happy mutants Vancouver, I'll see you at tonight's Walkaway tour stop (then Burbank, Oxford, London…) (!) Cory Doctorow

canada Excellent high-voltage warning glyph Cory Doctorow

sports Owen Morse sets hang gliding world record for piloting 222.22 miles over California's Owens Valley Xeni Jardin

politics Roger Stone proclaims support for Britney Spears in this weird new video Xeni Jardin

rona Why 5G doesn't cause Covid-19 Rob Beschizza

olympics Athletes at the Tokyo Olympics will sleep on cardboard beds David Pescovitz

tv Trailer out for The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Rob Beschizza

happy mutants Boing Boing's own Rob Beschizza interviewed on the Cool Tools podcast Mark Frauenfelder

Games Watch Japanese bo-taoshi players defend their poles Andrea James

History Feminist Frequency celebrates the brilliant life of Ada Lovelace Caroline Siede

fashion Actually make America great again by wearing 3D Eagle Crotch underwear Rob Beschizza

books Memento Mori – Spectacular book of essays and 500 photos of the dead among us Bob Knetzger

Applause Watch the world’s fastest clapper in action Caroline Siede

romance A fan's tribute to the muse behind Linklater's 'Before Sunrise' Andrea James

color blindness GIFs reveal what it’s like to be colorblind Caroline Siede

Business Oculus breaks promise, uses DRM to kill app that let you switch VR systems Cory Doctorow

Mayday in Norrath Rob Beschizza