star wars "To Boldly Go With The Force", Mindy Clegg's essay on the politics of popular sci-fi Ken Snider

Tom the Dancing Bug A Calvinesque and Hobbesian look at Antifa Ruben Bolling

Gadgets Your face mask is you so it better say something and maybe these 20 masks will speak to (and for) you Boing Boing's Shop

Gadgets Have some fun with these attention-grabbing face mask designs Boing Boing's Shop

horses William Shatner wins a huge load of horse semen in his divorce settlement Thom Dunn

music Vaughan Oliver — graphic designer for 4AD, Cocteau Twins, Pixies — RIP David Pescovitz

unfortunate events Christian influencer couple asks for prayers from global church to resurrect young daughter who died Mark Frauenfelder

happy mutants On Fire: Naomi Klein's book is a time-series of the shift from climate denial to nihilism to Green New Deal hope Cory Doctorow

science fiction Watch this strange laundry detergent commercial parodying Star Trek (1969) David Pescovitz

happy mutants A massive victory for fair use in the longrunning Dr Seuss vs Star Trek parody lawsuit Cory Doctorow

News Chicago Police seek surveillance cams to ID attackers, 'MAGA' claims were true Xeni Jardin

politics Sheryl Sandberg ordered Facebook staff to investigate George Soros after he gave THIS speech (READ IT) Xeni Jardin

authoritarianism Bernie Sanders on fighting global authoritarianism Cory Doctorow

Food Super, super, super-size me: a 2142 calorie meal Thersa Matsuura

booze To boldly drink and regret the night before: there's Star Trek vodka to be had Seamus Bellamy

etiquette Japanese man who left for lunch break 3 minutes early is shamed, forced to apologize on television Carla Sinclair

trump 10 things you can do to help the immigrant children and families in Trump's Camps. ? Xeni Jardin

fake news Tom Cruise’s healing touch, Nazi Roseanne, and Vanna White’s hooker scandal, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

drugs Support the Terence McKenna archives! David Pescovitz

meritocracy in action Rich Koch Brothers heir boldly makes shirts Mark Frauenfelder