usps They're never going to get rid of the Postal Service because then who would deliver the scorpions? Thom Dunn

epa Federal court rules that Scott Pruitt's sham EPA can't ban scientists from its scientific advisory board Thom Dunn

late stage capitalism Telcoms lobbyists have convinced 26 states to ban or restrict municipal broadband Cory Doctorow

corruption Text-mining journalists find that lawmakers introduced 10,000 bills that were copypasted from lobbyists' "model legislation" Cory Doctorow

Food Court strikes down Iowa's unconstitutional ag-gag law Cory Doctorow

corruption Chinese surveillance/tech giant Alibaba joins ALEC, will start co-authoring US legislation Cory Doctorow

corporatism Group behind voter ID, stand your ground, ag-gag, private prison, anti-muni-wifi, and killing Obamacare now planning rules for jailing pipeline protesters Cory Doctorow

Science Decoding whale language could unlock new legal rights for them Ruben Bolling

Boing Boing Gadgets This $40 food-tracking app may tell you more about your groceries than the box does Boing Boing's Shop

Technology What actually makes hybrid cars fuel-efficient? Ellsworth Toohey

maps This dialect map covers all of North America's English accents Gail Sherman

Technology Researchers built a language model that thinks it's still 1930 Ellsworth Toohey

Games Play Zork while reading the 1980 code that makes it work Ellsworth Toohey

Bland NorCal doesn't really have its own accent Jason Weisberger

accent The persistent myth of the California accent Jason Weisberger

"Rage bait" is the Oxford English Dictionary's word of the year Rob Beschizza

Cooking Celebrating Thanksgiving with Male Chef Grant St. Clair

Technology Testing shows cheap powder beats premium dishwasher pods Ellsworth Toohey

Games How much do you really know about the world? This daily quiz will tell you Mark Frauenfelder

words Think "orange" doesn't rhyme? These English words might surprise you Popkin