new jersey November 17th is Danny DeVito Day in New Jersey and all is right with the world Seamus Bellamy

troll taming How to deal with unreasonable or mean people on Twitter Mark Frauenfelder

Gadgets These new monitors can bring a whole new shine to your WFH world Boing Boing's Shop

COVID-19 Manhattan cathedral has been converted into a field hospital Seamus Bellamy

Gadgets These toys and games can keep the kids busy while you’re all trapped inside Boing Boing's Shop

family Dad transforms cat-carrier into pod to protect baby from coronavirus, design inspired by 'Death Stranding' game Xeni Jardin

Gadgets Here are the accessories that’ll take your golf game to the next level Boing Boing's Shop

Science Bear that strolled through CA neighborhood is back in forest where he belongs Xeni Jardin

Gadgets Here’s the Amazon-approved washing machine if you don’t have one already in your apartment Boing Boing's Shop

tabloids Bigfoot sighted, the Queen’s $1 trillion tax bill, and coronavirus targets the stars, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

podcasts Podcast: The case for … cities that aren't dystopian surveillance states Cory Doctorow

iot Imagining a "smart city" that treats you as a sensor, not a thing to be sensed Cory Doctorow

video games Review: "Don't Read The Comments" is a delightful YA antidote to GamerGate Thom Dunn

Space Video made from 400,000 photos of comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko (67p) taken by ESA's Rosetta spacecraft Gareth Branwyn

climate change Footage of Australian fire crew overwhelmed by flames Rob Beschizza

construction Watch this fantastic Las Vegas-style hotel demolition in Las Vegas David Pescovitz

prison How to survive solitary confinement Mark Frauenfelder

police Boston cops clocked 9,000 hours of overtime at the "Straight Pride" parade — and none of it with body cams Thom Dunn

take a little off the sides What it's like to fly a helicopter equipped with a massive dangling chainsaw Clive Thompson

cbd Wild popularity of CBD forces Christian bookseller to rebrand Gina Loukareas