politics Trump: Unpaid federal workers should just go ask grocery stores for free food Xeni Jardin

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

kickstarter Duncan Jones is raising money for a great looking graphic novel follow-up to "Moon" Thom Dunn

Business Tesla worker at Buffalo, NY solar panel factory tests positive for COVID-19 same week Elon Musk reopened it: Report Xeni Jardin

rona UK unemployment soars during pandemic Rob Beschizza

News Financial Times journalist Mark Di Stefano accused of accessing private Zoom meetings, then publishing the information Xeni Jardin

Gadgets Get 11 Cyber Security training courses for a price that you pick Boing Boing's Shop

Business Pot use was super high in March, as were many coronavirus stay-at-homes Xeni Jardin

criminals Incarcerated fraudster Martin Shkreli says he can cure coronavirus if he's released from prison Mark Frauenfelder

coronavirus Medical professionals and Healthcare providers are getting their pay cut while dealing with COVID-19 Thom Dunn

happy mutant Furloughed sports commentator starts covering scenes from everyday life Rusty Blazenhoff

books The Pursuit of Capyness is a capybaras-only coloring book Rob Beschizza

corruption Elizabeth Warren proposes an "excessive lobbying tax" that would fund independent Congressional experts and public participation in policy Cory Doctorow

government shutdown Michael Moore has a message to federal employees: "Don't go to work!" Carla Sinclair

let them visit payday loans U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross says he doesn't "understand why" unpaid federal workers need money Mark Frauenfelder

trumpism Secret Service challenge coin commemorates unpaid labor during the shutdown Cory Doctorow

christ what an asshole Trump's FCC chairman won't do anything about your cellular company selling your location to bountyhunters because shutdown Cory Doctorow

#TrumpShutdown Unpaid Coast Guard employees told to work as part-time "mystery shoppers" Mark Frauenfelder

game theory Trump calls 50,000 federal employees back to work, won't pay them Mark Frauenfelder

politics Shutdown: Dot-gov websites vulnerable to cyberattacks, certificates expiring amid funding pause Xeni Jardin