music The Flaming Lips cover David Bowie and Bing Crosby's "Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy" David Pescovitz

media New York Times opinion editor out Rob Beschizza

trump Joe Scarborough in WaPo Op-Ed: The slimy tsunami of bilge spewing from President Trump is hurting innocent people Mark Frauenfelder

trump Why tabloid reporters are like Donald Trump Peter Sheridan

Gadgets That home office may be your office for a while. These accessories can bring it to life. Boing Boing's Shop

science fiction That time Charlton Comics published a trans sci-fi story in 1953 Thom Dunn

protest JOHN WILCOCK: Peace on Earth, at Last! The Moment The Pentagon Lifted up Into the Air. Ethan Persoff

law London Metropolitan Police Service bans Extinction Rebellion from entering the city Seamus Bellamy

Science The Milky Way from Anza Borrego desert, a sky-stabilized timelapse Xeni Jardin

happy mutants The only path to victory in the Middle Earth election is to appeal to the moderate orc voter Cory Doctorow

Gadgets Save up to 80% on Sid Meier's Civilization series Boing Boing's Shop

rip Fare thee well, Tim "Zeke the Sheik" Dundon Jason Weisberger

craft #Woodworking: American Flag Made From 2x4s Xeni Jardin

politics Mayor of Idyllwild, California, is a very good boy indeed Rob Beschizza

racism Catherynne Valente schools her racist neighbors about the asylum seekers in their midst Catherynne Valente

robert mueller Robert Mueller to speak on Trump/Russia probe Xeni Jardin

photography White bats chilling out peacefully in their leaf tent Xeni Jardin

late stage capitalism Jamie Dimon is getting fed up with the protesters who "occupy" him everywhere he goes Cory Doctorow

Kids Awe-inspiring timelapse of galaxies sparkling in the skies Andrea James

fake news Tom Cruise’s healing touch, Nazi Roseanne, and Vanna White’s hooker scandal, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan