scams How the infamous India gem scam works Mark Frauenfelder

Long Cons Elizabeth Holmes' last months at Theranos: a "long, labored, highly visible, and heinous corporate death march" Mark Frauenfelder

Long Cons Instagrammer writes about how he was elaborately scammed out of $7500 Mark Frauenfelder

Long Cons Three men arrested in $364 million Ponzi scheme Mark Frauenfelder

Long Cons Man charged with selling fake In-N-Out franchises in the Middle East Mark Frauenfelder

History New Netflix movie about the Chicago 7 trial, starring Sacha Baron Cohen as Abbie Hoffman David Pescovitz

military US Navy bans hemp shampoos, lotions, and soaps David Pescovitz

conservation Scientists clone endangered horse from genetic material frozen 40 years ago David Pescovitz

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Gadgets Your home office could use some work of its own and these 20 items might just do the trick Boing Boing's Shop

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coronavirus U.S. sets record high COVID cases for 3 days in a row, nearly 69,000 new cases today Xeni Jardin

politics Here's where Donald Trump is dining with rich donors tonight, raising $10 million with tickets at $580,600 per couple Xeni Jardin

politics Facebook removes Trump ally Roger Stone's accounts and pages Xeni Jardin

conservation Diego and other giant tortoises head to home island after saving their species Andrea James

News SUV plows into BLM protest in NYC's Times Square, similar potentially deadly attacks happening around U.S. Xeni Jardin

media Right-wing media ran dozens of "Middle East hot takes" by fake authors Rob Beschizza

puzzles A surprising solution to the (in)famous "Cross the Network" puzzle Mark Frauenfelder

Gadgets You can get a Philips Momentum 43-inch LED 4K monitor for about $500 Boing Boing's Shop

native americans That time George Washington ordered "total destruction and devastation" of the Haudenosaunee Thom Dunn