music The Fall singer Mark E. Smith has died, at the age of 60 Xeni Jardin

Gadgets This leather and stainless steel Active Strap is the band your Apple Watch never knew it needed Boing Boing's Shop

Gadgets This tech-powered renters and home insurance cuts through red tape fast Boing Boing's Shop

Gadgets Your home office could use some work of its own and these 20 items might just do the trick Boing Boing's Shop

Gadgets Save your summer with these BBQ accessories that’ll change your whole grilling game Boing Boing's Shop

tabloids Jeffrey Epstein’s prison confession, the world’s most dangerous woman, and the end of the world, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Science Tropical Storm Fay imaged by NASA's Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) Xeni Jardin

education Harvard and MIT are suing over the Trump administration's student immigration ruling Thom Dunn

white supremacists The legal battle over those novelty Sea Monkeys and X-Ray Specs involves white supremacy and a 60s bondage film star Thom Dunn

black lives matter "Promissory Note" marries MLK's moving words with music and imagery Andrea James

Delightful Creatures Excited dog won't stop following a runner who keeps telling him to go home Carla Sinclair

coronavirus Covid-19 hospitalizations increased 50% in California Mark Frauenfelder

rona Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro tests positive for coronavirus Rob Beschizza

dog This teething ring is the only thing keeping my new puppy from eating a freshly renovated kitchen Jason Weisberger

drugs Watch Jeanette go from pills to reefer to heroin in this 1961 anti-drug film Andrea James

star wars LEGO Art announces new posters: Warhol, Beatles, Iron Man, and Star Wars sets Andrea James

Gadgets Python is fueling some of tech’s coolest innovations and these videos and ebooks can get you up to speed Boing Boing's Shop

fantasy Watch this Tolkien expert's master class on every race in Middle Earth Andrea James

Delightful Creatures Officials honor hero cat who saved an old man trapped in a canal Andrea James

science fiction "Southland Tales" is the perfect hot mess of a movie for the 4th of July in the hellscape of 2020 Thom Dunn