Games "Subway Poker" — a commuter game that turns random passengers into playing cards Ellsworth Toohey

climate change Survey finds big cities slowly sinking into ground Rob Beschizza

gadgets San Francisco metro says goodbye to 5.25" floppies Rob Beschizza

russia Tucker Carlson says Russia is a great country because a communist-era subway station in Moscow has a chandelier Mark Frauenfelder

nyc New York City will begin charging up to $23 to drive a car in lower Manhattan, trucks up to $82 Mark Frauenfelder

DRONES Arms manufacturer sponsors new opera about the horrors of drone warfare at the Kennedy Center Thom Dunn

Internet Sunken Roman city ruins finally get an internet connection Thom Dunn

youtube Progressive Insurance won't insure easily-stolen Kia and Hyundai cars in Colorado Andrew Yi

tabloids Queen "skin & bones" and Michelle Obama "running for President" in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

birds Astonishing video of entire flock of birds mysteriously dropping from the sky David Pescovitz

schools MA Governor calls in the National Guard to drive students to school Thom Dunn

Boing Boing Gadgets Spending Valentine's Day at home this year? Get inspired by these 20 deals Boing Boing's Shop

gaslighting More than 60 people shared their accounts of Warren Ellis. Their next steps are worth your time. Thom Dunn

Comics Women speak out about Warren Ellis Rob Beschizza

Technology Delivery drones could hitch rides on public buses David Pescovitz

politics Andrew Cuomo's naked hostility drives out MTA president Andy Byford, the "Train Daddy" who has transformed the world's rail systems Cory Doctorow

health American health care's life-destroying "surprise bills" are the fault of local, private-equity monopolies Cory Doctorow

books Permanent Record: Edward Snowden and the making of a whistleblower Cory Doctorow

corruption Detroit's police commissioner arrested at commissioners' meeting for demanding answers about secret meetings where facial recognition was planned Cory Doctorow

scholarship Subway tunnel heat-exchangers could heat and cool thousands of nearby apartments Cory Doctorow