Business Axon makes false statements to town that bought its police bodycams, threatens to tase their credit-rating if they cancel the contract Cory Doctorow

art French museum refused to allow public access to secret 3D scans Rob Beschizza

public health Homeopathic Berlin Wall Pills made from its pulverized concrete "treat" loneliness, isolation, and oppression Jennifer Sandlin

Japan Tokyo nightlife scams: how to avoid the sneaky tricks of the "kyakuhiki" Mark Frauenfelder

deceptive marketing practices Downtown L.A. restaurant sneaks absurd 4.5% "Security Charge" on bills Mark Frauenfelder

democracy Former MAGA cult member debates current Trump worshipper about January 6 Mark Frauenfelder

shoplifting A criminal defense lawyer explains why you should never use self-checkout Mark Frauenfelder

lawsuits FTC: Amazon tricked users into signing up for Prime and made it too hard to cancel Rob Beschizza

ftc FTC wants to ban subscriptions that you can't easily cancel Rob Beschizza

politics The origins of student debt Elías Villoro

police Illinois just became the first state to make it illegal for cops to lie to kids Thom Dunn

blackwater Blackwater founder Erik Prince used ex-spies to infiltrate liberal groups for Project Veritas Thom Dunn

usausausa Reverse mortgages: subprime's "stealth aftershock" that is costing elderly African-Americans their family homes Cory Doctorow

Business Delta targets its workers with anti-union apps that push deceptive memes Cory Doctorow

health Oklahoma Republicans introduce bill forcing doctors to warn abortion patients about the existence of an imaginary "reversible abortion" Cory Doctorow

Boing Boing Gadgets HP's ink DRM instructs your printer to ignore the ink in your cartridge when you cancel your subscription Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Visual Disturbances: what eye-tracking and 187 unlicensed clips reveal about change blindness and our perception of films Eric Faden

Business Wells Fargo: We can't be sued for lying to shareholders because it was obvious we were lying Cory Doctorow

youtube Ticketmaster stung by undercover journalists, who reveal that the company deliberately enables scalpers and rips off artists Cory Doctorow

uk Parliament to Zuck: show up or else Cory Doctorow