fine We Are Zogg Rob Beschizza

tabloids Bigfoot sighted, the Queen’s $1 trillion tax bill, and coronavirus targets the stars, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

rasberry crazy ants Guy finds ant colony living behind his television screen. Any suggestions on how he can shoo them away? Carla Sinclair

corruption Extreme poverty is on the decline, extreme inequality is on the rise Cory Doctorow

Science Puget Sound mussels are failing drug tests Seamus Bellamy

politics Review: Wolfen (1981) Rob Beschizza

security Moral panic: Japanese girls risk fingerprint theft by making peace-signs in photographs Cory Doctorow

wonderful creatures Shark bites boy wearing "shark-repelling" magnetic armband Rob Beschizza

snowden Oliver Stone's "Snowden" is great entertainment and an important argument for pardon Barry Eisler

happy mutants Do Robot Fireflies Dream of Electric Lights? Rick Lieder

books Read: Strategic Dog Patterning, a story from "Why I Hunt Flying Saucers" Hugh AD Spencer

media Easter Island statues were made by aliens, and other tabloid stunners Peter Sheridan

science fiction The Android’s Prehistoric Menagerie A Merc Rustad

Steampunk On writing steampunk James Blaylock

Genetically-engineered yeast is the future of flavor Gastropod

charity Charitable Giving Guide Boing Boing

science fiction Describing the indescribable with Jeff Vandermeer Peter Mendelsund

mushrooms How I learned to think like a mushroom Tradd Cotter

Science The Gypsy Moth and the threshold of extinction Maggie Koerth