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Kids Online course shows young artists how to make portraits in Kehinde Wiley's style Andrea James

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

tabloids Hollywood hypocrites tearing America apart and rioters battling to destroy the United States, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Technology WATCH: Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Unity completes 2nd flight from Spaceport America (mission recap video) Xeni Jardin

politics AOC trounces Wall Street-backed primary challenger Rob Beschizza

politics Donald Trump campaign resumes in-person fundraisers in June. What COVID-19? Xeni Jardin

Talking comics with One Man War on Terror cartoonist Benjamin Marra Jeffery Klaehn

Gadgets 30 items on sale for Memorial Day that'll improve your home and beyond Boing Boing's Shop

tabloids Kim Jong-un is dead, Prince Andrew is broke, and Kobe Bryant killed himself, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

politics State Department inspector general Steve Linick fired on a Friday night, weird, wonder why? Xeni Jardin

Weird Southern restaurant fills empty seats with blow-up dolls David Pescovitz

shelter in place Michelin-starred inn uses mannequins to make things less weird Janelle Hessig

E.T. Robert E.T.: A Ken Burns Documentary Thom Dunn

Gadgets Customize thousands of illustrations to your liking with this $30 software Boing Boing's Shop

Barbie Basquiat Barbie Rusty Blazenhoff

queen This Queen outtake is everything Rusty Blazenhoff

tips On his 68th birthday, Kevin Kelly offers 68 bits of unsolicited advice Mark Frauenfelder

toys The wonderful history of Troll Dolls David Pescovitz

Space What are these mysterious objects filmed flying close to the moon? Rob Beschizza