movies Fans of Hallmark Christmas movies now have a convention all their own John Struan

new york city Improv Everywhere 'lights up' random New Yorker's sentimental holiday messages on a 30-foot screen Rusty Blazenhoff

tabloids Your dollar bills could kill you, and Prince Andrew tries to kill himself, in this week’s dubious tabloids. Peter Sheridan

science fiction A new blog post series exploring the history and import of cyberpunk launches on Adafruit Gareth Branwyn

gifts Super Mario Valentine's Day Card Mark Frauenfelder

naughty words Conservatives angry at Burger King over ad where someone says "Damn that's good" Rob Beschizza

republic of gilead Hallmark channel flips, then flops on hate group's pressure over lesbian kiss commercial Mark Frauenfelder

music Whole album just the sound of classic mechanical keyboards being typed on Rob Beschizza

homophobia One Million Moms, a far-right Christian group, is offended by Hallmark commercial of newlywed women kissing Mark Frauenfelder

authoritarianism Cops and spooks all over the world rely on a junk-science "walking polygraph" method to steer their investigation Cory Doctorow

politics Sudden Trump trip to hospital 'just a physical', officials say Rob Beschizza

Gadgets Save on Apple's Best Products with These Refurbished Deals Boing Boing's Shop

art Masterpiece by 13th century Italian painter Cimabue found in French woman’s kitchen Xeni Jardin

content Ruined pub still getting TripAdvisor reviews Rob Beschizza

AI OpenAI releases larger GPT-2 dataset. Can it write fake news better than a human? Rob Beschizza

Gadgets Enter to win an iPad Pro or save big on refurbished iPads Boing Boing's Shop

trump E. Jean Carroll accuses Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her in the mid-1990s Xeni Jardin

Gadgets This unique nonstick cookware heats evenly and resists scratching Boing Boing's Shop

Business Believing in "meritocracy" makes you act like a dick Cory Doctorow

scholarship Most adults are incapable of understanding most online terms of service Cory Doctorow