theater Multimedia opera based on Philip K. Dick's VALIS coming to MIT Thom Dunn

mit MIT says Jeffrey Epstein gave $800,000, issues statement on MIT Media Lab, Joi Ito, Seth Lloyd Xeni Jardin

Science Prototyping the betentacled, inflatable soft robots of zero gee Cory Doctorow

books Lifelong Kindergarten: how to learn like a kid, by the co-creator of Scratch Cory Doctorow

privacy UK passes "online safety" bill Rob Beschizza

book banning Texas school district fires 8th grade teacher for assigning Anne Frank's Diary Carla Sinclair

pop music Ex-Ticketmaster CEO blames vinyl album lengths on TikTok Thom Dunn

youtube Vice Media's credibility in tatters after kowtowing to Saudi censorship Mark Frauenfelder

Level up your laptop with this refurbished Lenovo ThinkPad for only $199.99 Boing Boing's Shop

Boing Boing Gadgets This platinum version drone can be yours for just under $100! Boing Boing's Shop

not above the law Peter Navarro found GUILTY of contempt of Congress (plus entertaining after-verdict video) Carla Sinclair

politics According to Pizzagate conspiracy theorists, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on Pizza Hut boxes are encouraging Satanic ritual abuse Jennifer Sandlin

Games The lost art of typing in computer games by hand Rob Beschizza

AI Associated Press "clarifies" its AI rules Rob Beschizza

Trader Joe's Sarah and Nam Soon Ahn, of "Ahnest Kitchen," review Trader Joe's new ready-to-eat kimbap Jennifer Sandlin

poetry Telepoem Booths let you dial a poem in vintage phone booths Jennifer Sandlin

video games Meet "Tren" — the hidden gem in "Dreams" that could be this year's best puzzle game Grant St. Clair

donald trump Desperate DeSantis concedes Trump's 2020 loss while trying to appease MAGA voters Mark Frauenfelder

politics Prosecutors complain about Trump's menacing social media posts Rob Beschizza

military Train to nowhere and dead-eyed stares: my visit to the Korean demilitarized zone Mark Cerulli