uk The UK unemployment rate is at least three times the official rate Cory Doctorow

donald trump U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs still uses hydroxychloroquine on COVID-19 patients, despite risks of unproven drug Xeni Jardin

politics Canada not okay with Trump sending ~1,000 troops to Canada border Xeni Jardin

crimes Watch a suspected thief instantly discouraged by a fun DIY crime deterrent David Pescovitz

recreational lockpicking Picking the lock on a weird tire-deflating anti-car theft device Mark Frauenfelder

Business Google under investigation by National Labor Relations Board for 'Thanksgiving Four' firings Xeni Jardin

books 92-year-old's memoir tells the forgotten story of a German official who sabotaged Nazi deportations and saved more Jews than Schindler Cory Doctorow

Business Amazon breaks embargo on Margaret Atwood's Handmaid's Tale sequel Rob Beschizza

happy mutants J Michael Straczynski's "Becoming Superman": a memoir of horrific abuse, war crimes, perseverance, trauma, triumph and doing what's right Cory Doctorow

health The "ghost networks" of mental health professionals that US health insurers rely on to deny care to their patients Cory Doctorow

picks Megachurch Pastor Hope Carpenter: 'I cut people. I got a knife right in that pocketbook.' Xeni Jardin

arbitrage The "reverse supply chain": vast warehouses of deeply discounted, returned goods Cory Doctorow

tsa Travel warning: four days until Trump's shut-down costs TSA screeners their first paycheck Cory Doctorow

class war Unpacking the US's "low unemployment": stagnant wages, bad jobs, high incarceration, discouraged workers back in school Cory Doctorow

politics What we know about the 1,600 migrant kids Trump is relocating to Texas concentration camp Xeni Jardin

Gadgets How to launch a creative career with this 100+ hour Adobe training Boing Boing's Shop

HGTV bought the Brady Bunch house David Pescovitz

real estate Here's the story of how 'N Sync's Lance Bass won and then lost the Brady Bunch house Rusty Blazenhoff

urine trouble Plane passenger arrested for urinating on seat in front of him Mark Frauenfelder

activism So, who was Marjory Stoneman Douglas? Gareth Branwyn