santa claus USPS Operation Santa program lets people respond to kids' Santa letters with gifts Rusty Blazenhoff
surveillance USPS nearly always lets law enforcement spy on Americans' mail without warrant Natalie Dressed
kite surfing Stranded kite surfer rescued thanks to HELP message spotted from the air Allan Rose Hill
laugh so you won't cry Comic creates comedy gold, drawing on his experiences teaching elementary school Jennifer Sandlin
christmas National Geographic's 45-minute aerial tour of Christmas in Europe is pure holiday magic Rusty Blazenhoff
Boing Boing Gadgets A deal to be thankful for: Get a refurbished MacBook Pro and Microsoft Office for $450 Boing Boing's Shop
Righting Wrongs Details around the return of beachfront property wrongfully stripped from a black family 100 years ago Jason Weisberger
surveillance Multiple Amazon employees have been fired for spying on Ring owners' cameras Cory Doctorow
corporate bullies Caterpillar Inc. sends cease and desist to Cat and Cloud Coffee shop Mark Frauenfelder
sourpuss neighbors A woman's Christmas dragons on her lawn were called "demonic" by a neighbor, so she added more Carla Sinclair
censorship 70 of the world's leading human rights groups ask Mark Zuckerberg to create due process for censored content Cory Doctorow
education UC Santa Cruz asks professors to rent their spare rooms to students who couldn't get housing guarantees Cory Doctorow