late stage capitalism These cloven toe pumps will make you look twice Rusty Blazenhoff

tabloids Royal brawl in palace, Brad & Jen’s reunion, and 2020 predictions in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

tabloids Bill Clinton dying, a Hollywood baby boom, and a cross-dressing star outed in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

mistakes After double lot sold to separate owners, one of them erects fence through pool and garage Rob Beschizza

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

music THE BUREAU: Part Seven, "Lockdown in the Building, News of an Active Shooter Near the Cafeteria" — with Mr Quintron's Circuit-Bent Guitars Ethan Persoff

psychedelic A handful of psychedelic "Atlantis" mushrooms in Amsterdam Jason Weisberger

travel I owe Anthony Bourdain so much Seamus Bellamy

Gadgets Boing Boing Gift Guide 2016 Gift Guide

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

Gadgets A visit to the crapgadget impulse aisle with Meh. Cory Doctorow

gender Ghostbusters vs masculinity's downranking campaign against "women's" movies and TV Cory Doctorow

uk Happy Chilcot Day (A Fairy Story) Charlie Fletcher

Dungeons and Dragons Out of the Abyss, the new D&D adventure, is Alice in Wonderland meets Diablo Jason Louv

fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow

What caused the Cambrian Explosion? Peter Ward and Joe Kirschvink

Sex Why you have to make your own rules for love and sex Glenn Fleishman