Boing Boing Gadgets A new IoT botnet called Reaper could be far more virulent than Mirai Cory Doctorow

christian nationalism 180 religions dropped from Pentagon's approved list of faiths Séamus Bellamy

china China is using recruitment sites to buy top secret information Séamus Bellamy

History The Army told Hershey to make a chocolate bar that tasted bad Ellsworth Toohey

History A stolen slice of watermelon sparked a deadly 1856 riot in Panama Ellsworth Toohey

books New biography captures Doonesbury's 50-year sweep of American life Ruben Bolling

bad idea Starbucks Korea chose "Tank Day" for the anniversary of a massacre Jason Weisberger

politics Starbucks Korea chief apologizes for massacre-themed marketing promotion Rob Beschizza

china China secretly trained Russian troops, and some have since fought in Ukraine Séamus Bellamy

The Bird Greenlanders offer Trump envoy the universally understood finger gesture for "no to annexation" Jason Weisberger

History Opening 80-year-Old WWII US Army C-Ration can with original chocolate, coffee, biscuits, and jam inside Popkin

star wars Cardboard Wars is a loving parody of Star Wars all in cardboard Gail Sherman

Sober DUI Another Tennessee "DUI" case with no alcohol ends in lawsuit Jason Weisberger

Grandpa Pudding Brains' "almost over" war now on week six Jason Weisberger

travel Europe could run out of jet fuel in six weeks Séamus Bellamy

politics France to replace Windows with Linux as wariness of U.S. grows Rob Beschizza

trump The White House may be hiding how many Americans have died in Iran Séamus Bellamy

war U.S. hiding troops in hotels to dodge missiles may be a war crime Jason Weisberger

trump Gas hits $4 a gallon Rob Beschizza

boom Booby-trapped insoles turn Russian supply lines into a guessing game Jason Weisberger