punk A look back at The Hags, a 1980s all-girl skate gang Andrea James

architecture 100 of the coolest buildings in Los Angeles Andrea James

facebook Patagonia joins advertising boycott against Facebook Mark Frauenfelder

Gadgets Decompress with the world’s first drop-in meditation studio Boing Boing's Shop

art Art in the age of artifice Ferdinando Buscema

art Jeff Koons stainless steel rabbit for sale David Pescovitz

Technology "I am an Uber employee and I support the drivers’ strikes." Xeni Jardin

security A leaky database of SMS messages is a reminder that SMS is really, really insecure Cory Doctorow

News TSA + CBP test new facial recognition tech & computed tomography scanners at LAX Xeni Jardin

germany Experience real Austrian Krampuslaufs this winter in a tour hosted by Al Ridenour Rusty Blazenhoff

Business New York Times profiles a sleazy Twitter follower-farm, the sleazy serial liar who made millions on it, and the celebs, politicians, sports figures and "influencers" who paid him Cory Doctorow

interviews Interview with Timothy Leary archivist Michael Horowitz Lisa Rein

los angeles Real-estate advertisement for a $100m house "Makes Me Want To Be A Socialist" Rob Beschizza

restaurants The "Pan Am Experience:" luxury dinner, circa 1970, served in a recreated 747 Mark Frauenfelder

Gadgets Boing Boing Gift Guide 2016 Gift Guide

happy mutants I have found a secret tunnel that runs underneath the phone companies and emerges in paradise Cory Doctorow

True Crime The 10 most unsolvable unsolved disappearances James Renner

christmas Babes in Toyland's Maureen Herman's most memorable Christmases Maureen Herman

Reviews Krampus trashes the horror potential of traditional mythology in a film that's neither funny nor scary Al Ridenour