Gadgets Busuu can teach you your favorite foreign language and you’ll have worldwide help Boing Boing's Shop
censorship Church of England refuses to allow foreign language on a gravestone, calling it a "political statement" Thom Dunn
Gadgets LingvaNex is like Google Translate on steroids. And its abilities are pretty amazing. Boing Boing's Shop
politics Trump calls Voice of America's work “disgusting”, threatens to adjourn Congress so he can put a crony in charge of VOA Xeni Jardin
Business Cheating term-paper-for-pay businesses recruited customers through subsidized on-campus parties Cory Doctorow
a very stable genius Trump tried to read the Constitution but it was "like a foreign language" Thom Dunn
happy mutants Bunnie Huang's classic "Essential Guide to Electronics in Shenzhen" is now free online Cory Doctorow
gained in translation Non-Chinese politicians in Canada give themselves Chinese language names for campaigning John Struan
useful stuff Carla Sinclair talks about some of her favorite tools on the Cool Tools podcast Mark Frauenfelder
jeffrey epstein Asking for pre-trial release, Jeffrey Epstein's lawyers say he has 'spotless 14-year record of walking the straight and narrow' Xeni Jardin
china Hong Kong's beleaguered chief exec says the extradition bill is "dead" but won't make it official Cory Doctorow
security EFF publishes an indispensable, plain-language guide to "cell-site simulators": the surveillance devices that track you via your phone Cory Doctorow
