security Vancouver health system ignored warnings that its wireless paging system transmits sensitive patient data in the clear Cory Doctorow

canada Vancouver's housing bubble was driven by billions in laundered criminal proceeds Cory Doctorow

privacy Harm reduction: an opioid "vending machine" Cory Doctorow

canada Canada Post apologizes for stamps bearing decapitated head of prime minister John Macdonald statue David Pescovitz

animals Panda cub! The best of the National Zoo's panda cam videos as picked by the curators and panda keeper David Pescovitz

Science Did you leave your hamster DNA on a train? David Pescovitz

education Man, 21, busted for posing as 14-year-old and enrolling in high school David Pescovitz

guns Not first rodeo for gun-toting St. Louis couple Rob Beschizza

black lives matter Proceeds from this "White Claws Not White Pride" shirt/mask go to Black Lives Matter Thom Dunn

News U.S. files superseding indictment against Ghislaine Maxwell Xeni Jardin

Gadgets The Ocushield is more than a screen protector it’s a blue light smashing medical device Boing Boing's Shop

trump Michael Cohen sent back to jail after being seen dining in Manhattan while on house arrest Rob Beschizza

Gadgets RokBlok is the world's tiniest wireless record player, and it's…awesome Boing Boing's Shop

GOP Convention Mitch McConnell is 7th senator to back away from the Republican National Convention Carla Sinclair

pandemic In an ominous sign for economy, 32% of US fell short on July housing payments Mark Frauenfelder

youtube Watch this maker restore a WWI lighter made from a bullet Andrea James

voter suppression Trump's campaign against mail-in voting is backfiring by discouraging Republican absentee voters Thom Dunn