world news Notre Dame scaffolding workers were smoking on the job before fire, firm says Xeni Jardin

Gadgets 30 items on sale for Memorial Day that'll improve your home and beyond Boing Boing's Shop

News Watch 'Dr. Phil,' no medical license, rant COVID-19 falsehoods on Fox News Xeni Jardin

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censorship The lawyer who caught UNC giving $2.5m to white nationalists orders the white nationalists to create a $2.5m fund for Black students or face a lawsuit Cory Doctorow

media Gawker never relaunched, and perhaps never will Rob Beschizza

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tabloids What lies lay in wait in this week's tabloids? Peter Sheridan

Science Study suggests that Flat Eartherism spread via Youtube Cory Doctorow

Business Juul's strategy for success: target children, steadily ramp up nicotine levels Cory Doctorow

fake news The 'most powerful man in politics,' demonized in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

reefer madness Malcolm Gladwell wrote a flawed weed moral panic piece for The New Yorker Mark Frauenfelder

law British Member of Parliament publishes 250 pages of damning internal Facebook documents that had been sealed by a US court Cory Doctorow

unpleasant people Rude guest stories Rob Beschizza

books Schneier's "Click Here To Kill Everybody pervasive connected devices mean we REALLY can't afford shitty internet policy Cory Doctorow

corruption How the NYPD recriminalized marijuana after the state decriminalized it Cory Doctorow

drugs Smoking heroin doesn't make it any safer Seamus Bellamy

bong bong The story behind that 'Smoked a flying drone bong' marijuana viral video Xeni Jardin

addiction Public ignorance about “drunk/drugged up losers” is expensive and deadly Maureen Herman

surveillance A comprehensive guide to corporate online surveillance in everyday life Cory Doctorow