race Secrets of the World's Greatest Hitchhiker Cory Doctorow

music On the 50th anniversary of Kent State Massacre, listen to the Isley Brothers' "Ohio" David Pescovitz

creativity How to roll an imaginary 6-sided die in your head Mark Frauenfelder

Nature A featherless nestling fell out of its nest and onto our doorstep, here's what we did Rusty Blazenhoff

News Social security for all — for now Maureen Herman

Weird Americans are coronavirus panic-buying spiral hams and oatmilk Xeni Jardin

coronavirus Watch: Panicked toilet paper hoarders get in physical fight with another customer who wants just one pack Carla Sinclair

coronavirus Amazon and eBay punished coronavirus price-gougers by making it harder for the rest of us to get hand sanitizer Thom Dunn

music Interview with musician and artist Genesis P-Orridge Sarina Sinclair and Case Esparros with Kane Lafia

mistakes Man kicked off flight for wearing gas mask Rob Beschizza

Funny Thailand termite spray commercial Rob Beschizza

cancer Love, loss, and Carrie Fisher’s lamp Gina Loukareas

language Codifying "Boomerspeak" and debating the ethics of poking fun at it Cory Doctorow

Gadgets 14 gift deals to jump on before Green Monday arrives Boing Boing's Shop

canada Sidewalk Labs' quiet plan for Canada's banks to manage a national digital ID for health care and housing Lilian Radovac

prison How to survive solitary confinement Mark Frauenfelder

happy mutants The Black Ghost: superhero noir comic starring an antiestablishment vigilante and a hacktivist sidekick Alex Segura and Monica Gallagher

Bad words YouTube demonetizing videos where LGBTQ keywords are said Rob Beschizza

crime Corruption is contagious: dirty cops make their partners dirty Cory Doctorow

crime Lessons from testing decades of forgotten rape kits: serial rapists are common, they don't follow a pattern, they're not very bright, and they're often the same men who commit acquaintance rape Cory Doctorow