basketball Teen basketballer impaled by floorboard during court slide 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

Games Review / Among Trees Rob Beschizza

tabloids Hollywood hypocrites tearing America apart and rioters battling to destroy the United States, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Gadgets The world’s most portable solar oven, the Go is as ultra-resourceful as it is compact Boing Boing's Shop

Gadgets Here’s your last chance to nab some of this week’s best deals Boing Boing's Shop

science fiction Max Barry on how science fiction prepares us for the apocalypse Mark Frauenfelder

Gadgets Fill up your kitchen with Damascus knives that make cooking look like art Boing Boing's Shop

happy mutants Look kids, it's a tour of the 1951 A.C. Gilbert Radioactive Atomic Energy Lab Kit, now with seven sources of radiation! Gareth Branwyn

travel My life on the road: Marrakesh Seamus Bellamy

music Psychedelic reggae for deep heads David Pescovitz

police A new study further confirms that most crime TV shows are good PR for cops Thom Dunn

fire That time I blew up a power strip with a Marshall amp and a space heater Thom Dunn

design Here are the winners of the Cybersecurity Visuals Challenge John Struan

privacy Why we should ban facial recognition technology everywhere Cory Doctorow

spiders Mating season for Bay Area tarantulas just got longer Thom Dunn

corruption In Alabama, it's traditional for sheriffs who lose their elections to steal and waste money, destroy public property Cory Doctorow

History Remembering Velma Demerson: Grand soul, feminist, human rights advocate and writer Harry Kopyto

books The National Security Sublime: On the Aesthetics of Government Secrecy Matthew Potolsky

sports Footage of American freestyle canoeing master Marc Ornstein Rob Beschizza