Cixin Liu's "Three Body Problem" is the first-ever translation to win Best Novel; meanwhile, the uprecedented effort to put together an organized slate of science fiction that appealed to sexist (Sad Puppies) and misogynist/white supremacist (Rapid Puppies) and homophobic (both) orthodoxy to sweep the Hugos was a flop.
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Missed your chance at scoring this Android-lover’s goldmine? Lucky for you, we’re in the mood for giving second chances. Enter now for a chance at winning a brand new Nexus 6 phone and a brand new Nexus 9 tablet—that’s double the Android for double the fun.
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Watch videoThe jet crash at the Shoreham airshow near Worthing, England, also left one person critically injured and 14 in hospital. The BBC has more.
Read the restOnce I was a refugee, too. During the fall of former Yugoslavia, I visited many refugees camps all over the war-torn region.
Read the restRogue archivist Carl Malamud writes, "I got mugged by a bunch of Boston hooligans. Readers of Boing Boing may be familiar with my FedFlix project which has resulted in 6,000 government videos getting posted to YouTube and the Internet Archive.
Read the restIf you're at the World Science Fiction Convention in Spokane today, swing by the SFWA booth (W5 in dealers' room) to bid on tuckerizations from Annie Bellet, Jenn Brozek, Cory Doctorow (!), Greg Bear, Larry Niven, Mike Resnick, John Scalzi, and a critique from Nancy Kress.
Read the restThe classic Rider Back deck, recyclable with organic finish and inks!
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Already sold: most of Greece's airports -- for sale: gas transmission, oil refineries, power company, post office, national highways, water company.
Read the restI'm doing a Q&A and signing at Reno's Grassroots Books -- a local, indie store with an emphasis on affordable reading for all -- this Friday, Aug 28 at 6:30PM -- just a quick stop on the way to That Thing in the Desert.
Read the rest30" tall! By the always-great Roger Wood of Klockwerks, from today's newsletter.
DiscussThe Slow Mo guys are back at it with an amazing, totally unsafe, possibly illegal homemade pyrotechnics display.
Watch videoThe image above, published in 2014 in this Herald.net story and credited to The Washington Post, showed the keying patterns for all of the TSA-complaint "Travel Sentry" luggage locks.
Read the restNaturally the DVD for this incredible, baffling movie is only $6.48!
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I stopped using an inkjet printer a couple of years ago because I don't think the prints looked good and the cartridges needed replacing frequently.
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Even though it's a federal offense to shoot a drone out of the sky, Snake River sells shotgun shells marketed for that purpose.
Read the restJeff sez, "Tuts+ has made my six part introduction to PGP encryption, email and networking privacy available to readers for free."
Read the restThese machines look like they are doing all the work.
DiscussGoing to the movies is getting airportified: your knapsacks, bags and purses will be searched on the way in to stop you from carrying in guns that you don't stick in your waistband or in a shoulder-holster.
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From West Coast Native News: "This is how big a grizzly bears paw is – by the way, the bear is sedated and about to be tagged."
DiscussJoseph Teixeira doesn't like Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts, so he makes Youtube videos featuring City Council meeting footage.
Watch videoIconic punk poet Patti Smith composed a song to send off the cartoon series Aqua Teen Hunger Force, which concludes this Sunday after 13 seasons.
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Apparently Blokus is a popular game that’s been around since 2000, introduced by the French company Sekkoia before being sold to Mattel in 2009.
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In honor of games' growing influence on contemporary Chinese vernacular, here are 5 translated phrases to Second Kill your English vocab. Read the rest
An excerpt from Dennis' new book, Extra Good Stuff, published by Last Gasp. Illustrated by Tom Van Deusen Read the rest
On September 18-20, at California's fantastic Mission Inn, we'll host 3 days of workshops, tech demonstrations, astounding performances, delicious food, exhibits, and fun surprises! Read the rest
The original Warhol Factory was located next to the local YMCA, with an easy view inside of exercising gymnasts - and other personal recollections from 1964. Read the rest
Tom the Dancing Bug, IN WHICH Dr. Seuss's new book, Which Pie Should I Buy, is based on a long-lost "manuscript"! Read the rest
The editors of Boing Boing have always wanted to create an event where people can enjoy a weekend of wonderful, magical, mindblowing, inspiring experiences. Guess what? We're doing it, and you're invited. Read the rest
A little bit of information about one of the most recognizably sampled records in the history of rap music in this week's Hip Hop Family Tree strip. Read the rest
Chuck Wendig's new technothriller Zeroes is a hacker misfit tale in the lineage of War Games and Sneakers, true to the spirit (and often, the minutae) of security work, and exciting as hell to boot. Read the rest
Before we had names for them or a science to study their impact, the people who could claim the most expertise on biases, fallacies, heuristics and all the other recently popularized quirks of human reasoning were scam artists, con artists, and magicians. Read the rest
Poverty traps its victims in intellectual dead zones. I don't pirate games anymore, but when I needed it, it gave me access to the literature and artistic inspiration of my generation. Read the rest
In INSIDE THE MACHINE: Art and Invention in the Electronic Age [W. W. Norton & Company], cultural historian Megan Prelinger guides readers through the history of electronics. Read the rest
Brooke Mackin of Signs & Marvels provides a slightly more affordable alternative to the Museum of Modern Art's golden mesh necklace. Read the rest
We are thrilled to announce that our friend Coop, famous rock poster illustrator and fine artist, is joining us at our Weekend of Wonder extravaganza, September 18-20 in Riverside, California. Read the rest
In the 90s, games grasped at maturity with "real" video and actors. It was a weird but cult-beloved wrong turn—and we found a game that's revived it beautifully. Read the rest
Tom the Dancing Bug, IN WHICH Nate the Neoconservative is the only Serious Thinker about policy and strategy! "Sigh!" Read the rest
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Andy Warhol's early silent film and its connection to alcoholism, gossip, and Willard Maas' The Mechanics of Love. Read the rest
"Like many other jocks in Moscow, Idaho, I did my drinking at Mort's Club." A true story from the 1970s. Originally published in Real Stuff #8, August 1992. Illustrated by Tony Fitzgerald Read the rest
Introducing the baddest ladies of rap to the Hip Hop Family Tree in this week's strip. Spinderella comes later. More than one Spinderella, actually. Stay tuned. Read the rest
Felicia Day's memoir You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) starts off as a cute, snarky story about how a quirky upbringing turned Day into a nerd superhero; by the end, it's become an illuminating, frank look at the commercial realities, injustices and insecurities that everyone trying to earn a living online must confront. Read the rest
I don't expect a $200 grill to last a lifetime. But it has to cook meats and veggies evenly, with good temperature control. And I found a pretty affordable grill that does that reliably. Read the rest
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