knight rider KARR says KITT is inferior Jason Weisberger

crime Tourist fined $1,200 for swiping sand from Italian beach David Pescovitz

Gadgets This leather and stainless steel Active Strap is the band your Apple Watch never knew it needed Boing Boing's Shop

Gadgets This tech-powered renters and home insurance cuts through red tape fast Boing Boing's Shop

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 U.S. sets record high COVID cases for 3 days in a row, nearly 69,000 new cases today Xeni Jardin

dogs My Cavalier King Charles is having none of it Jason Weisberger

trump Michael Cohen sent back to jail after being seen dining in Manhattan while on house arrest Rob Beschizza

youtube Watch this maker restore a WWI lighter made from a bullet Andrea James

voter suppression Trump's campaign against mail-in voting is backfiring by discouraging Republican absentee voters Thom Dunn

trees Your allergies are bad because of tree sexism Thom Dunn

We Are Little Zombies is a treat for eyes and ears Mark Frauenfelder

Business Brooks Brothers bankrupt Rob Beschizza

feminism Feminist father: "If you ever hurt my daughter, I swear to God I'll let her navigate her own emotional growth" (video) Rusty Blazenhoff

Japan Japanese rapper Kan a.k.a. GAMI busted for 0.5 grams of weed Mark Frauenfelder

smithsonian The origin story of that all-American toy, Slip 'N Slide Andrea James

Spoken Word with Electronics Sound Design: How to Make Your Home Into Eraserhead or 2001: A Space Odyssey Ethan Persoff

music Ennio Morricone, 1928-2020 Rob Beschizza

1960s Toni Basil to teach classes on '60s go-go dancing Rusty Blazenhoff

science fiction Philip K. Dick: "If You Find This World Bad, You Should See Some of the Others" David Pescovitz