scholarship Training bias in AI "hate speech detector" means that tweets by Black people are far more likely to be censored Cory Doctorow
Business Insiders claim that Google's internet-fixing Jigsaw is a toxic vanity project for its founder, where women keep a secret post-crying touchup kit in the bathroom Cory Doctorow
security The democratization of censorship: when anyone can kill as site as effectively as a government can Cory Doctorow
Weird A prototype toy line for the X-rated epic film disaster Caligula (1979)… April Fool's! David Pescovitz
math Weird and wild warped-grid jigsaw puzzles inspired by Mobius, Haeckel, and Picasso David Pescovitz
Gadgets The Power8 Create Combo Tool Kit is like Optimus Prime invaded your workshop Boing Boing's Shop
happy mutants Barnes and Noble's new boss is James Daunt, who rescued the UK's Waterstones Cory Doctorow
web theory Reddit's wonderful "Change My View" forum launches its own independent website Cory Doctorow
art This artist uses jigsaw puzzles, with the same die cut pattern, to make these terrific mashups Rusty Blazenhoff
art Trump joins past Republican presidents in new version of The Republican Club painting Rob Beschizza
happy mutants At the Golden-Calf Slaughterhouse: an interview with Johannes Grenzfurthner Thomas Kaestle
History Watch these newly discovered film clips from the glamorous birth of Technicolor David Pescovitz
religion Project leveraging AI to scan and translate Vatican texts dating back to the 8th century Seamus Bellamy
