happy mutants My Favorite Thing is Monsters: a haunting diary of a young girl as a dazzling graphic novel Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Social media's other (cooler!) makeup artists: women who specialize in gory sfx Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Famous Monsters of Filmland's 1965 guide to home monster makeup Cory Doctorow

sesame street A dark fan theory explores the illicit affair between Elmo's mom and his Uncle Jack Thom Dunn

Gadgets Here’s your Father’s Day Gift Guide…so you better choose wisely Boing Boing's Shop

Gadgets Have some fun with these attention-grabbing face mask designs Boing Boing's Shop

ads Public information film from Finland urges parents not to drink around kids Rob Beschizza

trading cards New "Garbage Pail Kids Kitchen" cards use real photos of food Rusty Blazenhoff

Rock n Roll A classical flutist listens to Ian Anderson in 1969 and 1976 Gareth Branwyn

creativity How a children's book about a mouse is keeping me motivated in quarantine Thom Dunn

sesame street Sesame Street characters doing impressions of each other is gold Rusty Blazenhoff

youtube Horace Goes Copyright Striking Rob Beschizza

art Artist paints their 5-year-old son's fantastic sea monster drawing Xeni Jardin

Games Review / Control Rob Beschizza

tabloids Royal scandals and the Obamas divorce, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Safety Life in prison plus 150 years for monster who secretly filmed kids in their bedrooms Seamus Bellamy

trump Why the Trump DOJ argues keeping kids in cages is "safe and sanitary" Jason Weisberger

sesame street Sesame Street Muppets perform at NPR's Tiny Desk Rusty Blazenhoff

politics Trump's pick to head DHS immigration, Ken Cuccinelli, praised anti-Muslim extremist Brigitte Gabriel Xeni Jardin

science fiction Exclusive excerpt of Rudy Rucker's new novel: Million Mile Road Trip Mark Frauenfelder