corruption A detailed look at how US police forces collude with spy agencies to cover up the origin of evidence in criminal cases Cory Doctorow

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law Cleveland cops ruin murder case by using AI to get search warrant Rob Beschizza

Science Insurance companies already refusing coverage on basis of genetic risk Rob Beschizza

books Tears of the Trufflepig is a head-shakingly brilliant novel about contraband animals, Mexico and a labyrinthine conspiracy Elías Villoro

inventions I searched Google Patents for the toilet paper patent Jennifer Sandlin

law Police claim to have identified drug dealer's fingerprints from photo showing his fingers Rob Beschizza

astronomy An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe, from 1750 Thom Dunn

net neutrality America is not "polarized": it's a land where a small minority tyrannize the supermajority Cory Doctorow

religion Interview: Dr. Karl E H Seigfried talks Ásatrú, Heathenry and beards Séamus Bellamy

eff Geek Squad's secret spying on behalf of the FBI went on for a decade and involved constant, ongoing collaboration Cory Doctorow

surveillance Case study of LAPD and Palantir's predictive policing tool: same corruption; new, empirical respectability Cory Doctorow

printers Reality Winner was outed by invisible dot patterns added by printers (among other things) Rob Beschizza

Boing Boing Gadgets A piece of cardboard, the G-BOOM, and some parachute pants are all you need… Boing Boing's Shop

Boing Boing Gadgets Raspberry Pi 3 can do crazy things – learn some of them here Boing Boing's Shop

Business AT&T developed a "product" for spying on all its customers and made millions selling it to warrantless cops Cory Doctorow

Business Monopoly power and the decline of small business: big business vs democracy, growth & equality Cory Doctorow

art The story of Traceroute, about a Leitnerd's quest Thomas Kaestle

picks All aboard the railroad at Tokyo Disneyland! Richard Kaufman