The Simpsons The Simpsons inserted into real life Caroline Siede

reality Real-life scenes designed to look like raytraced computer graphics Rob Beschizza

reality Is this "base reality"? Probably not, say some Andrea James

science fiction The annual WELL State of the World, with Bruce Sterling and Jon Lebkowsky Cory Doctorow

twitter Nassim Taleb defends homeopathy (and calls me “very stupid” for criticizing him) Cory Doctorow

psychology Get high for free: stare in a friend's eyes for ten minutes Andrea James

activism How to be a guerrilla theatre activist David Pescovitz

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

voter suppression Trump's campaign against mail-in voting is backfiring by discouraging Republican absentee voters Thom Dunn

black lives matter "Promissory Note" marries MLK's moving words with music and imagery Andrea James

News WHO says 'evidence emerging' airborne COVID-19 spread may be a threat indoors Xeni Jardin

Gadgets MagiMask is the next stage in the evolution of augmented reality Boing Boing's Shop

racism Racist professor fired Rob Beschizza

science fiction "Southland Tales" is the perfect hot mess of a movie for the 4th of July in the hellscape of 2020 Thom Dunn

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

science fiction Philip K. Dick: "If You Find This World Bad, You Should See Some of the Others" David Pescovitz