podcast Listen to a firsthand account of hobo life in new "City of the Rails" podcast Rusty Blazenhoff

crime Rapist who faked own death reportedly dead again Rob Beschizza

The Guardian Investigative journalism series exposes the dangers of "wild pregnancies" and unassisted home births Jennifer Sandlin

youtube Feed your morbid true crime obsession with these death row last meal videos Jennifer Sandlin

gadgets HP covers printer's USB port with warning sticker to make sure you don't go right ahead and use it Rob Beschizza

england Karen, the archetypal American busybody, honored by an eatery Elías Villoro

Euell Gibbons Remembering Euell Gibbons' Grape Nuts commercials Jennifer Sandlin

bbc BBC won't broadcast Attenborough episode on destruction of wildlife over fear of right-wing backlash Gareth Branwyn

art Celebrating the 35th anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation with mixed-media meme art Gareth Branwyn

space exploration Jaron Lanier's crazy idea for signaling/searching for ETs Gareth Branwyn

artists Flea Market Follies: Hunting for Kitsch with Mitch O'Connell Lee Keeler

skulls Woman arrested at US border for smuggling 18 crocodile skulls and a single sloth Thom Dunn

steam fails Steam offers an offensive videogame on homelessness Jason Weisberger

COVID-19 Marianne Faithfull's upcoming "She Walks in Beauty" Gareth Branwyn

Boing Boing Gadgets From robot vacs to window washers, these Labor Day deals will have you feeling so fresh and clean Boing Boing's Shop

manga Yoshiharu Tsuge: the first manga artist who used his personal life as story material Mark Frauenfelder

music Celebrate Independence Day with Cordell Jackson, the "Rock n Roll Granny" a psychobilly pioneer who played until she was 81 Cory Doctorow

tabloids Aretha Franklin murdered, Kevin Spacey in slaying scandal, and Obama's secret lover, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

books On the road with America's post-homed nomads Cory Doctorow

happy mutants A new edition of Daniel Pinkwater's happy mutant kids' classic, "Lizard Music" Cory Doctorow