california World's tallest man towers over shortest woman in California reunion (video) Mark Frauenfelder

world records Guinness World Records refuses to recognize youngster's record-breaking gymnastic hang Rob Beschizza

tiktok TikToker satirizes campus tour guides Annie Rauwerda

bar trick The twisted history of the cherry-stem tongue-tie trick Miss Cellania

surveillance Neighborhood associations are installing license plate readers to privately police who drives on their streets Thom Dunn

evangelicals Someone blew the whistle on Hookers for Jesus Thom Dunn

books Boing Boing's 28 favorite books in 2019 Rob Beschizza

Science The new £50 notes will feature Alan Turing (whilst HMG proposes bans on Turing complete computers AND working crypto) Cory Doctorow

Tom Petty New music video for Tom Petty's 'Gainesville,' nostalgic song left off of 1998 album Rusty Blazenhoff

class war Student debt crisis watch: pay $18,000 of your $24,000 loan, owe $24,000 Cory Doctorow

sexism Time Person of the Year: The Silence Breakers Rob Beschizza

security Ukraine is Russia's testbed for launching devastating cyberwar attacks with total impunity Cory Doctorow

corruption Reply All covers DRM and the W3C Cory Doctorow

media Mediabreaker: remix tool to foster the next generation of Jon Stewarts Emily Long

Self-Dissection: a conversation with satirical English author Will Self Mark Dery