life on earth Lichens never looked more beautiful than they do in this short film about a curator of lichens at the University of California. Mark Frauenfelder

Science Possible sign of life on Venus David Pescovitz

Gadgets The Bite Helper removes the itch of a mosquito bite in seconds Boing Boing's Shop

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

science fiction Philip K. Dick: "If You Find This World Bad, You Should See Some of the Others" David Pescovitz

punk rock Celebrate Emma Goldman's birthday (belatedly) with this radical song Thom Dunn

sponsored It's Time for Silicon Valley To Finish Its Job of Disrupting the Racist Drug War Boing Boing

Science "My dad launched the quest to find alien intelligence. It changed astronomy." David Pescovitz

animals Watch: Komodo dragons vs. Robot Spy Pig David Pescovitz

Space Enjoy watching the NASA astronauts spacewalk Xeni Jardin

sponsored CBD on Amazon: Not Such a Great Deal Boing Boing

Spoken Word with Electronics Space Aliens are no longer visiting Earth due to an allergy to our cell phones Ethan Persoff

police Howard Stern and the Village People both fell for a satire article about the cop from the Village People Thom Dunn

Gadgets Get a 2-pack of these statement face masks for just $18 Boing Boing's Shop

trump Joe Scarborough in WaPo Op-Ed: The slimy tsunami of bilge spewing from President Trump is hurting innocent people Mark Frauenfelder

earth abides Jonathan Lethem reviews the 1959 adaptation of Earth Abides, starring Burt Lancaster Mark Frauenfelder

Space Help Wanted: participants for a NASA social isolation experiment inside a Russian lab David Pescovitz

deaths Annie Glenn, widow of astronaut and U.S. Sen. John Glenn, dies age 100 of COVID-19 Xeni Jardin

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