books Bookstore photo series perfectly juxtaposes patrons with book covers Andrea James

music Worst. Album. Covers. Ever. Andrea James

books Lumpen: the politically infused funk music band of the Black Panther Party Elías Villoro

Dizzy The earth's core may have reversed direction. Elías Villoro

nightmare fuel Nightmarish prototype of a wind-up creeping baby doll Mark Frauenfelder

BuzzFeed discloses use of AI to write stories Rob Beschizza

music Museum seeks help finding David Bowie's missing dress David Pescovitz

Fancy fonts Font of Dune: the mystery of the science fiction series' classic book cover typeface Rob Beschizza

noir Take a lurid look at LA noir Bob Knetzger

culinary delights Chinese delicacies: watch century eggs get made! Jennifer Sandlin

Comics Peter Laird does a once-in-a-lifetime interview about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on the Cartoonist Kayfabe youtube channel Popkin

california Adam Schiff joins the race for California's Senate seat; Senator Feinstein still on the fence Jason Weisberger

Space Truck-size asteroid will pass extraordinarily close to Earth today David Pescovitz

Boing Boing Gadgets This jump starter, air compressor, LED light combo is key for winter Boing Boing's Shop

google Some Google employees found they were laid off only when their badge didn't let them into the office: "Inhuman" Carla Sinclair

Boing Boing Gadgets This refurbished iPad is on sale for a discount Boing Boing's Shop

politics Classified documents found in Mike Pence's new home (!) Carla Sinclair

music Musician Ariel Pink used unauthorized photo of artist Jill Miller on album cover, so now she's selling alternative covers featuring Ariel as NFTs David Pescovitz

serious business The end of third-party Twitter clients Rob Beschizza

a lovely book to trumpet Arnold the Elephant is stranded on a small, rocky, deserted island in Leo Timmers's new book. Elías Villoro