facial recognition NIST confirms that facial recognition is a racist, sexist dumpster-fire Cory Doctorow

security ISO rejects the NSA's IoT crypto standard, believing it to be backdoored Cory Doctorow

picks EFF: FBI & NIST's tattoo recognition program exploited prisoners, profiled based on religion, gave sensitive info to private contractors Cory Doctorow

security Tor Project is working on a web-wide random number generator Cory Doctorow

Spider-Man Bolivian brothers let a black widow bite them all in hopes of getting superpowers Thom Dunn

canada Canada Post apologizes for stamps bearing decapitated head of prime minister John Macdonald statue David Pescovitz

History Aviation museums' "most wanted list" of cool aerospace artifacts lost to history David Pescovitz

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

police Kentucky driver busted for hand-drawn license plate David Pescovitz

activism How to be a guerrilla theatre activist David Pescovitz

Gadgets Save 50% on a 1-year subscription to Dashlane's premium password manager Boing Boing's Shop

tabloids Jeffrey Epstein’s prison confession, the world’s most dangerous woman, and the end of the world, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Funny Gary Larson quietly brings back 'The Far Side' after 25 years away Andrea James

Comic Books Cory reviews Stepping Stones By Lucy Knisley Mark Frauenfelder

Barbados If you can work remotely, Barbados want you to come and stay for a year Mark Frauenfelder

education Harvard and MIT are suing over the Trump administration's student immigration ruling Thom Dunn

sponsored If Cannabis Is “A Potential Way To Prevent COVID-19” Then Why Is Trump Blocking Research? Boing Boing

feminism Feminist father: "If you ever hurt my daughter, I swear to God I'll let her navigate her own emotional growth" (video) Rusty Blazenhoff

Business How Japanese-style business culture applies to today’s new “business normal” Mark Frauenfelder