happy mutants I'll be live on BookTV's In Depth on August 5! Cory Doctorow

COVID-19 Quadruped robot patrols sidewalks to urge social distancing David Pescovitz

snakes Snake, 62, lays eggs without having been around a male for more than a decade David Pescovitz

music Watch Blondie's Debbie Harry on a pogo stick explaining the punk Pogo dance (1978) David Pescovitz

teeth Teen forced dentist to remove braces, at gunpoint David Pescovitz

music Kool & The Gang co-founder Ronald "Khalis" Bell, RIP David Pescovitz

Technology Motorized backpack self-adjusts its motion to feel lighter David Pescovitz

art Computer finds faces in grains of sand David Pescovitz

Sex Safer sex now means wearing a mask, says Canada's Chief Public Health Officer David Pescovitz

Weird Odd letters and numbers appearing on cars in Redding, California David Pescovitz

Science Did you leave your hamster DNA on a train? David Pescovitz

education Man, 21, busted for posing as 14-year-old and enrolling in high school David Pescovitz

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Gadgets The Bite Helper removes the itch of a mosquito bite in seconds Boing Boing's Shop

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

fox news Tucker Carlson's head writer fired after online harassment and bigotry exposed Rob Beschizza

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

coronavirus U.S. sets record high COVID cases for 3 days in a row, nearly 69,000 new cases today Xeni Jardin