stonehenge Summer solstice at Stonehenge will be streamed live David Pescovitz

sports Owen Morse sets hang gliding world record for piloting 222.22 miles over California's Owens Valley Xeni Jardin

film "Larry: The Burning Man Story" premieres in three time zones over solstice weekend Rusty Blazenhoff

christmas 'I Saw Mommy Kissing Yog-Sothoth' and other Cthulhuian Yuletide classics Gareth Branwyn

science fiction Mary Robinette Kowal wins Best Novel Nebula; prizes for Aliette de Bodard, Brooke Bolander, Phenderson Djèlí Clark, Charlie Brooker, Spider-Verse, Tomi Adeyemi, William Gibson, Neil Clarke and Nisi Shawl Cory Doctorow

Alaska This 64-year-old describes why he chose to live house-free in Alaska Mark Frauenfelder

Weekend Tunes Weekend Tunes: Spinal Tap – Stonehenge Seamus Bellamy

happy mutants RIP Gardner Dozois, pioneering, genre-defining science fiction editor who helped launch my career Cory Doctorow

crazy customs Children as young as 5-years-old encouraged to smoke cigarettes in annual Portuguese celebration Carla Sinclair

iceland Watch Dave Grohl's 8-year old daughter rock the drums with the Foo Fighters Rusty Blazenhoff

Japan Why just four seasons? Ancient Japan had 72 microseasons Andrea James

gift guide Boing Boing's 2016 Gift Guide: Books Boing Boing

corruption Congressional red team discovers that it's (still) trivial to acquire all the materials for a dirty nuke Cory Doctorow

Science Images from Cassini's final targeted flyby of Saturn's Moon Rhea Xeni Jardin