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

art Artist transforms London garage into quirky firetrap Andrea James

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

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

music THE BUREAU: Part Seven, "Lockdown in the Building, News of an Active Shooter Near the Cafeteria" — with Mr Quintron's Circuit-Bent Guitars Ethan Persoff

Dungeons & Dragons What's new in tabletop gaming (June edition) Gareth Branwyn

Copyfight A proposal to stop 3D printers from making guns is a perfect parable of everything wrong with information security Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Nerf's new blasters are pretty danged badass Cory Doctorow

Dungeons & Dragons Gift Guide for Tabletop Gamers 2017 Gareth Branwyn

picks Milo Yiannopoulos speech at UC Berkeley canceled after campus protests Xeni Jardin

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

Business San Francisco's groundbreaking, wonderful DNA Lounge may have to close Cory Doctorow

music Oakland Ghost Ship benefit concert 12/14 with Primus, Rogue Wave, Dan Deacon, Tycho, more David Pescovitz

fires A guide to fire safety in industrial spaces Caroline Siede

fire Search of Oakland's burned Ghost Ship warehouse ends: 36 people died David Pescovitz

Gadgets Boing Boing Gift Guide 2016 Gift Guide

News Halt and Catch Fire: The Most Relevant Show on Television is Set in the 80s Maureen Herman

books Read: Strategic Dog Patterning, a story from "Why I Hunt Flying Saucers" Hugh AD Spencer

books Best older kid's literature from 1966 Joshua Glenn