crime Lessons from testing decades of forgotten rape kits: serial rapists are common, they don't follow a pattern, they're not very bright, and they're often the same men who commit acquaintance rape Cory Doctorow

holidays Columbus, Ohio isn't down with Columbus Day Seamus Bellamy

class war Sanders-inspired candidates challenge Democratic sellouts in unequal Columbus Cory Doctorow

Gadgets Topic is an international favorites streaming service that’s on sale for just $2.50 a month Boing Boing's Shop

activism How to safely topple a statue using science David Pescovitz

genocide This children's book about Oliver Cromwell is like playful colonialist violence for kids Thom Dunn

racists Ohio state senator asked if “the colored population” gets Covid-19 more often because they "do not wash their hands as well as other groups" Mark Frauenfelder

black lives matter Ohio protestor dies after being tear-gassed by police Rob Beschizza

slavers Columbus statue trips, falls into lake Rob Beschizza

deaths Annie Glenn, widow of astronaut and U.S. Sen. John Glenn, dies age 100 of COVID-19 Xeni Jardin

politics Justice Dept. drops case against Michael Flynn, Trump's first national security adviser Xeni Jardin

science demonstrations Demonstrating a cool spinning ellipsoid called a phi top Mark Frauenfelder

fraud Two men arrested for pasting winning numbers onto a losing lottery ticket Mark Frauenfelder

health Insulin prices doubled between 2012 and 2016 Cory Doctorow

air travel What to do when random airport security screening isn't all that random Seamus Bellamy

Funny The first book collecting the new Nancy comic is incredibly, fantastically, impossibly great Cory Doctorow

he's nuts Trump to Turkey's Erdogan: 'Don't be a tough guy. Don't be a fool.' Xeni Jardin

Drew Friedman Drew Friedman's fantastic book with his portraits of every U.S. President Mark Frauenfelder

gift guide Kickstarting "The Decline of Mall Civilization," a sequel to the long-out-of-print "Malls Across America" book Cory Doctorow

mistakes Trump writes that "Aircraft One" may do a "low & loud sprint" over his military parade Rob Beschizza