happy mutants Ben and Jerry's has a Flavor Graveyard for the 'dearly de-pinted' Rusty Blazenhoff

tabloids Do the tabloids deserve a government bailout? This week’s dubious offerings make a poor case for their survival. Peter Sheridan

wonderful television "Murder House Flip" is a house-renovation show set in homes where people were murdered Rob Beschizza

Business Remembering Laundroid and other robotics companies that died in 2019 Xeni Jardin

tabloids Royal sex & drug scandal, the Queen & Michael Douglas dying, and Miley Cyrus’s demonic possession, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Gadgets Save up to 40% on these signed Marvel and Star Wars collectibles Boing Boing's Shop

movies Peter Mayhew, "Chewbacca," RIP David Pescovitz

tech Slack reportedly bans Iranian users, even if they're not in Iran Rob Beschizza

History Burned down National Museum of Brazil rises from the ashes, thanks to Google Seamus Bellamy

music THE BUREAU: Part Seven, "Lockdown in the Building, News of an Active Shooter Near the Cafeteria" — with Mr Quintron's Circuit-Bent Guitars Ethan Persoff

happy mutants John Varley's "Irontown Blues" – noir doggy science fiction from one of the field's all-time greats Cory Doctorow

travel I owe Anthony Bourdain so much Seamus Bellamy

books Less than Human, More than Human Jasmina Tesanovic

trump Kim Jong Un responds to Trump's name calling Jason Weisberger

makers How haunters remember their own among 2016's deaths Cory Doctorow

health Women in Zika-affected countries beg online for abortion pills Cory Doctorow

uk UK Open University plans mass closure of regional call centres Cory Doctorow

offworld Why would you spend $3000 on Clash of Clans? Leigh Alexander