News 'Black lives matter' —Mark Zuckerberg, who says Facebook may change policy on state violence, voter suppression Xeni Jardin
tabloids Roy Horn lives, China lied, and Murder Hornets Swarm America, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
Comic Books Talking Jack Kirby: The Epic Life of the King of Comics with Visionary Comic Book Creator Tom Scioli Jeffery Klaehn
music Interview with musician and artist Genesis P-Orridge Sarina Sinclair and Case Esparros with Kane Lafia
drugs A sober look at kratom, a psychoactive plant that has many claimed benefits, and has also inspired a moral panic Cory Doctorow
Gadgets Become an in-demand digital marketer in 2020 with the help of this training Boing Boing's Shop
Entertainment Netflix's "The Circle" is my seventh layer of hell, and I can't stop watching it Thom Dunn
tabloids Killing the Queen, John Lennon’s murder, and William Shatner’s talking horses in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
books The New Yorker's profile of William Gibson: "Droll, chilled out, and scarily articulate" Cory Doctorow
happy mutant I chatted with Danny Elfman about his new MasterClass, and his ventriloquist dummy "Buddy" Rusty Blazenhoff
elections This Thanksgiving, don't have a political argument, have a "structured organizing conversation" Cory Doctorow