uspoli Protesters flood the Senate, calling for a delay in voting on the GOP tax plan until new Alabama Senator Doug Jones is seated Cory Doctorow

History Aviation museums' "most wanted list" of cool aerospace artifacts lost to history David Pescovitz

tabloids Jeffrey Epstein’s prison confession, the world’s most dangerous woman, and the end of the world, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

wristwatches In-depth look at a $200,000 wristwatch Mark Frauenfelder

Gadgets RokBlok is the world's tiniest wireless record player, and it's…awesome Boing Boing's Shop

russia Look how cool these old Soviet calendars are Mark Frauenfelder

Gadgets This training package will have you using all of Microsoft Office like a boss Boing Boing's Shop

Gadgets Here are 39 of the best July 4th deals to help keep some money in your wallet Boing Boing's Shop

photography Sixth great-grandson of Thomas Jefferson re-creates his presidential portrait Rusty Blazenhoff

art Thomas Jefferson portrait recreated with distant descendant Rob Beschizza

books "Let's Never Talk About This Again" is a touching memoir about birth, death, and dad's amateur erotica career Thom Dunn

Gadgets Papumba is the world’s top ranked preschool learning app and it’s available now at 85% off Boing Boing's Shop

chess Trashtalking in chess Rob Beschizza

useful stuff Grandpa Witmer's Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Mixer Mark Frauenfelder

Science A Scheme of Heaven is a deep investigation of astrology from a scientist’s perspective Ferdinando Buscema

apple The trailer to Asimov's Foundation sure looks grand Gareth Branwyn

books Please don't microwave your library books David Pescovitz

gaming "Pokémon Go grandpa" has 64 smartphones attached to his bicycle David Pescovitz

activism Goodbye to the racist statue of Roosevelt and two people of color outside NYC's Natural History Museum David Pescovitz

Killers hunt Prince Andrew, Brad Pitt’s secret daughter, and George Clooney’s plastic surgery shocker, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan