law Hulk Hogan allowed "one plain bandana" in Gawker sex tape trial Andrea James

Spoken Word with Electronics SWWE Broadcast #10: "Jules Vern was a Copycat, How to Prank a Bird, Ice Cream on TV is Often Mashed Potatoes, and It’s Been 3 Years Since I’ve Had a Drink." Ethan Persoff

tabloids Do the tabloids deserve a government bailout? This week’s dubious offerings make a poor case for their survival. Peter Sheridan

tabloids Coronavirus can make you fat, the Queen is still dying, and a sex tape nightmare, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

coronavirus State governors are taking to smuggling PPE to get around the feds Thom Dunn

Weird A prototype toy line for the X-rated epic film disaster Caligula (1979)… April Fool's! David Pescovitz

music Douglas Rushkoff on Genesis Breyer P-Orridge (1950-2020) Douglas Rushkoff

politics National Archive to let ICE destroy documents Rob Beschizza

boing boing 20 years of blogging at Boing Boing Rob Beschizza

crime Freed sex offender hopes to blend in Rob Beschizza

happy mutants Documentation Gathering, Sanitization, and Storage: an excerpt from "A Public Service" Tim Schwartz

authoritarianism Cops and spooks all over the world rely on a junk-science "walking polygraph" method to steer their investigation Cory Doctorow

tabloids LBJ killed JFK, the Queen’s secret lover & Julia Roberts’ divorce, in this week’s highly dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

tabloids Nipple clamps, squeezed breasts, and a Royal rude awakening, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

mistakes Please note that the at-home "metoo"-branded rape kits aren't real products Rob Beschizza

Science How a sex researcher and a cosplaying 3D printing specialist created an open source, orgasm-measuring butt-plug Cory Doctorow

cybersecurity PSA: Digital scammers will try to scam you Seamus Bellamy

mistakes Listen to an author realize her forthcoming book contains a terrible mistake Rob Beschizza

happy mutants Dancing in the dark at Kathe Koja's DARK FACTORY Kathe Koja

tabloids Dying Angie, Divorce Bombshells, and a Julian Assange Sex Tape, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan