Copyfight ANSI board member thinks we should all pay for sex (and also pay to read the law) Cory Doctorow

Science Did you leave your hamster DNA on a train? David Pescovitz

education Man, 21, busted for posing as 14-year-old and enrolling in high school David Pescovitz

News SCOTUS rules Donald Trump financial records must be released to NY DA, but House won't get tax returns before election Xeni Jardin

models Artist creates cool models of postapocalyptic levitating homes Andrea James

television 'The Wonder Years' but with a Black family Rusty Blazenhoff

Gadgets This training package will have you using all of Microsoft Office like a boss Boing Boing's Shop

politics Kanye not actually running for president yet Rob Beschizza

caterpillars This caterpillar wears its old molted heads as hats Thom Dunn

sports Owen Morse sets hang gliding world record for piloting 222.22 miles over California's Owens Valley Xeni Jardin

animals Photo of a freaky human-sized bat David Pescovitz

racism Lawyer for gun-toting St. Louis couple describes his clients as "melanin-deficient human beings" Thom Dunn

vehicles UK to allow electric scooters on roads, but only if you rent one Rob Beschizza

tabloids Hollywood hypocrites tearing America apart and rioters battling to destroy the United States, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

language "Master bedroom" and "Master bath" won't be used in Houston's real estate listings anymore David Pescovitz

jeffrey epstein The "Jeffrey Epstein's Financial Assistant Scheme" is a 2020 twist on the classic Nigerian Prince Scam Thom Dunn

covid 39,327 new Covid cases on America's worst day yet for new infections Rob Beschizza

thailand Macaques have colonized a city in Thailand and converted a movie theatre into a cemetery Thom Dunn

coronavirus Today Arizona reports its highest Covid daily death toll, and it's not even noon yet Carla Sinclair

COVID-19 The European Union may not admit Americans once their borders reopen Seamus Bellamy