science fiction Bruce Sterling: science fiction won't make the future better Cory Doctorow

Gadgets The Coconut Light goes anywhere, fits anywhere, and it’s hypnotically cool Boing Boing's Shop

Comic Books Talking Jack Kirby: The Epic Life of the King of Comics with Visionary Comic Book Creator Tom Scioli Jeffery Klaehn

tips On his 68th birthday, Kevin Kelly offers 68 bits of unsolicited advice Mark Frauenfelder

nest Mattress shopping with a bad back Jason Weisberger

card games My favorite new game, KnifeTank: The Shüffling, is now on Kickstarter Gareth Branwyn

books How Ken Liu went from engineer to lawyer to SF writer to the foremost translator of Chinese sf into English Cory Doctorow

World Mental Health Day It’s World Mental Health Day: A primer on depression for the public-at-large Maureen Herman

review This TARDIS Grows Weed with Artificial Intelligence, PART 2 Richard Metzger

health This TARDIS Grows Weed With Artificial Intelligence Richard Metzger

politics Sheryl Sandberg ordered Facebook staff to investigate George Soros after he gave THIS speech (READ IT) Xeni Jardin

art Memories from Warhol's Factory David Pescovitz

dogs Celebrate Wolfenoot, the new wolf holiday Gina Loukareas

lawrence Lawrence’s “Living Room” makes retro soul new again Ruben Bolling

music The Beatles' "White Album" demos: listen and learn David Pescovitz

History The BBC finally admits that MI5 secretly vetted its employees, an open secret for generations Cory Doctorow

Food This is the world's smallest sushi David Pescovitz

Journalism Oneita Jackson's "Nappy-Headed Negro Syndrome" Jason Weisberger

elections Warren-Sanders Democrats vs Oprah: "One billionaire president in a decade is going to be plenty for us" Cory Doctorow

the eyes have it An "international eye chart" from 1907 Clive Thompson