Cory Doctorow 19 hours ago
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The Stingray -- a fake cellphone tower that gathers identity/location information on everyone who passes it -- is the worst-kept secret in law enforcement, but that doesn't stop feds from going to absurd lengths to pretend they don't use them.
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Cory Doctorow 22 hours ago
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Craig Patty asked his employee Lawrence Chapa to help take one of his two trucks to the garage, not realizing that Chapa was a DEA undercover planning to fill the truck with weed, which ended in a firefight with a Los Zetas hit squad that killed the driver, who was a DEA informant.
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Xeni Jardin 24 hours ago
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Each of these photos could be captioned as follows: “Oh, hello. I see that you have [food name]. I, too, like [food name].”
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Mark Frauenfelder 1 day ago
- The problem with using my iPhone as a flashlight is that I can't fit it in my mouth when I need both hands free.
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Cory Doctorow 1 day ago
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Mallory Ortberg on The Toast: 10. "I used to like your work, but I don't now. Have you considered doing the things I like again?" (via Kottke)
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Cory Doctorow 1 day ago
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Bill Shunn writes, "The second and concluding part of my science fiction novelette 'Our Dependency on Foreign Keys' is available now at the online magazine Across the Margin (part one).
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Cory Doctorow 2 days ago
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A wrenching and beautifully argued essay by Virginia Eubanks describes the inevitable consequences of letting secret, unaccountable algorithms decide who is eligible for welfare.
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Cory Doctorow 2 days ago
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Put the word "only" between any two words of this sentence: "She told him that she loved him."
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Cory Doctorow 2 days ago
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Brilliant SF writer and hilarity merchant Ellen Klages writes, "Last year, I told the story of my father's scary ham.
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David Pescovitz 2 days ago
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Ben E. King, solo artist and leader of the Drifters, died yesterday. He was 76.
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Xeni Jardin 2 days ago
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Electric car maker Tesla Motors is introducing battery systems for homeowners, businesses and utilities.
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Mark Frauenfelder 2 days ago
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Debbie Harry in her best outfit ever sings Blondie's worst song ever* and sneaks in an anti nuke message at the 2:23 mark.
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David Pescovitz 2 days ago
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Russell Stansfield of Manchester, England, who was busted stealing coins from a parking meter and admitted to similar previous offenses, is now legally banned from vending machines.
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Xeni Jardin 2 days ago
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The “entity” was maneuvering a Kia Spectra last February. “The rearview mirror, I think, has a reptilian staring back at my camera as I take a pic from my car,” says the eyewitness.
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Mark Frauenfelder 2 days ago
- Most of keyword searches in Boing Boing's server logs are requests for pornography. Here's one that might not be, but we aren't sure.
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Rob Beschizza 2 days ago
- Not known for its rigorous enforcement of intellectual property rules, Russia is beefing up its efforts to tackle "internet piracy."
A law, first introduced in 2013 to target pirated movies and shows, is now being extended to "cover sites that share links to pirated music, books and software," reports the BBC.
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Rob Beschizza 2 days ago
- The music-sharing service is calling it quits. It apologized for how it did business and said the shutdown is part of a settlement with record companies.
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Rob Beschizza 2 days ago
- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control report that a woman in Liberia is suspected of having contracted Ebola through sexual intercourse.
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Cory Doctorow 2 days ago
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This fantastically executed supercut illustrates the verse-verse-chorus formality of movie trailers (especially action movies), which all appear to be describing the same movie.
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Xeni Jardin 2 days ago
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The Clippers were playing against the Spurs, with their season on the line. And Steve Ballmer was feeling all of the feels.
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Wink 2 days ago
- I’m quite happy eggs are back in style because they really are the perfect food. They are inexpensive, full of protein, sustainable and are the key ingredient in many wonderful dishes.
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