fabio Video explores the 1999 "Goosegate" incident when romance novel supermodel Fabio was hit in the face on a rollercoaster ride Jennifer Sandlin

retro Remember that time a goose broke Fabio's nose? Devin Nealy

America Fabio is American Rob Beschizza

politics Democracy in Chile and the ghosts of Pinochet Elías Villoro

Weird Video: Burning RV mysteriously drives itself across the street before the fire spread to nearby home David Pescovitz

tabloids Obama Public Enemy No.1 in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

art Museo Autoservicio, a new drive-thru art exhibit in Mexico Andrea James

Technology IBM to exit facial recognition business, opposes use of AI technology for mass surveillance Xeni Jardin

Business Businesses and stores are adding AI to security cameras for social distancing and mask-wearing compliance Xeni Jardin

politics Trump met with Brazil official who has coronavirus Xeni Jardin

Boing Boing Gadgets Ring does not fight crime, say cops in 8 states whose PDs partnered with Amazon-owned home surveillance Xeni Jardin

scholarship Facebook promised to provide academics data to study disinformation, but their foot-dragging has endangered the whole project Cory Doctorow

Business China tech firms shape new facial recognition and surveillance standards at UN: Report Xeni Jardin

deepfakes 'Deepfake face swap' app ZAO is making people afraid of the future Xeni Jardin

christ what an asshole Pressed about Amazon deforestation, Bolsonaro proposes only shitting on alternate days to remediate climate change Cory Doctorow

History Watch this marvelous animation that summarizes humanity in five minutes David Pescovitz

happy mutants Optician Sans: a font based on eye-charts Cory Doctorow

Science How to tell if a comatose patient is actually conscious David Pescovitz

scholarship Puerto Rico's Hurricane Maria death toll is 70 times higher than the official count Cory Doctorow

History Ancient bad ass had knife for a hand Séamus Bellamy