modern romance Holographic "digital wife" now on sale for $1352 Mark Frauenfelder

tabloids Do the tabloids deserve a government bailout? This week’s dubious offerings make a poor case for their survival. Peter Sheridan

video games Talking Adventure Games with Mark Yohalem Jeffery Klaehn

boing boing 20 years of blogging at Boing Boing Rob Beschizza

Robert Anton Wilson Wilson and Shea's Illuminatus! trilogy to become TV series Gareth Branwyn

classical music A neo-Baroque fugue based on Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" Rusty Blazenhoff

tesla Tesla adds farting mode and other Easter eggs in latest firmware update Rusty Blazenhoff

art The Weird of Wendy Pini Rob Beschizza

occult Touch Me Not, a surreal 18th century manual on how to raise the Devil, and then send him treasure hunting Gareth Branwyn

The Greatest Showman All the songs from The Greatest Showman, ranked Caroline Siede

Gadgets Boing Boing Gift Guide 2017 Gift Guide

books What I've been reading – recommended books Mark Frauenfelder

video Fun retro clip-art inspired animation Andrea James

politics Review: Wolfen (1981) Rob Beschizza

fake news National Enquirer succeeds where FBI and White House have failed, finding “Proof Obama Wiretapped Trump!" Peter Sheridan

science fiction Climate science and climate fiction – where data intersects with art Cat Sparks

media This week in the 'bloids Peter Sheridan

media Weekly tabloid roundup Peter Sheridan

Reviews Mysteries Revealed and The Curios Exposed Richard Kaufman

happy mutants Hugo Gernsback's introduction to the first issue of Amazing Stories, 1926 Cory Doctorow