mistakes South Korean mayor arranged for garbage to be strewn across a pristine beach so volunteers would have something to collect on International Coastal Cleanup Day John Struan

crime Homeland Security sting nets dark net drug dealers Seamus Bellamy

tabloids The Man Who Knew Too Much! Why China murdered its own ambassador, in this week’s highly dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

coronavirus This Zoidberg 'Futurama' quarantine cosplay is pretty great Xeni Jardin

tabloids His Royal High-ness Prince Harry’s Pot Farm, and stars with only months to live, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

tabloids Coronavirus is the new black. COVID-19 hits the stars and the Royals in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

tabloids Bill Clinton’s party on Epstein’s Lolita Express jet, Two Meghans demand millions, and a very Merry Christmas, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

tabloids Adjectival overload, and the tabloids finally get one right, in this week’s round-up of the rags Peter Sheridan

television Puppeteer Caroll Spinney (Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch), RIP David Pescovitz

protest Nicaragua continues to be on its bullshit Seamus Bellamy

Gadgets This odor-beating trash can seals and refills its own bags Boing Boing's Shop

happy mutants "Martian Chronicles": Escape Pod releases a reading of my YA story about rich sociopaths colonizing Mars Cory Doctorow

tabloids The Obamas split, the Queen’s bag of blood, and, oh yes, WWIII is coming, in this week’s dubious tabloids. Peter Sheridan

bears Bear enjoys watching the sunrise from New Hampshire hotel Xeni Jardin

britain Why Essex is crap, or at least why everyone thinks it is Rob Beschizza

china Hong Kong's #612strike uprising is alive to surveillance threats, but its countermeasures are woefully inadequate Cory Doctorow

Gadgets This luggage organizer is like taking your closet with you Boing Boing's Shop

burning man The BLM's Burning Man environmental impact statement is terrible, calls for drug searches, dumpsters, and a 19,000,000lb concrete wall Cory Doctorow

litterbirds Bald eagles are taking trash from a Seattle landfill and dumping it into suburban yards Carla Sinclair

arbitrage The "reverse supply chain": vast warehouses of deeply discounted, returned goods Cory Doctorow