stories Garry Shandling hosted secret pickup basketball games at his home for 25 years Rusty Blazenhoff

happy mutants An illustrated tour of Unix history Cory Doctorow

drugs Timothy Leary's archivist on Leary's prison escape, Algerian exile, and Swiss prison-time Cory Doctorow

Old school The origin story of the Timothy Leary archives Cory Doctorow

free speech Why Harper's "Letter on Justice and Open Debate" is dumb Mark Frauenfelder

Science We are all part of the biggest psychological experiment in history David Pescovitz

coronavirus Sew this awesome quilted bubonic plague doctor's mask Rusty Blazenhoff

Science It took science 2,000 years to find the clitoris (and it's 10x bigger than most people think) David Pescovitz

coronavirus The makeshift coronavirus hospital in Central Park requires workers to oppose LGBTQ rights Thom Dunn

animal crossing "Animal crossing is a political hypothesis about how a different kind of world might work Dash with no losers" – Bogost Mark Frauenfelder

Funny An oral history of The Office David Pescovitz

new wave Why Yoko Ono once performed backup vocals for "Rock Lobster" onstage with The B-52's Rusty Blazenhoff

music The legend of Biggie Smalls' belt David Pescovitz

Gadgets Learn how to improve your memory with over 20 hours of training using proven psychology techniques Boing Boing's Shop

History Powerful Iwo Jima WWII footage shot by marines in combat and never seen publicly David Pescovitz

education Boston Police Union throws a tantrum over Black Lives Matter at school week Thom Dunn

trump Romney to vote in favor of article of Trump impeachment on abuse of power Xeni Jardin

transparency How the Trump administration is putting public records under threat, so history may never know the awful things they did Thom Dunn

prison Why aren't more conservatives concerned about felon voting rights? Thom Dunn