happy mutants Come see me at the Edinburgh Festival and/or Worldcon! Cory Doctorow

happy mutants See you at Comic-Con! Cory Doctorow

music Watch Blondie's Debbie Harry on a pogo stick explaining the punk Pogo dance (1978) David Pescovitz

History Aviation museums' "most wanted list" of cool aerospace artifacts lost to history David Pescovitz

art Computer finds faces in grains of sand David Pescovitz

Weird Odd letters and numbers appearing on cars in Redding, California David Pescovitz

Gadgets Save 50% on a 1-year subscription to Dashlane's premium password manager Boing Boing's Shop

tabloids Jeffrey Epstein’s prison confession, the world’s most dangerous woman, and the end of the world, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

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

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

News SCOTUS rules Donald Trump financial records must be released to NY DA, but House won't get tax returns before election Xeni Jardin

trees Your allergies are bad because of tree sexism Thom Dunn

tabletop games Solo roleplaying a Thousand Year Old Vampire Gareth Branwyn

News SUV plows into BLM protest in NYC's Times Square, similar potentially deadly attacks happening around U.S. Xeni Jardin

Japan Japanese rapper Kan a.k.a. GAMI busted for 0.5 grams of weed Mark Frauenfelder

Gadgets Luminar 4 uses AI to help you turn all your photos into masterpieces Boing Boing's Shop

drawing Ed Emberly's drawing books are fun for everyone Mark Frauenfelder

Gadgets This training package will have you using all of Microsoft Office like a boss Boing Boing's Shop

Spoken Word with Electronics Sound Design: How to Make Your Home Into Eraserhead or 2001: A Space Odyssey Ethan Persoff

law I found out about this amusing Karen parody of American Girl dolls because they want it taken down Rob Beschizza