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

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

colonialism Inside the effort to save an indigenous Pacific Island language that the US tried to destroy Thom Dunn

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

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

happy mutants Soupy Leaves Home: a masterpiece of YA graphic storytelling, about hobos on the open road Cory Doctorow

News Trump and Mexico president Peña Nieto talk about a wall, but not about who pays Xeni Jardin

novels Ultra-coordinated motherfuckery Marcus Sakey

Games Sony filed a trademark application for "Let's Play" Cory Doctorow

Japan 15 things I love about Tokyo DisneySea Richard Kaufman