Science Happy birthday, Carl Sagan. Wish you were here. David Pescovitz

Games Hideous Abomination, a tile-laying game where you never create the same monstrosity twice Rob Beschizza

Gadgets Sugru is the duct tape of the 21st century you can mold it to fix…well, almost anything Boing Boing's Shop

museums Are there ghosts haunting the antiquities of the British Museum? Gareth Branwyn

social isolation Nebula-75, a new puppet lockdown drama from the folks that brought us Thunderbirds, Stingray, Fireball-XL5 Gareth Branwyn

tabloids Worst Royal crisis ever spells the end of the monarchy, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Journalism VICTORY! New Free File rules ban tax-prep firms from hiding their offerings, allow IRS to compete with them (a love-letter to Propublica) Cory Doctorow

Robert Anton Wilson Wilson and Shea's Illuminatus! trilogy to become TV series Gareth Branwyn

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

Tom the Dancing Bug Vlad and Putin's Gang, in "The Power of Imagination!" Ruben Bolling

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

Robert Crumb Robert Crumb's iconic "Stoned Agin!" original art up for auction Mark Frauenfelder

happy mutants Kickstarting a new feminist bicycle science fiction: this one's about dragons! Cory Doctorow

Gadgets This $39 training bundle is your ticket to mastering the Adobe Creative Cloud Boing Boing's Shop

serious business Comscore and its former CEO charged with fraud Rob Beschizza

security Why haven't cyberinsurers exerted more pressure on companies to be better at security? Cory Doctorow

tabloids What lies lay in wait in this week's tabloids? Peter Sheridan

Gadgets Heads up, handypeople: These DIY tools and gadgets are on sale Boing Boing's Shop

Science The Reality Bubble: how humanity's collective blindspots render us incapable of seeing danger until it's too late (and what to do about it) Cory Doctorow

fake news Queen in drunken brawl, Prince Harry’s hell, and Meghan Markle’s secrets, in this week’s dubious Royal tabloids Peter Sheridan