scams Gifted clarinetist's prestigious scholarship sabotaged by ex-girlfriend Seamus Bellamy

UFOs Pentagon releases UFO footage Thom Dunn

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Tom the Dancing Bug News of the Times: Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor – F.D.R. Calls Attack a "Hoax" Ruben Bolling

interviews Talking adventure games with Olivia Wood Jeffery Klaehn

music Interview with musician and artist Genesis P-Orridge Sarina Sinclair and Case Esparros with Kane Lafia

Business Why I won't buy an Ipad: ten years later Cory Doctorow

politics New Jersey AG says 5 politicians took thousands in cash bribes via envelopes, paper bags, coffee cups Xeni Jardin

china MMT: when does government deficit spending improve debt-to-GDP ratios? Cory Doctorow

happy mutant I chatted with Danny Elfman about his new MasterClass, and his ventriloquist dummy "Buddy" Rusty Blazenhoff

star wars Baby Yoda amigurimi, a crocheted cutie by Allison Hoffman Rusty Blazenhoff

happy mutants Mozilla updates its "Privacy Not Included" gift guide for 2019 Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Thanks to an article about why science fiction great John M Ford's books are out of print, they're coming back Cory Doctorow

big tech Big Tech's CEOs can't possibly fix Big Tech Cory Doctorow

happy mutants The Black Ghost: superhero noir comic starring an antiestablishment vigilante and a hacktivist sidekick Alex Segura and Monica Gallagher

open source 3D printing stethoscopes, tourniquets and crucial dialysis-machine parts in Gaza Clive Thompson

motorcycle Super packable backpack for motorcycle or travel Jason Weisberger

privacy Interoperability and Privacy: Squaring the Circle Cory Doctorow

security William Barr's terrible, stupid idea to ban working crypto is slightly less terrible and stupid than earlier ideas Cory Doctorow

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