BBC Documentary How England's most famous steeplejack brought down a chimney without a single explosive (video) Mark Frauenfelder

politics Technology's "culture of compliance" must be beaten back in the name of justice Cory Doctorow

politics Clueless graduation speaker astonished to find that media students hate AI Rob Beschizza

History An 1875 coffin for Little Joe, the canary who saved a mine crew Popkin

America's anti-litter campaign was corporate PR in a recycling costume Jason Weisberger

Boing Boing Gadgets Get the benefits of AI without the training — now for almost 90% off Boing Boing's Shop

france I didn't know I needed quite this much ironic French retrofuturism Rob Beschizza

food science Food historian reveals how salt transformed civilizations and sparked Gandhi's rebellion Ellsworth Toohey

health Celebrities discover pushing on face makes it less puffy, pay $500 for "lymphatic drainage specialists" to do it Ellsworth Toohey

music Cyberculture pioneer RU Sirius's new album of "rhymes against reality" David Pescovitz

animation Avatar: The Last Airbender is finally getting a new animated series Grant St. Clair

pittsburgh The death stairs of Pittsburgh Rob Beschizza

electricity UK ends coal power generation today after 142 years Rob Beschizza

gadgets Zilog to stop making classic Z80 8-bit CPU after 50 years Rob Beschizza

Blood in the Machine: the real story of the Luddites Yoy Luadha

art Visit automata around the world Popkin

capitalism "Wastiary: A Bestiary of Waste" is a free ebook of critical essays and artwork about capitalism and consumerism Jennifer Sandlin

Boing Boing Gadgets This robotic arm could lend you a hand with AI (literally) Boing Boing's Shop

Science The Anthropocene Working Group has chosen Crawford Lake as a "golden spike" that can help scientists understand this new geological epoch Jennifer Sandlin

music The ongoing legacies of The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy Elías Villoro