stupid 'enjoy your stupid life.' Rusty Blazenhoff

books "Under The Banner of King Death" puts pirates in their place — in the history of workers' rights Thom Dunn

privacy Interoperability and Privacy: Squaring the Circle Cory Doctorow

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book reviews To Read Aloud is a portal straight to that Middle Earth where magic happens Ferdinando Buscema

dupe The Florida cop who is proud of himself for being handsome also likes to make jokes about incinerating Jews Mark Frauenfelder

authors Grant Morrison interview: "Laughter can banish any and all demons" Propaganda Anonymous

picks Hotel chef fired for boasting on Instagram that he feeds meat to vegans Mark Frauenfelder

gamergate That time the Internet sent a SWAT team to my mom's house Caroline Sinders

offworld A brief history of yarn in video games Laura Hudson

charity Charitable Giving Guide Boing Boing

fiction The Autobiography of Deanna Troi Boing Boing

The charley horse from Hell — why you should work at a standing desk Gammy Hamhock

books Jo Walton's "My Real Children" [book excerpt] Boing Boing

television Hannibal is the best buzzkill "Takiawase" [s2e4] Theresa DeLucci