tories Margaret Thatcher sold off public housing to create "the dignity of ownership" and today 40% of that housing is owned by gouging landlords Cory Doctorow

Technology Germany told parents to destroy this talking doll Ellsworth Toohey

anime New documentary explores the astonishing legacy of manga pioneer Osamu Tezuka Gareth Branwyn

Litigation Enthusiast Elon Musk's legal problems have gone international, so naturally he's doing politics Jason Weisberger

retro Turn your Plex library into live cable with Bunny Ears TV Gail Sherman

politics The British government has kept a cat on the payroll since 1929 Ellsworth Toohey

Boing Boing Gadgets We found one lifetime license that can replace 27 subscriptions, and it's only $30 Boing Boing's Shop

humor PettyMillion lets you anonymously share your pettiest complaints Popkin

law Scotland abolished its 300-year-old 'not proven' verdict — the one Walter Scott called 'that bastard verdict' Ellsworth Toohey

Website hopes to log 1,000,000 complaints Rob Beschizza

LGBTQ Budapest enjoys first Pride march since Orbán voted out Rob Beschizza

trump FEMA official who teleported to Waffle House teleports out of agency Rob Beschizza

conservatives Judge orders Huntington Beach to add more democracy to its democracy Jason Weisberger

politics There is a real Swiss political party devoted to abolishing PowerPoint Ellsworth Toohey

History The turnspit dog was bred to run on a wheel and roast meat, then went extinct Ellsworth Toohey

politics Trump Arch in D.C. to be tremendously large and golden Rob Beschizza

Dementia Don Grandpa Pudding Brains set to invade Washington, D.C. Jason Weisberger

Republicans MAGA Mike is sneaking around your Social Security Jason Weisberger

Working with Anthropic's new model feels like being a patron, not a wizard Ellsworth Toohey

ambush that failed Nancy Pelosi has no time for Mike Lindell's hallway goblins Jason Weisberger