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Business NASA picks Elon Musk's SpaceX, Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin, & Dynetics to build lunar landing systems for manned moon mission Xeni Jardin

politics Trump, on coronavirus deaths: 'A lot of people love me… I guess I’m here for a reason.' Xeni Jardin

makers How to make a zine from a single sheet of paper David Pescovitz

health Woman, 107, recovers from coronavirus Xeni Jardin

cars Skull headlight covers for your hot rod David Pescovitz

boing boing 20 years of blogging at Boing Boing Rob Beschizza

music Listen to this strange and compelling mix of field recordings, cut-ups, and sound art David Pescovitz

corruption CBP officer refuses to allow American journalist into the country until he admits he writes "propaganda" Cory Doctorow

Nature Colorado woman puts injured bobcat in car next to her son, 3 years old Xeni Jardin

telemarketers Vacation scammer telemarketer spends 15 minutes talking to a bot Mark Frauenfelder

trump 'The kidney has a very special place in the heart' —Trump, signing kidney health executive order Xeni Jardin

security Mongodb's plan to limit breaches: "Field Level Encryption" Cory Doctorow

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Business Facebook bans Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos, Laura Loomer, Louis Farrakhan, as 'dangerous' Xeni Jardin

gop When Steve Bannon & co spent $1,000 on booze at Mar-a-Lago, taxpayers picked up the tab Cory Doctorow