a very stable genius Trump tried to read the Constitution but it was "like a foreign language" Thom Dunn

facebook Over 30 ex-Facebook employees slam Zuckerberg's inaction on harmful political posts in open letter Carla Sinclair

climate change What happens when climate change ravages graveyards? Thom Dunn

passings RIP Daniel Johnston 1961-2019 Case Esparros

class war A former college admissions dean explains the mundane reverse affirmative action that lets the rich send their kids to the front of the line Cory Doctorow

picks China uses DNA tech to spy on people. Yale geneticist and a U.S. biotech helped. Xeni Jardin

music THE BUREAU: Part Six, The History of Telepathic Infant-Based Mind Control of U.S. Presidents Ethan Persoff

authors Fear and Soldering, an excerpt from Peter Bebergal's Strange Frequencies Gareth Branwyn

genocide Canadian professor working towards inclusion for British Columbia's Indigenous communities Seamus Bellamy

fake news Tabloids turn on Trump, Brad and Jen reunite, and Natalie Wood’s death mystery solved, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Copyfight "Cocky" romance novelist embarks on a second career as a trademark troll: will romance writing fall from grace? Cory Doctorow

table top gaming Fun, affordable post-apocalyptic car combat in Gaslands Gareth Branwyn

Gadgets Boing Boing Gift Guide 2017 Gift Guide

novels What happens when everything is available anywhere? Tal M Klein

novels Interview with Ken Follet about forthcoming 3rd book in Kingsbridge series: A Column of Fire Mark Frauenfelder

Robert Anton Wilson A review of Cosmic Trigger, a play based on Robert Anton Wilson's autobiography Ferdinando Buscema

happy mutants Steven Boyett on Fata Morgana, his new WWII/alt-history mashup novel Cory Doctorow

1990s The glorious inelegance of the 1990s family computer Jess Kimble Leslie

Jack Kirby Jack Kirby's glorious comic book experiment Mark Frauenfelder

race In which Laurie Penny comprehensively proves that she has Yiannopoulos's number Cory Doctorow