china USDA approves shipping slaughtered chicken to China and back, says you can eat it Jason Weisberger

Science Sam Clovis, Trump's pick for USDA chief scientist, called progressives 'race traders' and 'race traitors' online Xeni Jardin

transparency What America loses when the USDA nukes its taxpayer-funded records of animal cruelty Cory Doctorow

Business There’s no pumpkin in “100% canned pumpkin” Cory Doctorow

maps Tube Map Rob Beschizza

trees Your allergies are bad because of tree sexism Thom Dunn

Gadgets You won't want to miss out on these Memorial Day kitchen steals Boing Boing's Shop

Gadgets Here’s a truckload of Mother’s Day options for the Mom who loves her kitchen Boing Boing's Shop

bongbong Not all CDB drops are created equal: I found the best Matt Maranian

bureacracy After passenger told U.S. Customs agent that her suitcase once held a smashed banana, she was detained and added to a watch list Mark Frauenfelder

elections A vast network of shadowy news sites promote conservative talking points mixed with floods of algorithmically generated "news" Cory Doctorow

poverty Minnesota high school threw away hot lunches for students with over $15 of lunch debt Mark Frauenfelder

recalls Taco Bell is recalling 2.3 million pounds of ground beef for metal shavings Mark Frauenfelder

Environment The dangerous, exploitative, and dirty business of "healing" crystals David Pescovitz

web Yarn: search for a snippet of dialog, get a clip from the movie it's in Rob Beschizza

racism Elizabeth Warren has a plan to reform "Heirs' Property," which allows wealthy white property developers to steal Black family homes Cory Doctorow

avocados Avocado farmers routinely victimized by organized crime Seamus Bellamy

recalls RECALL: Delicious Tyson plastic fritters reportedly contaminated with chicken Rob Beschizza

Food Enjoy delicious Tyson rubber nuggets while you can Rob Beschizza

crime Mugshots.com owners charged with extortion. Here are their mugshots. Rob Beschizza