Food Bill Burr makes pie crust and shames you for your poor life choices Xeni Jardin

COVID-19 Celebrating the mad genius of music producer Hal Willner, who has died, likely of COVID-19 Gareth Branwyn

coronavirus Here are the 5 kinds of pandemic villains who are making things worse for the rest of us Mark Frauenfelder

thanksgiving A Thanksgiving prayer from William S. Burroughs David Pescovitz

tabloids LBJ killed JFK, the Queen’s secret lover & Julia Roberts’ divorce, in this week’s highly dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

florida Student body president at University of Florida is facing impeachment proceedings over payments to Donald Trump Jr Thom Dunn

corruption 1 in 14 Trump appointees is a former lobbyist, four times the rate under Obama Cory Doctorow

music When William S. Burroughs met Bob Dylan David Pescovitz

happy mutants Photographing computers to show the art inside the black box Cory Doctorow

poetry A Thanksgiving prayer from William S. Burroughs David Pescovitz

law New Zealand bans most offshore residential real-estate ownership Cory Doctorow

dinosaurs 10 things you’ll be surprised to learn about dinosaurs Mark Frauenfelder

Business The US gave its client states hundreds of millions for anti-terrorism, then crooked UK military contractors ripped it all off Cory Doctorow

Funny Clinically pleasant Invisalign ad dubbed with Bill Burr's ambivalent remarks about having to wear one Rob Beschizza

fake news Clintons confess, Obama to blame, and Trump triumphs in this week’s tabloids Peter Sheridan

obstruction of justice Jeff Sessions, Mitch McConnell, 40+ others in GOP Congress think obstruction of justice should get a President removed Carla Sinclair

Gadgets Boing Boing Gift Guide 2017 Gift Guide

America William S. Burroughs: "A Thanksgiving Prayer" (1986) David Pescovitz

trumpism Republican lawmakers double-down on legalizing the vehicular murder of protesters Cory Doctorow

poetry Hawk Moon: Sam Shepard’s Forgotten First Book Mark Dery