Funny Listening to Trump at half-speed "reveals how often his logic is indistinguishable from a drunk person" Cory Doctorow

tabloids An Epstein tell-all, a vengeful Queen wannabe, and Harry & Meghan’s final insult, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Japan Tokyo Listening – an interview with author Lorraine Plourde Roger Park

memoirs Strange Cures is a compulsively readable memoir by musician/magician Rob Zabrecky Mark Frauenfelder

music THE BUREAU: Part Six, The History of Telepathic Infant-Based Mind Control of U.S. Presidents Ethan Persoff

Gadgets Boing Boing Gift Guide 2017 Gift Guide

fake news Scaly giants in California, White House ghosts, and Kim Kardashian's exploding butt, in this week's tabloids Peter Sheridan

authors Grant Morrison interview: "Laughter can banish any and all demons" Propaganda Anonymous

Gadgets Going back to a mechanical keyboard turned me into a butterfingered idiot Rob Beschizza

room escape My family went to The Alchemist escape room and loved it Mark Frauenfelder

books The final Pratchett: The Shepherd's Crown Cory Doctorow

drugs Stock art junkies Rob Beschizza

offworld All the women I know in video games are tired Leigh Alexander

fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow

Entertainment “Better Call Saul” shows Jimmy can wear many masks in "Hero" K.M. McFarland

drug policy Why animals eat psychoactive plants Johann Hari

The Twinkie Murder trial of Harvey Milk's killer Paul Krassner

books A strong, self-absorbed female protagonist pushes the boundaries of spacetime Leigh Alexander

How groupthink gets reality backward David McRaney