christ what an asshole Trump found someone even worse than Tom Price to regulate Health and Human Services: an insulin profiteer Cory Doctorow

coronavirus Glowforge laser cutter owners made over one million "ear savers" for hospital mask wearers Mark Frauenfelder

Gadgets Learn how you can effectively sell your stuff on eBay with this blueprint guide Boing Boing's Shop

real estate The US government just "disestablished" a Native American reservation Thom Dunn

uk In coronavirus shutdown, Britain will pay self-employed people 80% of average monthly profit Xeni Jardin

coronavirus Right-wing websites are weighing the pros and cons of letting people die from coronavirus to help the economy Thom Dunn

Business Four US senators write Jeff Bezos to ask how Amazon protects workers from COVID-19 Xeni Jardin

Business Netflix launches $100 million coronavirus relief fund to help jobless cast and crew Xeni Jardin

Business DOT ORG DRAMA: New promises from private equity firm trying to buy up .org Xeni Jardin

graeber Banks have returned to the pre-2008 world of automatic credit-limit increases for credit cards used by already indebted people Cory Doctorow

surveillance Surveillance is the new blooming onion at Outback Steakhouse Thom Dunn

eff ICANN needs to ask more questions about the sale of .ORG Mitch Stoltz

events Angelenos! I'm speaking in Culver City tomorrow about the sale of .ORG to private equity Cory Doctorow

trumpism Betsy DeVos quietly spends millions to promote the unpopular policies she hopes to enact as a federal official Cory Doctorow

corruption Private equity firms should be abolished Cory Doctorow

corruption ICANN hits pause on the sale of .ORG to Republican billionaires' private equity fund Cory Doctorow

books The Pursuit of Capyness is a capybaras-only coloring book Rob Beschizza

web theory Contract for the Web: Tim Berners-Lee calls on world governments (and us all) to make the web a force for good Cory Doctorow

happy mutants San Diego's wonderful Mysterious Galaxy Books has lost its lease, needs a buyer ASAP to stay afloat Cory Doctorow

futurism A timeline of (possible, fascinating) future events from a (wide) variety of perspectives Cory Doctorow