offworld Medical science and creepy conspiracy collide in this futuristic diagnosis game Leigh Alexander

design Pop-up wearable tent for COVID-19 protection in offices, schools, and medical facilities David Pescovitz

tabloids Unstoppable plague, Doomsday is here, and Cruel Meghan, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

boing boing 20 years of blogging at Boing Boing Rob Beschizza

video games Review: "Don't Read The Comments" is a delightful YA antidote to GamerGate Thom Dunn

Gadgets Take an extra 20% off everything in the Boing Boing store from luggage to gaming accessories Boing Boing's Shop

corruption A former pharma rep explains how the industry pushes doctors to overprescribe Cory Doctorow

tabletop games What's new in tabletop gaming (Indie edition) Gareth Branwyn

Tags are fun and friendly Conservative commentator: trans people will replace humanity with 'New Species' that's 'Human and Part Machine' Rob Beschizza

surveillance The ACLU made the Border Patrol reveal its terrifying legal theories Cory Doctorow

Games New game played using sensor that you swallow David Pescovitz

Entertainment Comics legend Stan Lee dead at 95 Xeni Jardin

mistakes Disturbing, uncloseable, emotionally manipulative advertising infests childrens' apps Rob Beschizza

fake news Why the Queen is up in Meghan’s uterus, and how to tell you’ll be dead in 23 hours, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

books An excerpt from "Bullshit Jobs," David Graeber's forthcoming book about the rise of useless work Cory Doctorow

addiction Public ignorance about “drunk/drugged up losers” is expensive and deadly Maureen Herman

picks Adventures in Pain Mangement: a TENS unit really helps Jason Weisberger

fake news Hillary Clinton’s a Russian spy, Jennifer Aniston’s sex swap shame, and own your own alien – in this week’s tabloids Peter Sheridan

better part of valor Killing my unfinished game dev projects Rob Beschizza

illustration Beautiful infographic crib notes for immunology concepts Andrea James