music Pomplamoose covers Hall & Oates' 'Rich Girl' Rusty Blazenhoff

law Epstein confidante Ghislaine Maxwell arrested by FBI Rob Beschizza

youtube Staying "Fit for the Apocalypse" with punk icon Alice Bag Janelle Hessig

tabloids Royals Clash, Clooneys divorce, and Jacko’s rotten feet in this week’s fact-challenged tabloids Peter Sheridan

happy mutants Send Pics: ripping, brutal, amazing novel about teens, sextortion, revenge and justice Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Abolish Silicon Valley: memoir of a driven startup founder who became an anti-capitalist activist Cory Doctorow

Nature A featherless nestling fell out of its nest and onto our doorstep, here's what we did Rusty Blazenhoff

Robert Anton Wilson Robert Anton Wilson's daughter Christina on the new edition of her father's book, Ishtar Rising Mark Frauenfelder

restaurants Behind the velvet rope hierarchies of NYC restaurant reservations David Pescovitz

books Boing Boing's 28 favorite books in 2019 Rob Beschizza

tabletop games What's new in tabletop gaming (Indie edition) Gareth Branwyn

bad ideas Amazon no longer selling child's T-shirt that says "Daddy's Little Slut" Mark Frauenfelder

happy mutants Margaret Atwood's "The Testaments": a long-awaited Handmaid's Tale sequel fulfills its promise Cory Doctorow

eu Relatives and cronies of Cambodia's dictator have bought "golden passports" from Cyprus and exfiltrated millions Cory Doctorow

tabloids Bill Clinton dying, a Hollywood baby boom, and a cross-dressing star outed in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

mistakes Babies turn into hairy "werewolves" after mislabeled Rogaine sold as antacid Rob Beschizza

jeffrey epstein Jeffrey Epstein is dead of hanging in Manhattan jail, authorities say they failed to prevent suicide Xeni Jardin

History Medieval people bathed Cory Doctorow

jeffrey epstein Jeffrey Epstein's trying to get out of jail (again) Xeni Jardin

trump Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein's curious connection Xeni Jardin