News Victorian Crank Machine: a soul-crushing gadget designed to break prison inmates Mister Dobo

thailand Costco pulls coconut milk after report on forced monkey labor Kevin Reome

Business When contracting with Chinese manufacturers, it's very hard to avoid forced labor Cory Doctorow

gop Colorado Senate Republicans introduce legislation to fire, imprison striking teachers Cory Doctorow

movies Folk horror vibes in 28 Years Later trailer Rob Beschizza

politics Employers can't require workers to attend 'captive audience' anti-union meetings Rob Beschizza

animals Dozens of monkeys escaped South Carolina research facility, residents told to lock doors and windows Allan Rose Hill

AI I interviewed the AI ghost of a famous dead porn star Thom Dunn

media Internet Archive back in action Rob Beschizza

Science Here's why bug sprays are no threat to the cockroaches invading your kitchen Allan Rose Hill

batman A radical unlicensed queer comic book movie returns to theaters Thom Dunn

gender The weirdly conservative story of a famous American drag artist from the 1910s Thom Dunn

writing Stephen King's shameless self-promotion on NY Times' "best books" list amuses and outrages Natalie Dressed

china Milwaukee Tool company sued over Chinese prisoners allegedly making its branded gloves Rob Beschizza

America Send your 5-year-old to Chick-fil-A summer camp to learn how to "take a guest order" and "box" their "own nuggets" Jennifer Sandlin

science fiction "Big Germs" — short fiction by Rudy Rucker Boing Boing

Spirit AeroSystems A 2nd Boeing whistleblower "coincidentally" dies — just weeks after 1st Boeing whistleblower died Carla Sinclair

child exploitation Influencer parents are exploiting their children for fame and money: It's time to enforce The Coogan Act Yoy Luadha

twitter Elon Musk to his sycophant pet journalist Matt Taibbi: "You are dead to me" Mark Frauenfelder

north korea North Korea sentences two teens to 12 years of hard labor for watching K-Dramas (video) Mark Frauenfelder