law Possible reprieve for Hungary's Central European University Cory Doctorow

art Fantastic Azerbaijan rug woven to look like it's melting David Pescovitz

#blacklivesmatter Daveed Diggs: "What to my people is the Fourth of July?" Rusty Blazenhoff

sponsored What is CBD? Boing Boing

music String quartet performs for a sold-out audience of 3,000 plants David Pescovitz

amazon Woman received Amazon box filled with narcotics and a form from the Drug Enforcement Administration David Pescovitz

lsd Psychedelic pharmaceutical company asks FDA for permission to conduct LSD therapy Mark Frauenfelder

tolkien Can you tell the difference between antidepressants and Tolkien characters? Take the quiz! Thom Dunn

security State-backed hackers are attacking coronavirus responders, U.S. and UK officials warn in joint statement Xeni Jardin

Entertainment Tommy Boy and First Blood actor Brian Dennehy has died Xeni Jardin

health That time in 2005 when junior senator Barack Obama argued for 'decisive action to prevent a pandemic' Xeni Jardin

criminals Incarcerated fraudster Martin Shkreli says he can cure coronavirus if he's released from prison Mark Frauenfelder

trump After Trump touts chloroquine + hydroxychloroquine as COVID-19 cure, India pharma co to get reprieve from U.S. ban over quality concerns Xeni Jardin

tabloids Unstoppable plague, Doomsday is here, and Cruel Meghan, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Gadgets The AVYA steam inhaler combines old-school remedies with new school technology Boing Boing's Shop

law Murder defendant becomes angry samurai in court Rob Beschizza

American Politics Watch Trump refuse Pelosi's handshake and Pelosi rip up his speech at last night's State of the Union address Carla Sinclair

eff ICANN needs to ask more questions about the sale of .ORG Mitch Stoltz

drugs Scientists genetically engineer E. coli to produce the psychedelic psilocybin David Pescovitz

Technology US Navy bans TikTok from government-issued mobile devices as 'cybersecurity threat' Xeni Jardin