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principal-agent problems David Graeber's "Bullshit Jobs": why does the economy sustain jobs that no one values?
Cory Doctorow

Tom the Dancing Bug Bible Stories, with U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions
Ruben Bolling

futility closet New Zealander Nancy Wake became an intrepid leader in the French resistance against the Nazis
Futility Closet

Soap Bubbles Secrets of a mind-blowing bubble artist
David Pescovitz

FROM THE BOING BOING STORE

Better pet selfies are a clip away with this attachment

revenge of alice u Thanks to 2016's trade secret law and algorithmic justice, America's courts have become AI-Kafka nightmares
Cory Doctorow

Spanish Inquisition The creepy/cool robes that heretics were forced to wear during the Spanish Inquisition
Mark Frauenfelder

model aircraft Nazi UFO toy model pulled from shelves
David Pescovitz

Miguel Santiago California State lawmaker Miguel Santiago says he's a Democrat, but he's single-handedly killing state Net Neutrality
Cory Doctorow

humans in the loop Fired by an algorithm, and no one can figure out why
Cory Doctorow

what will you tell your children? Microsoft CEO: don't worry, we're mostly helping the parts of ICE that don't involve kidnapping children
Cory Doctorow

we can still win Today, an EU committee voted to destroy the internet. Now what?
Cory Doctorow

88NV How I got a free scenic flight over Black Rock City (and how you can too)
Rusty Blazenhoff

control freak Hey new cannabis users and microdosers: Pax's app stops you from getting too high
Rusty Blazenhoff

softbrawl Softball brawl of the day
Rob Beschizza

Andy Baio XOXO will be bigger and more inclusive in 2018
Rusty Blazenhoff

tender age 'Toddlers are being detained.' 3 Trump 'Tender Age' immigrant baby jails confirmed, more are coming
Xeni Jardin

kneecapping wikipedia The EU is about to "end everything that's good and pure about the internet"
Cory Doctorow

censorship machines and link taxes In less than 24 HOURS, an EU committee votes on whether to mass-censor the global internet
Cory Doctorow

shithole presidency "Wah wah" -- Corey Lewandowski mocks ten-year-old girl with Down Syndrome being taken from her mother
Mark Frauenfelder

#KeepFamiliesTogether 'Shame!' DHS Sec. Nielsen shouted down at Mexican restaurant, exits to loud protests
Xeni Jardin

#FamiliesBelongTogether 'Mister President, don’t you have kids!'
Xeni Jardin

asylum 'Family detention' existed under Obama, too. But systematically separating kids is all new.
Xeni Jardin

nikki haley U.S. withdraws from U.N. Human Rights Council, calling it 'not worthy of its name.'
Xeni Jardin

politics Yet another Trump White House staffer is leaving.
Xeni Jardin

starbucks Starbucks is closing 150 stores
Xeni Jardin

jobs Automated list of people on LinkedIn who claim to work for ICE
Rob Beschizza

pseudorandom number generators Pencil dice: a D6 in pencil form
Cory Doctorow

useful things Restaurant taco holders on sale today
Mark Frauenfelder

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