Holiday And now, eight hours of vintage department store holiday music Seamus Bellamy

Comics Friday: the new digital-first, pay-what-you-want Lovecraftian YA detective comic from Ed Brubaker, Marcos Martin, and Muntsa Vicente Thom Dunn

toys The wonderful history of Troll Dolls David Pescovitz

cartoons Cartoonist sells his "crappy rejected" New Yorker submissions Rusty Blazenhoff

britain What British children's TV used to be like Rob Beschizza

cats Jerk cat up for adoption: "World's worst" Rusty Blazenhoff

cats 'World’s worst cat' up for adoption Xeni Jardin

tabloids Bill Clinton’s party on Epstein’s Lolita Express jet, Two Meghans demand millions, and a very Merry Christmas, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

tabloids Megxit Explodes – Who’s to blame? in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

happy mutants McMansion Hell awards its annual prize for the best gingerbread McMansion! Cory Doctorow

tabloids Penis fish, Simon Cowell’s missing boobs, and Hillary Clinton’s gay flings, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

airport security This Christmas tree is so fucking metal Thom Dunn

tabloids Killing the Queen, John Lennon’s murder, and William Shatner’s talking horses in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

happy mutants San Diego's Mysterious Galaxy bookstore is saved! Cory Doctorow

happy mutants DJ Riko is back with the 18th annual Merry Mixmas mashup album! Cory Doctorow

happy mutant I chatted with Danny Elfman about his new MasterClass, and his ventriloquist dummy "Buddy" Rusty Blazenhoff

Gadgets 5 innovative massage guns that can blast your aches away Boing Boing's Shop

tabloids The multiverse, universal wave function and quantum mechanics in this week’s tawdry tabloids Peter Sheridan

tabloids Scientology Sex Scandal, Kennedy conspiracy, and Royal bombshells in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

tabloids Stars who wear clothes more than once, rats in Buckingham Palace, and why sharks attack, in this week’s shocking tabloids Peter Sheridan