happy mutants Chicago! Come see me and Mary Robinette Kowal at the Printers Row Lit Fest this Sunday! Cory Doctorow
Games The emergent complexity of Hexopolis: a strategy game with infinite possibilities Jane Frauenfelder
Delightful Creatures Proof elephants are smarter and funnier than most humans I know (sorry, humans!) Jennifer Sandlin
natural phenomena Turkmenistan wants to extinguish the fiery Darvaza Crater, known as The Gates of Hell Carolyn Townsend
Boing Boing Shop Gear up for your next trip with an extra $30 off this helpful travel bundle this Presidents' Day! Boing Boing's Shop
tabloids Covid cover-up, UFO cover-up, and Trump's sadistic sex tapes in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
video games Atari files for trademark on Rogue, a 44-year old game it did not make and does not appear to own Rob Beschizza
The "Meat Card" will deliver your holiday greetings, along with sexist stereotypes, via a sheet of beef jerky Jennifer Sandlin
Watch singer Janis Ian, at sixteen, the day she says Bill Cosby blackballed her from TV: "probably a lesbian" Ruben Bolling