revolutions The concepts of freedom, liberty, and equality were developed by enslaved people and women, not the elite Elías Villoro

video games "Tonight We Riot" is a brutal 8-bit side scroller about worker liberation Thom Dunn

books OCTOBER: China Mieville's novelistic history of the Russian revolution Cory Doctorow

futurism A futurist looks to the past to understand the present "Gutenberg Moment" David Pescovitz

palestine Ben & Jerry's co-founder seeks public input on new watermelon ice cream flavor that calls for "a permanent peace in Palestine" Jennifer Sandlin

politics Cassian Andor was inspired by Joseph Stalin Rob Beschizza

News Victorian Crank Machine: a soul-crushing gadget designed to break prison inmates Mister Dobo

Comics Scissor Sisters' BabyDaddy has a new cyberpunk comic book, and it's great Thom Dunn

pigs George Orwell on the real meaning of Animal Farm: get rid of the pigs Thom Dunn

music The ongoing legacies of The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy Elías Villoro

History Time-lapse map of the colonization (and decolonization) of Africa Elías Villoro

Reviews This is not a review of "BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths" Elías Villoro

music Video: Rick Astley shops for records by Foo Fighters, Bauhaus, Genesis, and Frank Sinatra David Pescovitz

skating Here's why spinning ice skaters don't get dizzy David Pescovitz

Boing Boing Gadgets Check out 9 new deals on vacuums that are right on time for Spring Cleaning Boing Boing's Shop

trumpism How America could fall like Rome Gareth Branwyn

baltimore orioles "Floating" knuckleball tracked on video Kevin Reome

music Watch this Prince & The Revolution smoking live concert from 1985 David Pescovitz

putin Putin just demonstrated how a leader can constitutionally lock himself into power forever Thom Dunn

Business Why I won't buy an Ipad: ten years later Cory Doctorow