mistakes Publix censors graduation cake to remove the cum from "Summa Cum Laude" Rob Beschizza

Gadgets Here are 39 of the best July 4th deals to help keep some money in your wallet Boing Boing's Shop

History Jayne Mansfield: Viral Warrior Matt Maranian

tabloids Kim Jong-un is dead, Prince Andrew is broke, and Kobe Bryant killed himself, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Business Genetic genealogy company Gedmatch acquired by company with ties to FBI & law enforcement—why you should be worried Jennifer Lynch

science fiction Podcast: Jeannette Ng Was Right, John W. Campbell Was a Fascist Cory Doctorow

photography Summer is over. Juggalos are forever. Nate 'Igor' Smith

art San Francisco celebrates legendary culture jammer John Law at art opening tonight (Friday) David Pescovitz

politics ICE is detaining 50,000 people under Trump, an all-time high Xeni Jardin

trump Trump's properties routinely employed (and abused) undocumented Latinx workers, including dozens from a single Costa Rican town Cory Doctorow

music Aretha Franklin's "Amazing Grace" concert film will finally be released David Pescovitz

corruption The growth of Jamaican phone-scamming caused a crime-wave and martial law in Montego Bay Cory Doctorow

picks Meet Helen, 5, detained by Trump, forced to sign away her rights in court. Xeni Jardin

Copyfight 6 days until the EU votes on an extinction-level event for the internet: here's what they'll debate Cory Doctorow

happy mutants The OZORA music festival is a psychedelic tribal gathering I keep coming back to Ferdinando Buscema

religion Interview: Dr. Karl E H Seigfried talks Ásatrú, Heathenry and beards Seamus Bellamy

happy mutants At the Golden-Calf Slaughterhouse: an interview with Johannes Grenzfurthner Thomas Kaestle

ice cream New Yorkers can now get pickle-flavored soft serve Rusty Blazenhoff

the street finds its own uses Inside Cuba's massive, weekly, human-curated sneakernet Clive Thompson

interviews Interview with Timothy Leary archivist Michael Horowitz Lisa Rein