lawful interception A finance industry group is pushing an intentionally broken cryptography "standard" called ETS Cory Doctorow

tools This $12 set of 45 screw-driving bits gets a lot of use Jason Weisberger

white supremacists The legal battle over those novelty Sea Monkeys and X-Ray Specs involves white supremacy and a 60s bondage film star Thom Dunn

COVID-19 COVID Safety Guidelines for Shared Workshops Gareth Branwyn

fantasy Watch this Tolkien expert's master class on every race in Middle Earth Andrea James

science fiction Philip K. Dick: "If You Find This World Bad, You Should See Some of the Others" David Pescovitz

art How a Black woman turned quilting into a surprisingly radical art form Thom Dunn

Games Review / Among Trees Rob Beschizza

Gadgets This speed reading and memory training bundle will help you hotwire your brain for max efficiency Boing Boing's Shop

Gadgets The Allbaro Air takes a new approach to fixing your bad posture and it doesn’t feel like a straitjacket Boing Boing's Shop

COVID-19 Pro-Trump activist kicked off plane for refusing to wear a mask Mark Frauenfelder

Gadgets You can get 5 of these best selling apps for over 90% off their regular price Boing Boing's Shop

Space Enjoy watching the NASA astronauts spacewalk Xeni Jardin

politics Trump administration sues John Bolton to block publication of new book that claims presidential misconduct Xeni Jardin

drugs Today is the 50th anniversary of Dock Ellis's legendary baseball no-hitter on LSD Thom Dunn

Gadgets More than a flashlight, this gadget packs a fully-loaded tool box Boing Boing's Shop

Gadgets Train your brain to solve problems & make better decisions with these courses Boing Boing's Shop

black lives matter A US cop made an Irish "Blue Lives Matter" shirt that accidentally said "Black Lives Matter" Thom Dunn

Gadgets iPad looks great in an SE/30 case Rob Beschizza

music Impressive four minute mash-up of 50 music videos from 1988 David Pescovitz