A poorly organized refugee camp Fyre Festival founder blames everything but himself Jason Weisberger

News Social security for all — for now Maureen Herman

Business Microsoft is about to shut off its ebook DRM servers: "The books will stop working" Cory Doctorow

Copyfight How #Article13 is like the Inquisition: John Milton Against the EU #CopyrightDirective Ada Palmer

net neutrality House Republicans propose poisoning Net Neutrality bill with Article-13-like liability Cory Doctorow

copyright Metal band Arch Enemy bans concert photographer after he complains their fashion designer swiped a shot Rob Beschizza

Technology Trump OKs seismic tests in Atlantic that can harm thousands of dolphins & whales Xeni Jardin

politics A Fresh Voice for San Francisco Shahid Buttar

sexual harassment Notes from the #MeToo march: thoughts and prayers can't right what is wrong Maureen Herman

picks Canada's Fort McMurray wildfire is so massive, you can see it from space Xeni Jardin

picks How would you explain the difference between war and terrorism to a space alien? Barry Eisler

happy mutants Comics historian Craig Yoe celebrates Banned Books Week with the Forbidden Comics bundle Craig Yoe

board games 5 bizarre board games you should try playing just once Mark Frauenfelder

fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow

drug policy Why animals eat psychoactive plants Johann Hari

fiction Miri in Love Boing Boing

Why Are Witches Green? Linda Rodriguez

Mein Führer, I can walk! Gareth Branwyn

books Jo Walton's "My Real Children" [book excerpt] Boing Boing