art Massive sculpture covers saplings with plastic bags Andrea James

politics Trump commutes Roger Stone's prison sentence Xeni Jardin

Science Swiss scientists grew mini Neanderthal brains in petri dishes Thom Dunn

politics Twitter fact-checks Trump tweet for first time Xeni Jardin

Gadgets Google Script brings the full power of Google right into your app builds and this training can help you master it Boing Boing's Shop

art The art world in the wake of COVID-19 Gareth Branwyn

eff "It felt like a Black Mirror episode" – Bird Scooter lays off 406 workers at once via Zoom Mark Frauenfelder

coronavirus Self-isolating Oprah Winfrey goaded into "house arrest" denial by conspiracy theorists Rob Beschizza

surveillance What it's like inside the CIA during Donald Trump's "Deep State" purge Thom Dunn

Science CLIMATE: 2019 was hottest year on record, NASA and NOAA report Xeni Jardin

3d printing AK-3DP: 3D printed AK receiver Cory Doctorow

censorship Disgraced ex-cop's bullshit libel case has nearly destroyed the newspaper that outed him for sexual predation of teen girls Cory Doctorow

Gadgets This $39 training bundle is your ticket to mastering the Adobe Creative Cloud Boing Boing's Shop

whistle blown Schiff 'deeply concerned' as Pompeo potentially interferes with witnesses Jason Weisberger

the abyss also gazes into you A BMW painted with Vantablack Clive Thompson

toilets Town to install public toilets with anti-sex systems David Pescovitz

trumpism Wisconsin commissioned an independent report on how to fix the Foxconn deal. Result: it can't be done. Cory Doctorow

Business E-scooter companies are desperate for repo men to stop impounding their vehicles Cory Doctorow

russia Seth Rich conspiracy was a Russian military operation: Yahoo News Xeni Jardin

Business Ajit Pai promised that killing Net Neutrality would spur investment and improve service: a year later, service and investment have declined Cory Doctorow