DRONES That mysterious jetpack guy that flew over LAX? It was probably this drone. Thom Dunn

video WATCH: Gentleman recovers old drone using new drone Andrea James

Department of War Whiskey Pete's "double tap" is an effort to keep boat survivors out of court Jason Weisberger

fungus Fungus near Chernobyl may be feeding on radiation Gail Sherman

search and rescue Tourist is trapped inside volcano after hiking guide "abandoned" her (video) Carla Sinclair

tabloids Prince Charles and Joe Biden unfit to lead in last week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

DRONES Drone delivery of prison contraband accidentally drops package at school David Pescovitz

Boing Boing Gadgets This quadcopter drone with a 1080p cam is a $200 craft on sale for just $99 Boing Boing's Shop

useful stuff Kevin Kelly and I talk about some of our favorite tools Mark Frauenfelder

happy mutants Sarah Pinsker's "Song for a New Day": outstanding dystopian rock-and-roll novel of rebellion and redemption Cory Doctorow

music THE BUREAU: Part Eleven, "Your Supervisor Disintegrates" — with a Gysin Dream Machine, an Altman Brain Machine, and Other Hallucinatory Hardware Ethan Persoff

burning man Spoilers: Drone shots of Burning Man 2018 Rusty Blazenhoff

Boing Boing Gadgets Vanuatu will use drones to deliver vaccines across its remote chain of tiny islands Cory Doctorow

books Read a newly-discovered Kurt Vonnegut short story David Pescovitz

Kids Filmmakers braved brutal arctic conditions to make this stunning film Andrea James

happy mutants The Women's March and the Judean People's Front: After Occupy, after trumpism, a new networked politics Cory Doctorow

science fiction Fiction: The Boy Who Made Flowers S.B. Divya

law Exclusive: Snowden intelligence docs reveal UK spooks' malware checklist Cory Doctorow

fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Fiction: Someone to Watch Over Me Angus McIntyre