Business America's prisons are replacing vital in-person visits with expensive, nonfunctional video calling Cory Doctorow
politics Employers can't require workers to attend 'captive audience' anti-union meetings Rob Beschizza
gadgets Air conditioner company wanted $1679 to replace its Android-based on/off switch. An old tablet did the job. Rob Beschizza
Russian propagandists in America Tucker Carlson finally gets his big break with new show on Russian state TV: "Tucker. Rossiya 24" Carla Sinclair
creativity "Steal Like An Artist" author Austin Kleon's excellent message for graduates David Pescovitz
unions Major film schools scab WGA strike by bringing in movie executives to speak at commencement Thom Dunn
mind control A religious gentleman takes over a plane with his Christian preaching (video) Carla Sinclair
News Social media influencer who falsely claimed to have coronavirus during flight is arrested after plane made emergency landing Mark Frauenfelder
eff We need to save .ORG from arbitrary censorship by halting the private equity buy-out Mitch Stoltz
Business After Trump reversed Obama's restrictions on private federal prisons, states started banning them instead Cory Doctorow
books In an age of disappearing prison libraries, jail profiteers provide "free" crapgadget tablets that charge prisoners by the minute to read Project Gutenberg ebooks Cory Doctorow
human rights Elizabeth Warren proposes a ban on private prisons and immigration facilities Cory Doctorow
Boing Boing Gadgets Florida inmates sue prisons for digitally confiscating the music they were sold Cory Doctorow
