eu We lost the fight for balance in the EU's Copyright Directive, but here's what we won Cory Doctorow

reddit What happens when a fandom is denied of content? A peek into the endless echo chamber Grant St. Clair

documentaries Bob Newhart shares fond memories of lifelong friend Don Rickles in documentary Mark Frauenfelder

tabloids Trump's dementia and teddy bear sex in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

apps Microsoft Word is 40 today Rob Beschizza

Truckin' CyberSchmuck admits trucks are hard to build Jason Weisberger

psychology I had no choice but to share this article about a new book that says free will is an illusion Mark Frauenfelder

music Here's a primer on the far-out sounds of free jazz David Pescovitz

Boing Boing Gadgets Get Rosetta Stone for less and learn a new language easily thanks to its celebrated language learning techniques Boing Boing's Shop

climate change Scientists release hundreds of thousands of crabs in Florida to protect coral reefs Thom Dunn

tabloids JFK's second gunman, and alien life on Earth, exposed in last week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Food Kellogg ditching its cereal business heralds the slow death of sugar for breakfast Rob Beschizza

podcasts "The Immortals" is a podcast about Silicon Valley billionaires spending loads of money trying to stay young indefinitely Jennifer Sandlin

gadgets There's a new Polaroid camera and it's $600 Rob Beschizza

Postmodern Jukebox Watch this Roy Orbison-esque version of the Pixies' "Where is My Mind?" Jennifer Sandlin

politics According to Pizzagate conspiracy theorists, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on Pizza Hut boxes are encouraging Satanic ritual abuse Jennifer Sandlin

canada Kleenex will no longer be sold in Canada Rob Beschizza

mistakes Putin sends condolences to mercenary chief Prigozhin's family Rob Beschizza

Cryptozoology This mysterious photo sparked the global fascination with the Loch Ness Monster David Pescovitz

9 California cops arrested in FBI raid targeting police gang Rob Beschizza