DRONES Protestors use laser pointers to bring down police drone David Pescovitz

happy mutants William Gibson, danah boyd and Oakland Privacy will all receive this year's EFF's Pioneer Award Cory Doctorow

DIY Mad genius builds robotic arm to control synth with Nintendo Power Glove Gareth Branwyn

happy mutants Paul Di Filippo on Radicalized: "Upton-Sinclairish muckraking, and Dickensian-Hugonian ashcan realism" Cory Doctorow

documentaries Cyberpunk: a 1990 documentary featuring William Gibson, Timothy Leary, and Brenda Laurel David Pescovitz

happy mutants Re/Search press releases its first-ever merch, only available for a few more hours Cory Doctorow

science fiction Science fiction, predicting the present, the adjacent possible, and trumpian comic dystopias Cory Doctorow

happy mutants William Gibson interviewed: Archangel, the Jackpot, and the instantly commodifiable dreamtime of industrial societies Cory Doctorow

podcasts Why we often choose to keep useful information out of our heads David McRaney

videos Bruce Sterling in 1994, talking about crypto backdoors and the future of VR Cory Doctorow

science fiction Women and African-American sf writers created trumpist dystopias because they were beta testing trumpism Cory Doctorow

Gadgets Boing Boing Gift Guide 2016 Gift Guide

gift guide Boing Boing's 2016 Gift Guide: Books Boing Boing

happy mutants Flying Saucers are Real! Anthology of the lost saucer-craze Cory Doctorow

Snatcher homage lithograph by Tiny Splendor (artist Max Stadnik) Xeni Jardin

Into the Future! The Making of Beyond Cyberpunk! Gareth Branwyn

Borg Like Me Gareth Branwyn