puppers Puppies in a bucket Rob Beschizza

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

County fair Fair food fix: California county fair hosts drive-thru events Rusty Blazenhoff

puzzles A surprising solution to the (in)famous "Cross the Network" puzzle Mark Frauenfelder

statues There are 43 giant stone Presidential heads crumbling in a field in Virginia Thom Dunn

Gadgets These Smart Soccer and Basketballs are making sports training possible in the stay at home era Boing Boing's Shop

facebook In a panic over fleeing advertisers, Facebook launches PR blitz to announce it is "a mirror to society" Mark Frauenfelder

News Los Angeles County beaches CLOSED for 4th of July weekend as coronavirus spikes Xeni Jardin

#deletefacebook How Ben Shapiro exploits Facebook's networks of "racial bias, religious bigotry, and violence" to reach a huge audience Mark Frauenfelder

History Man with metal detector turns up rare 2,000-year-old Roman artifact David Pescovitz

Gadgets Microsoft to permanently close its retail stores Rob Beschizza

News Large iguana found in freezer of pizza restaurant in Florida Xeni Jardin

canada Americans are getting fined for goofing off in Canada Seamus Bellamy

books The "Into the Wild Bus" is gone David Pescovitz

Business As COVID-19 surges, Apple re-closes 11 stores temporarily in Florida, Arizona, North Carolina, South Carolina Xeni Jardin

Technology Theft of CIA's 'Vault 7' hacking tools in 2016 resulted from "woefully lax" security, new report says Xeni Jardin

Gadgets Suit up for the ultimate summer camping trip with these essential items Boing Boing's Shop

politics Twitter kills 32,242 propaganda accounts, Russia, China, Turkey 'state-linked information operations' Xeni Jardin

politics Pentagon to remove Confederate names from military assets within 3 years Xeni Jardin

australia The first known baby koala since the Australian wildfires has been born in a zoo Thom Dunn