The judge in a Federal lawsuit alleging the Internet Archive was illegally creating copies of published works and lending them out for free has ruled for the publishers. At the… Read the rest of the article: Internet Archive loses book lending lawsuit
State Senator Megan Hunt (D) of Nebraska has reaffirmed her vow to filibuster any and all legislation brought to the floor if an anti-trans bill passes. Hunt expresses her self… Read the rest of the article: NE State Senator reaffirms her vow to filibuster all legislation if an anti-trans bill passes
I must have missed these two burying the hatchet. Georgia's Marjorie Taylor Greene and Colorado's Lauren Boebert slid into a Washington DC jail with a small cohort of congresspeople to… Read the rest of the article: Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert tour a DC jail to re-assure their insurrectionist base
Utah has a law that requires committees to review any book submitted by parents via a web portal for removal from their district libraries. This law was put into place… Read the rest of the article: A parent found that "The Bible" is full of stuff Utah's book-banning laws prohibit, and filed a formal complaint to have it removed
Perhaps the most lying congressperson with the most invented background in the current congress, George Santos apparently can not run from the law in Brazil. Santos and his attorneys have… Read the rest of the article: George Santos will formally confess to his crimes rather than face prosecution in Brazil
Walter W. Cole Sr., also known as Portland's legendary drag queen Darcelle XV has passed away at the age of 92. Cole served in the US Army, owned cafes and… Read the rest of the article: Oregon Live remembers Portland's legendary 92-year-old drag queen
Death for the convicted remains a thing in the United States, and as pharmaceutical companies have stopped supplying drugs that didn't necessarily work so well anyways, for lethal injections, States… Read the rest of the article: United States on the brink of welcoming back firing squads
This is a spoiler-laden video that fans of Star Wars, The Last of Us tv series, or video games will enjoy. The similarities go deeper than just Pedro Pascal, tho… Read the rest of the article: The many parallels of Star Wars and The Last of Us
The Eugene Emeralds are going to be giving Sluggo, their jolly green bear, a brief vacation as they rebrand as The Eugene Exploding Whales! While I love Euegene for their… Read the rest of the article: Baseball team rebrands to honor Oregon's famed Exploding Whale
Little Libraries are adorable, kind ways to share books in a neighborhood. I built a shelf into my front fence that became more of a community pantry. Clothes, blankets, shoes,… Read the rest of the article: San Francisco issues a $1402 fine for a Little Library
This kind of behavior from the world's most wealthy brat is not just annoying and mean, it demonstrates why an unaware Elon Musk is dangerous to society. The Incels and… Read the rest of the article: Elon Musk seems to think he is Michael Scott from "The Office"
The satirical live-action/cartoon television show Tooning out the News sent host Tyler Templeton to CPAC. TOTN is created and produced by Stephen Colbert, and I think now lives on Comedy… Read the rest of the article: "Tooning out the News" covers CPAC 2023
Ahmed Best stepped from his role as Jar Jar Binks, the most disliked character from the Star Wars prequel, into the role of Jedi Master and padawan trainer Kelleran Beq… Read the rest of the article: The Mandalorian's big reveal: Jar Jar Jedi
Yesterday Boing Boing received an email from a PR firm claiming to "work with" the folks producing JK Rowling's podcast. The PR flack asked us to change a headline they… Read the rest of the article: Asking for a "correction" JK Rowling podcast's PR firm mistakenly confirms her transphobia
A report from the American Library Association shows that attempts to ban books are growing in frequency and volume of books targeted. 2022 shows nearly twice as many books had… Read the rest of the article: American Library Association reports book banning at an all-time high
MAGA adherents were encouraged, by Trump, to publicly support Trump. It wasn't easy for Klepper to find any, but he did. Even the MAGAs were surprised to see how few… Read the rest of the article: Jordan Klepper talks to the pathetic few who showed up for Trump
Musk's Boring Company wants permission to dump its wastewater directly into the Colorado River, and to spray it over fields, rather than pipe it into a municipal sewer and wastewater… Read the rest of the article: Residents distrust Boring Company's plan to dump wastewater in a river
An Idaho Democrat testified that 75% of girls in grade 8 or above had missed school or been late to class due to a lack of menstrual products being readily… Read the rest of the article: Idaho Republicans block free tampons for public school students
Folks like Lindsay Lohan and Jake Paul were fined for shilling crypto without disclosing they were being paid to shill crypto. The punitive fines are three times the amount the… Read the rest of the article: SEC fines influencers $400k for failing to disclose they were paid in real money to hawk fake currency
In regard to a possible indictment of President Trump, Fox's lead propagandist explained that imprisoning your political opponents is a gross abuse of power. However, an earlier video shows Carlson… Read the rest of the article: Unsurprisingly Tucker Carlson only supports imprisoning the opposition
