health After Propublica expose, the "nonprofit," "Christian" Memphis University Hospital suspends practice of suing the shit out of poor people Cory Doctorow

racism Racist professor fired Rob Beschizza

puzzles My trip through the Starmaze: a world in the 9th dimension Jane Frauenfelder

conspiracy theories How come so many Christians fall for conspiracy theories? Thom Dunn

music Shut-in sounds: 33 of the best industrial albums Gareth Branwyn

coronavirus Build your own makeshift "quarantine pool table" Rusty Blazenhoff

cartoons Cartoonist sells his "crappy rejected" New Yorker submissions Rusty Blazenhoff

happy mutants Documentation Gathering, Sanitization, and Storage: an excerpt from "A Public Service" Tim Schwartz

brexit Norway gifts Britain amusingly sparse Christmas tree Rob Beschizza

books Boing Boing's 28 favorite books in 2019 Rob Beschizza

happy mutant Danny Elfman is teaching a MasterClass: "It's okay to fail" Rusty Blazenhoff

web theory The far right is dominating the information wars through "keyword signaling" Cory Doctorow

late stage capitalism America's life-expectancy income-gap widens precipitously Cory Doctorow

tabloids Brad Pitt’s brush with death, Julia Roberts quitting Hollywood, and Christmas kittens, in this week’s dubious ad-packed tabloids Peter Sheridan

toys Ponyhenge is a place where toy rocking horses go to die Rusty Blazenhoff

tabloids Stars who wear clothes more than once, rats in Buckingham Palace, and why sharks attack, in this week’s shocking tabloids Peter Sheridan

racism Catherynne Valente schools her racist neighbors about the asylum seekers in their midst Catherynne Valente

art Jeff Koons stainless steel rabbit for sale David Pescovitz

mike pence Lady Gaga interrupts her concert to scold Pence: "You are the worst representation" of Christianity Carla Sinclair