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music Douglas Rushkoff on Genesis Breyer P-Orridge (1950-2020) Douglas Rushkoff

photography Welcome to Slab City, the "last free place" David Pescovitz

homelessness Duplicitous Catholic Bishop buys $2.3 million home with church funds after pleading for parishioners to help the homeless Seamus Bellamy

art The Weird of Wendy Pini Rob Beschizza

happy mutants 2017 Hugo nominees announced Cory Doctorow

interviews Interview with Timothy Leary archivist Michael Horowitz Lisa Rein

picks Vindictive Trump dragged on providing aid to 188,000 Americans displaced by Oroville dam crisis Jason Weisberger

corruption America: a welcome home for corrupt foreign politicians and businesspeople Cory Doctorow

Gadgets Boing Boing Gift Guide 2016 Gift Guide

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offworld Women take a place at the pinball table Laura Hudson

fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow

President Obama's tech-centered State of the Union: full text, and digital rights concerns Xeni Jardin

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politics I survived an illegal abortion Fran Moreland Johns

Business How to Get a Figurine Produced in China and Not Lose Your Shirt Jared Zichek