happy mutants Save the Vulcan! 200 working-class Oakland artists are crowfunding to save their homes and fight the-rent-is-too-damned-high Xeno Evil

shutdown From the empty, shutdown IRS, automated processes are sending out property seizure notices, and no human can stop them Cory Doctorow

Oakland Mother of Ghost Ship fire victim pens moving opinion piece Rusty Blazenhoff

News Arrests made in Ghost Ship fire that killed 36 in Oakland, concert promoter among those charged Xeni Jardin

trumpism 4chan's trumpist trolls are exploiting the Ghost Ship fire to narc out other DIY venues Cory Doctorow

education Harvard and MIT are suing over the Trump administration's student immigration ruling Thom Dunn

Gadgets These new monitors can bring a whole new shine to your WFH world Boing Boing's Shop

rights Original "Yesterday" screenwriter says Richard Curtis took more than a one-sentence idea Rob Beschizza

music This Phoebe Bridgers profile is a fascinating look at journalism in the time of coronavius Thom Dunn

museums Are there ghosts haunting the antiquities of the British Museum? Gareth Branwyn

Weird Search for Bigfoot, Nessie, UFOs, and ghosts from your home David Pescovitz

This is (allegedly) the original Star Wars Episode IX plot by Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connolly David Pescovitz

happy mutants Leviathan: an eight foot tall, seven foot wide assemblage sculpture "ghost ship" Cory Doctorow

tabletop games What's new in tabletop gaming (Indie edition) Gareth Branwyn

Technology Sand thieves and unreliable GPS near the Port of Shanghai John Struan

security Sand thieves believed to be behind epidemic of Chinese GPS jamming Cory Doctorow

art The Deep Dark is an art installation that asks "why do we fear the dark?" John Struan

dubious fame The Devil wears Etsy Rob Beschizza

tabloids Brad Pitt’s brush with death, Julia Roberts quitting Hollywood, and Christmas kittens, in this week’s dubious ad-packed tabloids Peter Sheridan

happy mutants J Michael Straczynski's "Becoming Superman": a memoir of horrific abuse, war crimes, perseverance, trauma, triumph and doing what's right Cory Doctorow