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music New Adam Schlesinger tribute album features covers by Rachel Bloom, Charly Bliss, Sarah Silverman, Nada Surf, and many many more Thom Dunn

Chaos in America, O.J. Simpson framed by cops, and Brad Pitt’s saggy butt, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

tabloids Meghan runs off with Princess Diana’s jewels, Prince Andrew caught fleeing, and Ron Jeremy’s wood, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

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tabloids Your dollar bills could kill you, and Prince Andrew tries to kill himself, in this week’s dubious tabloids. Peter Sheridan

crime Postal worker rented storage unit to hide mail he felt "pressured" to deliver Mark Frauenfelder

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cults Love Letters to Hitler Mike Shaughnessy

boing boing 20 years of blogging at Boing Boing Rob Beschizza

surveillance FBI honors MLK Jr. Day by celebrating man they gaslit, surveilled, tried to drive to suicide Thom Dunn

typography Tools to replace swear words with grawlixes: symbols suggesting anger and obscenity Rob Beschizza

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books Boing Boing's 28 favorite books in 2019 Rob Beschizza

poetry Woman discovers 'secret' coded message in John Milton poem 'Paradise Lost' Xeni Jardin

Games Review / Control Rob Beschizza

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