web theory The future of trollbots Cory Doctorow

tabloids Jeffrey Epstein’s prison confession, the world’s most dangerous woman, and the end of the world, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

coronavirus Baseball stadium invites dancing robots to mask eerie emptiness during game Carla Sinclair

sports Owen Morse sets hang gliding world record for piloting 222.22 miles over California's Owens Valley Xeni Jardin

Gadgets The GOpure Pod Water Purifier is a whole new way to drink safe, clean water every time Boing Boing's Shop

music Trailer for new documentary about The Go-Go's David Pescovitz

rona Europe bans travelers from US over Covid fears Rob Beschizza

fear I repainted a zombie gnome to see what it would look like and now I have a cowering gnome Rob Beschizza

#deletefacebook How Ben Shapiro exploits Facebook's networks of "racial bias, religious bigotry, and violence" to reach a huge audience Mark Frauenfelder

coronavirus Today Arizona reports its highest Covid daily death toll, and it's not even noon yet Carla Sinclair

Business Facial recognition leads to wrongful arrest of Black man in Detroit Xeni Jardin

footage Area woman has black husband Rob Beschizza

recipes A children's book recipe for "No-Bake Spice Cookies," inspired by David Lynch's DUNE Thom Dunn

COVID-19 Obsessive-compulsive disorder as practice for COVID-19 David Pescovitz

books Bob Woodward has a new Trump book coming and the Prez was interviewed for it David Pescovitz

politics VOA to be run by Steve Bannon, Sebastian Gorka, and Trump CEO pick Michael Pack, so two top VOA directors just quit Xeni Jardin

Gadgets Win a Nintendo Switch, Animal Crossing New Horizons and more — all for FREE Boing Boing's Shop

News Brazil now digging up the dead from cemeteries to make room for new COVID-19 deaths Xeni Jardin

Chaos in America, O.J. Simpson framed by cops, and Brad Pitt’s saggy butt, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

News General Mark Milley sorry for posing with Trump in combat uniform after protesters gassed by goons Xeni Jardin