dapper shit Folding a pocket square into a rose Jason Weisberger

ads CNBC sting: most ad networks accepted fake news site full of scraped content Rob Beschizza

trump Why tabloid reporters are like Donald Trump Peter Sheridan

design Fancy "ambient light" projector creates illusion of window overlooking trees David Pescovitz

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Tabletop gamer's gift guide for 2019 Gareth Branwyn

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

happy mutants Boing Boing's own Rob Beschizza interviewed on the Cool Tools podcast Mark Frauenfelder

uk After the Oliver Twist poorhouse became luxury housing with a segregated playground, London bans segregated play-areas Cory Doctorow

tools Get a ryoba handsaw right now Rob Beschizza

politics Trump and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey held a closed-door meeting Xeni Jardin

sourdough Baking with a small-batch, whole grain, locally sourced wheat Jason Weisberger

booze LG to unveil home brewing hardware at CES 2019 Seamus Bellamy

Copyfight Taylor Swift makes a payout to all Universal artists a clause in her new record deal Cory Doctorow

birds Do you know this pigeon who wears a glitzy rhinestone flight suit? David Pescovitz

fashion Over 690 Netflix envelopes got fashioned into a fancy gown Rusty Blazenhoff

china Chinese villager crafts wedding dress out of 40 cement bags Rusty Blazenhoff

toys The top that (almost) never stops Michael Borys

iot Hackers swiped an operator manual for a fancy airborne killing machine Seamus Bellamy