eh HAL's voice sounds unsettling because it's Canadian Clive Thompson

Oakland Boots Riley teases new "dark, absurd" series "I'm a Virgo" Rusty Blazenhoff

cthulhu Get ordained in the First United Church of Cthulhu Thom Dunn

exp dates matter What happens when you open a can of Spider-Man pasta from 1995? It ain't pretty Carla Sinclair

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business as usual Police ask cafe near London attack to evacuate, cafe wants 30 minutes so people can eat Carla Sinclair

check-belly sneetches Twitter CEO reveals the guy who issues coveted blue checkmarks, and the guy is not happy about it Mark Frauenfelder

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art Spectacular, tiny room hidden behind a hinged electrical outlet cover Cory Doctorow

Reviews Review: SpotHero should be called SpotZero Mark Frauenfelder

useful stuff Kevin Kelly and I talk about some of our favorite tools Mark Frauenfelder

nycc Paul Reubens on how Sly Stallone inadvertently got Tim Burton to direct 'Pee-wee's Big Adventure' Rusty Blazenhoff

Gadgets Turn killer quotes by 50 Cent, Kim Kardashian, Donald Trump and more into wall art Boing Boing's Shop

books Ed Snowden says he'll stand trial and even go to prison in the USA if he can have a public trial and mount a public interest defense Cory Doctorow

I'm sorry if I offended anyone SNL fires comic Shane Gillis days after hiring him Mark Frauenfelder

science fiction Read: Jeannette Ng's Campbell Award acceptance speech, in which she correctly identifies Campbell as a fascist and expresses solidarity with Hong Kong protesters Cory Doctorow

publishing RIP, Linux Journal Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Design competition to create graphics to illustrate cybersecurity stories Cory Doctorow

artificial intelligence Why didn't OpenAI release the "Unicorn" version of its AI storytelling software? Mark Frauenfelder

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