Bob Hope Bob Hope's golf cart was a custom number by George Barris Rusty Blazenhoff

Gadgets The ClearUP can whisk away sinus pain from allergies in just 5 minutes Boing Boing's Shop

Virtual reality Digital synesthesia: Tricking your brain into experiencing smell as temperature in virtual reality David Pescovitz

COVID-19 Obsessive-compulsive disorder as practice for COVID-19 David Pescovitz

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

social distancing Why is everyone suddenly baking bread? I think I know Gareth Branwyn

Gadgets Unleash your mobile app development skills with this world-class training Boing Boing's Shop

Gadgets 20 cool car gadgets that will change the way you drive Boing Boing's Shop

History Our olfactory heritage: researcher preserves scents before they're lost forever David Pescovitz

Business Prasad's Law: there's always enough health spending to concentrate wealth, never enough to diffuse it Cory Doctorow

Safety What to do if you're caught up in a tear gas attack Seamus Bellamy

happy mutants Primary Sludge: "close fiction" from German utopian writer Sina Kamala Kaufmann Sina Kamala Kaufmann

World Mental Health Day It’s World Mental Health Day: A primer on depression for the public-at-large Maureen Herman

happy mutants "Martian Chronicles": Escape Pod releases a reading of my YA story about rich sociopaths colonizing Mars Cory Doctorow

books Permanent Record: Edward Snowden and the making of a whistleblower Cory Doctorow

DIY Seize your right to repair by learning a few basic skills Seamus Bellamy

elections Bernie Sanders killed it on Joe Rogan Cory Doctorow

Space Wonderful new Snoopy astronaut watches from Timex David Pescovitz

tabloids Celebrity grave-digging, flesh-eating bacteria and alien abductions in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Kids Cool kid makes bow ties for shelter dogs and cats to help them get adopted Xeni Jardin