Little Richard Little Richard on discovering The Beatles — Dick Cavett, 1970 Mark Frauenfelder

science fiction "Southland Tales" is the perfect hot mess of a movie for the 4th of July in the hellscape of 2020 Thom Dunn

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

music A rare, new interview with Bob Dylan David Pescovitz

rock and roll Little Richard, gender-bender progenitor needs his propers Gareth Branwyn

music Meeting Little Richard at his old Hyatt haunt David Katznelson

music Little Richard dead at 87 Rob Beschizza

racism Ahmaud Arbery: 2 months ago, unarmed black man shot and killed by civilians for jogging. Video just came out. Thom Dunn

COVID-19 Renowned mathematician and "Game of Life" inventor, John Conway, died this week of COVID-19 Gareth Branwyn

coronavirus Read this contentious New Yorker interview with the lawyer who wrote the coronavirus paper Trump embraces Mark Frauenfelder

coronavirus Here are the 5 kinds of pandemic villains who are making things worse for the rest of us Mark Frauenfelder

happy mutants Check out Money Mark's fantastic daily musical experiments! David Pescovitz

anime Netflix's CASTLEVANIA show is so much better than it has any right to be Thom Dunn

not food Gentleman on EasyJet flight began eating his phone, forced landing David Pescovitz

crime You will be helped! Research using real-world situations fails to replicate the "bystander effect" Cory Doctorow

bedbugs Free bedbugs at Walmart in Pennsylvania Carla Sinclair

psychedelics Counterculture icon and psychedelic pioneer Ram Dass, RIP David Pescovitz

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

nazis Leaked audio allegedly captures racist tirade by Nazi media darling Richard Spencer Rob Beschizza