podcasts A literally shocking history of famous people killed by poop Thom Dunn

cholera Norwegian cruise ship quarantined off Mauritius coast due to possible cholera outbreak Jennifer Sandlin

disease Aid workers use computer model to help stop cholera in Yemen dead in its tracks Séamus Bellamy

Science Watching the climate-cholera connection from orbit Kiki Sanford

cruise ships Disney Cruise ship rescue: somehow a toddler went overboard Jason Weisberger

france 200 years ago, France forced Haiti to pay $44 billion for daring to free themselves from slavery Ellsworth Toohey

travel Cholera-infested holy water expels more than demons Séamus Bellamy

COVID-19 Long Covid expert: all infections have "prolonged consequences" Jennifer Sandlin

florida Neil Gaiman delivers powerful message at alt-graduation for DeSantis-threatened New College of Florida Rusty Blazenhoff

infectious diseases Penny lick bowls served up ice cream, with a side of infectious disease Jennifer Sandlin

futility closet Waldemar Haffkine is largely unremembered, despite developing vaccines against both cholera and bubonic plague Futility Closet

books Boing Boing's 28 favorite books in 2019 Rob Beschizza

canada Critical essays (including mine) discuss Toronto's plan to let Google build a surveillance-based "smart city" along its waterfront Cory Doctorow

Science Watch this coagulant make dirty water drinkable Andrea James

labor Liberaltarianism: Silicon Valley's emerging ideology of "disruption with economic airbags" Cory Doctorow

shitty news A list of poop-filled places beyond the bathroom Carla Sinclair

Boing Boing Gadgets The guy whose DRM for juice company cratered last year now sells "raw water" packed with all the microbes and amoebas you can stomach Cory Doctorow

Science The CDC is why you and your loved ones aren't dead. Trump just banned them from using the phrase "science-based." Cory Doctorow