art Fine art finger painter Iris Scott talks about being "gifted" Rusty Blazenhoff

boston Conan O'Brien gripes about gifted Boston tee and gets the perfect one in return Rusty Blazenhoff

Gadgets Senstroke can make you a 21st century drummer — with no drums Boing Boing's Shop

Business More reporting links Clearview AI to Trump-aligned racists, neo-Nazis, and alt-right trolls Xeni Jardin

Gadgets Your barista may be at home, but that doesn’t mean your coffee game should suffer Boing Boing's Shop

travel My life on the road: Morocco Seamus Bellamy

Kids Quadruplet human kids get quadruplet lamb kids for their birthday Thom Dunn

Robert Anton Wilson Robert Anton Wilson's daughter Christina on the new edition of her father's book, Ishtar Rising Mark Frauenfelder

cartoons Cartoonist sells his "crappy rejected" New Yorker submissions Rusty Blazenhoff

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

Jesus Merry Christmas, someone stole Jesus's foreskin Thom Dunn

happy mutants Naomi Kritzer's "Catfishing on the CatNet": an AI caper about the true nature of online friendship Cory Doctorow

tabloids Johnny Depp dying, Caitlyn Jenner’s baby, and the sexiest man alive, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

elves Horrors await poor Sophie Foster in 'Keeper of the Lost Cities: Legacy' Jason Weisberger

Dungeons and Dragons Watch John Darnielle from the Mountain Goats play a D&D campaign inspired by their newest record Thom Dunn

corruption How the "Varsity Blues" admissions scam punished deserving, hard working kids so that mediocre kids of the super-rich could prosper Cory Doctorow

books Permanent Record: Edward Snowden and the making of a whistleblower Cory Doctorow

ethics Towards a "nerdocratic oath" Cory Doctorow

burning man Listen to Tycho's Burning Man sunrise DJ set, the 2019 version Rusty Blazenhoff

apple A software update has given new life to my ancient MacBook Air Seamus Bellamy