housing New Las Vegas housing development names streets after Pokémon Thom Dunn

immigration The incredibly charming story of Dublin's Chinese street names Thom Dunn

protests Protestors use facial recognition to ID cops with hidden badges Gareth Branwyn

automotive Inventive students detach IoT car-immobilizers, use their SIMs to power free wifi hotspots Cory Doctorow

china As police scrutiny tightens, Hong Kongers use Tinder and Pokemon Go to organize protests Cory Doctorow

china How China ingests and adapts western culture Cory Doctorow

makers Homeless people in San Francisco are hotwiring electric scooters Cory Doctorow

Boing Boing Gadgets Prison inmates built working PCs out of ewaste, networked them, and hid them in a closet ceiling Cory Doctorow

china Ikea Shanghai to elderly, lonely Chinese people: buy something or get out Cory Doctorow

seattle This is what happens when you leave a stripper pole on a busy sidewalk (video) David Pescovitz

artists Flea Market Follies: Hunting for Kitsch with Mitch O'Connell Lee Keeler

Funny Man uses frozen pants to claim parking spots David Pescovitz

chaos theory The adventure app Randonautica has led users to dead bodies, haunted houses, and other bizarre destinations Maddie Lee

science fiction A new blog post series exploring the history and import of cyberpunk launches on Adafruit Gareth Branwyn

dupe Pittsburgh's tradition of claiming a public parking space by putting a chair in it David Pescovitz

guns Gun Violence Isn't a Problem — it's actually 5 Problems, with Different Solutions Thom Dunn

DRONES Protestors use laser pointers to bring down police drone David Pescovitz

happy mutants Medallion Status: comparison is the thief of joy, and John Hodgman is the thief-taker Cory Doctorow

photography A modern mudlarker finds treasures washed up on the River Thames banks David Pescovitz

law Court orders carriers to remotely brick phones that have been smuggled into prisons Cory Doctorow