books In an age of disappearing prison libraries, jail profiteers provide "free" crapgadget tablets that charge prisoners by the minute to read Project Gutenberg ebooks Cory Doctorow

politics Thanks, Donald! Tourist travel to the US falls off a cliff Jason Weisberger

#AbolishICE Flight attendants snitch on ICE flights Séamus Bellamy

books McAtlas documents, analyzes, and celebrates the international multiformity of McDonald's Ruben Bolling

Games Honda made a Pokemon motorcycle Rob Beschizza

outbreaks Unknown disease spreads to 1,000 people, killing 60 so far in DRC — death 48 hours after symptoms Carla Sinclair

Technology North Korea just yoinked $1.5 billion from crypto bros to fund more missiles Ellsworth Toohey

Science 3D-printed harness fixes sea turtle's "bubble butt" Gail Sherman

dinosaurs Fossilized dinosaur poop reveals their dietary secrets Rob Beschizza

podcasts How the "Death of Superman" comics explain the modern Democratic Party Thom Dunn

Science RFK Jr. chummy with sexual predators, other criminals Jason Weisberger

politics Team Trump is anti-vax and it'll kill people Jason Weisberger

Boing Boing Gadgets Let this content-finding service find you a new show Boing Boing's Shop

NASA Ceres may be an "ocean world" only 18 months from home Rob Beschizza

politics Election board: sheriff who threatened Kamala Harris supporters won't provide election security Rob Beschizza

graphic novels Graphic novel adaptation of Thomas Piketty's "Capital & Ideology" Thom Dunn

gadgets The beautiful bland ThinkPad reigns supreme in business after 35 years Rob Beschizza

Technology Japan says goodbye to floppy disks in official use Rob Beschizza

AI Google's AI search summaries use 10x more energy than just doing a normal Google search Thom Dunn

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