pollution This man is swimming across the Pacific Ocean to raise awareness about plastic pollution Seamus Bellamy

History Aviation museums' "most wanted list" of cool aerospace artifacts lost to history David Pescovitz

art Computer finds faces in grains of sand David Pescovitz

Gadgets This tech-powered renters and home insurance cuts through red tape fast Boing Boing's Shop

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

News WHO says 'evidence emerging' airborne COVID-19 spread may be a threat indoors Xeni Jardin

sponsored It's Time for Silicon Valley To Finish Its Job of Disrupting the Racist Drug War Boing Boing

animals WATCH: Rescued sloth bears are having fun learning to be free Xeni Jardin

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

facebook Patagonia joins advertising boycott against Facebook Mark Frauenfelder

COVID-19 Animated chart shows rise of death count from Covid-19 to other causes of death Mark Frauenfelder

Harry Potter Annotating JK Rowling's bonkers anti-Trans rant Thom Dunn

pentagon The Pentagon developed a plan to stop a potential Gen Z rebellion in the 2020s. Thom Dunn

Spoken Word with Electronics Behold, Massospora! The Insect Pandemic That Turns Cicadas Into Uncontrollable Sex Addicts Ethan Persoff

Business Reddit to honor Ohanian's request to appoint Black director, and address anti-Black hate Xeni Jardin

coronavirus WHO warns 'immediate second peak' of coronavirus threatens countries that reopen too soon Xeni Jardin

speech People can hear your gesticulations Thom Dunn

Science What near-death experiences can tell scientists about how the brain works David Pescovitz

Post-truth is pre-fascism Excellent Atlantic article about QAnon and how it is becoming an anti-Enlightenment religion Mark Frauenfelder

Space Last night's massive boom over Puget Sound was likely exploding meteor David Pescovitz