web theory Rhode Island proposes blocking all online porn and charging $20 to unblock it Cory Doctorow
hollywood Fun and rare 1939 color footage of Boris Karloff goofing as Frankenstein's monster David Pescovitz
police I don't think the creator of this pro-policing political cartoon actually read "Frankenstein" Thom Dunn
science fiction "Southland Tales" is the perfect hot mess of a movie for the 4th of July in the hellscape of 2020 Thom Dunn
the well Mysterious hole appears in the floor of a 175-year-old New England house, attempting to swallow the owner Thom Dunn
Tom the Dancing Bug Four years of Trumpist surrealism and horror in one Book: Into the Trumpverse, comics by Ruben Bolling Boing Boing
anti-endorsement Daughter of GOP candidate begs "Please for the love of God do not vote for my dad" Mark Frauenfelder
Science NASA delivers first grant in 30 years to support the search for extraterrestrial intelligence David Pescovitz
Science "My dad launched the quest to find alien intelligence. It changed astronomy." David Pescovitz
Gadgets If your AirPods keep falling out, these accessories may just change your life Boing Boing's Shop
Aretha Franklin Never-before-heard solo version of Aretha Franklin’s “Never Gonna Break My Faith” Mark Frauenfelder
movies Return of the Ewok, an unreleased mockumentary starring Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, and Carrie Fisher David Pescovitz
Chaos in America, O.J. Simpson framed by cops, and Brad Pitt’s saggy butt, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan