plagiarism High school student claims principal plagiarized Ashton Kutcher for graduation speech David Pescovitz

humor "Be yourself. Unless 'yourself' is an asshole": David Sedaris delivers Oberlin's commencement speech Rusty Blazenhoff

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

coronavirus COVID-19 killed the Costco half-sheet cake Xeni Jardin

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racism Uniformed North Carolina deputy led armed white vigilantes to black teen's house Rob Beschizza

Gadgets Tribute will help you create a heartfelt video montage and it won’t take you hours to do it Boing Boing's Shop

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computer science Larry Tesler, the father of cut, copy, paste, has died Gareth Branwyn

education Boy genius will graduate college at age 9 David Pescovitz

Weird Free deaths offered Xeni Jardin

happy mutants Materiality: a new science fiction story for the Oslo Architecture Triennale about sustainable, green abundance Cory Doctorow

california Valedictorian ruthlessly rips apart adults who didn't help her succeed Rusty Blazenhoff

detroit Detroit charter school salutatorians use their graduation speeches to condemn their school for putting profits before kids Cory Doctorow

Business Business schools are shuttering full-time MBA programs, citing low enrollment, millennials Cory Doctorow

facebook Facebook's "celebration" and "memories" algorithms are auto-generating best-of-terror-recruiting pages for extremist groups Cory Doctorow

education Elizabeth Warren's latest proposal: cancel student debt, make college free Cory Doctorow

toys Terrorise other beachgoers with the Beach Behemoth, a 12-foot beach ball Rob Beschizza

literacy The Dyslexie Font makes reading easier for people with dyslexia Rusty Blazenhoff

class war Since 2007, debt-haunted grads have been doing public service to earn loan forgiveness, which they won't get Cory Doctorow