books Elizabeth Wurtzel, author of Prozac Nation, RIP David Pescovitz

david bowie Marc Bolan of T. Rex hosted a glam rock TV music show in the 1970s, and it was awesome Mark Frauenfelder

video games Check out this video delving into the culture of Tekken in Japan Devin Nealy

music Happy Birthday, Mel B Devin Nealy

Environment The man using math to fight for the environment Ruben Bolling

crime Disgraced entertainer Rolf Harris dead at 93 Rob Beschizza

Science Orcas have learned how to kill great white sharks, to remove and eat their livers Ruben Bolling

drumming Foo Fighters reveal new drummer and have fun doing it Rusty Blazenhoff

Boing Boing Gadgets Stay plugged in affordably with this refurbished iPad 6th Gen and Beats Flex Headphones bundle Boing Boing's Shop

spain 80-year-old Spanish 'Grandmother of Churros' shares secrets to her success Rusty Blazenhoff

deaths Feminist scholar Maria Mies dead at 92 Elías Villoro

gadgets Logitech to sell spare parts through iFixit Rob Beschizza

Boing Boing Gadgets This eBike makes cycling easier and more fun than ever before — and you can score it for half off Boing Boing's Shop

ev Route 66, America's historic highway, to be rehabbed Rusty Blazenhoff

costumes Short moody doc explores the Bulgarian ritual of scaring off evil spirits Rusty Blazenhoff

Games Right, Down + Circle is a new book about the classic video game Tony Hawk's Pro Skater Elías Villoro

video games Remaster of Marvel's Spider-Man game finally gets standalone release Grant St. Clair

fbi Still free: Assata Shakur, fifty years on the FBI's most wanted list Elías Villoro

music 400 musicians (and a children's choir) perform Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall" Elías Villoro

synthesizers Listen to this weird instrumental Moog cover of "Hey Jude" from 1969 Thom Dunn