screen time Mother hand feeds her 13-year-old son who plays video games at an Internet cafe for days at a time Carla Sinclair

Comic Books Talking BOWIE: Stardust, Rayguns & Moonage Daydreams with Eisner Award-Winning Comic Book Creator Michael Allred Jeffery Klaehn

prison Watch a video of my prison and opioids play "Streets Like This," performed by actors who have all dealt with incarceration Thom Dunn

Gadgets 20 of the best deals we were able to find this week Boing Boing's Shop

books Boing Boing's 28 favorite books in 2019 Rob Beschizza

corruption A former pharma rep explains how the industry pushes doctors to overprescribe Cory Doctorow

china China's government is limiting the number of hours kids can play computer games Mark Frauenfelder

World Mental Health Day It’s World Mental Health Day: A primer on depression for the public-at-large Maureen Herman

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

Kids Not all "screen time" is created equal Cory Doctorow

NSFW Pornography use increased when Fortnite crashed for 24 hours Mark Frauenfelder

happy mutants Come see me at the Edinburgh Festival and/or Worldcon! Cory Doctorow

Games If there's a "gaming disorder", why isn't there a "smartphone disorder"? Rob Beschizza

addiction Public ignorance about “drunk/drugged up losers” is expensive and deadly Maureen Herman

apps Apps to help free you from addiction to apps Rob Beschizza

Games "Gaming disorder" to be recognized Rob Beschizza

Games Games show how the presence of competent women generates hostile behavior in incompetent men Rob Beschizza

Science New gamblers who see a short video about slot-machine psychology don't get tricked Cory Doctorow

mental illness It’s Mental Health Awareness Month: Trumpcare’s dangerous impact on mental health care Maureen Herman

Business Weapons of Math Destruction: invisible, ubiquitous algorithms are ruining millions of lives Cory Doctorow