happy mutants Oxford, I'll see you tonight on the Walkaway tour (then London, Liverpool, Birmingham…) (!) Cory Doctorow

Science Fauci: US government announced funding of three vaccine trials, on track for scale by end of the year/early 2021 David Pescovitz

books Penguin Classics cover generator Rob Beschizza

coronavirus Coronavirus destroyed U.S. job market, this chart shows how badly your state was hit Xeni Jardin

social distancing Annalee Newitz looks at the Great Plague of London and 17th century social distancing Gareth Branwyn

sexual harassment Academic published erotic fiction about own students Rob Beschizza

music Witchy woman on the cover of Black Sabbath's eponymous first album finally identified Gareth Branwyn

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

Games The ancient world's greatest board games David Pescovitz

music New biography of electronic music pioneer Wendy Carlos David Pescovitz

art Celebreedy uses AI to combine faces of stars Rob Beschizza

pansexuality British lawmaker comes out as pansexual Rob Beschizza

books A profile of Cliff "Cuckoo's Egg" Stoll, a pioneering "hacker hunter" Cory Doctorow

privacy Chinese law professor's social media denunciation of facial recognition in the Beijing subway system Cory Doctorow

finance The retreat of "scientific selfishness," a literature review Cory Doctorow

books Why are we still treating economics as if it were an empirical science that makes reliable predictions? Cory Doctorow

fabulous fakes Scientists create fake rhino horns to disrupt poacher market Mark Frauenfelder

podcasts The Life Cycle podcast dives into the simulation hypothesis rabbit hole Mark Frauenfelder