offworld The thrill of cleaning in video games Leigh Alexander

Gadgets Go back to high school with these classes on anatomy and physiology Boing Boing's Shop

News 'Black lives matter' —Mark Zuckerberg, who says Facebook may change policy on state violence, voter suppression Xeni Jardin

mistakes Welcome to Ipley Cross, Britain's creepiest intersection Rob Beschizza

installation art Minimum Wage Machine dispenses free money at the simple turn of a crank Gareth Branwyn

art Art in the age of artifice Ferdinando Buscema

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

wikipedia Someone at the NRA has been quietly editing Holocaust Denial articles on Wikipedia Thom Dunn

Introduction to the dark, cinematic, and magickal music microgenre of Dungeon Synth David Pescovitz

happy mutant This is not a box of chocolates (it's felt art by LeBrie Rich) Rusty Blazenhoff

Science Beautiful book, augmented reality, and film about stunning rocket launches David Pescovitz

Disney A darker, grimmer Snow White David Pescovitz

science fiction Talking Radicalized with John Scalzi in the LA Times Cory Doctorow

litterbirds Bald eagles are taking trash from a Seattle landfill and dumping it into suburban yards Carla Sinclair

politics Billionaire "centrist" Howard Schultz tweets column calling Elizabeth Warren "Fauxcahontas" Rob Beschizza

rpgs Deborah Ann Woll and Joe Manganiello talk about acting, roleplaying, and D&D's unique form of storytelling Gareth Branwyn

gift guide Mutantini: eyeball and viscera-encrusted martini glasses Cory Doctorow

Science Neil DeGrasse Tyson accused of rape and sexual harassment by 4 women Xeni Jardin

designer humans Could we accidentally bestow human-style awareness into a pig? Arwen Elys Dayton

gop White supremacy, minus gerrymandering: California GOP reduced to "third party status" Cory Doctorow