security Idiotic security mistakes in smart conferencing gear allows hackers to spy on board rooms, steal presentations Cory Doctorow

privacy A million passports leaked online by marijuana club portal Rob Beschizza

pets Pet microchip company went out of business and took your pet's info with it Gail Sherman

travel Stay the night (if you dare) at Lizzie Borden's haunted bed and breakfast Séamus Bellamy

healthcare England to make morning-after pill free of charge at pharmacies Rob Beschizza

gadgets New Kindle comes in "Matcha Green" Rob Beschizza

bizarre competitions Wolfing down scalding hot biscuits and other weird contests from 1897 Mark Frauenfelder

accidents Little boy accidentally smashes ancient pottery at museum Allan Rose Hill

scams $195m fine for sham insurance peddler Rob Beschizza

gop Revered far-right representative resigns amid drunken sex scandal with young aide Mark Frauenfelder

security theater America's secretive, 1,566,062-record No Fly List leaked and published Rob Beschizza

switzerland Sleepless in Switzerland: 'Zero star hotel' room is a real bummer Rusty Blazenhoff

insurance in america Geico must pay $5.2 million to a woman who caught HPV while having sex in an insured car Carla Sinclair

Positive Deviant I punked the Sotheby's Burning Man auction Rusty Blazenhoff

courts Your auto insurance will not cover you for spreading an STD while having sex in your car David Pescovitz

Boing Boing Gadgets Your home is your most valuable asset. Protect it with these 5 critical steps Boing Boing's Shop

transhumanism Freezing your body to be revived in the future was much harder during the pandemic David Pescovitz

haw haw haw The city of Fullerton had to pay $350,000 to two bloggers it had sued for "hacking" its Dropbox folder Mark Frauenfelder

germany Germany bans surgery on intersex infants Jess Sabine

akil of dreams Long shot Akil Baddoo does this with his first MLB pitch, his parents go wild Kevin Reome