fraud Minnesota Attorney General's suit catalogs the many lies of Comcast Cory Doctorow

telcoms Comcast's $1.2b/year modem-rental scam picks your pocket, then exposes you to hackers, stalkers and identity thieves Cory Doctorow

amazon The Bezos biopic is as boring as the man who inspired it Greg Nussen

guns Gun manufacturer pitches the "JR-15", a rifle for kids styled on the AR-15 Thom Dunn

twitter Finally, something interesting came from the Twitter Files Thom Dunn

fireworks Fireworks wrapper combines gun worship, right-wing Christianity, American flags, and patriotism Jennifer Sandlin

Vintage Weird The Johnson Smith Novelty catalog offered 600 jam-packed pages of vintage weirdness Mark Frauenfelder

healthcare The worst thing about Theranos wasn't the hinky blood testing machines or the alleged fraud Rob Beschizza

mistakes Is this the worst dark ride in America? Rob Beschizza

Boing Boing Gadgets Fabric could hook you up with life insurance in just 10 minutes Boing Boing's Shop

Boing Boing Gadgets Fabric is making life insurance an easy win for new parents Boing Boing's Shop

Boing Boing Gadgets Amplify your generosity when you give these brilliant charity watches as a holiday gift Boing Boing's Shop

petition Taco Bell fans fight to save menu favorite Kevin Reome

prison reform Prison labor in Massachusetts is used to manufacture Blue Lives Matter merchandise Thom Dunn

facebook Patagonia joins advertising boycott against Facebook Mark Frauenfelder

UFOs Pentagon releases UFO footage Thom Dunn

movies Record week at the box office, and not in a good way Rob Beschizza

telcoms Ajit Pai promised that killing net neutrality would spur network investment, but instead Comcast cut spending by 10.5% Cory Doctorow

science fiction Welcome to 2020 and your annual State of the World discussion with Bruce Sterling, Jon Lebkowsky and The WELL Cory Doctorow

Journalism VICTORY! New Free File rules ban tax-prep firms from hiding their offerings, allow IRS to compete with them (a love-letter to Propublica) Cory Doctorow