crime New study shows that Mafia accountants are really good at their jobs Thom Dunn

music How a math trick helped one band made 500% more in streaming music royalties Thom Dunn

finance "The People's Money": A crisp, simple, thorough explanation of how government spending is paid for Cory Doctorow

scholarship Academic audit of HUD budget finds $351 million in unaccounted-for spending since 1998 Cory Doctorow

Business Fantasy accounting: how the biggest companies in America turn real losses into paper profits Cory Doctorow

Business Meta's daily user count just dropped for the first time ever Ellsworth Toohey

Science Study finds infrasound the likely horror in hauntings Rob Beschizza

Boing Boing Gadgets This $399 white-label business builder is for agencies with software fatigue Boing Boing's Shop

apple Apple doesn't want you to see where its electricity comes from Séamus Bellamy

Space James Webb telescope captures star formation "factory" in fine detail Rob Beschizza

Science Sperm swim faster in summer Rob Beschizza

gambling The Pentagon has failed eight consecutive audits and has $4.7 trillion in assets. Now it has a gambling machine too. Séamus Bellamy

books Denis Kitchen: Alternative comics' unsung hero Ruben Bolling

politics Musk promised $2 trillion in cuts; spending went up Ellsworth Toohey

politics "Cronyism in couture": Vanity Fair publishes brilliant new portraits, capturing the "hideousness of this administration" Jennifer Sandlin

jeffrey epstein Trump's DOJ Killed Active Epstein Co-Conspirator Investigation, Raskin Alleges Ellsworth Toohey

hardware hacks A hardware hacker made a computer chip that costs less than a dime say actual words Ellsworth Toohey

historic landmarks Senators to scrutinize the Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Ballroom Jason Weisberger

History Queen Victoria was the world's biggest and most muderous drug kingpin Ellsworth Toohey