chocolate Hot chocolate! Cocoa prices hit all-time highs amid global supply shortages Mark Frauenfelder
lawsuits Chocolate factory fined $44,000 for not evacuating workers before gas explosion that killed 7 Rob Beschizza
mistakes were made Kids at camp given floor sealant instead of milk to drink, parents say it was a poor substitute Mark Frauenfelder
Boing Boing Gadgets These Ergopixel microphones can improve any podcast, stream, or Zoom meeting Boing Boing's Shop
zoom Zoom meetings are a poor substitute for in-person meetings and a worse one for phone calls Mark Frauenfelder
Boing Boing Gadgets Learning by doing is at the center of the coursework in the Interactive Learn to Code Bundle Boing Boing's Shop
late stage capitalism That billionaire who paid off a graduating class's student loans also supports the hedge-fundie's favorite tax loophole Cory Doctorow
california Good news: California ends cash bail! Bad news: It's been replaced with a black-box algorithm. Cory Doctorow
travel Review: Microsoft's Surface Go is almost everything I want in a travel computer Séamus Bellamy
happy mutants Garbage In, Garbage Out: machine learning has not repealed the iron law of computer science Cory Doctorow
uk MI5 warning: we're gathering more than we can analyse, and will miss terrorist attacks Cory Doctorow
Reviews Krampus trashes the horror potential of traditional mythology in a film that's neither funny nor scary Al Ridenour