language Poll warns "Colder Than A Witch's T!t" and other phrases in danger of dying out Thom Dunn

History Where does the phrase "dead as a doornail" come from? Rob Beschizza

animals Bring home the bagels, not the bacon: animal rights activists urge us to change idioms Allan Rose Hill

politics "I'm a black NAZI," among online writings of GOP governor candidate Mark Robinson. "I'd take Hitler [over] Washington right now!" Rob Beschizza

mistakes AI translation puts asylum seekers in jeopardy Ruben Bolling

censorship Indoctrination is nothing new in Florida's schools Elías Villoro

art Hanna-Barbera presents the Velvet Underground, and other bands drawn as fantastic cartoons and comics David Pescovitz

robots The MLB is testing out Robot Umpires to optimize baseball. Thom Dunn

black lives matter A US cop made an Irish "Blue Lives Matter" shirt that accidentally said "Black Lives Matter" Thom Dunn

happy mutants Bunnie Huang's classic "Essential Guide to Electronics in Shenzhen" is now free online Cory Doctorow

Boing Boing Gadgets Start speaking a new language faster with Babbel Boing Boing's Shop

Punny artwork makes idioms literal Caroline Siede

text The Idiomatic generates random idioms to annoy and confuse your friends Rob Beschizza

shakespeare You quote Shakespeare every day Rob Beschizza

books A Swedish doctor's collection of English anatomical idioms Cory Doctorow

Silkpunk – playing engineer in an imaginary world Ken Liu

Eat the Rude: Hannibal Lecter meets the 99% Mark Dery

guily pleasures Let's put the guilt back in guilty pleasures Mark Dery