howto Unhealthy coping mechanisms Jason Weisberger

aviation Pilots over LAX report "a guy in a jetpack" flying beside them David Pescovitz

Gadgets This meditation cushion is the right way to find your zen and feel comfortable doing it Boing Boing's Shop

oregon First-ever virtual Oregon Country Fair is happening this weekend Rusty Blazenhoff

tabloids Jeffrey Epstein’s prison confession, the world’s most dangerous woman, and the end of the world, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

fireworks Government safety video reminds us that fireworks are no joke Rusty Blazenhoff

facebook In a panic over fleeing advertisers, Facebook launches PR blitz to announce it is "a mirror to society" Mark Frauenfelder

#deletefacebook How Ben Shapiro exploits Facebook's networks of "racial bias, religious bigotry, and violence" to reach a huge audience Mark Frauenfelder

photographs The chemist who made big bucks hoaxing ghost photos David Pescovitz

politics AOC trounces Wall Street-backed primary challenger Rob Beschizza

dogs Puppy enjoys skritches Xeni Jardin

Killers hunt Prince Andrew, Brad Pitt’s secret daughter, and George Clooney’s plastic surgery shocker, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Gadgets Arcadia could help you save on your monthly power bill, while doing good for the planet Boing Boing's Shop

protests Black protestor tells two white women to stop tagging Starbucks with BLM Mark Frauenfelder

Talking comics with One Man War on Terror cartoonist Benjamin Marra Jeffery Klaehn

useful stuff This is the Cadillac of cat litter scoops Mark Frauenfelder

Islands Enjoy this weird newsletter/blog about all the exotic Pacific islands you will never visit. Mark Frauenfelder

starbucks Starbucks says "it will thrive" right before telling landlords they must lower the rent Carla Sinclair

Cartoonists Cartoonist Richard Sala (1955 – 2020) Mark Frauenfelder

gardening Queen's Brian May literally rocked his own ass off in his garden Thom Dunn