Your tax dollars at work Two women issued the same Social Security Number, and the SSA won't help Mark Frauenfelder

encryption Signal's response to Homeland Security's grand jury subpoena for user data is basically "You get nothing. You lose. Good day, sir" Mark Frauenfelder

transportation The US Department of Transportation just put out its own Lo-Fi Chill Mix Thom Dunn

fbi After being investigated for his blog post, Cory Doctorow sent this FOIA request to the FBI Mark Frauenfelder

climate change The Pentagon wants to spend $100 billion on a new nuclear arsenal Thom Dunn

Your tax dollars at work Even the fireworks were corrupt at Trump's July 4th 'Salute to America' Xeni Jardin

Your tax dollars at work ICE and Florida Sheriff try their hardest to deport man born in Philadelphia Mark Frauenfelder

trump Trump won't stop tearing up official papers so the White House archives employ a staff to tape them back together for the National Archives Cory Doctorow

Business Trump's finance watchdog wants to make the taxpayer-funded database of crooked banks go dark Cory Doctorow

Foolishness Man arrested for not returning VHS rental 14 years later Mark Frauenfelder

healthcare The hidden truth about Medicaid: 64% of recipients are employed workers Maureen Herman

politics Millionaire JD Vance courageously volunteers your wallet for Trump's trade war Ellsworth Toohey

Science Guess what your tax dollars don't pay for? Astronaut overtime Ellsworth Toohey

finance Intuit tried to bully the Verge into editing a podcast about tax lobbying Thom Dunn

books Download this extension if you love books Gail Sherman

News Qantas coughs up $79M for selling tickets on already canceled flights Mark Frauenfelder

music The best federal agency just dropped the sickest mix tape of musical safety tips Thom Dunn

Boing Boing Gadgets Black Friday is here: Get a refurbished MacBook Air for just $400 Boing Boing's Shop

occult The Enduring Legacy of Parapsychologist J.B. Rhine Mitch Horowitz

climate change Oil company blames Captain Planet for climate change in recent court filing Thom Dunn