craigslist Person would like to be chased Rob Beschizza

Science "My dad launched the quest to find alien intelligence. It changed astronomy." David Pescovitz

coronavirus Right-wing websites are weighing the pros and cons of letting people die from coronavirus to help the economy Thom Dunn

guns Most "black market" guns in America are purchased legally across state lines Thom Dunn

elections Shahid Buttar: the civil rights cyberlawyer and community organizer who's challenging Pelosi from the left #ShahidVsPelosi Cory Doctorow

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

happy mutants The secret history of science fiction's women writers: The Future is Female! Cory Doctorow

twitter Twitter "sorry" for "mistake" of posting "Kill All Jews" as a trend Rob Beschizza

authors Fear and Soldering, an excerpt from Peter Bebergal's Strange Frequencies Gareth Branwyn

art The Weird of Wendy Pini Rob Beschizza

happy mutants How to Win Friends and Convince People to Watch Eurovision Catherynne Valente

happy mutants Molly Ringwald's brilliant essay about John Hughes is a superb exploration of what it means to love "problematic" art Cory Doctorow

fake news A Royal werewolf, embattled Clintons, and vampires coming, in this week’s tabloids Peter Sheridan

security Researchers trick Google's AI into thinking rifles are helicopters, without any knowledge of the algorithm's design Cory Doctorow

Gadgets Boing Boing Gift Guide 2017 Gift Guide

happy mutants Tamil pulp fiction is basically totally amazing Cory Doctorow

novels What happens when everything is available anywhere? Tal M Klein

fake news Stevie Wonder’s vision restored, O.J. Simpson’s hookers, and Hugh Hefner didn’t have to die, in this week’s tabloids Peter Sheridan

books Less than Human, More than Human Jasmina Tesanovic

NASA How to decode the images on the Voyager Golden Record Ron Barry