food music 20th Century Fox theme performed on spatula and scrambled tofu Rob Beschizza

Gadgets Here are 39 of the best July 4th deals to help keep some money in your wallet Boing Boing's Shop

Spoken Word with Electronics Behold, Massospora! The Insect Pandemic That Turns Cicadas Into Uncontrollable Sex Addicts Ethan Persoff

Gadgets Here’s your Father’s Day Gift Guide…so you better choose wisely Boing Boing's Shop

books The rise in home videoconferencing lets us browse more people's bookshelves David Pescovitz

social distancing Why is everyone suddenly baking bread? I think I know Gareth Branwyn

News Social security for all — for now Maureen Herman

COVID-19 Politico asked 34 big thinkers to predict how the coronapocalypse will permanently change our world Gareth Branwyn

travel My life on the road: Marrakesh Seamus Bellamy

art Art in the age of artifice Ferdinando Buscema

tabloids Adjectival overload, and the tabloids finally get one right, in this week’s round-up of the rags Peter Sheridan

rip Rest in Power, Allee Willis — Queen of Kitsch Rusty Blazenhoff

tabloids The Queen’s worst nightmare, Prince Andrew jailed, and Royal cosmetic surgery exposed in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

movies To do in LA, Jan 18: a special screening of Charlie Chaplain's "The Gold Rush" with live, improvised piano accompaniment Cory Doctorow

los angeles Los Angeles: The Tony Martini HOLIDAY Variety Show is this Saturday! Jason Weisberger

burning man DJ pretends to arrive to Burning Man on a Popeyes jet Rusty Blazenhoff

Gadgets Save up to 65% on 10 tech items you'll use year-round Boing Boing's Shop

music Neil Young hates what the internet has done to music Xeni Jardin

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

racism Catherynne Valente schools her racist neighbors about the asylum seekers in their midst Catherynne Valente