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danny elfman Phoebe Bridgers and Danny Elfman to perform in Nightmare Before Christmas live show Thom Dunn

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rock and roll Let's open up this (brief history of the) mosh pit! Thom Dunn

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News Trump pardons Steve Bannon, Elliot Broidy, Lil Wayne, others — 73 pardons, 70 commutations Xeni Jardin

cats Cat revealed to be total dingus Xeni Jardin

music THE BUREAU: Part Seven, "Lockdown in the Building, News of an Active Shooter Near the Cafeteria" — with Mr Quintron's Circuit-Bent Guitars Ethan Persoff

geoengineering Supercharging farm-soil to hoover up atmospheric carbon Clive Thompson

fake news Michael Jackson is alive, Hillary is boozing, and a Buckingham Palace Sex Ring, in this week's fact-challenged tabloids Peter Sheridan

halloween The 2017 Halloween Candy Hierarchy: Definitely Not Fake News David Ng and Ben Cohen

obits Mandy Johnson, 1953-2015 Rob Beschizza

happy mutants How to protect the future web from its founders' own frailty Cory Doctorow

books Read: Strategic Dog Patterning, a story from "Why I Hunt Flying Saucers" Hugh AD Spencer

dogs Meeting Cow Dog Xeni Jardin

Boing Boing Gadgets You're inflating your tires wrong. Here's how to do it right, and save up to $500 a year. Rjcjr

fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow

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