toys Nemesis Prime Transformer has a G-Shock wristwatch in its chest David Pescovitz

Technology Aquanaut, an autonomous submarine that transforms into a humanoid robot David Pescovitz

card games My favorite new game, KnifeTank: The Shüffling, is now on Kickstarter Gareth Branwyn

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

politics Read the whistleblower complaint about Donald Trump Rob Beschizza

class war Kenyans from "the toughest neighborhood on earth" trace pixels all day to train autonomous vehicles Cory Doctorow

picks My daughter and I share a Nintendo Switch Jason Weisberger

Gadgets How to boost your job prospects with this Excel and Office training Boing Boing's Shop

art The Weird of Wendy Pini Rob Beschizza

happy mutants At the Golden-Calf Slaughterhouse: an interview with Johannes Grenzfurthner Thomas Kaestle

uk If this goes on… The 1% will own two thirds of the world by 2030 Cory Doctorow

Art and Design Cool new art project/magazine from Singapore: EYEYAH! Henry Dominguez-Letelier

fake news Burt Reynolds’ skid marks, Prince Charles’ long-lost brother, and another Obama cover-up in this week’s tabloids Peter Sheridan

happy mutants Make: a secret, rollaway bookshelf Cory Doctorow

work Ferdinando Buscema on the power of play Ferdinando Buscema

scholarship How an influential economics paper used imaginary environmental overregulation to spur low-density luxury housing Cory Doctorow

privacy The London Underground thinks it can sell travelers' attention and wifi data for £322m Cory Doctorow

documentary New documentary is a magic portal into a weird and wonderful library Ferdinando Buscema

fake news Sexbots, Nostradamus and Donald Trump, in this week’s tabloids Peter Sheridan

television Would you kill to stop an asteroid panic? I asked the creators of Salvation Mark Frauenfelder