kindle The new waterproof Kindle Paperwhite got my kid to take a bath Jason Weisberger

animals An author wrote a beautiful tribute to his late dog disguised as writing advice Thom Dunn

media Right-wing media ran dozens of "Middle East hot takes" by fake authors Rob Beschizza

COVID-19 COVID Safety Guidelines for Shared Workshops Gareth Branwyn

facebook Facebook's new Fact-Checking policies have carved out an exemption for climate deniers Thom Dunn

writing Raymond Chandler is the once and future king of opening paragraphs Seamus Bellamy

Comics Cartoonist Kayfabe takes a look back at James O'Barr's The Crow Gareth Branwyn

Gadgets These desktops, laptops, and tablets — from Microsoft, Lenovo, and HP — are all on sale Boing Boing's Shop

media New York Times opinion editor out Rob Beschizza

Comic Books Talking The Rough Pearl with Xeric Award-winning Canadian cartoonist Kevin Mutch Jeffery Klaehn

books Do libraries fumigate books to disinfect them? David Pescovitz

tabloids The Man Who Knew Too Much! Why China murdered its own ambassador, in this week’s highly dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

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amazon Watch all these local TV newsreaders chant the same Amazon puff piece (Update: Amazon statement) Rob Beschizza

Talking comics with One Man War on Terror cartoonist Benjamin Marra Jeffery Klaehn

interviews Talking Comics with Ignatz Award-Winning Cartoonist Noah Van Sciver Jeffery Klaehn

wired Wired just canceled Bruce Sterling's long-running blog Mark Frauenfelder

Gadgets This affordable e-reader is a great alternative to Amazon's Kindle Boing Boing's Shop

Comic Books Talking Jack Kirby: The Epic Life of the King of Comics with Visionary Comic Book Creator Tom Scioli Jeffery Klaehn

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