twitter German researchers with ties to for-profit "neuromarketing" company want to use AI to guess peoples' "intelligence" from their writing Cory Doctorow

police Massachusetts governor proposes a $5000 bonus for cops who undergo anti-racist training Thom Dunn

infosec How to spy on someone using a lightbulb as a remote microphone Thom Dunn

News Philonise Floyd, brother of slain George Floyd, asks U.N. to investigate police brutality and racist violence against Black Americans Xeni Jardin

tabloids Meghan runs off with Princess Diana’s jewels, Prince Andrew caught fleeing, and Ron Jeremy’s wood, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

riots BBC coverage of 1990 tax riots in London Rob Beschizza

Technology U.S. Navy tests a new laser weapon system [VIDEO] Xeni Jardin

politics Nearly 25% of NYC residents have coronavirus antibodies says Gov Cuomo, lockdown to extend past May 15 in parts of New York state Xeni Jardin

education Boston Police Union throws a tantrum over Black Lives Matter at school week Thom Dunn

woodworking Wood glues tested Rob Beschizza

Gadgets This fast-track training is the key to passing the AWS certification exam on your first try Boing Boing's Shop

happy mutants Documentation Gathering, Sanitization, and Storage: an excerpt from "A Public Service" Tim Schwartz

Business Genetic genealogy company Gedmatch acquired by company with ties to FBI & law enforcement—why you should be worried Jennifer Lynch

books Boing Boing's 28 favorite books in 2019 Rob Beschizza

uk A quick trip through the ghastly, racist, sexist, eugenicist, authoritarian things that Boris Johnson has said in recent years Cory Doctorow

Safety What to do if you're caught up in a tear gas attack Seamus Bellamy

machine learning Networked authoritarianism may contain the seeds of its own undoing Cory Doctorow

booze Divers retrieve hundreds of bottles of booze from a World War I shipwreck David Pescovitz

Journalism Northwestern journalism students wrote something dumb. The freakout around it is even dumber. Thom Dunn

da boids Do you recognize the infamous birds this artist is drawing for Inktober? John Struan