social media New research on how to build better digital spaces Thom Dunn

online communities Envision the future of digital public spaces at the inaugural New Public Festival, January 12-14 Thom Dunn

writing Join Thom Dunn and "Nobody People" author Bob Proehl for an online convo about writing, whiskey, and X-Men Thom Dunn

teens In sweet film "Toni with an i," a teen nerd is a secret YouTube star Andrea James

COVID-19 Gathering online like it's 1999 Gareth Branwyn

offworld Reddit's hot 'button' game is practically religious Leigh Alexander

Boing Boing Gadgets This cybersecurity course library includes over 90 classes for $50 Boing Boing's Shop

cute Enclose.horse is a daily puzzle game about keeping a tiny horse penned in Gail Sherman

Business Fantasy book community Tome shuts down Rob Beschizza

portland XOXO festival archived online Rob Beschizza

censorship Tennessee librarian fired after refusing to move books that "promote gender confusion" Rob Beschizza

crime TikTok psychic must pay $10m to professor she falsely claimed was Idaho killer Rob Beschizza

SWATTED ME FOR SCIENCE Irvine teen's home science lab raided by the FBI Jason Weisberger

law Beaver-branded Buc-ee's targets cartoon animal logos in lawsuit spree Rob Beschizza

art The author of the world's strangest book says a stray cat wrote it Ellsworth Toohey

privacy EFF tells Big Tech to stop helping DHS unmask ICE critics Ellsworth Toohey

politics Watch Puerto Rican Sign Language interpreter Celimar Rivera Cosme absolutely crush it at the Bad Bunny Super Bowl halftime show Jennifer Sandlin

mistakes HOA orders removal of emergency generator during ice storm blackout because it isn't "aesthetic" Rob Beschizza

anti-semitism Fire deliberately set at Mississippi synagogue Jason Weisberger