tattoos Mother renames her son to match her misspelled tattoo of his original name David Pescovitz

Save over 45% on this Italian designed inkless pen that writes forever Boing Boing's Shop

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

toys Terrorise other beachgoers with the Beach Behemoth, a 12-foot beach ball Rob Beschizza

art Graffiti has been a part of military life for at least 5,000 years Seamus Bellamy

Copyfight On June 20, an EU committee will vote on an apocalyptically stupid, internet-destroying copyright proposal that'll censor everything from Tinder profiles to Wikipedia (SHARE THIS!) Cory Doctorow

scholarship Young people hate Facebook because it forces them to have a single identity Cory Doctorow

deserts The terrible power of plastic is that it quickly becomes useless but never goes away Reanna Alder

music Funky laid-back animation for a deep song of friendship Andrea James

art Brett Kern's next-level ceramics look like inflatables Andrea James

art Sidewalk kintsugi: repairing cracks with gold Andrea James

happy mutants It’s about Time: Reading Steampunk’s Rise and Roots Rachel A. Bowser and Brian Croxall

art Elaborately-detailed sculptures made from stacked sheets of laser-cut paper Rob Beschizza

Funny 1940: sf writer predicts the imminent and welcome end of science fiction comic books Cory Doctorow

art Stunning modern art installations at the Palace of Versailles Andrea James

politics Obama touts nuclear arms reduction record, but he's failed to reduce US nukes stockpile Xeni Jardin

offworld This game will make your morning coffee seem kind of scary Leigh Alexander

graphic novels Here is Richard McGuire's epic of time Patrick Lohier

Portraits + introduced organisms = "Impermanence" by Seung-Hwan Oh Andrea James