happy mutants LA libraries replace fines for young readers with in-library "read-offs" Cory Doctorow

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Funny Gary Larson quietly brings back 'The Far Side' after 25 years away Andrea James

Gadgets Get you ready for the Internet of Things with this training Boing Boing's Shop

surveillance What you need to know about police drone surveillance at protests against police brutality Thom Dunn

animals An author wrote a beautiful tribute to his late dog disguised as writing advice Thom Dunn

GOP Convention Mitch McConnell is 7th senator to back away from the Republican National Convention Carla Sinclair

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troll taming How to deal with unreasonable or mean people on Twitter Mark Frauenfelder

statues The last time a Frederick Douglass statue was vandalized in Rochester, it was because of drunk college kids Thom Dunn

#blacklivesmatter Daveed Diggs: "What to my people is the Fourth of July?" Rusty Blazenhoff

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sports Owen Morse sets hang gliding world record for piloting 222.22 miles over California's Owens Valley Xeni Jardin

tabloids America set to be nuked, anarchy in the US, and the men who knew too much, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

publishing "Fantasy Magazine" returns after nearly a decade away Thom Dunn

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

Gadgets This app keeps all your online information safe and encrypted and keeps you from forgetting passwords Boing Boing's Shop

Kinman Dwarf galaxy Massive star 100 times larger than the sun mysteriously disappears Carla Sinclair

television The time a man held a news anchor hostage on live TV David Pescovitz

Science A Scheme of Heaven is a deep investigation of astrology from a scientist’s perspective Ferdinando Buscema