false alarms Man stands with evacuees during bomb scare, unaware it's his own DIY gizmo causing the threat Carla Sinclair

extreme measures Jealous flight attendant calls in bomb threat to stop her ex from flying with another gal Carla Sinclair

false alarms Relatives mourning a dead woman for 5 hours suddenly hear a knock — from inside the coffin Carla Sinclair

good samaritans Watch: Rescuers paddle out to "body in the water" — turns out to be a man relaxing Carla Sinclair

false alarms Trump admits his "National Emergency" isn't really an emergency Carla Sinclair

police Police: screams of "Why don't you die?" and a crying toddler weren't what they seemed David Pescovitz

Oops "Terrified" hikers rescued from Scotland's 2nd highest mountain — hours after turning rescuers away Carla Sinclair

Comic Books "Alter Ego" is a great new crime novel about IP, AI, and comic book industry con artists Thom Dunn

toilets Town to install public toilets with anti-sex systems David Pescovitz

us news Are you in a school shooting right now? There's an app for that Xeni Jardin

security Your kid's "smart watch" lets anyone in the world trace their location. Again. Cory Doctorow

youtube Google and YouTube executives ignored warnings on toxic video content, now we're all paying the price Xeni Jardin

surveillance Credit card activity as a predictor of mass shootings Cory Doctorow

videos Sacha Baron Cohen confronts Roy Moore with a beeping "pedophile detector" Cory Doctorow

podcasts Is progress inevitable? David McRaney

surveillance West coast jurisdictions advance community oversight of police surveillance Shahid Buttar

Boing Boing Gadgets Spy on your pets so hackers can spy on you! Boing Boing's Shop

corruption If the 2016 election is hacked, it's because no one listened to these people Cory Doctorow

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