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balls A new startup is disrupting the scrotum-washing industry Thom Dunn

Gadgets Transmit Bluetooth audio from your TV to your wireless headphones with this adapter Boing Boing's Shop

Business E-scooter companies are desperate for repo men to stop impounding their vehicles Cory Doctorow

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Gadgets 4 Bluetooth headphone deals to please any audiophile Boing Boing's Shop

experience economies The College of Extraordinary Experiences transforms you in the most mind-blowing way Ferdinando Buscema

art The Weird of Wendy Pini Rob Beschizza

Games Every Oculus Rift headset knocked offline after certificate expires; midnight brings relief Rob Beschizza

scholarship How an influential economics paper used imaginary environmental overregulation to spur low-density luxury housing Cory Doctorow

Business Hackers can freeze the camera that lets you know whether your "Amazon Key" equipped door is locked and who is using it Cory Doctorow

politics Anyone who continues to work with Trump is complicit in his support of white supremacists Rob Beschizza

obits Mandy Johnson, 1953-2015 Rob Beschizza

fake news Puppet-master Obama’s plot to undermine Trump, and other tabloid stunners Peter Sheridan

politics The neoliberal politicians who impeached Brazil's president and took over are imploding in spectacular corruption scandals Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Parasitic Souls: what if there was a tech bubble, but for magic? Kater Cheek

Science The universe has no "up" David Pescovitz

politics Clay Shirky to white liberals: Trump could win, so here's what you have to do Cory Doctorow