poetry A Thanksgiving prayer from William S. Burroughs David Pescovitz

Space Why do cosmonauts piss on a wheel of the bus transporting them to the launch pad? David Pescovitz

art Fantastic Azerbaijan rug woven to look like it's melting David Pescovitz

COVID-19 Easter Bunny & the Tooth Fairy designated as essential workers Seamus Bellamy

pizza Irish people have a very strange understanding of "pizza" Thom Dunn

History Santa Claus is a psychedelic mushroom David Pescovitz

authoritarianism Political journalist Omoyele Sowore arrested and tortured under Nigeria's overbroad "cyberstalking" law Cindy Cohn

happy mutants Learning to See the Commons David Bollier and Silke Helfrich

authoritarianism Democrats in Congress reauthorize Patriot Act, again Mark Frauenfelder

monopolism Beyond antitrust: the anti-monopoly movement and what it stands for Cory Doctorow

Shotguns and Accordions: the 1970s marijuana music of Colombia David Pescovitz

music What's cooler than being cool? Hundreds of musicians protesting ICE and Amazon Thom Dunn

halloween Examining the generational loss of ancient Halloween traditions Thom Dunn

art From 1929, a splendid experimental animation that imagines life's origins David Pescovitz

Gadgets Ace Marks is making high-end dress shoes affordable Boing Boing's Shop

amazon Orthodox Jewish owned businesses sell a lot of stuff on Amazon Xeni Jardin

pop culture Charles Phoenix's "Raw" Turkey Tiki Meatloaf Mug Rusty Blazenhoff

law DOJ indicts 80, many based in Nigeria, in business email scam and money laundering Xeni Jardin