language Poll warns "Colder Than A Witch's T!t" and other phrases in danger of dying out Thom Dunn

plagiarism Academic paper on language colonization turns out to have stolen its language Thom Dunn

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Business SON OF COCKY: a writer is trying to trademark "DRAGON SLAYER" for fantasy novels Cory Doctorow

law Sabzi: Cornwall deli trademarked the Hindi word for "vegetables" then threatened cookbook author Rob Beschizza

AI Albania appoints AI official to fight government corruption Séamus Bellamy

politics White House vindictively yanks the WSJ from the Press Pool Jason Weisberger

politics Musk's Social Security plan is "profoundly stupid and will definitely fail" says expert Ellsworth Toohey

Cryptozoology Burning Man's 2023 Black Rock City street names inspired by cryptozoology Jennifer Sandlin

fantasy A free short story about Irish history to read while you're quarantined over St. Patrick's Day Thom Dunn

infosec This Welsh password generator might keep you safe from hackers, but definitely from dragons Thom Dunn

propaganda Scandals hit US Agency for Global Media which runs VOA, Radio Martí, TV Martí Xeni Jardin

Twitter and Facebook kill Iran disinformation accounts targeting Americans Xeni Jardin

politics WATCH: Trump claims 'coup' against him led by Mueller, 'I didn't need a gun' to defeat 'attempted overthrow' Xeni Jardin

gop More Americans get the vote today than on any day since sufferage Cory Doctorow

Boing Boing Gadgets 5 new skills for 2018 you can start learning today Boing Boing's Shop

corruption A million anti-Net Neutrality comments reportedly fake Gareth Branwyn

finance Wells Fargo also gouged small businesses on credit-card fees Cory Doctorow

robots Robots and humans, working together in harmony? David Pescovitz

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