travel Photographer shows how similar tourist's Instagram travel images are in 'Instatravel' Rusty Blazenhoff

politics Extensive list of space opera cliches Cory Doctorow

tabloids LBJ killed JFK in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

music Bunburying: to write in the style of Spanish lyricist Enrique Bunbury Elías Villoro

snakes The rhyme to differentiate coral snakes from king snakes could get you killed Jennifer Sandlin

photos A beautiful and disturbing photo essay about Florida Jennifer Sandlin

animation This NSFW fan animated version of Pokemon is hilarious Devin Nealy

tabloids Ghislaine snitches on Trump in last week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

fearmongering The bogus Satanic Panic is returning. Here's a look at the original purveyors of myth — Chick Tracts Jennifer Sandlin

crime The ins and outs of the mafia Devin Nealy

Science Why Quillette sucks Rob Beschizza

writing This AI neural network writes college essays better than students Thom Dunn

Boing Boing Gadgets This 5-course creative writing training is on sale for just $21 Boing Boing's Shop

music Chuck Klosterman on space rock David Pescovitz

happy mutants SO LATE SO SOON: fun, genre-celebrating SF for young readers (of all ages!) Harry Tynan AKA Moose Malloy

writing Here are cognitive scientist Steven Pinker's 13 tips for better writing Mark Frauenfelder

Boing Boing Gadgets Writer's block? These literate apps have got it hacked Boing Boing's Shop

art The Weird of Wendy Pini Rob Beschizza

podcasts Interview with Stewart Brand on the 50th anniversary of the Whole Earth Catalog Rob Reid

Technology Interesting sneak peek of Vaunt, Intel's new smart glasses Andrea James