.
When I was asked in Saskatoon if I had anything in my pockets, I replied “just gum”. The security screener guy said “You’ll have to take that out.”.
Odd, I thought, but I pulled it out and showed it to him.
“Oh”, he said. “That’s fine”.
I looked at him for a second.
“I said ‘Gum’. With an ‘M’” ….

Scandalous!

A Wikipedia trustee and a Wikipedian In Residence have been editing the online encyclopedia on behalf of PR clients. Add the discovery of an SEO business run on the side, and this tempest is out of its teapot.

They usually further agendas for free.
h/t Pete