law New Zealand bans most offshore residential real-estate ownership Cory Doctorow

Internet The new rise and fall of .TK domain names Thom Dunn

names Man denied passport because of his naughty name David Pescovitz

bugs Spotted Lanternflies invade Illinois Rob Beschizza

trump Trump to trade MAGA hat for le béret  Jason Weisberger

cutlassfish These ribbonfish look like liquid mercury Jennifer Sandlin

music Spoken word artist Saul Williams released the EP "Not in My Name" two decades ago Elías Villoro

cats Viral 'CatVana' looks like Carvana but is for adopting rescue cats Rusty Blazenhoff

music Is "Come Out, Ye Black & Tans" just the 1920 version of "Fuck The Police?" Thom Dunn

health City ends mask mandate and $1,000 fines…. 959 days later David Pescovitz

streamers Netflix starts cutting prices Jason Weisberger

deaths Shoichiro Toyoda, who made Toyota a global automaker, dead at 97 Rob Beschizza

solar power What it's like to go off-grid in Manhattan Mark Frauenfelder

video games Square Enix Doubles Down on NFTs and blockchain games Grant St. Clair

Boing Boing Gadgets Get nearly half off this refurbished Lenovo Chromebook, now under $150 Boing Boing's Shop

Food The weird and wonderful Kit Kat flavors you never knew existed Grant St. Clair

scams Pearl parties: The multi-level marketing scam that just won't die Jennifer Sandlin

Twitter devolution "Verified Blue" Twitter accounts promote right-wing politics, cryptocurrency, and porn Jennifer Sandlin

trailers This trailer for the Afro Samurai director's cut is beautiful Devin Nealy

fast fashion Ultra-fast fashion company Shein is 'even worse than you thought' Jennifer Sandlin