Kids This 1936 film celebrates maker culture (boys only, please) Andrea James

History Last person collecting a civil war pension dies Rob Beschizza

Gadgets Would a little spiritual or literary motivation help you start your day? Quotely’s got your back Boing Boing's Shop

Business Jobs report shows 20.5 million lost jobs in April and unemployment surged to 14.7% Xeni Jardin

economics Unemployment passes 30m with last week's 3.8m new filers Rob Beschizza

Economy Another 4.4m filed for unemployment last week Rob Beschizza

cancer Love, loss, and Carrie Fisher’s lamp Gina Loukareas

drugs Magic mushrooms in a nasal spray David Pescovitz

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

happy mutants Primary Sludge: "close fiction" from German utopian writer Sina Kamala Kaufmann Sina Kamala Kaufmann

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

Weird Mysterious rash of cattle mutilations in Oregon David Pescovitz

Inside the lives of people writing essays for US students Clive Thompson

History The interesting story behind Dorothea Lange's famous "Migrant Mother" photo Mark Frauenfelder

Comics Podcast: Occupy Gotham Cory Doctorow

anti-vax The resurgence of measles suggests our society is falling apart Jason Weisberger

tabloids Stars who wear clothes more than once, rats in Buckingham Palace, and why sharks attack, in this week’s shocking tabloids Peter Sheridan

mental health Ketamine rebuilds connections between neurons lost during stress Mark Frauenfelder

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