nostalgia Horrors: Chucky the bath bomb Rusty Blazenhoff

Games Bernband: explore a looming yet intimate alien city Rob Beschizza

bad ideas Amazon no longer selling child's T-shirt that says "Daddy's Little Slut" Mark Frauenfelder

eu Why #Article13 inevitably requires filters Cory Doctorow

nostalgia 'The Amazing Spiderman Web Shooter' was a favorite childhood toy Jason Weisberger

invention Fancy high-tech water gun isn't for child's play Rusty Blazenhoff

bureaucracy A stunning amount of red tape is keeping detainee families from reuniting Seamus Bellamy

Kids Watch sand dune skiers hit the hot, dry slopes Andrea James

chess New York City chess set Rob Beschizza

futility closet In 1826 a giraffe traveled 4,000 miles to be presented to the king of France Futility Closet

infosec The abysmal information security at Trump properties has probably already compromised US secrets Cory Doctorow

law Racists blubber in court as judge jails them for threatening black child's birthday party with shotgun Rob Beschizza

Holiday Probably fake: "Terminally ill boy who asked for final Christmas wish dies in Santa's arms" Xeni Jardin

pokemon go US Senator Al Franken concerned about Pokemon privacy Jason Weisberger

Business Apple rejects game about Palestine because political messages disqualify games from consideration Cory Doctorow

books Unflattening – A graphic dissertation that argues for the power of images over text as a way to teach Wink

Kids Boy, 7, who donated his hair to child cancer patients is diagnosed with metastatic cancer Xeni Jardin

war Changing Minds: NPR series on people who’ve rethought convictions in an era of polarization and extremism Xeni Jardin

happy mutants A magic trick to try at the beach Cory Doctorow

charity Charitable Giving Guide 2015 Boing Boing